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The current proposal is just as regressive, albeit in a way that introduces more inefficiency. A cap on Ubers/Lyfts + minimum pay will likely increase the price of Ubers/Lyfts. Ric…

I don't think that this is a technology problem - it's a polarization problem. No amount of technology traveling at the speed of light will solve the simple problem that you belong…

> No, it absolutely does not. Can you explain what the law on the books currently is, and how the majority opinion "absolutely does not" respect it? > It completely makes up a reas…

> Kicking the can to "elect someone else" is just as naive as claiming that this decision respects the law on the books. But...it does respect the law on the books. Your concern se…

> We have a system that operates at the pace of 1776. That served us well for a long time, but since the post-war proliferation of mass media, it's hard to argue that it's adequate…

Re: the helmet laws, they've been shown to do more harm than good[1]. Helmet laws suppress ridership, and riders tend to be safer when they're surrounded by more bicyclists. This i…

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/02/28/uber-were-moving-a...

This is half true: European infrastructure construction is almost perfectly decentralized to the point that it's (for the most part) fully centralized at the level of each member s…

I have the iPhone 7. I've been using Bluetooth headphones since about 2014 (started with the JayBirds, but use the AirPods now). I use my headphones pretty much all day. Not once h…

If they were to do that, what do you think would happen to the price of the finite/scarce housing supply?

Possibly, I think "impartial" means reserving the judgement until the judgement is to be made at the end of the trial as opposed to in the middle of the trial, which could very wel…

I'm neither a lawyer nor a judge, but I'm just wondering if this is a typical type of thing to assert during a judgement. It just jumped out as impartial to me.

Maybe I'm wrong, but the whole point of this case is to prove this. I would find a more impartial adjudicator to take more of a "the motives contradict with the allegations of thef…

> “Then why did he steal this stuff? That’s the story the jury’s going to want to know about,” Judge William Alsup retorted. I find it alarming that the judge assumes a "guilty unt…

Relative to that culture? Yes absolutely. Not being a "culture fit" can be a boon for the candidate if they are not compatible with a culture in which they would be miserable.

"If we abolish all local and regional regulations, then there is an absolute reduction of regulations. " You seem to make the implicit assumption that federal regulations are someh…

My hypothetical was for them to socialize it with a shared single-payer system. Think about it this way: all of the small states in New England decide to create a government run in…

Were states to implement such systems at the state level, I fully expect the smaller states to consolidate and form alliances of their welfare systems so as to achieve economies of…

"By what possible stretch of the imagination is the system working well in the EU? The EU has been on the brink of breaking apart since 2008, and Britain just voted to leave the EU…

It's rather easy for a wealthy person in the EU to move to a low tax country as well! Switzerland has one of the lowest income taxes in the developed world, yet most of the wealthy…

Ethnic homogeneity isn't the only reason comparing the US to Denmark doesn't make much sense, it's also due to population. Denmark is a tiny country with a population of 5.7 millio…

We already pay for the public infrastructure through taxation. If the degree of taxation isn't suitable given the degree of use, there could be a corporate tax rate (I wouldn't sup…

Conducting business (i.e. running an enterprise) is absolutely a right. Obviously if your business involves breaking the law, the business owners shall be reprimanded, but that's s…