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> I've always considered myself a capitalist Curious as to why? Do you derive your livelihood from your ownership in capital? Or do you have to work, but value private property, ma…

> Notre Dame is an original, irreplaceable structure. And, from it's original state, it is gone. We cannot replace the irreplaceable, but we have the opportunity to modify it. Such…

> Spotify did it right; they managed to put together a service that is actually better than piracy in the ways that matter to a typical consumer. I disagree. As a listener, Bandcam…

> It's like an old recipe, an old painting, or an old piece of music. Nobody who is seriously engaged with those things believes in improving them by substituting modern high-tech …

Brands went on a diversification kick less than a decade ago. If a customer prefers Triscuits Flavor #5, but stores only stock popular Flavor #3, that person might not choose to bu…

> I never saw this in NYC or anywhere else on the East Coast or in the Midwest. Human beings have a tough time surviving when exposed to the elements, and winter lasts for 6 months…

> It's so slow so often, and I can't understand why. The Python community is victim to pipenv's creator's marketing and shoehorning, that's why.

Companies will often sign shelf-space and display agreements with supermarkets when it comes to displaying their brands' products in-store. There very well might be an agreement be…

Post-Walmart/2008 America is living paycheck to paycheck. It's harder to vilify those who undercut competitors if that means people get to eat this week.

Getting a fat car loan is much easier if your credit is good, you aren't in debt, and your income is relatively high. It's an indicator of relative wealth.

> I believe the previous solution was to err on the side of allowing 24-hour involuntary psychiatric holds, with observation by a neutral doctor, and taking abuses of that extremel…

> I strongly disagree. Spotify has dramatically increased the variety of music that I listen to and introduced me to lost of tiny artists with great music. I've used a number of mu…

The video was posted directly to the Autopilot page on Tesla's website. The video is also only 2 years old, not 3. > Tesla's has never claimed that a current vehicle can drive itse…

The Actor's Guild is a labor union and part of the AFL-CIO.

Weird, given Tesla's claim that with Autopilot "the person in the driver’s seat is only there for legal reasons. He is not doing anything. The car is driving itself." [1] [1] https…

> Talented and ambitious people would hate being in a labor union Doubt it. Mentorship and apprenticeship opportunities are abound. Unions provide a floor for negotiations from whi…

Does someone with a feeding tube eat?

Same twenty year old arguments against the defeated Clipper chip legislation apply to this and practically any backdoor proposal that can be brought to the floor.

With today's web apps, I can only sympathize with the examples that deal with file size. The others still apply to using web services.

> There should be no moderation in freedom (outside of the absolutes of killing another or dispossessing them of their property). Why the focus on property rights? Much libertarian…

You know all those things that make it really easy for Grandma to have her identity stolen when checking her email? They're coming to car/refrigerator/toaster near you.

Because they're small, cheap, easily made, easily replaceable and easily deployed.

> warring criminal gangs Why are criminal gangs assumed to be the bad guys here? Do you know the varied history of different gangs in the US? You might be surprised at what you fin…

Besides being incredibly masturbatory, this post misses the point. You _are_ susceptible to these manipulations, and if you're barraged with them at every turn, it will be difficul…

I find it hard to believe that thousands of engineers work in secret to build weapons that can maim and kill hundreds/thousands/millions of people at the flip of switch.