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2010s were a terrible decade for housing construction(reason.com)
1 points by wallace_f 7y ago|0 comments
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by wallace_f 7y ago
If most billionaires are optimizing for social image / good will, your idea makes no sense to most of those people.
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by wallace_f 7y ago
I mean the professor or university could be the best in the world in terms of scientific discovery or university rankings criteria and this does not mean these materials are necessarily the best learning experience. Did you even take course
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by wallace_f 7y ago
I used MIT OCW several years ago, but found it frustrating for three reasons: 1. Following the courseware is not always free, starting with the textbook 2. There are no milestones or credentials to track your progress 3. I found little comm
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by wallace_f 7y ago
ACLU report on militarized police: War Comes Home: The Militarization of American Police(1) 1- https://www.aclu.org/report/war-comes-home-excessive-militar... To whoever downvoted this because they didn't like it:
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by wallace_f 7y ago
I think we agree, but there are disadvantages. One is the power thing. "Your rights are theoretical until you have 100M" and a lot of people treat you differently depending on your wealth and status. That said, we know that's
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by wallace_f 7y ago
My friend read your comment and became enraged. He is a chef. He asks, "why PhDs?" "Haven't they already used a lot of taxpayer and non-profit dollars?" Why should PhDs get a social stipend, but not a chef? This wou
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by wallace_f 7y ago
>No technical challenge or abstract impact metrics really did much for my happiness (or money fwiw) It resonates with me from a different perspective. I can't speak to the technical accomplisments -- I had a mundane tech job -- but
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by wallace_f 7y ago
What? You don't think you said something along the lines of the valuation of labor to a firm being tied to the opportunity cost of the product of that labor?
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by wallace_f 7y ago
I was just following a thought from the OP's theory. Although it makes some sense as follows: Regulatory Capture involves not just occupational licensing, but artificial monopolies over products and services. For a current example, Fac
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by wallace_f 7y ago
Also, for the most part, isn't yet monopolized by lobbyists, corporatists and government working together to use regulatory capture to corner markets. It's pretty extreme in some industries, such as telecomm with natural monopolie
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by wallace_f 7y ago
>then it is not likely that you would be able to produce such a citation I will prove you wrong. There's a citation to this usage in the OED back to 1811 that is specifically as I stated. If you had even tried to verify what you are
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by wallace_f 7y ago
Can you let me know what guideline you believe was broken?
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by wallace_f 7y ago
Anothet fun fact: People have been calling police pigs since the first ones, the Bow Street Runners.
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by wallace_f 7y ago
I know that, but the topic we are discussing is that this is the greatest decade. My response is in that context.
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by wallace_f 7y ago
I know, people are stupid. There is no way to give our children their childhoods back, in this era of Trump, and when a child from Sweden asks him how he can do that for her he starts a cyber bullying war with her. The world is literally dy
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by wallace_f 7y ago
Everything has to do with science and innovation. What about mass surveilance, rising suicides and homelessness, or never-ending wars, among other things?
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by wallace_f 7y ago
Another title could be something like: "...and the art (quality and values) of human experience with technology"
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by wallace_f 7y ago
>industrialization can be off-putting to those who would pursue a life of aesthetic and artistic beauty. He advocates for balance, suggesting that one can both explore the metaphysical qualities of life and stay connected to the more gro
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by wallace_f 7y ago
I didn't say it was a personal insult. I said it was an insult. And by the way, insulting without giving a reason why is exactly what my comment said it was: not an argument, just an insult. I can't believe I'm actually writi
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In Wisconsin, you can go to jail for selling cookies you baked at home(youtu.be)
3 points by wallace_f 7y ago|1 comments
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by wallace_f 7y ago
Wall Street is getting another half trillion in cash injection from the Fed. People who work for a living see it like this: they want a voluntary economy. That's why they vote against "socialism." Most welfare we have goes to
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by wallace_f 7y ago
My comment is not specifically about travelling to Thailand for prostitutes, and occurrence of that event could be ommitted from existence and my comment would have the same meaning, albeit a less apparent connection to the topic.
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by wallace_f 7y ago
I'm speaking from personal experience. I have travelled a lot, and I've noticed this as a pattern over what must be hundreds of people I've talked to at this point. I don't really know if my sample is indicative of the U
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by wallace_f 7y ago
My intended meaning was that it is puzzling why Americans ostensibly tolerate policies which eliminate those markets, but only after they come back.
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by wallace_f 7y ago
I'm always puzzled by all the Americans who travel to Asia for all the local markets: everything from food, to personal care, to sex markets, to even medical care. My dental care in Taiwan has been extraordinarily cheap and very good.
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by wallace_f 7y ago
Uh, the very first sentence is an insult.
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by wallace_f 7y ago
Ok well the insulting really convinced me that you are right.
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by wallace_f 7y ago
This is just a statement of opinions without any reasoning or substantiation. I get it that social media is extremely biased to the left and people agree with this kind of thing, but it's disconcerting that people cannot respond to the
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by wallace_f 7y ago
>I'm not sure there are many examples of enlightened robber barons who allowed progressive changes that were counter to their interests but improved society as a whole. Bill Gates' charitable work comes to mind. I wouldn't

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