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Those are not all the issues. For example, you can't get a usb-c hub to get more usb-c ports, they don't exist.

USB-C charging is truly revolutionary. USB-C data is a clusterf *k, and worse of all, is not UNIVERSAL anymore.

You get to accept it, or not. That is 100% on you.

And people didn't want to do that so they bought an iPhone.

> Smartphone/tablet OSs are logical successors to the laptop/desktop OSs we have not game consoles. They are general purpose computing platforms. Yes, let's ignore the actual prede…

Just look at the chart on page 20 of this Fed paper (the Fed was created on 1913, the fiat dollar became the global reserve currency in the 70s after years of debasement to pay for…

The Fed creates the money, but the taxpayers give it value.

OR ...you could let nature run its curse and have those debts refinanced at real interest rates that reflected the actual production in the economy, or defaulted and have those ass…

Because the US is the biggest debtor in the history of humanity and is supporting (in a symbiotic relationship) all those countries you listed who are also at risk of collapsing.

They will dump them because they will need the liquidity.

Are we gonna start arguing about Planet Fitness having their classes on Peloton bikes next?

Nintendo does it, or at least tries to. The switch is their play at the mobile market. You are not entitled to reach on any other market. It is completely unfair for epic to demand…

Why wait? it's always been possible and legal , just like Kcups and Juicero do, or did.

Of course! You can choose to charge anything you want, not only for your product but for your salary too! There is no law, man-made or otherwise preventing you to do so. Actually t…

> there is hunger in the world, but not because of shortage but for multiple other reasons. That there's always been hunger in the world, even when we didn't produce more food than…

> So you are saying there is no way to act with foresight? No, I didn't say any of that. All I said is what is bad for society is also bad for the individual.

Your example is wrong. All situations should be evaluated and re-evaluated at every instance, at every moment in time to account for new information and not only once at the beginn…

> Capitalism is fundamentally built on competition, it pits all participants against one another. Life is built on competition, life pits all participants against one another. Reso…

We are not arguing about the cost of education because students can't pay the tuition; they pay the tuition every year with no problem even though it keeps rising. The argument is …

> What also works against the idea of subsidies being the culprit is that it's not just universities that have seen this cost inflation. The entire economy is subsidize. We have a …

> the price has gone up because students are responsible for more of the cost. That is not how prices work, the prices can't go up if the only buyers have no money. The price went …

I didn't say they weren't good businesses, they are solid, profitable and seemingly well run companies and it's why they are being used for shelter. But let's not confuse profits, …

Sure, but "hard cash" is funny money; that's why people investing in FAANG don't want it and prefer stocks.

The "growth" in tech has been entirely driven by monetary policy. Google or Facebook or Apple or Netflix or Amazon have done nothing special than what they've been doing for the la…

U.S. tech stocks are now priced higher than the entire European stock market.