mstodd

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by mstodd 10y ago
You as an individual should pay more because you're an idiot
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by mstodd 10y ago
People want virtue like they want anything else: quick and cheap
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by mstodd 10y ago
It's not because they were constructed to survive a natural disaster?
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by mstodd 10y ago
You /might/ replace 'unfair' with 'immoral'. Lots of things in life are unfair and are just a part of life, so there's a mentality that unfairness is just a part of life. Hopefully those who wish to take
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by mstodd 10y ago
Other people don't share your values, nor should they, nor should you expect them to. I would rather have more humans working these jobs, but minimum wage laws prevent that. There's no reason why your human interaction would suff
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by mstodd 10y ago
Are there any standard paths to getting in on this scam? I'm tired of always being picked to fund other people's carelessness.
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by mstodd 10y ago
Aristotle said that a city should only be as large as to encompass everyone that could hear the sound of a ram's horn or trumpet. Beyond that, you weren't part of the city or it's governance. Seems like a good rule which wo
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by mstodd 10y ago
No, saying that an issue is for the states to decide is simply acknowledging that US citizens are individuals, and they know better than the Federal government what they want. Regulation at the Federal level removes choice and freedom.
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by mstodd 10y ago
How is it bad for those things, especially freedom? Regulation takes away freedom, by definition. An ISP start-up offering services which discriminate traffic now can't exist, and therefore can't give consumers more options. Th
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by mstodd 10y ago
It's scary how much power simply give to the government, and how thankful they are that government officials who they've never met can make decisions for people neither of them have ever met.
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by mstodd 10y ago
I feel alone in thinking I don't want the government regulating any of this. What's next? A prayer disclaimer as you walk into a church? The people who buy this are probably the ones who can't afford real medicine, and now
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by mstodd 10y ago
Too bad a manifesto that states "I will not waste the most valuable resource: time" can't exist
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by mstodd 10y ago
We could write a manifesto for that, or not and just get back to our lives
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by mstodd 10y ago
I'm inclined to say that some people 'just get' certain things like this or complex SQL. How they got to 'getting it', I don't know.
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by mstodd 10y ago
There's no good reason for any of this other than simply being able to take more money from people. It's wrong for the government to pick who wins and who loses, and never works how it's sold.
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by mstodd 10y ago
An ISP may facilitate lawlessness in the same way a road might for a drug trafficker, but they certainly don't participate. Airbnb participates
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by mstodd 10y ago
*resource allocators
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by mstodd 10y ago
Gotten away with it? Have they been lying about something? If people don't buy their products, they'll leave the market. If people continue to buy them, they'll stay. I really hope the FDA doesn't get involved. As i
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by mstodd 10y ago
They're busy regulating life saving drugs. If we got rid of the FDA all together, there would be more competition for products like this, and companies would need to win the trust of consumers by providing real health study informatio
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by mstodd 10y ago
We also continue to more efficient at consuming, pricing, and allocating those resources.
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by mstodd 10y ago
Con: money is taken from people who earned it and given to those who didn't
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by mstodd 10y ago
Contractually, yes, but I doubt he delivered that level of service to the riders. BARTs carelessness is funded by American tax payers who get nothing in return
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by mstodd 10y ago
I'd like to see that study data as I'm skeptical that a person's name is the only factor. I can see them going the same route as Airbnb, forcing drivers and passengers to not discriminate. Unfortunately, the freedom to use
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by mstodd 10y ago
I take the opposite approach. If I share my idea and people say "that's a great idea", I get a feeling of accomplishment even I haven't done anything. It can be tough to actually do the hard work now instead of just co