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by whb07 8y ago
What type of work do you do?
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by whb07 8y ago
Charity is a free market component. A person willingly chooses to donate time/money/effort to a specific group they like directly. If the government were to do it it would be person -> taxes -> different levels of government
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They were 30 years ago. The term “1st world” and “2nd world” came to existence in the second half of the 20th century. I’m only mentioning this as people usually attribute it to only economic power.
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by whb07 8y ago
Yes it is. I do not want to be that stickler but this is the charts for that term: 1st world: US, UK, West Germany, essentially western countries 2nd world: Soviets, East Germany, communist countries 3rd world: everyone who doesn’t fit the
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by whb07 8y ago
You did not mention the consequences of Amazon’s actions which are a net positive for people. Amazon underprices and offers a better service like Prime with 2-day delivery. Competitors start freaking out and begin launching responses to tac
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by whb07 8y ago
Heh, is it hard to believe why I’ve gotten downvotes on this response? Lol. Anyhow, I’m not thinking of any particular religion or group of people in this case. I think it’s all fuckery warped self interest from within the government as wel
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by whb07 8y ago
This is outright false. I'd love to see what history you are getting your facts from. I can personally tell you I've seen the briefs and classes the military personnel are put through, and they are clearly told to minimize civilia
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Do you read of the sectarian violence that happens in Iraq because Saddam fell? How about increase violence in Mexico after cartel leaders are sent to prison/killed? I agree with you the world is much safer and there is less deaths fro
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by whb07 8y ago
If you can foresee what potential benefits each technological application has, then maybe i agree with you. There are plenty of examples where military applications and research has led to a bonanza of side applications which improve the hu
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I agree with you as well. I truly believe that the military is for the "defense" of the U.S. Sometimes though a good defense can be a good offense. But by and large I think the 17 years spent in the middle east has been wasteful a
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by whb07 8y ago
There were many missed opportunities. But I'm mainly pointing that one out as an example of what could be done with better tech[0]. As far as your other points, I think they are all valid. In this country we still have the press to bri
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I’d like to offer the point of view that if the drones become better and more surgical in their precision, it would reduce civilian casualties. Like it or not the world is full of extremists who would like nothing more than to hurt innocent
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As you can see from the data[0] the city itself raises tax through a variety of channels. The largest being property, business, and retail taxes. As you can imagine, when the city grows all those enumerated taxes grow accordingly. As you ca
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by whb07 8y ago
Florida and Texas do not have income tax and yet they appear to not suffer from the same ailments that the city of Seattle and SF are suffering from. In a couple of years the city council will move to raise the head tax, stating that their
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by whb07 8y ago
I talked to a startup at Pycon that was trying to grow under the Medicare Advantage program. I asked how this would help in reigning in costs to the tax payer, and she kept repeating “oh we will save money because we are given a max $ amoun
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by whb07 8y ago
What about a bootcamp is enticing you? Why don’t you do this at a university in which it could provide for your needs? It would also provide for stronger credentials for you in your search for a job.
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What flames? You cookin'? Last I read tesla is up for the quarter and the shorts are being squeezed.
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gitcoin
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Not exactly mind blowing stats. Compared to the control group not that much improvement. Furthermore, their living is so low that it is astonishing that the increased stats are so low. Seems like they would benefit more from improved access
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by whb07 8y ago
The city of Seattle has had the highest spending for homelessness in the past year and the issue has gotten worse. Tell me, what do you think would happen if you gave them $500 million more? I saw a local grocer give her opinion when Seattl
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by whb07 8y ago
How would your competitors have access to your code base? Furthermore, there’s more to a successful company than just working software.
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by whb07 8y ago
Even in the military there is no such thing as this type of training. source: was infantry.
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by whb07 8y ago
Have you ever spent a full day in the outdoors? The moment you lay your stuff for sleep before sunset you’re out like a baby till sunrise. That’s because you’ve been walking and being active all day. There’s also less distractions. Having s
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by whb07 8y ago
I really wonder what his endgame to be is? What if he realizes the jig is up and he can do a peaceful transition and cash out entirely? He could be lord emperor of a shit empire or he could be a wealthy millionaire/billionaire in the r
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by whb07 9y ago
Why is it binary ?
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by whb07 9y ago
It doesn’t break the rules of causality because they arent even related. Let’s say I poke a balloon with a needle, the poking event causes the balloon to pop. The pop will never ever occur without me first poking it, irrespective of any num
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by whb07 9y ago
I mean, my little sister grew up with a member of the Seminole tribe in SFla, I can tell you from experience that her family didn’t have what is considered a “job”. Also, my friend was a medical doctor tending to a large group of them and w
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by whb07 9y ago
There are already large versions of UBI already in place, just by another name. If you take a look at Saudi Arabia and other rich gulf states, there’s essentially large cash transfers to citizenry for just being alive (and of course not rev
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by whb07 9y ago
Have you ever done a 990? I don’t mean “paid for one” but I mean truly sat down and did it? It’s ridiculous and each ridiculous line has more baggage attached to each. So to you, I tell you that the tax code for the US is significantly bigg
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by whb07 9y ago
Another strong reason to implement the concept of a simple flat tax, without the pages and pages of magic accounting trickery. It really shouldn’t be that complicated: Salary wages * tax rate Investment delta * tax rate Why does that take t

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