yock

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by yock 9y ago
The currency is still just a medium of exchange. If the value crashes and some are left "holding the bag" as you say, then those left holding currency could still exchange with one another. No system promises that its actors will
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by yock 9y ago
It isn't illegal to circumvent the cabal by agreeing to use a different currency. The sole goal of currency is a common medium of exchange. If that common medium is being manipulated then the market will perceive that as damage and rou
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by yock 9y ago
You'd get no resistance from me to eliminate agriculture subsidies. It would be mighty nice to see an organized movement to produce crops free of subsidies. I think people would be shocked to see just how cheap their food really is.
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by yock 9y ago
That's just foolish. I'm not going to forsake the benefit of something I'm forced to pay for. I can, however, still advocate for changes to that system. That isn't hypocrisy.
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by yock 9y ago
> Modern society works by having everyone contribute for the greater good. Whose definition of "good" are we using? Clearly not mine, as my definition of "good" demands consent.
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by yock 9y ago
Why should they be taxed for the benefit of their customers? Aren't their customers paying them ?
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by yock 9y ago
Aside from military protection, that is a list of things largely irrelevant to people who live in rural areas. It's money to be confiscated from them and used to prop up societies to which they have little to no connection.
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by yock 9y ago
This is where the battle should be. Net neutrality is little more than a gateway for further regulation of the internet by the federal government. Remove barriers to competition and innovation on a local scale and see the need for ISP regul
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by yock 9y ago
> FWIW the three tier system is dumb and should go away. But removing it doesn’t automatically level the playing field. I didn't mean to imply that it would. Laws regarding the distribution of alcohol are just a small piece of the p
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by yock 9y ago
Many states have laws forcing producers of alcoholic beverages to use distributors in the first place. It's state law that creates the bottleneck which allows the big players to monopolize the market in the first place.
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by yock 9y ago
This seems to have some interesting tools baked into it. Is S76 really innovating here or is this just a remix and reskin of tools already available?
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by yock 9y ago
> Humanity has decided there are just some things that shouldn't be said or shared. The thought of this terrifies me. It invites the absolute worst kind of collectivism.
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by yock 9y ago
Do you expect parents to earn the obedience of their young children? They are the receiver in this instance.
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by yock 9y ago
The steering wheel controls in my Volvo (from 2006!) are excellent. I have an aftermarket Bluetooth device from Grom Audio which allows me to control playback on my phone from the controls on my steering wheel. It really is the best of both
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by yock 9y ago
> the country as a whole can't decide on the results it wants Which will always be true of sufficiently large groups of humans. The more we insist that we all share common goals, the wider the schism between us becomes.
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by yock 9y ago
> they no longer had any title over In the US an auto lender is granted a lien on the vehicle's title until the lien is released, usually after the loan is fully paid. It's likely similar in Canada, but I don't know for su
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by yock 9y ago
I'm a big fan of "allow everything with no judgement" to be honest. The principles and morals of some will always offend the sensibilities of others. What gives us the right to codify into law which reasons are just and which
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by yock 9y ago
Doesn't this open up the door to using legality as a proxy for morality? Shouldn't a company, regardless of the service they provide, be free to establish their own conditions under which they will act or not act?
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by yock 9y ago
> Yeah, I should have done some proper research before buying this. I could understand this reaction if you were unsatisfied with a frustrating-but-functional experience. Don't beat yourself up too hard for buying something without
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by yock 9y ago
You liquidate the assets of the at-fault party. If that is insufficient you garnish their wages. Financial responsibility is something to be enforced by courts, not mandated by congress.
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by yock 9y ago
Considering how many people are incredibly productive with Git, calling it junk might be unfair.
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by yock 9y ago
I'd defend the sale of anything which doesn't inherently infringe on the rights of others. A couple of the items on your list fit that category, others don't. The issue here is what reasoning we use to prohibit a thing, and w
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by yock 9y ago
I completely agree, though I thought it more polite to not completely dismiss out-of-hand the person to whom I was responding.
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by yock 9y ago
You can't talk about busting up near-monopolies without first considering the market environment which created those near-monopolies. I don't see too many people asking how we got here in the first place. Without those questions (
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by yock 9y ago
Could this sort of thing be Google bombed?
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by yock 10y ago
There are a lot of factors leading to the current lack of competition in most markets, but I'm not convinced that a monopoly is an entirely natural market condition in this instance. If it were, providers wouldn't demand franchise
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by yock 10y ago
Regarding a, how do you figure stall speed is higher? Stall-spin accidents occur precisely because aircraft are in a bank near the ground. They're more common on landing than takeoff because procedure often dictates flying the runway h
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by yock 10y ago
Thanks a lot, that's it.
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by yock 10y ago
I'm having trouble recreating the poster's numbers. I'm sure it's my own ignorance, so I'd appreciate some correction. radius is 3500m velocity is 82m/s 82^2/3500 ~ 1.92 atan(1.92/9.81) ~ 0.19 or 10 d
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by yock 10y ago
Non-pilot aviation fanatic here. It seems like adding a bank angle to final approach would increase the risk of stall-spin accidents on landing.

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