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Last I checked, Minnesota had the largest population in the lower 48. I personally see them all the time.

I think people have to get more serious about separating science as a procedure from scientism (that is, philosophical issues that are often discussed in tandem). When one uses the…

It’s been done: https://youtu.be/2b-CMtKhTl0 Though I suppose we’re not above remakes.

> They stalk you, collect data and build a profile Again, not generally a problem when using paid services.

Dumping chemicals in shared rivers/air vs placing ads in a privately owned space that users have the option of visiting. Not comparable. The fact that more people use Gmail than Pr…

Leaded gasoline and the Internet are hardly comparable. But go ahead and make straw man arguments.

Conversely, we could try not fiddling with it: https://youtu.be/6txA3pI0xJI And playing minesweeper.

...we’re talking about public libraries.

You would hope not, but given the number of stories these days that are just, “hey look at this Tweet!”, I don’t think we can expect that much. https://youtu.be/mpHiDsnqOSA

We’re going to see a lot of those plot elements in the near future.

Somebody has no sense of humor...

> I’m surprised that free market enthusiasts don’t see zoning laws as a limitation of freedom We do.

It isn’t funny when your opinions get categorized as hate speech and it’s your ox getting gored.

@subhobroto Today is when you learn that facts and reality are not popular on HN.

It’s real, but it doesn’t always take the form of dollars (probably the most popular misconception). Warren Buffet is a billionaire, but most of that wealth is locked up in busines…

True, but it’s perfectly reasonable for Apple to come to the conclusion that, “we just don’t want to deal with the risk” and move on. If they’re not using either GPLed or proprieta…

Except the adjective in this case is sufficient as a noun on its own. Unless you want to bring capitalism in for ulterior motives.

I’m having a hard time trying to decide if people are trying to dirty capitalism with “surveillance” or surveillance with capitalism. Seems like the latter has become a dirty word …

> the government is good at borrowing money and good at building stuff MNLARS: “Hold my beer.”

Not arguing about the US being about to learn this the hard way. But when we get to that point, neither a pension nor a 401k will be able to save anyone.

Because pensions aren’t portable. They lock you into a particular organization. 401k, stocks, savings accounts, etc, do not. Pensions (in the private sector, public ones are anothe…

4. Personal saving / investing. 5. Lean on family (super common, even in several non-American societies today) It’s disingenuous to assert that the alternative to no pension is blo…

As a general rule, the returns are better in 401k, yes. This assumes that it’s invested in something with good growth potential (U.S. stock index funds, etc) and not money market f…

The same thing as the thousands of years prior to pensions?