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by yequalsx 9y ago
When all the stories first started coming out about U.S. torture around 2005 the first stage was denial by supporters of Bush. The number of intelligence officials, the number of investigative reports, etc. is such that someone denying Russ
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by yequalsx 9y ago
At least at public institutions of higher learning the downward trend in funding per student started well before bankruptcy reform.
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by yequalsx 9y ago
The U.S. Acid Rain Program begun in 1995—the best example yet of how the cap-and-trade idea can work—saw allowance prices drop from more than $1,500 to less than $1 based on changes first proposed by the Bush administration. And acid rain
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by yequalsx 9y ago
Cap-and-trade worked well with acid rain. As with any policy if it is not written well, is poorly enforced, or poorly implemented it will likely fail. It can be implemented well. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acid_Rai
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by yequalsx 9y ago
Is it possible that 2 is a consequence of other factors? Like climate change or some other combinations of forces? Was the economy unable to support the number of forces due to climate change and as a result debasement of currency was see
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by yequalsx 9y ago
I see this phenomenon on HN and Reddit quite a bit. Some expert will publish a paper and there is inevitably a comment of the form, “The conclusion could be a result of...therefore the paper is trash.” People act as though their initial r
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by yequalsx 9y ago
You apparently missed the “or are misallocated” part and completely missed the point of what I wrote. It seems like you are doing some projecting. My post does not in any way imply a “throw more money” attitude. Also, the original statem
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by yequalsx 9y ago
It’s not a meme. It’s a proper question to those who decry taxation as theft. Without taxation who would pay for government services? Your complaint about the road system indicates that taxes ought to be higher or are currently misallocat
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by yequalsx 9y ago
Taxation has been done by governments because all governments need money to function. Even in the monarch era localities needed money to run as well. It’s not the case that under monarchs taxes only went to the monarch to further his/
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by yequalsx 9y ago
...rob other with tax... I don’t understand this mentality. Every sufficiently large collection of people in the history of the world has had taxation. The evidence suggests that taxation is necessary to have a functioning society. Rea
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by yequalsx 9y ago
Our system, for all its faults, naturally favors those who choose to excel in their field. By contrast, those who choose to steal from their neighbors by taking an easy route, whether by doing mediocre work, or by not studying, or by not
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by yequalsx 9y ago
The wait time of someone without access to care is infinity. The average wait time for the overall population is not lower in the U.S. It is lower for those with access to the system. All healthcare systems have to ration care. The U.S.
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by yequalsx 9y ago
The mathematical definition of a ring precludes this from happening. By definition, in a ring when you multiply 2 elements from the ring you get another element of the ring. Perhaps you are referring tensor products (geometric algebra for
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by yequalsx 9y ago
OP did say, “speaking about math...”. The operations on polynomials and dealing with polynomials doesn’t have anything to do with units of measurement. It may be the case that when used in some areas and in some contexts that the units mat
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by yequalsx 9y ago
The space that is enclosed by a unit sphere in dimension 1 is the interval (-1, 1). In physics this is measured in meters. This is referred to as length. The space enclosed by the unit sphere in dimension 2 is measured in meters squared.
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by yequalsx 9y ago
The definition of a polynomial has nothing to do with units of measurement. The coefficients come from a ring and a ring has nothing g to do with units of measurement.
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by yequalsx 9y ago
Consider the possibility that your assumption about the state of my knowledge on the legal system is incorrect. Assume this. Then present reasons why my disgust is unwarranted. That would be a good starting point for further discussion.
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by yequalsx 9y ago
I couldn’t read the whole PDF. It’s just too depressing. The U.S. penal and justice system to me seems like a great big mess full of rage inducing injustices.
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by yequalsx 9y ago
Hence, the “current trends” portion of what I wrote. Also, history is not a guide in this matter. The creation of new tech depends on knowledge and it is not predictable whether or not enough new knowledge will be gained to offset current
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by yequalsx 9y ago
It's not prophecy. It's a fact that at current trends things are looking dire. The trend may change but only if people heed the warning. I don't know what will happen in 100 years. I do know that without a significant cha
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by yequalsx 9y ago
The reverse is also true. You assume humanity will find a way to deal with the trash. Not just the trash that will be made but also the trash that has already found it's way into the oceans. The number of people who recycle a lot is
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by yequalsx 9y ago
Free rider problem. People locally optimize for their own benefit and those same people can rightfully decry the effect. We are all hypocrites from time to time. Let’s not let hypocrisy be a reason to discount a thought or idea. The val
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by yequalsx 9y ago
For me the pessimism stems from the fact that having 8 billion or so well off consumers is not environmentally sustainable. We are polluting on a grand scale. Plastics, toxins, and trash are doing great harm to the environment. Right now
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by yequalsx 9y ago
Suppose you know for a fact that this place has never experienced such an an event like this over the last x years with x a large number. Furthermore you have strong evidence the Earth is warming. Then this happens. Such an observation c
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by yequalsx 9y ago
Pretty much all cities and towns in the U.S. are car centric. Large amounts of space wasted in the form of parking lots. Houses are mostly built away from grocery stores and shops. Usually there are no decent foot paths to get to them.
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by yequalsx 9y ago
Are you talking about the southern states or California? California gets less from the federal government than they give to the federal government. The reverse is true for most southern states.
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by yequalsx 9y ago
Could Tennessee handle an influx of 30 million people? I doubt it. Clearly it is not feasible to say to everyone, “Just move.” There is also the fact that southern states tend to be subsidized by the richer states. The low taxes of Tenn
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by yequalsx 9y ago
People are susceptible to suggestion and manipulation. As evidence consider that 40 years ago it would have been considered insane to suggest that k-12 teachers be armed. Opinions, and behaviors can be manipulated and a grand scale. Food
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by yequalsx 9y ago
This is incorrect. You pay interest/maintenance/insurance/tax costs for this home. Then one must calculate cost to sell the house. The appreciation of the home value simply does not all go toward the increase in your inves
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by yequalsx 9y ago
The downfall of the Greek economy occurred in 2008/2009. The immigration problem came later after the economy tanked. The immigration problem made things worse but the economy had already been wrecked by the time the refugees arrived

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