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Your point is absolutely valid, but there is no reason why the same doesn't apply to this new scheme as well. You would need to distribute the money and the same distribution probl…

>> charities, welfare, churches, synagogues, etc. > All of those things have displayed discrimination against groups they don't like in the past, or have an overt or covert mission…

> People working many hourly jobs net less than $1,000 per month and cannot afford to take unpaid time off. Absolutely and those people should receive assistance through the regula…

I think this is a profoundly bad idea. It's just as dumb as the fed trying to prop things up. You're not going to solve this problem with money, but with a strong response to the r…

> Again you're hyperbolizing. I am not. > The outright toxic projects that developers and city leaders routinely propose run at a least a couple of orders of magnitude above 0.01 p…

> for example, a major trash incineration facility on a plot of land in the middle of your quiet residential neighborhood We can either chat about the 0.01% of scenarios ... or the…

> And your plan for achieving that number is - what precisely? Ease up on the zoning laws. Many zoning laws in that same metro area prohibit high density housing. The same high den…

> That's like saying "anyone who learns about the world is a scientist". That's exactly what a scientist is? At least if they're using the scientific method to learn about the worl…

This sort of what-about-ism doesn't address the core point. That top-down command and control systems are vulnerable to precisely this type of outcome. Providing a single western e…

> Corporations are a thing. Corporations aren't a thing. They're a legal construct. They're owned by shareholders, who are mostly institutional investors ... pension funds, 401k, e…

To add to this, only those who are actively seeking work and are not employed, are considered unemployed. A retired person (or a person who has given up looking for work) is not co…

You should be flexible enough to bill in whatever manner that works best for the work at hand, the client, and most importantly, yourself. If the job requires hourly billing, don't…

There are two levels of organization. Time level (which projects when, meetings, sprints, time allocation) and project level (user stories). For the time level stuff, I use Google …

Wrong trilogy =) I was talking about https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B07N32K12H/ref=ppx_yo_dt...

Unless you assume each solar system is a threat, so you proactively send automated machines to each solar system that can adapt to the threat as needed. They might also not care if…

Also Winter World (and the other two books in the trilogy). Fun read. Very similar in style to the The Expanse.

> As an engineer, it's tough to get past this mindset. Seems that way considering how you're being downvoted. A shame. As engineers, we should be more concerned with what actually …

How is a Ford F150 safer for a pedestrian?

> There is also the possible issue of rapid exit when electrics are dead. This is not an issue with Tesla design, all of that is handled by a traditional car battery that every car…

I would be far more concerned with the acceleration of the fire. If I have plenty of notice to get away from the vehicle and to keep others away, who cares how vigorous it is? Eith…

> Are there any contemporary visions of the future that are as forward thinking as the cyberpunk universe imagined in the 80s? The Expanse

> It's worth pointing out that the intent of transportation infrastructure isn't to turn a profit It's also worth pointing out that transportation systems that do turn a profit are…

I can argue that censorship isn't OK on either? Isn't that the appropriate position?

> analysing how you are as a person and in my opinion makes you become a pacifist This contradicts your argument. If there is no free will, you can't make yourself become anything.…

> Free will is an illusion but you can continue to postulate otherwise. Then you won't be mad at me for down-voting your comment? It wasn't my choice!