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It is absolutely a class-based argument, and not the fault of scalping, but the class-based argument is a reasonable argument. To the extent that an uneven wealth distribution is based on insider ne…

No, xenophanes is simply explaining how markets work. Markets are supposed to maximize utility, whether that be monies or laughter at a concert. If a price is too low for demand, any opening that allo…

Symbian was definitely a creaky mess, and definitely would have to be replaced by something in the medium term, but people liked it a lot, and with the Qt ecosystem being ported to both Symbian and Me…

http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/us-current-account-tr... Historical Notes: http://articles.marketwatch.com/2008-01-29/news/30807755_1_s... …

Not more "fiscally responsible countries", just richer ones. Unless you're arguing that it is fiscally responsible to loan massive amounts of money to other countries to buy your exports. If I loan mo…

Don't forget the debtors that aren't the government, the vast majority of the population. The dollar has been absurdly overvalued for a long time, destroying our exports and causing us to import exces…

The drop in Symbian sales came after it was announced to be a dead platform. Without that announcement, no steep drop. And from all indications, the Meego N9 would have (or did according to some) outs…

And is still well liked. My reaction to the burning platform rant was to immediately buy another N900 to leave in the box, because it may be a long time before we get another decent GNU/Linux phone. T…

They adjust IQ scores for income? I missed that. It has nothing to do with political correctness - it was literally the purpose of general intelligence tests to justify exclusionary immigration, racis…

They're also looking at indoor cameras on private property, which were the majority of cameras in the final number.

This really struck a chord with me. I always feel really awkward billing for an hour or two - either because it was no sweat to help them out because I wasn't doing anything anyway, and it was barely …

Probably because the thing it correlates the most with is reading for pleasure, and that's easily done in a household that could afford lots of extracurricular books. The myth that IQ tests measure an…

When people think they have more money, they spend more money. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wealth_effect

I'm all about physical metaphors being used to teach math - instead of handing someone an equation and saying that the equation is what the concept being taught is, it's easier to remember the physi…

But you can see how people (non-corporate persons) might think that sort of extra-judicial asymmetry in dealing with questions of injury between individuals and corporations highly detrimental to any …

I don't understand your objection. Are you complaining that mentioning that Dow hired a private intelligence agency to monitor people expressing grievances makes Dow sound evil because most corporatio…

Gaming on the desktop might be one of the only means of survival for the desktop. Recipe to make desktop into console. 1. plug desktop into tv. 2. buy wireless mini-keyboard and mouse, or install menu…

Realized people may not know what I'm talking about when I mention wires: http://web.mat.bham.ac.uk/R.W.Kaye/minesw/minesw.pdf Paper on minesweeper configurations being NP-complete. Wires in the pap…

Wouldn't bigger cascades be more likely to deadend, due to the average density of what's leftover increasing?

Another priority with the first click is that you won't be entirely surrounded by mines and wires, wires being indeterminate, entangled chains of unrevealed spaces. I'm pretty sure a probability can b…

Anarchist isn't a slur, it's a family of political philosophies. People call themselves anarchists, but "complete and utter morons," not so much.

US public spending on healthcare is larger per capita than many other western countries with universally inclusive healthcare systems that also have better health outcomes. As a bonus, public spending…

If you're talking about the report that batista referenced - I haven't seen it. 50% never clicking on an ad even once suggests that ad clickers are still a pretty extreme minority. I'm pretty sure tha…

We've been at war since 1898, usually fighting more than one at once. Healthcare costs are 120% of the problem.

A camera is alienating, and a camera that you constantly wear is even more alienating; like a locked cell is more imprisoning than a locked country. Recommendation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blac…

Most people don't click on ads, but the minority that do can generate billions of dollars of revenue. The minority that do follow the ones that don't.

The concept of the game still exists now - why would you be nostalgic about the sounds of the old inferior ones?

In a third-floor walk-up it is.