Comment Three body problem has a great story about this (Score 1) 76
If anyone hasn't read the amazing Three body problem series yet, you should. A great story about using quantum entanglement for action at a distance.
If anyone hasn't read the amazing Three body problem series yet, you should. A great story about using quantum entanglement for action at a distance.
It may happen after the election, but it is not guaranteed to happen after the next presidential term begins. In other words, Trump may still fill the vacancy in December.
You make a lot of sense. But really, most people don't know the information about the Uber corporation that you do. Most Londoners prefer Uber over taxis, and people are pissed.
I've used taxis in cities just fine as well. Uber (and Lyft, etc) are VASTLY SUPERIOR in so many ways. They have tracking apps, they're safer, they're cheaper, I've never been robbed at gunpoint in an uber like I have in a taxi (and that shit of course doesn't even make local news, while if it ever happens in Ubers its international news).
The value of UBI vs. other forms of welfare is that it is vastly cheaper to implement. One of the problems with the welfare states in well-off industrialized nations is that those populations require hiring of more people to support the welfare state, whereas UBI requires very little resources to implement - it scales better than a case worker for every 100 people.
I'm constantly baffled by people who don't understand this.
12% of $100,000 is $12K.
33% of $250,000 is $82K.
$82K is a lot more than $12K, so of course you should do the former? No, that part doesn't matter; the remaining is $168K vs. $88K. And yeah I understand where this could go - we still have other cost of living, yadayadaya, but we still make bank here, make a LOT more in equity, and have great lifestyles. It's not insane at all, it's amazing.
$3,000. When I lived in the south, I spent way more on that in gas.
That's if I actually used Uber every time... I can also ride a bicycle when I please, or take the tram.
No, you're wrong. "Blue" states definitely subsidize "red" states. In other words, California subsidizes your bullshit.
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So they can't survive with two thirds of a presumably good paycheck? What's the title on about?
The general rule of thumb for housing is to not spend more than 1/3 of your pay on it. It's just a way to compare costs across widely different income levels and costs. Like all rules of thumb, it's imperfect. But it gives you a sense of the extremely high costs in the bay area.
Personally this is the reason I'll never, ever live there.
I'm one of those people who live here. Let's do a hypothetical: I make 1/3rd more money, and pay 1/3rd of my income to rent/mortgage. If I lived somewhere else and made 1/3 less money and only 1/4th to rent/mortage, I still have more money here.
IF it's just a numbers game... which it isn't, because there's many reasons why this is one of the best places to live in the world.
Hmm... no, I ride a bike and the air's quite nice here.
> What on earth were the founders thinking?
They were thinking of agrarian society, and hence they came up with the electoral college, which is ridiculously outdated now but we still have it.
No, they should not lead to the same penalty. The outcome was different.
This book is epic! I love the section called "How to recognize a computer."
+1
> Of all the above, Apple is the only company that actually manufactures, and can bring jobs back to the US. The others - Alphabet, Microsoft, Facebook & Twitter, don't make squat
You are implying that the only real jobs and value are through physical manufacturing as opposed to service work. In fact, services are obviously very valuable.
"Who alone has reason to *lie himself out* of actuality? He who *suffers* from it." -- Friedrich Nietzsche
