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It was not even the farmers. It was mostly the government pimps of agricultural products and the rice smugglers of Punjab who got rich selling inedible rice to the government are a…

Yeah. Somehow "What is good for Delhi, is not good for Ottawa" and actually in case of Ottawa the protests are about freedom and actually peaceful. (The protests in India were dema…

Fair point, but they should apply that standard uniformly. Wasn't the ice bucket challenge dangerous ? And it was literally dangerous.

I know, but it is impressive that they are doing it for $400.

Well, all civilizations are full of stories of men waging war on oceans, burning down forests to reclaim lands, breaking mountains and all the wageries of such things. Dune was nei…

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Not sure what work you did but working on farms was something I despised. It was terrible work and made me depressed and feel like shit.

Felt pretty pissed at this. I am both a landlord and tenant. I worked with my tenants to help them pay, reduced the rent etc. Now I feel pretty stupid. I lost money just for being …

I recommend Taleb's recent paper that tells why gold is no more good inflation hedge.

> One could argue this is Good. Milton Friedman has several lectures around this. While excessive taxation and inflation are both bad for various reasons, inflation disproportionat…

We sent few million emails using SES over few weeks, Sendgrid's deliverability was around 12 times better than that of SES. Don't get me wrong, it might be perfectly fine choice fo…

I have seen far too many articles of these types. As someone who has sent billions of emails I can tell you the following. 1. SES is shit. 2. Value of mailchimp is not in its inter…

I find price gouging to be perfectly normal and perhaps even desirable during times like these. If the toilet paper prices go up drastically people will not be able to hoard it the…

Honestly they don't even have to support most roads and road conditions and still build a useful product. Thinks of malls, sports complexes, university complexes, airport etc. wher…

Did the students know this beforehand and despite knowing this joined UCSC ?

I think your analysis is spot on. This is all about what principle you are applying and whether it scales or not. It is a bit like restraining order. In some specific instances it …

>not only they are compulsory institutions that force you into their ranks whether you want it or not, but even those who join them don't get a fair representation and have to stri…

As a gamer I have bigger issues with Google. I would rather prefer Japanese or Chinese companies to be better custodians of gaming industry than Google. Microsoft too in my opinion…

Honestly, I took up smoking Cigars because I saw all villains smoke Cigars. Call me stupid but then a lot of people do get influenced by the bad guys and buy the products for the r…

> You are not required to provide access to an inspector from TV Licensing to confirm that your TV isn't hooked up to an aerial or satellite box, but it makes life easier if you do…

Isnt uk a country where citizens need a 'license' to own a tv ?

Which law is being broken? Also (in my personal opinion) criminality should be obvious to a general person, some kind of complex technical illegality may not make the whole company…

> Various fly-by-night self-driving startups? What is the alternative other than holding these companies responsible for the deaths they might cause ? The only solution I see is ma…

Next step for UK is to reduce regulations compared to EU to make it easier for people to setup shop in UK compared to EU.