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by zzzzzzzzzman 10y ago
I'm literally shaking. We can't let this keep happening on HN.
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by zzzzzzzzzman 10y ago
Thanks for the link, I saw this post yesterday and completely disagree with the "experiment". You can see dang messed with one of my comment chains last week because my decent arguments "incited flame wars". It's al
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by zzzzzzzzzman 10y ago
Why is the monkey being forced to pay for services already rendered to him that were paid for by taxes? Is there a budget shortfall somewhere? This is like saying I need to pay Oracle $10,000 for all those years that my drivers license info
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by zzzzzzzzzman 10y ago
You are correct. So then why do those same citizens yell at me to pay my taxes, when I am not concerned as they are, and don't want the sub-par and expensive defense services they are providing me :)
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by zzzzzzzzzman 10y ago
I appreciate your response :) The real question is why are medical procedures so artificially expensive. The only thing I would really need medical insurance for is a rare emergency procedure like an appendectomy. Information online says an
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by zzzzzzzzzman 10y ago
Thank you for your well-formulated points and civil response :) Re: roads, I agree that not all roads are toll roads. The good news is that roads are relatively inexpensive to build and maintain (for example, the federal transportation budg
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by zzzzzzzzzman 10y ago
Humans have contributed knowledge and technology both privately and publicly. The real question is, why is it that today we have education and health care "systems" that have ridiculously ballooning costs, and dwindling quality?
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by zzzzzzzzzman 10y ago
I 100000% agree! The only issue is that on this Earth, far away = Antarctica, Bouvet Island, a barge in the ocean.... Surely there needs to be some middle ground where I can live in a relatively hospitable place without having to worry abou
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by zzzzzzzzzman 10y ago
I greatly appreciate your accurate and civil response! I think it is achievable at some scale. The right number of course is somewhere between 5 monkeys on an island, and 7 billion monkeys on a planet. You could conceivably take your money,
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by zzzzzzzzzman 10y ago
Why is the average able bodied citizen unable to protect himself the local and national level? Why don't the concerned citizens pool their funds together to pay for their own defence? If we must pay taxes for these things, why must the
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by zzzzzzzzzman 10y ago
I appreciate your POV, but why is this monkey not able to produce his own bananas from the trees and the soil?
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by zzzzzzzzzman 10y ago
I hope my POV can serve as a piece of history some day then :)
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by zzzzzzzzzman 10y ago
Now now now Mr. Monkey, these fighter jets are for your protection! And the blanket banana surveillance we conduct on you and your community is also important so that we can collect a banana salary while protecting you from people that want
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by zzzzzzzzzman 10y ago
I am an American and I pay for all of my medical care privately, without insurance :)
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by zzzzzzzzzman 10y ago
"But since he does..." This is a fatal assumption to make ;) I personally pay income taxes, do not have health insurance, and on the off times I require medical/dental care, I go to a private medical practice. It is therefore
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by zzzzzzzzzman 10y ago
I appreciate your response and POV :) Why can we not assume that the doctor monkey is operating a private medical practice, his daughter is sent to a private monkey school, and they drove together in a privately produced car on privately ma
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by zzzzzzzzzman 10y ago
"If you live on a farm off the grid...." I agree, the monkey that does what you described shouldn't be forced to pay taxes. But I am still confused as to why the monkey and his family can't attend private schools, drive
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by zzzzzzzzzman 10y ago
I actually completely agree, I would only use my version ("said to him") in formal/business settings where I am not very well-acquainted with the majority of listeners in the room! But, I would probably stray from saying &quo
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by zzzzzzzzzman 10y ago
Also, "And I said to him, 'What are you doing here!'"
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by zzzzzzzzzman 10y ago
They are laughing yes, I don't want to speak for everyone at Dyn, but the people I know are laughing at how hard it is to escape Big Red!
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by zzzzzzzzzman 10y ago
I would say that we all have become numb to the negative aspects of this job, which as you can imagine, usually include: 1) (rightfully) angry customers 2) painfully arbitrary and illogical corporate procedures 3) any sort of purpose or mis
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by zzzzzzzzzman 10y ago
As an employee of Oracle that sells Sun stuff, it really isn't all that bad :) But we are all lol'ing at the parallels here. A number of our colleagues went to work for Dyn recently, too haha...
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by zzzzzzzzzman 10y ago
I agree, but surely as a public company there needs to be some kind of vision somewhere :)
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by zzzzzzzzzman 10y ago
Wow, I really like Vine and am surprised that Twitter's visions for its path to profitability don't include such a flourishing community. Sad news keeps coming today... :(