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Coase Theorem
(en.wikipedia.org)
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tchalla
6y ago
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tchalla
6y ago
You are repeating what your colleague said. In effect, you are telling me that you will listen and believe what anyone (or at least your colleague says around you. If this is not the case, you don't really answer my question.
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tchalla
6y ago
How do you decide what you hear is worthy listening to or not?
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tchalla
6y ago
There was an option in the European Super League for promotion too. It had 12 + 3 permanent members and 5 who could qualify.
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tchalla
6y ago
That difference is pretty much irrelevant given that it's the last 3-4 teams that face relegation and promotion in a competition of 20-22 teams. In any case, the European Super League is a pan-European league, not a UK league with divi
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tchalla
6y ago
The segregation of top teams across all divisions is pretty much how the Premier League was formed. > The fundamental difference between the old Football League and the breakaway league (what became the Premier League) is that the money
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tchalla
6y ago
It's interesting so many fans had an emotional reaction to a for-profit club playing in another for-profit league. Entertainment truly has a grip on human civilisation.
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tchalla
6y ago
What phone do you use?
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tchalla
6y ago
People with a black or white binary thought process. “We either do it or we don’t”. There’s no room for options and implications. I have to constantly remind to move towards options and implications (with assumptions). Thus, shifting the co
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tchalla
6y ago
Why does the App not provide a desktop app + web alternative? Here's the German government alternative which provides desktop browser, desktop app in addition to mobile app. https://breitbandmessung.de
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(Im)Possibility of Fairness:Different Value Systems Require Different Mechanisms
(cacm.acm.org)
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tchalla
6y ago
I’m going to use this every time I see suggestions for personal convenience masked as suggestions for improvement.
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tchalla
6y ago
We have a system in place to address societal concerns. We came to this system after 2000 years of human history. The place is called the parliament + courts in a democracy. Yet, we don't want to follow that structure and continue on m
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tchalla
6y ago
I mean, the countries that made profit possible can decide to block countries with low operating costs. We all know why that doesn't happen.
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tchalla
6y ago
> Income taxes shouldn’t exist in my opinion. The government can already tax consumption. Why do they need to bilk citizens out of both ends? If you tax ONLY consumption, taxes will simply be passed on to the last mile which is consumers
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tchalla
6y ago
> Hopefully, that would bring offshore profits back and increase hiring, r&d spend, capex, etc etc positive feedback loop etc. What if they don't? We will accelerate inequality further. Then, spend another decades to get "c
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tchalla
6y ago
> So if you use Firefox or Brave on an iPhone, you’re simply using Safari with a different “skin.” This skin can clearly do some content blocking, and it can provide a different browser UI — but it cannot change the fundamental web techn
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tchalla
6y ago
What’s HoTT?
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tchalla
6y ago
> Perhaps this is unwarranted optimism in the specific case, but as a broader expression of hope in future scientific progress, the long bet wins. Scientific progress has and will always win. However, it's almost impossible to predi
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tchalla
6y ago
Thnak you for outlining this. I’d even say the “enemy” is more often than not one that disturbs the established neo-colonial structure. The moment a “new player enters the chat” - countries start with the “enemy speak” that you talk about.
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tchalla
6y ago
I agree - learning to forgive is rare virtue. For example, I think we should also "learn to forgive" to people who point out that Gandhi is the right spelling. It's not meant as many malice of offence. So, it is a matter of t
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tchalla
6y ago
> At minimum if you operate an app store on your own platform that takes a cut the platform should allow alternative 3rd party stores to be used. So basically, Microsoft Windows should have an Apple app store and Android should have an A
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tchalla
6y ago
I agree - there's no competition. What's your solution to change in the law that will create competition?
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tchalla
6y ago
You are hitting the nail on the head. Most times, people are looking for utopian solutions. In a large market where people have different incentives, non-dominating solutions do not exist. There are options and implications. We get to choos
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tchalla
6y ago
> in short, make markets fair (not just 'free'). I'm all for it. What's your concrete proposal to change in the current law for digital store distribution "tax"?
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tchalla
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I'd like to take a stock of how this conversation went. 1.0 (me) : "It is respectful to attempt pronunciation if possible". 1.1 (you) : "There is a common English pronunciation. It's pretentious if you don't u
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tchalla
6y ago
> this is a classic example of how companies collude without direct communication. In that case, let's have that conversation as a society and as a government. "Are companies listed in Table 1 and 2 in collusion as defined by c
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6y ago
> Ghandi is common pronounciation even in Germany. I don't think it is an unreasonable expectation to write the word "Gandhi" as "Gandhi". That's how he wrote the name, that's how he signed it and that&
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6y ago
> In practice, if a name has a common pronunciation within English, you show respect by using that pronunciation when speaking to native English speakers. Here's how I read this. "We as an English speaking group will continue t
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tchalla
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> It's similar to when Apple defended it's 30% store cut by claiming it's an "industry standard"... specifically, an industry standard that Apple established. Apple established a standard for the Apple app store.
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