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by troupe 5y ago
> Most people want to contribute, but the economic system [...] makes them dependent. The people being discussed here are people without jobs who have a place to live rent free. There is not an economic system holding them back from bein
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by troupe 5y ago
> It makes no economic sense to move out and get an apartment. The cost of living in major metros makes renting nearly equivalent to paying a mortgage. That might account for them living at home, but not for not pursuing a job.
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by troupe 5y ago
Was there a change in circumstances that prompted the shift you describe?
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by troupe 5y ago
Are you in a field where you need to work onsite or can you work remotely?
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by troupe 5y ago
> You mean no teachers set up a github repository where they give away lesson plans just to be helpful Your sample set of teachers is very different than mine if they can figure out how to do something technical like that.
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by troupe 5y ago
> A certain percent of everything is crap, textbooks are no different. When it comes to classic literature, if you randomly choose a book that is still around after 100 years and randomly choose a book that was written in the last 5 year
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by troupe 5y ago
Yes it is a charity, but when you walk into the store with money you are participating in a market. You aren't going to pay $10,000 for a broken Pentium computer. Goodwill is still trying to sell stuff and if the inventory doesn't
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by troupe 5y ago
So are the prices adjusting to the market? I'd assume the price would get marked down eventually to the point where they can move stuff to make way for other things that come in. While their cost basis is low, they still have to move i
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by troupe 6y ago
Doesn't any question that starts with "why did you choose to do X" expect an answer that starts with "Because I wanted..."? It is the part that comes after that matters. "Because I wanted someone else to experi
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by troupe 6y ago
> it would cost a lot of energy, something I doubt an advanced race would spend. While I agree with your overall conclusion, I don't see that we have any evidence that as a race progresses technologically, they spend less energy. T
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by troupe 6y ago
> I've still set that student up to go forth and play zero sum games until they're out of debt, which is the kind of thing I'm wishing for a way to avoid. You feel that society investing in education is a zero sum game?
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by troupe 6y ago
> Highly likely a used petrol car will be bought by someone even if not by you personally Well when the government gives people $3 billion to smash their used vehicles (C.A.R.S in 2009)rather than keeping them in the used market, it does
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by troupe 6y ago
That might be true in the short term, but can you point to the stock of a company has continued to lose money over decades still maintained a very high stock price?
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by troupe 6y ago
A short position when the stock is at $350 is probably more of the idea that the fundamentals point to a much lower price in the future.
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by troupe 6y ago
> I hate letting my money sit in an account while smart kids can't afford college If you know of a smart kid that can't afford to go to college, you could make them a reasonable interest loan and it would be a win for both of y
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by troupe 6y ago
I'm not sure how well this would work unless you also remove social programs designed to raise the standard of living.
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by troupe 6y ago
Given how many lives it ruins, I'm amazed at how easily accessible it is. I'm not trying to say we should bring back prohibition or something like that. I just find it fascinating how much socialization is build around drinking so
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by troupe 6y ago
Well considering the literacy rate is only 86% in the world today, this seems like a very lofty goal.
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by troupe 6y ago
> How many IPOs in the past 10 years have come from turning old doors into desks instead of going to Costco? I know Bezos' perspective was that the door desks were a way of creating the culture he wanted in the company both for empl
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by troupe 6y ago
On the other hand, spending money on things that have no link to profitability may shorten your runway and running out of money can put a crimp in your ability to generate profit. Amazon's homemade desks are an example of this. Amazon
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by troupe 6y ago
Being frugal is only half of the equation. It depends what you do with the money you save. Are they being frugal to make targeted investments in the things that have a good pay off or are they frugal in ways that prevents them from even tak
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by troupe 6y ago
The hashtag does appear to be a call to action with an implied "You".
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by troupe 6y ago
“Someone take this clown out NOW. #AssassinateTrump" Is that what you were saying was indirect?
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by troupe 6y ago
> In a longer term, it looks like the death of American Dream. You are no longer expected to achieve wealth and financial independence through hard work, and then do what YOU want. There are plenty of people who still expect to achieve s
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by troupe 6y ago
I had forgotten about 230. Banning Trump makes a lot more sense with that in context.
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by troupe 6y ago
If a self driving car hits a school bus at high speed (despite braking), I'm pretty sure a lawyer will make a case that it could have avoided the school bus by driving up on the side walk which may or may not have had people on it. I g
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by troupe 6y ago
I've never had my car intentionally try to kill me, but a horse has. :)
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by troupe 6y ago
It isn't just a perception issue. It is going to depend on how we assign blame. Today if a human causes an accident that kills someone, the family can sue the human and get some from their insurance company, but most insurance policies
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by troupe 6y ago
I get what you are saying. Keep in mind I'm just saying this would be how we look for causation, not whether it makes sense to actually do something about it. > That seems the opposite of high. High would be 1 in 2 or 1 in 5. I gues
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by troupe 6y ago
What IDE are you comparing it to?

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