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by StackRanker3000 1y ago
Why do you think the White House aren’t simply saying that, then, rather than claiming it’s about reciprocal tariffs and trade barriers?
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by StackRanker3000 1y ago
I don’t understand what you’re trying to say. What rtkwe described is literally what they are? They didn’t say the tariffs are random (unless the comment changed, which would explain why yours makes no sense to me), they said they aren’t wh
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by StackRanker3000 1y ago
So why isn’t the system already working as Gigachad suggested up the thread? Why is cloning plates feasible at all and not immediately discovered and prosecuted? Is this perhaps in the works? Or are the incentives not there?
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by StackRanker3000 1y ago
> Attention, lack of scruples and charisma, are prerequisites for ALL politicians. Sure, to some extent. Trump is an extreme outlier though, at least on the first two. And my main point was mainly that he doesn’t have anything else . &g
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by StackRanker3000 1y ago
I’m going to respectfully disagree with you there. Trump’s success as a politician is solely down to three factors. Firstly, he has an insatiable desire for attention, admiration, and generally benefitting himself. That’s what causes his dr
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by StackRanker3000 2y ago
So why do you think Google is making this acquisition?
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by StackRanker3000 2y ago
I agree with everything else you’ve written, but Musk is an American citizen, since a couple of decades.
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by StackRanker3000 2y ago
This is nitpicking, but I guess which disease bears the title depends on how you define it. I remember seeing some estimate that malaria has killed ~40% of all humans that have ever lived.
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by StackRanker3000 2y ago
Actually, is it known by which criteria Musk picked these people? Or do we just have speculation? I haven’t read any detailed reporting about that.
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by StackRanker3000 2y ago
You’re leaving out that he was ousted by Thiel and the board because they thought he was about to fuck up the whole thing. By the time they sold to eBay, he was the largest shareholder, but no longer involved with the operation of the compa
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by StackRanker3000 2y ago
In addition to what lazide said, this suit was filed in 2021. Zuck didn’t know then that Trump would win the next election or which way public sentiments would change. But now here we are.
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by StackRanker3000 2y ago
I don’t really understand your point. The United States Congress, and the executive branch, they never do anything, to the point where you find it absurd to suggest that they would? Everything is done by the ”business elite”?
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by StackRanker3000 2y ago
Some teams clearly think ”go team [our nationality/ethnicity/religion], screw everyone else”.
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by StackRanker3000 2y ago
The original context was unsafe drivers, with the gist of the response being that when you have everyone paying for exactly the costs they themselves incur, insurance has become meaningless. It’s hyperbole of sorts, but it highlights that u
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by StackRanker3000 2y ago
Sure. I can’t speak for Scoundreller, but I don’t think it was meant to be particularly interesting, just pointing out to wbl that if insurance was to become perfectly fair, it will also have become pointless.
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by StackRanker3000 2y ago
> They can’t predict the future, they can’t predict exactly when you’ll get in an accident. That’s why it’s a thought experiment, and not real life. > Perfect information means… No, that’s not what was meant by perfect information in
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by StackRanker3000 2y ago
But in this hypothetical the insurance company has perfect information, so they won’t sell you that policy that has to be paid out for more than you’ve contributed. It’s just a thought experiment, but the more information they have on us, t
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by StackRanker3000 2y ago
How does that work in practice? Do insurers have to share their models with the regulator?
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by StackRanker3000 2y ago
So did the Founding Fathers actually believe that all human beings were created equal?
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by StackRanker3000 2y ago
So why weren’t women allowed to vote when those words were written?
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by StackRanker3000 2y ago
Sometimes when people complain ”you’re just arguing semantics!”, the semantics do in fact need to be cleared up, because the words being used are confusing, or wrong in a way that’s preventing participants in the discussion from getting on
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by StackRanker3000 2y ago
This is an instance where semantics are nothing more than, well, semantics. The people who say that Trump has been ”convicted but not sentenced” actually mean that he’s been ”found guilty but not sentenced”, they just aren’t intimately fa
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by StackRanker3000 2y ago
And sometimes the reason you don’t feel fine end up being anxiety, and reframing your experience can make the problem go away. I visited the emergency room with chest pains several times before it actually sunk in that it was my neuroticism
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by StackRanker3000 2y ago
Some people could. There was also a lot more abject poverty.
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by StackRanker3000 2y ago
That last bit is correct, there aren’t many places like that in Denmark. So the original question remains, where would be a better place for them specifically to plant these trees?
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by StackRanker3000 2y ago
”To move the needle” usually means to have a measurable/noticeable effect. It feels a bit weird to say that the presidency of the United States doesn’t have any effect on who the chair of the FTC is
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by StackRanker3000 2y ago
So do you really think there are no people who have ever voted against their own interests because they were misled, or even lied to? That doesn’t mean that they should be disenfranchised, but perhaps it’s worth looking into how those peopl
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by StackRanker3000 2y ago
> Under a democracy, the law is to the will of the people. Why do the people of the USA want sodomy laws in the first place? They don’t, generally. They did a long time ago, when those laws were enacted. Since then sentiments have change
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by StackRanker3000 2y ago
I took that to mean ”we don’t really need anyone right now, but if someone who is very good applies, we’ll hire them”. Edit: Or maybe not, see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42012035
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by StackRanker3000 2y ago
Aren’t utes and pickups different (albeit similar) types of vehicle? Edit: Since someone downvoted me, I went to find the first source I could. I’d be more than happy to be challenged constructively if this isn’t true: > Utes are classif

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