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Comment Re: This is the plan (Score 1) 190

E.g. bought that car 2 weeks ago, and now sell for 3x its price? Pay taxes on the difference. Is this your family vehicle and you sell it for essentially its used car market value? No net gain, no taxes.

Wait, you mean I have to pay taxes if I sell the car for more, but no deduction if I take a loss? And I can't depreciate it during normal operation like a business either?

Is there a justification here for screwing the little guy?

Comment Re:At this point, why nuclear? (Score 1) 241

I get where you're coming from, it's hard to make that choice of when. My solution was to switch to an electric car (actually plug-in hybrid with enough range to take care of 90% of driving). Once all energy uses are funneled into the same bucket it makes more sense, and the previous vehicle was at end of life. Another non-financial benefit is not feeling the need to watch the household like a hawk. Granted that's laziness creeping in but I'll take it.

That said, I still think nuclear is the best option for non-fossil fuel generation in agreement with many of the points already made here.

Comment Re:The U.S. is not the worst hit (Score 1) 307

It's also pointless to compare deaths at any one instant. The virus didn't enter all countries simultaneously, and the rate of spread in the earliest stages is partly a matter of luck.

The longer this is going on, the less traction this narrative has. It's now heading into the sixth month (or mote), a matter of days or a couple weeks from the start becomes increasingly less relevant.

Comment Re:Truthiness versus evidence (Score 1) 636

If you just want jobs, why not get rid of the cash register and have them count money by hand? Then instead of 90 jobs, you'll have 120 due to the further reduced efficiency.

https://quoteinvestigator.com/...

A meaningful job means they are making the pie bigger for all of society, not simply standing in a place doing a thing. In fact, that's a net cost because they have to travel/be managed/etc...

Comment Scientific breakthrough. (Score 1) 305

The analysis of numerous pulses registered in our experiments showed that the dolphins took turns in producing [sentences] and did not interrupt each other, which gives reason to believe that each of the dolphins listened to the other's pulses before producing its own. Now if they could just teach that to my spouse...

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