JDiculous

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by JDiculous 6y ago
Yea but this not a permanent shock, it's a temporary disruption. As soon as this passes over, rents will likely revert back to where they were before. In NYC there are many vacant commercial spaces because landlords hold out for the hi
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by JDiculous 6y ago
I have to disagree with #2. Landlords can charge whatever they want, and there is little reason to suspect that they'll lower rents after this.
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by JDiculous 6y ago
> that type of stimulus would require an act of Congress, who apparently can't get their collective heads out of their own asses at the moment. Yes that is the problem. I believe that the Fed's powers should be expanded to allo
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by JDiculous 6y ago
I don't disagree with this, but it's a shame we don't address the suffering of humans who've lost their jobs, or small businesses having to go bankrupt due to this crisis, with the same degree of urgency. I get that the
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by JDiculous 6y ago
Is the undergrad CS curriculum at a top-tier university really that different from that at a regular university?
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by JDiculous 7y ago
Ending slavery could be considered "unfair" to a slaveowner who just spent a lot of money purchasing a slave. That doesn't justify slavery. The state of student loans in the U.S. obviously isn't even remotely as despicab
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by JDiculous 7y ago
Can someone explain why bond yields are going up? Normally you'd expect people to be investing in safer assets (eg. bonds) during times of crises, especially with the Fed slashing interest rates and embarking on QE.
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by JDiculous 7y ago
Yes UBI would not "fix" homelessness or poverty, but it dramatically improves things. > People that have the tendency be homeless are people that don't find their place in society, the lack of order actually brings them re
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by JDiculous 7y ago
> Beggars with voting rights will vote for people who give them more and more Given that UBI increases would be coupled with tax increases, I don't actually see that being the case.
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by JDiculous 7y ago
Are you kidding me? We literally dump our mental health patients on the streets. [1] How many of the homeless in SF/NYC that you see have kids with them? The mental gymnastics people go through to justify homelessness and poverty is si
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by JDiculous 7y ago
Shorting the market. If the world's going down the drain, might as well profit from it.
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by JDiculous 7y ago
Employers in the U.S. can fire anyone at any time for practically any reason, cutting off one's livelihood. That feels more likely than a government doing the equivalent of cutting off someone's social security. A company's g
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by JDiculous 7y ago
I've always wanted the ability to just save my HTML/CSS changes in Chrome Dev Tools to the source files ("Future #3"). Why has that not been done yet? Would save a ton of time.
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by JDiculous 7y ago
One day we will look at all the homelessness and blatant poverty in our society we allow in absolute disgust, similar to the repulsion people feel about slavery. UBI isn't just about liberty and accelerating ourselves forward (though i
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by JDiculous 7y ago
The only real way to fix this in the U.S. is to allow rank-based voting, otherwise it is practically impossible for any third-party candidate to get elected. So long as we have a two-party system, we will have dumbed down political policies
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by JDiculous 7y ago
Australia is doing pretty damn well. The pay there is fantastic, and it's one of the few countries where you can work any honest job and still get paid well (I can attest that this is not the case in the U.S.). Many foreigners flock th
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by JDiculous 7y ago
Have you seen all the homeless people in SF or NYC lately? I'd love to see the reaction to some cushy FAANG engineer telling them "the time for UBI might not be now".
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by JDiculous 7y ago
There is nothing inflationary about UBI. It's interesting how people think the onus is on UBI proponents to justify why their policy wouldn't cause inflation. Even if it did cause inflation, ultimately it's just a redistribut
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by JDiculous 7y ago
> but the risk for people in power to use it against the people. As opposed to what, private undemocratic unaccountable authoritarian institutions controlling peoples' lives? > nce UBI exists, people will rely on it for survival
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by JDiculous 7y ago
You could have a 2 minute chat remotely
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by JDiculous 7y ago
Why haven't they done it in Asia yet then since Coronavirus originated from and is more severe there?
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by JDiculous 7y ago
This is insane. What are the chances of this happening for Asia? I'm currently in Asia and it would be unfortunate to not be able to return home.
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by JDiculous 7y ago
You assume anything any big corporation does is the optimal way of doing things?
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by JDiculous 7y ago
These acronyms are getting ridiculous
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by JDiculous 7y ago
Well yea, none of those anecdotes you referenced are office jobs.
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by JDiculous 7y ago
> but we need to get over this idea that WFH is the best option for everyone. I don't think anybody is claiming this. The argument is more that WFH is best for people who prefer to WFH and are able to do so effectively. Last time I
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by JDiculous 7y ago
> The middle class will shoulder the bulk of it Why is that the assumption?
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by JDiculous 7y ago
QE is money printing to buy financial securities. It is money printing.
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by JDiculous 7y ago
Long time night owl here - I just quit office jobs and exclusively work remotely now. I'd always joked that my life goal was to never have to wake up to an alarm clock, but really it is a huge boost to my quality of life. Funny though
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by JDiculous 7y ago
I guess the contention here is the definition of the word "few". When I think of "a few years", I think 2-4, not 7-10.

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