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by valval 2y ago
I think blocking traffic from a domain into your inbox would be a better way to handle this without regulation.
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by valval 2y ago
Why not? Because they’re going to run out of money before the development is complete? Because developing such product is impossible?
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by valval 2y ago
I think humans are excellent survivors. I don’t lose sleep over externalities because of that alone. What I mean by that is that once people realise their daily lives are being affected by a negative externality, they start making decisions
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by valval 2y ago
You can’t just say that without acknowledging the fact that people find their products valuable enough to purchase.
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by valval 2y ago
I’ve studied economics for years and I’m still of the opinion that the only government intervention to the market should be breaking monopolies and cartels. I’m waiting for a piece of literature that would convince me otherwise, maybe you c
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by valval 2y ago
It’s funny because I was you for 25 years. I then got an iPhone and an M1 MacBook and never looked back. The Apple ecosystem doesn’t have competition, and products are very high quality. Then again, Apple is one of the most valuable compani
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by valval 2y ago
You’re wrong, it matters. That’s not even important, though. They pay the same taxes everyone else does when they sell their assets. Selling large amounts of shares comes with its own problems as well, and often it’s not a rational thing to
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by valval 2y ago
Borrowing money in exchange for interest is a fair transaction. Taxes on the interest are paid by the company that lent the money. Suggesting anything else would be interfering with the market which is dangerous territory.
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by valval 2y ago
Funny that you’d take this route. I’d just lower capital gains tax rates.
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by valval 2y ago
Everyone is a self-made man. You’re responsible for your own shortcomings and successes. Life is a single player game, since you only have access to your own thoughts and actions.
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by valval 2y ago
I’m sure your definition of success on the personal front doesn’t bother him that much.
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by valval 2y ago
This is just a strawman. Tesla is developing an autonomous robot, not a remote controlled one.
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by valval 2y ago
You don’t seem to be serious, but your Optimus would be used for tasks that can’t be automated otherwise.
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by valval 2y ago
I watched the event and didn’t get any of this. Could you quote directly?
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by valval 2y ago
I love being made to forcibly pay for poor people’s transport.
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by valval 2y ago
DEI? I’d hope so, but somewhat half of the population seems oblivious.
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by valval 2y ago
With my permission? Sure!
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by valval 2y ago
The race to full self driving is not going to be close. Tesla has no competition. The anti-Tesla sentiment here is hilarious to watch though. All because this place is largely leftist, and their CEO is on the right.
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by valval 2y ago
I love fatty meat and salt. I can’t think of many things better than that. It’s also the only staple us and our ancestors have eaten for millions of years.
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by valval 2y ago
It’s not the only thing. You can eat any meat, eggs, or many dairy products. Probably most fruit is fine too, although I don’t eat carbs myself. Yes, all the processed grains and seed oils and artificial sweeteners and chemicals should neve
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by valval 2y ago
And I’ll promise you the opposite. Meat has everything you need. You could try it for say, two weeks. I’ve done it for two years, so nothing super crazy can happen in two weeks.
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by valval 2y ago
Obesity and poor metabolic health is by far the greatest predictor of an early death.
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by valval 2y ago
Get ground beef in the supermarket, it’s cheap and takes 7 minutes to cook. If that’s all you eat you can’t be fat and out of shape. You also won’t be hungry. At some point blaming society isn’t going to cut it.
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by valval 2y ago
Thats not a thing though is it? Sanctions aren’t affecting Russia in any capacity.
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by valval 2y ago
What? I have a son and a wife and I couldn’t care less about nuclear war or climate change or any abstract and distant catastrophe that could face humanity as a whole. Living in the future is a silly affair. There’s only one moment and it’s
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by valval 2y ago
Your analogy makes no sense whatsoever. More mundane causes of death aren’t paper cuts, and nuclear war isn’t losing a hand.
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by valval 2y ago
I wouldn’t be super worried about this, since there will always be pioneers and followers and there’s no proof to suggest the ratio of those hasn’t remained somewhat constant throughout history.
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by valval 2y ago
You’ve managed to portray the essence of my conservatism in a funny and satirical manner. Every time we change something “for the better”, we ought to keep in mind that the old way was a solution to some problem that we no longer know or re
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by valval 2y ago
If you’ve spent any time in corporate circles where everyone tries to appear as positive and employable as possible, this is how a discussion with two such people (who both think the other is serious) might sound like. I find it hilarious i
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by valval 2y ago
If I had to defend GP’s argument that I didn’t make, I’d say something along the lines of our fundamental understanding of the world is built on other premises than it will be for the next generation.

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