MK999

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by MK999 9y ago
Cars make you broke, average cost of car ownership for an American is $8K per year.
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by MK999 9y ago
It stigmatizes inquiry, it's shorthand for 'heretic', pariah.
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by MK999 9y ago
I try to avoid using Orwellian terms.
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by MK999 10y ago
I always intended to read "Missing 411" after hearing the author speak on the radio, but haven't made time for it.
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by MK999 10y ago
If you enjoy urban plannning docs like 'Urbanized', check out 'The Pruitt Igoe Myth' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pruitt-Igoe_Myth
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by MK999 10y ago
Can you quantify that at all? How much of a discount is there baked in due to subsidies?
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by MK999 10y ago
As I understand it the innovation is at the zoning level. In order to affect change you need to change all of these zoning laws, and the keyword is Form Based Code, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Form-based_code Encour
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by MK999 10y ago
"Streets are for People: A Primer for Americans" -Bernard Rudofsky "The Bible Proves the Teachings of the Catholic Church" -Bro Michael Dimond
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by MK999 10y ago
Invest in chip companies. AI requires a lot of computes.
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by MK999 10y ago
For me, arriving at a giant parking lot takes all the fun out of shopping.
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by MK999 10y ago
Shouting "racism!" is a good way to shut down the discussion Shouting "culture!" doesn't really work as well.
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by MK999 10y ago
Vaccines sometimes cause grave injury and the vaccine court pays out. Some people aren't so keen to press their luck.
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by MK999 10y ago
Then the media would just hide behind the fact that the fabricated evidence was coming from the intel agencies.
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by MK999 10y ago
Also the term 'filter-bubble' which acts as if conservatives are simply not exposed to liberal viewpoints.
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by MK999 10y ago
FM music is pretty much the same everywhere in the US because Clear Channel owns (almost) everything
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by MK999 10y ago
javascript html5 videogame seems like an obvious choice
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by MK999 10y ago
The TransMilenio model could probably be applied some places with great effect. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TransMilenio
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by MK999 10y ago
If you are injured by a vaccine you can't sue the manufacturer, you have to go though the Vaccine Court. Meanwhile the vaccines themselves can enumerate some hideous side effects. https://www.scribd.com/doc/306554
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by MK999 10y ago
Why Trains Suck in America https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbEfzuCLoAQ
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by MK999 10y ago
I think people are already making a big impact by moving back to urban centers, increasing the demand for transit and housing. I'm astonished by the number of new developments going up in Minneapolis.
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by MK999 10y ago
One of the great cities of Europe, maybe Milan, (so many to choose from) because I love walk-able cities. Toronto is very walk-able, so I think you're already in a nice spot.
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by MK999 10y ago
I've seen plenty of evidence of paid protesters. Not sure why you have to act like a jerk.
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by MK999 10y ago
i heard someone describe trolling as a last resort when your opponents refuse to debate you
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by MK999 10y ago
I think you should be able to do business with whomever you want, but there are laws against this.
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by MK999 10y ago
If oil doesn't move by pipeline it will move by rail.
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by MK999 10y ago
Counterpoint: Tel Aviv has an active tech economy despite a difficult immigration environment. You probably just need first world infrastructure, capital, and low levels of government corruption.
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by MK999 10y ago
Does anyone have a link to the talk something along the lines of ~'the power of stupid ideas' -- the beginning was about this shop that petitioned the London bus authority to move the bus stop closer to this shop to create a virtu
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by MK999 10y ago
Some time ago there was a thread about some app that got popular which the dev busted out in a few days because he knew his way around heroku hackathon-starter / node.js https://github.com/sahat/hackathon-starter
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How an Average Family in Tokyo Can Buy a New Home(youtube.com)
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by MK999 10y ago
Great point, I've not seen this point mentioned elsewhere in these types of discussions.

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