cotsuka

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by cotsuka 12y ago
Do we need more languages? I certainly enjoy being able to travel to most countries and be able to speak English as a relative standard across all.
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by cotsuka 12y ago
That's an organization or club, not a company.
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by cotsuka 13y ago
I'm saying calling something Austrian or Keynesian is inherently political. We should come up with economic models, whether they're Austrian, Keynesian, alien, or dumb, test them against data to see if they hold up, and refine unt
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by cotsuka 13y ago
The other important thing is to reduce uncertainty as much as possible. You don't want your inflation rates to bounce around like crazy from day to day. Instead, you'd like to be able to keep them within certain limits so people c
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by cotsuka 13y ago
Just edited my comment for clarity.
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by cotsuka 13y ago
Austrian school not holding much weight with academics is like wondering why creationism doesn't hold much weight with academics. Lots of things can be explained with creationism, but it doesn't mean it's right. Many Austrian
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by cotsuka 13y ago
Well there was that famous CIA statue that nobody could figure out for a while. Turns out the NSA solved it pretty fast, but they just didn't tell anybody. And being the codemasters for the most powerful western country, I should hope
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by cotsuka 13y ago
I agree encouraging rape is not acceptable. Neither is racism. Or disrespecting other people. But we have decided that it is better to have freedom of speech than no freedom of speech. Is Facebook's response in the right? I think so. We sho
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by cotsuka 14y ago
Chalk?
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Ethics of Piracy (in response to How piracy changed my life)(nightra.in)
2 points by cotsuka 14y ago|0 comments
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by cotsuka 14y ago
I responded to the people justifying piracy using this article here: http://nightra.in/random/ethics-of-piracy/ In short, I think Vlad is trying to explain that piracy was only a last resort for him. And it should only be a last resort.
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by cotsuka 14y ago
This doesn't even belong on the main page.
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The Night is Dark(nightra.in)
1 points by cotsuka 14y ago|1 comments
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by cotsuka 14y ago
For tech geeks, maybe. For the majority of the population? I doubt it. There are still people who aren't sure what version of Windows or OS X they're running on their laptops. Now they need to know which version of Android their phone is on
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The Final Frontier(nightra.in)
1 points by cotsuka 14y ago|0 comments