brighton36

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by brighton36 5y ago
One of the great frustrations in these debates, is the tendency to criticize a messenger who sees a cynical system. Instead of blaming the system for being cynical. Sometimes the most Optimistic people are shut out of debates, because they
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by brighton36 5y ago
I truly don't see what happened in his administration that was unusually awful. (and I didn't vote for him) Given the constant hyperbole on matter, and now, in the aftermath, I think the antics of his detractors just look ... hyst
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by brighton36 5y ago
Imo, it's a flaw in our model. If 'fighting them' failed, then, we should join them. Here, that would mean participation in the ipo, in the style of gamestop. Push the p/e ratio to something completely absurd. Maybe it&#
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by brighton36 5y ago
Thank-you. Candidly, I think 'no car' is what we should be promoting. I got rid of mine earlier in the year. I may find out this plan is wishful thinking. We'll see.
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by brighton36 5y ago
I'm very skeptical that these technologies will be more efficient than incumbent solutions. These products seem to be designed to comport with well intended political goals, rather than consumer preferences. It may be that these produc
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by brighton36 5y ago
Hurricane proof windows are fantastic. I install them in all my homes.
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by brighton36 5y ago
That's the same thing as pricing in dollars. If you haven't noticed, Bitcoin is as valuable as the usd/btc pair. It's why every bitcoiner knows what the price of Bitcoin is every day.
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by brighton36 5y ago
There was once a time in America, when this was a marginalized group.
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by brighton36 5y ago
Throughout history, men have bonded by expressing humor, angst, and emotions regarding sex. It may be an outrage by the moral fashion of today. But, you would have a hard time making the case that this behavior is unusual by incumbent stand
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by brighton36 5y ago
Switch to plaintextaccounting.org. See my other comment on this. I highly doubt you need Quickbooks.
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by brighton36 5y ago
I switched away from Quickbooks, years ago, to plain text accounting. Couldn't be happier. I can do everything better using hledger/ledger, git, vim and make. I don't know what value this software has at this point for a comm
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by brighton36 5y ago
Average People require average advice. Above average people can figure it out on their own. This piece is fine and good, and I appreciate that it was written. I agree with its thesis.
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by brighton36 5y ago
I always write-in other. Both on gender and race. Mostly because I resent the politics.
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by brighton36 5y ago
I think the problems of governance are non-trivial in tenant-owned apartments. Not that they can't work, obviously. But, I think the ability to 'vote with your feet', is a bit more powerful than the ability to reconcile disag
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by brighton36 5y ago
Over-representation assumes that there's an objective taxonomy by which representation can be factored. I find it very amusing that no one thinks of this, and/or can't bring this 'obvious' fact to light. "Imagi
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by brighton36 5y ago
This is a wonderful idea. The people who own the signs, direct the traffic. It's why small business is drying up. Also, 'intellectual property' is mostly just postmodern nonsense
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by brighton36 5y ago
Do we have to believe in gay? What do we call the people who date redheads? (And why not celebrate that instead)
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by brighton36 5y ago
Probably people resent how equal the wealthy are, in terms of dictating public policy. There's a degree of wealth, at which point the government is merely a performance.
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by brighton36 5y ago
I've never understood school either. Now that I'm 40 years old, I understand it less. I think there was a generation of adults who were 'in on the rhetoric' at one point. Telling people that these are places of education
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by brighton36 5y ago
"anything but this" is a compelling direction, when people don't subscribe to a least-worst model of governance. 'Anything but this' is an utopian path. There's really no justification or even rationalization,
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by brighton36 5y ago
Day traders are gambling on surface noise. It's not much different than roulette. Long term investors have some notion of longitudinal value accrual and stability.
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by brighton36 5y ago
That's about how I feel. I think it's worth noting that humans seem to go through cycles of securitization, that makes 'all the sense in the world' in their time. But, which becomes abhorrent, or nonsensical as the fash
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by brighton36 5y ago
'intellectual property' is mostly post-modern nonsense. Yet, here we are. If these numbers are property, then, the government will duely regulate it as such.
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by brighton36 5y ago
I agree with most everything you just wrote. But, note that the problem with Proof of Stake, in this thinking, is that you won't be able to buy tokens from your local energy company, when the regulators shut your blockchain down.
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by brighton36 5y ago
Wonderful comment. Thank you.
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by brighton36 5y ago
If you don't watch tv , you wouldn't have any trauma. Save for the odd people appearing in your neighborhood, who cover their face.
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by brighton36 5y ago
That may be. Yet, you see it.
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by brighton36 5y ago
Lets wait to see what the economic impacts of this fear culture brings, before announcing there are no casualties.
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by brighton36 5y ago
It's a trolley problem. Someone gets hurt if you put the mask on, someone gets hurt if you don't put the mask on. You're assuming that there is an objectively good decision here.
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by brighton36 5y ago
Is this really drama? I don't actually care if I'm downvoted. People will always upvote iced cream, and downvote brocolli. It's not hard to see that, or understand why that would be the case. Mostly I find it funny.

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