warrenwilkinson

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by warrenwilkinson 15y ago
What are other property taxes based on?
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by warrenwilkinson 15y ago
I'd say every labour saving device invented would qualify as property that can create more time.
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by warrenwilkinson 15y ago
Doesn't look like anything to me. This shows the tax rates: http://www.truthandpolitics.org/top-rates.php . They climbed up for WW1 & WW2, and now are falling back to historical levels. And here is income distribution: http://en.wikip
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by warrenwilkinson 15y ago
Bad parking or Murder?
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by warrenwilkinson 15y ago
Instead of what? On a more serious note, this would be a complete non-issue, except that education is state controlled. So now it's politics. Where it private people could choose what's best for their child without choosing what's best for
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by warrenwilkinson 15y ago
Pretty easy. Compare the sum with the expected sum. Compare the sum of squares with the expected sum of squares. Two equations, just solve them. I wrote the final equations in the blog comments.
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by warrenwilkinson 15y ago
I notice this in politics. Some people vote for charitable political parties, while they themselves never give to charity.
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by warrenwilkinson 15y ago
Sometimes software stinks because it IS bad. Perhaps the software he is using grew from simple to complex and nobody did any housework, thus the smell. Maybe it does need some work.
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by warrenwilkinson 15y ago
Quick question: Is this suitable for streaming video? Just wondering, thanks.
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by warrenwilkinson 15y ago
Also, once you have a permanent address you can trade. Civilization does well in places with trade routes (like coasts, big slow rivers, or well defended roads)
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by warrenwilkinson 15y ago
Forth is number 1 on my list of greatest languages -- and I've been coding Lisp full time for years. If you want to have your mind blown, take a look at what Moore has done recently with Color Forth. It's tricky to piece together the stor
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by warrenwilkinson 15y ago
My criteria is when someone mentions a right, can I meaningfully append the question 'At whose expense'? If I can, it's bogus. These are rights: Right to liberty, to own property, to your life, to the pursuit of happiness, to freedom of sp
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by warrenwilkinson 15y ago
I'll bet the version off pirate bay works fine. I know this is kind of snarky, but if they want to successfully combat piracy they need to make the pay-and-play experience better than the pirate one. DRM only affects those who play the un
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by warrenwilkinson 15y ago
Or maybe they are? Or maybe a bit of both? Some people (myself included) feel a contract is a contract is a contract.
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by warrenwilkinson 15y ago
Having courts retroactively redefine contracts based on their fairness weakens contract law greatly. Besides being very subjective, things that start fair often seem unfair in time. For example Microsoft's deal with IBM, or Mosaic's deal w
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by warrenwilkinson 15y ago
That's what I thought too. I stumbled across this yesterday, while searching for a market for my script. The deal sounds great, I'm too busy to market my script properly, but I can just upload it to them, get feedback, exposure, possibly
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by warrenwilkinson 15y ago
OSM doesn't own volunteer time. If the volunteers find Googles platform & terms more pleasing, then more power to them. However, if the original article is correct in that Google misleads volunteers, then I hope his post helps correct t
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by warrenwilkinson 15y ago
I agree. The only thing standing in the way is state licensing. The AMA lobbied for medical practitioner licensing in the earlier 1900s on the grounds that they would set high standards for future doctors. The end result was different: "Th
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by warrenwilkinson 15y ago
True, but that value isn't for sale, it's manifest as easements owned by your neighbors. (the true price is buying the land and the easements that conflict with your agenda). For example, if you fish the wetland, or set up a water front hot
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by warrenwilkinson 15y ago
Today most of the environment is federally owned as crown or public land. 89% of Canada and at least 20% of the US are in this state (some western states are between 25% and 75% public land). As government property the land is not salable a
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by warrenwilkinson 15y ago
In theory, if it could identify the food & quantity, it should be able to produce every useful food statistic. From daily nutrition, to calories, to a map showing which regions of the earth commonly grow the fruit and vegetables in it.
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by warrenwilkinson 15y ago
I'm glad you said it first. This is a REALLY well written essay. The writer obviously knows something about Ghandi. He has clearly read much of the man's letters, knows who he associated with, has read several biographies, and seems to k
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by warrenwilkinson 15y ago
The other day I was pondering if non-violent resistance really would help the Tibetans. If Gandhi's revolution really wasn't non-violent (and the transition was already well underway), that doesn't leave many cases where non-violence w
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by warrenwilkinson 15y ago
I did some napkin math on the 10,000 hour thing. 10,000 hours is N hours daily for M years 3 hours for 10 years. 4 hours 15 min for 7 years 5 hours for 6 years 6 hours for 5 years 7 hours 30 min for 4 years 10 hours a day for 3 years 15 hou
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by warrenwilkinson 15y ago
I found it funny that after he read that quote, suddenly his wife and friends became 10,000 hour superstars. I think the point is that 10,000 is necessary to mastering a skill; and some people who master skills will be superstars. Not 'ever
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by warrenwilkinson 15y ago
I wonder: are these people lying to themselves, or just lying to him? I eat meat, but if I thought it would upset a vegan who'd brought it up, I'd probably 'enhance' the truth.
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by warrenwilkinson 15y ago
The author claims a right he doesn't have (a right to private correspondence). Something I've never seen mentioned anywhere before. I know most war time letters are censored, and I've never seen rights activists even mention (let alone pr
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by warrenwilkinson 15y ago
I wish that the sample footage he shot at 24,48 and 60 fps was available somewhere I could download it =(.
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by warrenwilkinson 15y ago
Mary Ruwart (a doctor and also a leading candidate for the libertarian party's presidential nominee in 2008) has written on this subject: http://www.ruwart.com/Healing/chap6.html .
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by warrenwilkinson 15y ago
When I was in Switzerland, I lived mostly on home made Greek salads (Tomatos, Cucumbers, Onions, Olive Oil and Feta Cheese -- eaten 4x a week for about a year). They were delicious. I made one when I got back to Canada, but the flavor was

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