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by geezer 8y ago
I had the opposite experience.
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by geezer 8y ago
Regulations are generally bad because they can be gamed. They produce a huge population of rent seeking parasites who work for the government to make regulation complex so only they can understand it, then move to private sector to help the
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by geezer 9y ago
> agents are forced to throw all common sense out the window when handling people It is not common sense but totally sensical. A grandma could have been threatened to strap it on her butt or her relative/friend gets it in the head.
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by geezer 9y ago
People are and have never been squeamish about killing. They just don't like to witness gore in their own backyards while they are enjoying brunch with their families. Concentration camps eliminate the inconvenience of having your day
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by geezer 10y ago
If foreign students want to make American friends, they should be prepared to feel uncomfortable and also be willing to make others uncomfortable. There is no easy way. You have to separate yourself from your comfort zone. That includes oth
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by geezer 10y ago
Did you ever violate speed limit and not pay a fine? I am guessing you did many times. If you had paid the fine, you'll be too broke to own a device to post this comment. It also means you circumvented the process and you are a crimina
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by geezer 10y ago
There are illegal aliens in this country because this country let them come in. We let them in so they can pick fruits, landscape our lawns, babysit our children, all at a huge discount. So yes, we all got financial benefits out of it. Now,
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by geezer 11y ago
I would disagree with Steven King here. Once you write down ideas, it allows you to reconsider them later in a different light, a difference context. I believe that is extremely valuable because it is crucial to analyze an idea from various
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Uncanny Valley(en.wikipedia.org)
1 points by geezer 11y ago|0 comments
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by geezer 11y ago
Its naive to believe that President Trump's _temporary_ ban on Muslim immigration will be the end of the story. It will just be the start of a nightmare. It took about 10 years for the gas chambers to fire up after Hitler came to power
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by geezer 11y ago
> You're comparing a religion and political ideology where large parts of its 1600 000 000 followers think it's okay to kill apostate People in civilized societies are judged based on their actions, not their beliefs. If Presid
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by geezer 11y ago
Homes prices had also always been trending up, until they didn't starting in 2008.
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by geezer 11y ago
Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence. Allegations of harmful effects of smoking were also once crackpot ideas. So was lung cancer due to working in coal mines. The point is that biological systems are complex. We don't unders
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by geezer 11y ago
Don't mess with complex systems we don't understand. Whether it is GMOS, global climate or administering antibiotics to animals. It should be incumbent upon those tinkering with complex systems to provide proof of non-harm. Right
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by geezer 11y ago
> We have less forest coverage than Japan. Japan has forest coverage of 67%, which is very respectable. New Zealand has 31.87%. Next 3 countries after New Zealand are Germany, Canada and United States. Source: https://en.wikip
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by geezer 12y ago
So Heroshima and Nagasaki were terrorist attacks?
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Twitter Introducing Data Grants(blog.twitter.com)
1 points by geezer 13y ago|0 comments
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by geezer 13y ago
This is apropos for this thread "The wealth of the 85 richest people equals that of half the world's population, says development charity Oxfam http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/uk&#x2
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by geezer 13y ago
I agree with the point that traders can easily quantify their value, but there is a more fundamental reason at play here. First, trading is a very scalable profession. The more you can bet, the more you can win (or lose). The fact is that h
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by geezer 13y ago
The Economist needs to understand the difference experiencing happiness and remembering happiness. Behavioral economists have done years of research differentiating the two. It makes no sense to talk about happiness otherwise. The incomes i
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by geezer 13y ago
Generally speaking, we institutionalize the incompetent. We don't allow them to run around harming themselves and others, sign contracts, and the like. We also rehabilitate them. Jailing someone for minor infraction does not qualify.
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by geezer 13y ago
Agree. The two systems aren't equivalent. The U.S system is worse. You can't even bribe your way to what you want.
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by geezer 14y ago
> It is totally rational for a woman to ask: "I'm willing to give up all this, what are you willing to do?" Giving up sex with other women.
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by geezer 14y ago
> The IQ of children is highly correlated with the IQ of parents There is plenty of research to suggest that socio-economic (SES) status is the driving factor behind IQ, not genetics. An adopted child's IQ will tend to be higher if adop
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by geezer 14y ago
So where is the grudge against airlines charging for checked bags?
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Richard Branson Says That Marissa Mayer Got It Wrong About Remote Employees(businessinsider.com)
3 points by geezer 14y ago|0 comments
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by geezer 14y ago
As were many others who weren't as lucky as Buffett
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Microsoft’s Downfall(vanityfair.com)
7 points by geezer 14y ago|0 comments
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by geezer 14y ago
Lets just make cell phone battery reliable more reliable before replacing cash with cell phones.
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by geezer 15y ago
Its important to keep in mind that while lobbyists are a major factor in corruption of the political system, one of the reasons they are there is that they politicians rely on them for providing technical expertise.

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