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by xvedejas 8y ago
Even if you don't rent out your residence (you live there), you're still collecting implicit rent. It's the value you would have been paying to be a renter, society loses because you exclude others from your residence. And ev
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by xvedejas 8y ago
Well, it's a learning center, not hiring, so I imagine they probably can get away with things that employers could not get away with.
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by xvedejas 8y ago
It's impossible to treat housing as an investment when so much is being built every year. There's no scarcity. In Japan, and probably also China, houses are depreciating assets.
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by xvedejas 8y ago
Instant runoff voting is not obviously better than the current system, and in fact it might be worse. Not only does it still have issues with "vote splitting", it also has a property called non-monotonicity. This means you can hur
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by xvedejas 8y ago
The question was about wealthier eastern households, not western versus eastern. I too wonder about the differences between richer and poorer eastern households.
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by xvedejas 8y ago
There is local political opposition against allowing dense development. There are empty lots which do not get developed, even though the owner wants to develop it, because of neighborhood opposition and zoning regulations.
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by xvedejas 8y ago
They also require more gas per mile. It seems like it should roughly add up to paying a few more times than cars (they're a few times less fuel efficient).
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by xvedejas 8y ago
Bentonville is an odd choice to champion environmentalism, in particular this brand which cares mostly about open space. I'm certain that the amount of developed land, per person, is much much higher there than in the Bay Area. The res
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by xvedejas 8y ago
With the US's uncanny ability to spend several times more than other countries on rail projects, I'm sure that building HSR will be a much costlier solution to the housing crisis than just reforming zoning. I think the global warm
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by xvedejas 8y ago
Mission would be a good candidate too. We've already re-routed most of the traffic using tactics like mandatory right-turns to other streets like South Van Ness, Cesar Chavez, San Jose, and Alemany.
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by xvedejas 8y ago
Maybe we just need a new word for the phenomenon which prevents tolerance from progressing towards integration?
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by xvedejas 8y ago
Is this really something different than / opposed to tolerance? Or just a stronger state, of tolerance plus integration? I would argue that tolerance is one necessary part of integration, not some exclusionary alternative.
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by xvedejas 8y ago
Okay, but the burden of proof is on those who think that limiting investors is beneficial in this case. I don't think there's much of an argument for it.
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by xvedejas 8y ago
If you watch H3H3's original videos, it's clear that the edit that PewDiePie watched was misleading to make it seem like Ethan was claiming BetterHelp personally helped him. It took a clip out-of-context from an advertisement-free
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by xvedejas 8y ago
Hmmm, I don't know. I imagine it's harder to sell an animal with a PTSD-affected personality, so from that perspective, they're incentivized not to harm animals. Did you have something in mind where harming the animal makes i
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by xvedejas 8y ago
From my perspective, profit motive is good when it's tied to a good thing. And we're trying to figure out if pet stores are a good thing or not.
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by xvedejas 8y ago
If it's a problem that will follow anywhere experiencing strong economic growth, that's a problem that can affect everyone indirectly. It probably hurts young opportunity-seekers most though.
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by xvedejas 8y ago
If you want to dive into the philosophy... What is the relevant counterfactual? If the alternative to animals living in conditions below your standards is no animals at all, (or worse conditions), then I find pet stores to be morally good.
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by xvedejas 8y ago
Pets provide happiness for many people, and pet stores make more animals available as pets. Probably including options you wouldn't find at a shelter. And I personally don't see the harm. (Disclaimer: I have never bought a pet at
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by xvedejas 8y ago
The article says they first presented in 2013.
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by xvedejas 8y ago
Part of the answer might lie in seeing statistics for what percentage of congressional candidates have been women, over time.
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by xvedejas 8y ago
In modern society we already have a mechanism for preventing machines from doing immoral things: hold someone accountable for its actions. It can be the owner or the manufacturer, or some mix of both, just someone should be responsible. Thi
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by xvedejas 8y ago
Would it be possible to put the magnets in some kind of tube which blocks magnetic flux, in order to get a linear relationship instead of the square law?
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by xvedejas 8y ago
Most cities have these extremes. What's unique about SF is their geographic proximity. One could debate whether it's better to keep the inequalities out-of-sight and out-of-mind or not.
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by xvedejas 8y ago
We're trying! Here are two takeaways from this week: "Minimum parking requirements on their way out in SF" http://www.sfexaminer.com/minimum-parking-requirements-way-s... "The basic plan: upzoning near t
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by xvedejas 8y ago
A fully-utilized freeway in the way you describe is one that cars cannot easily get on/off of (where is the space for them?). They will have to wait at the on-ramp to be scheduled into a slot. Because of this, the average throughput of
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by xvedejas 8y ago
I have learned not to value local control. This is because I value incumbent residents and future residents equally, but local control only can give the former group of people a voice. In this way, I do absolutely find it anti-democratic. I
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by xvedejas 8y ago
I live and work in SF and my commute is mostly walking, including past a park, which helps me wake up or wind down. I also ride a train for about 10 minutes each way and use the time to study foreign language (using apps like duolingo). I f
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by xvedejas 8y ago
I agree, but want to try and add a more substantive comment. I suspect that many of the people who don't attend church anymore in the US are doing so because they never wanted to be there, but society is nowadays more accepting of thei
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by xvedejas 8y ago
I agree with your spirit but I suspect your proposed solution is worse than status quo. Also, total aversion to criticism isn't how one iterates.

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