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by ucaetano 9y ago
Restrictions aren't just on users, but on providers as well. If you don't see restrictions as an user, it's because most of the restrictions are on the providers. And nothing wrong with that, I actually support that model, ju
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by ucaetano 9y ago
> You are flat out wrong with this comparison. Do you really think that I am comparing tax burdens? Sorry, but you're flat wrong with your understanding of what I'm comparing, which I listed in case it wasn't obvious enoug
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by ucaetano 9y ago
Brazil's is also dual, everyone gets covered by the public system, but there are plenty of private systems. And Chile is always a special case, the combination of natural resources, small population and good public systems does wonder
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by ucaetano 9y ago
Oh, sure, no question about that.
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by ucaetano 9y ago
That's "up to", my guess is that most families will only use a small fraction of that, especially because services might not be available or covered.
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by ucaetano 9y ago
Giving free healthcare is a good step, but the important question is how good will it be and how much will be covered. Brazil has 100% of its population (210M people) covered by free, single-payer, universal healthcare, resulting in a life
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by ucaetano 9y ago
> "An interesting question is: What determines the mutation rate in a living organism," Al-Hashimi said. "From there, we can begin to understand the specific conditions or environmental stressors that can elevate errors.&q
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by ucaetano 9y ago
It isn't re-hashing, I actually copied and pasted my own comment, verbatim. And with good reason. Despite the humorous tone, my comment is about how easy it is to manipulate prices in unregulated, anonymous markets. It might sound like
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by ucaetano 9y ago
Oh, forgot to say, I'm not based in the US. Not sure if you know, but there are other countries out there...
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by ucaetano 9y ago
Afaik wash trades aren't illegal, you just can't use the losses to lower your taxes. So nothing wrong with my trades.
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by ucaetano 9y ago
Not sure if joking or...
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by ucaetano 9y ago
Actually, my next step is tying UCC into a game of collectible, organic Tarot cards. I call it crypto-Tarot. It's the future.
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by ucaetano 9y ago
Reposting from another thread: I recently created my own cryptocurrency, UCaetanoCoin (UCC), with a supply of 100 trillion and one coins, all owned by me. I sold one to a friend of mine for $0.01 yesterday, which made me not only the riches
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by ucaetano 9y ago
> I prefer companies whose products and services I pay for directly. Then pay for it, stop using free services. > I don't think corp gsuite lets you opt out of ad targeting and general tracking (I could be wrong). AFAIK it doesn&
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by ucaetano 9y ago
> has very strong incentives to maintain your privacy > their incentives aren't really aligned with yours No, they have a very strong incentive to appear to maintain your privacy. And that's only temporary. Don't fall f
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by ucaetano 9y ago
gSuite is exactly that: $5/month/user for the basic package, and does exactly what the grandparent wants.
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by ucaetano 9y ago
"Ultimately the problem is that their incentives aren't really aligned with yours. They're only incentivized to do the absolute minimum it takes to keep you around. As they control more and more of your world, they've in
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by ucaetano 9y ago
> They’re tracking my location and correlating that, ads seen, spending patterns, web activity, who I associate with, and all the rest? But you agreed to that, didn't you? Do you remember agreeing to your credit rating agency collec
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by ucaetano 9y ago
> I use gmail and don't wish to give it up for now. Well, that's your choice, isn't it? > That's not a reasonable approach for non-techies, but I thought it might interest the HN audience. Non-techies can just go t
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by ucaetano 9y ago
Oh, none of those are exclusive or even new. Your credit rating company has far more info on you that you didn't sign up for. And AFAIK, and from what I heard from friends working at google, everything is linked to a google gaia accoun
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by ucaetano 9y ago
Yes! Disable 3rd party cookies, delete your Google & Facebook accounts, and done. Easy peasy.
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by ucaetano 9y ago
> having worked at Kelkoo when it was owned by Yahoo! so I have to disagree here The issue isn't when it was part of Yahoo, but after. It was bought by a virtual shell company registered at the same office as Kelkoo, with generic di
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by ucaetano 9y ago
Not just the same address, but the same floor.
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by ucaetano 9y ago
From your "source": > In November 2008, Kelkoo was sold by Yahoo! Inc to the private equity firm Jamplant Ltd. The current CEO has been there since 2009, shortly after the acquisition. Jamplant was incorporated in October of 20
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by ucaetano 9y ago
> Kelkoo CEO Richard Stables says the firm’s revenue from general search traffic dropped by 62% last year, to €2.3 million. In 2018, he projects a two-thirds drop to €800,000. I decided to go to http://www.kelkoo.co.uk/
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by ucaetano 9y ago
> Lots wrong with your comment Such as? > in particular note that we are discussing public sectors, not just social services Sure, let's discuss government-owned companies. And let's discuss infrastructure investment. And re
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by ucaetano 9y ago
> Yes I did, in a broader context, which it is commonly assumed the reader is following. What does "Almost nothing is a free market" means "in a broader context"?
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by ucaetano 9y ago
You literally said: "Almost nothing is a free market". > in fact a huge fraction of the US economy is very much not free market Indeed, many industries depend on highly limited resources, such as land, natural resources and so
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by ucaetano 9y ago
> Healthcare is just one example of many (agriculture, energy, telecom, etc.) That depends on the country. Energy and telecom are quite free markets in many countries, especially with local loop unbundling and separation of generation, t
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by ucaetano 9y ago
You're mixing free market and laissez faire. Any market without monopolistic forces and where prices are set freely by the balance of supply and demand and competitive forces is essentially a free market.

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