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by trentnix 7y ago
The issue you identify is a good reason why our system of government, which places an elected, term-limited civilian as the commander of the military, is extremely clever. We end up with an effective military, but have a counterbalance t
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by trentnix 7y ago
Once upon a time being poor absolutely meant being hungry. No more. That is an utterly remarkable change and is unprecedented in all of human history. And so many wizards of smart assured the people of their time that population growth wa
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by trentnix 7y ago
We in the USA live in the most gilded time in history, partially thanks to free markets and all the reasons the author bemoans. All income levels experience a level of prosperity without equal. Our poor are obese, unemployment is low, and t
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by trentnix 7y ago
Because the 10-year-old me was teased with pictures and mysteries I want answers to. Because it’s so far. Because it can’t see more than a pale dot in my telescope. Because it’s so alien. And because we have been there, done that on everyth
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by trentnix 7y ago
The price of that speed is don’t blink or you’ll miss it. We should have something orbiting Neptune, now .
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by trentnix 7y ago
I was 10 when Voyager 2 flew by. I was certain trips to Neptune, pictures, and further exploration would become common. And 30 years later, we haven’t gone back. It’s far, expensive, priorities, and all that. And now enough time has passed
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by trentnix 7y ago
Often reality doesn’t fit the narrative, comrade.
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by trentnix 7y ago
No doubt. I ran a retail business that did 150k MRR and Chase gave us 30k and Amex gave us 100k.
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by trentnix 7y ago
Does that apply to the rest of paper as well?
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by trentnix 7y ago
It’s really pretty simple. Politicians have one tool: the hammer that is your tax dollars. So everything they see looks like a nail.
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by trentnix 7y ago
When politicians are staging national interventions to force us to connect with each other — and actually spending real money on the problem — you know it’s a genuine crisis No. Politicians throwing money at something is not evidence of a
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by trentnix 7y ago
There is no other way. The market ALWAYS sets it, no matter how strong it’s regulated. The real minimum wage is zero.
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by trentnix 7y ago
In all cases, these tyrants were utterly convinced of their righteousness and expertise.
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by trentnix 7y ago
If history is any indicator, forcing people to live according to the whims of Others results in death and destruction. The coercive power required to get people to behave and the inevitable blowback that occurs when people are unable to gov
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by trentnix 7y ago
So then, tyranny.
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by trentnix 7y ago
Sticks get results. There's no doubt about that. But that road runs both ways.
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by trentnix 7y ago
And there's the whole problem of I don't want to and you're going to have to make me .
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by trentnix 7y ago
On the contrary, most changes proposed reduce the quality of life, reduce choices, and require rationing and rationed distribution of some sort. It is consistently pointed out that the first world quality of life is a problem and a growin
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by trentnix 7y ago
125 years is still a very small amount of time to assess climate, and the quality of the data 125 years ago isn’t very good. Considering all “solutions” to the “problem” of climate change involve a radical remaking of society, it’s not unre
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by trentnix 7y ago
Not really. The delta in how data is collected in August and December is much smaller than 1980 to 2020. So such determinations aren’t as straightforward as you imply. Not to mention none of the catastrophic climate consequences predicted i
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by trentnix 7y ago
Not to mention we have an extremely limited data set to work from when identifying what “normal” is.
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by trentnix 7y ago
And it allows manufacturers to see which sellers are skirting their reseller agreements and tighten up their distribution if they so choose.
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by trentnix 7y ago
Breaks my heart. I've been a subscriber since the beginning and I've got issue 1 sitting on the shelf just to my left. I've got a list of things I want to make as a result of reading Make Magazine that would last me 5 lifetim
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by trentnix 7y ago
Awful? I think you might need to get your outrageometer checked. I’m old enough to remember being lectured on how prude we are in the States not to have topless women in ads like the enlightened Europeans and Japanese.
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by trentnix 8y ago
First, US health care is hardly a free market. Second, the free market certainly isn’t a be all, end all solution. Most advocates of free market economics would agree with you. It’s just simply better than any of the other solutions man has
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by trentnix 8y ago
Another possibility: eliminate private ownership of land. This is actually not as radical as it sounds. Historically, what follows this is mass poverty. The mindset shift is to go back to the native american idea that all land is collect
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by trentnix 8y ago
Everyone worships something. You can worship deity, the State, or yourself. Those working tirelessly to shut down contrary thoughts and opinions and playing semantics games are doing so with a religious fervor and to redefine social norms t
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by trentnix 8y ago
Godspeed, Alex.
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by trentnix 8y ago
Thank you for sharing. Perspective. Wishing you and your children the very best. I can't imagine your stress, but I've little doubt the end result will be that your children will be well taken care of after you're gone becaus
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by trentnix 8y ago
No doubt. As a friend put it, you go through life with your education and career and name and goals and all the self-important things you wrap yourself in. Then you become a parent and it hits you: "THIS is the reason I exist".

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