ArkVark

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by ArkVark 6y ago
And now we have the War on COVID.
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by ArkVark 6y ago
Europe generates a lot of content, but owns none of the platforms. Lower commissions on those stores would translate directly to higher profits and investment by those content creators, which would be taxed directly and indirectly.
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by ArkVark 6y ago
COVID has leapt from the realm of science and reason into fear and hysteria. If we 'saved' 1 million elderly people from dying of COVID, and they instead died over a period of time from vaccine side effects, those effects would be
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by ArkVark 6y ago
I think the inevitable move here is for the EU to enact a maximum % commission for platforms above $1b revenue, at something like 20%. Maybe for sales from that region or for developers in that region. Unfortunately the EU is going the oppo
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by ArkVark 6y ago
IoT devices are cheap and tiny and so are rarely on the latest cellular standards. Your typical IoT use case is smart metering and logistics - hardly big data users. In most of those other use cases, the carrier serves as basically a big du
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by ArkVark 6y ago
I struggle to see anything Fascist about Donald Trump. I'm significantly more concerned about the role of BLM, woke politics, and the rise of Leftist racism, which is basically part and parcel of modern Democrats.
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by ArkVark 6y ago
The point of 5G is to allow carriers to serve more data with the same amount of spectrum. Usually that leads to consumer benefits in the form of a cheaper rate per megabyte. That's basically it.
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by ArkVark 6y ago
The economic migrants that have travelled to Europe illegally are mostly illiterate and with few skills. They are consistently borne out to be at the bottom of society and over-represented on welfare rolls and jails. Essentially they will f
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by ArkVark 6y ago
The EU is not a great place for innovation, period. Here are the major problems: 1. No common language 2. Incredibly high taxes, particularly sales taxes 3. Unfinished transition out of Communism in many Eastern Countries 4. Preference for
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by ArkVark 6y ago
The simplest explanation for Madrid is that it locked down too early, and herd immunity (which seems to occur at about 20-25%, based on Antibody testing of New York and Sweden) was never reached. Lockdown also seems to increase the threshol
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by ArkVark 6y ago
You are paying for your Dad's pension, and for the Government services consumed by millions of migrants. Those same migrants increase labor supply (thus lowering the equilibrium price) and increase demand for land and real estate. The
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by ArkVark 6y ago
The missing component is the need to integrate Electric Vehicles into the grid on a fundamental basis including selling electricity. We need a technical, regulatory and user regime to support this. For starters, by transmitting power demand
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by ArkVark 6y ago
The reduced number of potential children is offset by the significantly higher net increase in emissions from moving from a poor country to a rich country, and participating in a more CO2-intensive economy. Unskilled migrants and refugees m
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by ArkVark 6y ago
We'll struggle to address this until we get the global population under control, particularly in the 3rd world where regard for the Environment is much lower than in the West. At least in the West, we can phase out beef, coal, and oil;
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by ArkVark 6y ago
The solution is point-to-point, subscription-based and private autonomous minibusses, which generates routes based on demand and can seat 10 passengers. Cities should subsidise these services, or at the least not charge sales tax on them.
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by ArkVark 6y ago
Because without fancy, bespoke packaging people will be less inclined to buy copious amounts of junk food. We need to fundamentally rethink our entire food system. For example, having every individual buy, transport, cook and dispose of the
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by ArkVark 6y ago
Banning Instagram and Tinder would be great for America and the world. Get people, relationships, and social networks back to reality.
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by ArkVark 6y ago
The bigger questions is why waste $7,000 on this when that sum could have gone to your heirs?
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by ArkVark 6y ago
Why not just eat the soy beans directly? This stuff is just glorified processed food.
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Xbox Series X launches November 10 for $499(polygon.com)
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by ArkVark 6y ago
The logical next step is for individual countries to regulate the maximum % commission that a digital marketplace can charge its developers. Which will place Apple in a much more difficult position than if they unilaterally reduced their co
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by ArkVark 6y ago
Poland is not a great place to live either. Sales tax is 23%, stores are all shut on Sunday (by decree of the Polish Catholic church, essentially), real estate prices are similar to the midwest USA due to restrictions on new builds, and tax
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by ArkVark 6y ago
The poor outcomes for healthcare in the USA can be mostly attributed to obesity and the poorer diets and habits of the population. The USA's privatised healthcare system would operate a lot more efficiently if sugar was heavily taxed,
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by ArkVark 6y ago
It is definitely psychological. I was suffering daily after COVID when living still under lockdown. I moved to a non-lockdown country (where the strategy is now herd immunity) and felt better immediately, and now have zero lingering symptom
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by ArkVark 6y ago
Extreme wealth is not valued in Europe. To the contrary, income (even upper-middle class income) and consumption is incredibly highly taxed. Many small and mid-sized business struggle or refuse to scale because it exposes them, their owners
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by ArkVark 6y ago
Excess atmospheric CO2 still causes major problems with human cognition and building ventilation. At about 800ppm there are measurable falls in human cognitive performance. Might not happen outside for a while, but the increase to the outdo
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by ArkVark 6y ago
I would argue that whatever the USA is doing is working. The USA has substantially lower taxes and higher salaries, including for the poorest, than the rest of the Western world. The USA policeforce seems focused on policing, whereas Police
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by ArkVark 6y ago
I'd welcome these applications being banned worldwide. Dating should be brought back to the real world: through friends, communities, family recommendations, and events. The emphasis should be on finding a compatible mate, marriage, co
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by ArkVark 6y ago
China also has a higher average IQ than much of the rest of the world: 104, vs 98 for the USA: https://www.worlddata.info/iq-by-country.php China is also pursuing eugenic strategies with the one-child policy, and controlled
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by ArkVark 6y ago
The problem with many of these marketplaces is that they charge VAT to buyers, even if the creator is below the threshold for VAT registration.

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