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I’m of libertarian persuasion but it has to be noted that periods of human history where one faction was souvereign over it’s dominion, were generally more peaceful and conducive t…

I’m not even sure competence is the right term here. People have different inate characters which will trust them into different positions. There’s also plenty of incompetence by a…

So it’s a propaganda piece? I read it as an evolutionary biology/psychology explaination for much of human political sentiment. It’s well established that hunter gatherer tribes (t…

It’s insurance against life events outside one’s control. Anyone can end up poor or disabled at any time.

I expect this would be the case with alpha compositing at least... Afaict subpixel rendering is supersampling width with multiples of 3, then modulo via the horizontal coordinate i…

I must be the odd one out in that I actually prefer my fonts to look “soft”?

The more frameworks, the more there are to learn. The more effort required to learn all frameworks, the more appealing it becomes to roll your own. (The combination of choice paral…

When I open this page on my phone I am greeted with a privacy modal that blocks the entire screen, with a consent button below the fold, which I cannot reach because scrolling appe…

Or, Shakespeare was completely consumed by it, to his detriment, and did not wish the same for his children.

The older I get the more I appreceate that passage from Keynes. Most annoying brain virus at the moment are the walking libertarian cuckoo clocks that appear to have infested every…

It would certainly be good for the planet, but since petroleum is an input early in the production chain, that would cause price inflation, resulting in higher costs and lower dema…

Non-paywalled tldr plz

(One could probably make a comedic genre out of the type of comments that get voted to the top of the average hn thread...)

"opposition to enabling people to live off the back of others" almost sounds like that other -ism...

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It doesn't fully offset it. Avoiding debt by not investing leads to lower future growth prospects, resulting in opportunity loss. Debt is contractual and can be restructured.

Try to understand their point of view. Maybe he/she hates your guts, but I doubt it. I’d ask something like: “I’m certain you have your reasons about not wanting me to attend the c…

Can we have a comedy section for spam like this?

Not sure why sans-serif minimalism should be considered soulless. I don't think I'll ever tire of solid no-nonsense Swiss design, but variety is the spice of life for sure.

Forced OOP model [1], lack of types, highly redundant syntax (ES6 whyyyy). After years I’m still fighting with the language, not to mention the browser with it’s frankensteinian ap…

> On the other hand, MMT is deeply concerned with institutional arrangements in the banking system, and still elides central banks and governments in its explanations of how the sy…