Comment Re:Sunk cost fallacy (Score 1, Interesting) 485
Yes, there is no point in sending a debtor to prison. And there is no point in lending him any more money, now that he has proven to be a deadbeat.
Yes, there is no point in sending a debtor to prison. And there is no point in lending him any more money, now that he has proven to be a deadbeat.
If you think 1,000 taxi medallion holders causing strife over Uber is bad, wait until the lawyers start marching in protest against Modria. The zombie apocalypse will be a children's ballet recital in comparison.
Is there an analogous Windows situation? You uninstall some program but a related service remains active?
It is like breaking the remote and finding out that Comcast is still billing you for cable service.
Same for the healthcare industry.
Fight fire with fire. Let Lenny talk to them and amuse us at the same time.
Lower income people already get huge tax breaks and subsidies, to the point where they have no "skin in the game" and are thus willing to vote for fiscally unsustainable policies.
There should be no subsidies, tax breaks or supertaxes for anybody, with externalities rationally included. A level playing field for all.
Per-student spending for K-12 has tripled in real terms over the last 40 years, with no improvement in academic outcomes. During periods where school spending decreased, there were no changes in academic ability either.
It was the Poles.
The actual study is due to be presented at a future conference. In that sense the findings have not yet been made. So we are lured by clickbait into discussing something that has not happened. This is a waste of time.
Tangentially, what is the purpose of headlines that say things like "President will announce tomorrow that he is starting World War 3"? Isn't that the same as announcing it now? Does he think we are stupid? Oh, wait...
I, for one, shall never buy a Monster Cable product. And I think I am not the only one.
I suspect that there will be a big increase in businesses willing to accept bitcoin.
An interesting article in Forbes (http://www.forbes.com/sites/timworstall/2015/06/28/so-greece-has-imposed-capital-controls-too-bad-its-just-for-the-normal-people/) makes the point that the rich and the smart money left Greek a few months ago, and it is Joe Sixpack that is trapped and going to get shafted.
The only solution offered for this problem is to insist in future that politicians and bankers behave. Bitcoin is not mentioned. Take your pick, who do you trust? - political behavior modification or the blockchain? Alexis Tsipras or Satoshi Nakamoto?
Ponzi
Scam
MtGox
Not backed by anything
No "Full faith and credit"
Can't pay taxes
Money Laundering
Drugs
Silk Road
DPR
>50%
Gold
Executive Order 6102
Ok, now that is out of the way, we are ready to discuss the issue at hand.
8 Catfish = 1 Octo-puss
