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> Do libertarians think this will lead to rich neighborhoods having much better roads than poor people and think that's fine, or is there some reason to think that wouldn't happen?

Rich neighborhoods often have much better roads than poor neighborhoods under our current system. I don't know that it would be any worse under a system where roads were privatized.

Also, you seem to be assuming that rich people and poor people never use the same roads. But they do; most roads are not internal to rich or poor neighborhoods but are connecting different areas, and both rich and poor people (and everyone in between) end up using them to get where they want to go. So the question isn't really whether rich or poor people are using a road; it's a question of how much potential revenue there is from road users overall vs. what it takes to build and maintain the road.

> if you want something to be fair (for some definition of "fair" defined by the legislature) more than you want it to be cheap, you socialize it and put a bunch of inefficient bureaucrats in charge.

The problem with this is that it doesn't make the thing fair; it just means that the unfairness is based on political power instead of on economic power. And experience strongly suggests that unfairness based on political power is worse than unfairness based on economic power.
If the only tax on corporations occurred when dividends were paid, corporations would just stop paying dividends.

You’ll also have the problem we already have today, where individuals would construct their lives around a closely held corporation. When the corporation is closely held, income is supposed to pass through to the individual for taxation, but the incentives to evade theose rules would be much stronger.

In my perfect world most government revenue would come from land value taxes, with a smattering of Pigovian taxes on top, to the extent that the bureaucracy required to levy them wasn’t too onerous.
Thinkpads are made by Lenovo, who have a very bad history. They have used the UEFI bootloader to install spyware.

The mac UI is nicer than the various Linux window managers.

Running a mac lets me do cross platform development
Opposite of Epicurus' philosophy huh?
This is a great additional article: https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/25/lendedu-ceo-says-survey-spok...

This seems 100% true.
That would be an irrational reason to hate cryptocurrencies, because they can be either inflationary or deflationary.
Waze is now owned by Google, but I don't know if they share the same route-suggestion engine.

I've had Google Maps (desktop web browser) give me a route once through heavy traffic, but when I dragged the route to a mostly-parallel highway, my estimated time decreased by 10 minutes. So it's not perfect, or they wanted more users to give more data on the traffic.
Web startups typically didn't care that much if they lost say 1 out of every 10,000 transactions if that sacrifice kept them cheap and nimble. Since they usually didn't charge customers, losing 1 out of 10,000 is not that big of a deal. Of course, if a bank did that they'd be sued up the wazoo, and that's why transactional integrity and "big iron" database features matter to banks.
They say this in my wife’s office, but they always do it with a wink and a smile. I think it’s a way of helping one another, less in what you’re saying, and more in how you’re delivering it.
I am surprised nowhere Uzbekistan's efforts to switch were mentioned. They started processes in 1991, and still the majority are using Cyrillic, including the government officials.
I moved to a Surface (and absolutely love it!) after going through 2 12" Retina Macbooks and being fed up with having to take the laptop to Apple as they're the only ones able to safely remove the keys and put them back on.

It was a nuisance when a laptop designed for portability cant be carried around easily. I found when its vertical/in a backpack it lets dust move around and settle under the keys. Every time I carry it around previously unlocked keys end up 'sticky' & it constantly needs cleaning.

With the Surface and WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux) its quite refreshing with Windows 10. On occasion I do still use the mac for Xcode but that's about it. Not to mention the alcantara keyboard is an absolute pleasure to use.
I used one today for the first time, and loved them. Faster than an uber, 3$ instead of 10, environmentally responsible, and fun to ride. As long as we fine people for being assholes (riding on the sidewalks, parking in stupid places) I think they're a great step forward.
I bike commute. I stay on the road as much as possible, but there's parts where it's impractical. So, I get on the sidewalk, go slow, and yield to pedestrians.

That said, Jesus Christ people. Take out your headphones, put your phone away, and freaking pay attention to your surroundings. People wander around like they're the baby from the Popeye cartoons expecting everything else to miraculously flow around them.

Forget about bikes and scooters, it's rude to other pedestrians who may be walking faster, running, or actually paying attention to what they're doing if you're meandering back and forth across the sidewalk and can't even hear someone say "Excuse me". The sidewalk is for walking, yes, but that doesn't mean it's for the exclusive use of any one individual.
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Crosstrek is just a jacked up Impreza hatch. People want the turbo 2.5L engine in a hot hatch instead.
do you find affiliate links more evil than a company being able to significantly manipulate how the media reports on the industry they profit from?
Maybe in the cities, but it can still take time and you're often in the street trying to find someone to act as a translator, disrupting their day.

It's a completely different proposition if you're somewhere rural.
I always get a kick out of manipulating widgets on my bank's online "dashboard".
Made 4x on their stock since I added them to my portfolio. Ironically doing better than most tech companies.
I honestly can't tell if you're trolling, since your wording sounds like it's meant to provoke, but I'll answer you earnestly.

Why should edibility take precedence over sentience? Humans are edible, after all.
I want to tell you not to waste your breath.

Frankly, no one wants to talk about chronic ailments. ADHD (the so-called fake disease) for example.

Nevermind that they are a real part of why premiums are likely as high as they are.

Nevermind that it is essentially a life-long tax for the patient.

Nevermind that the law deprives those who suffer from a case for which narcotic therapies work and CBT doesn't into profit slaves to drug manufacturer's and their 'attending' prescription writer.

They have a solution to the problem (that generally works out better for the supply chain than the patient)! How dare you suggest it isn't the best approach! What are you, some communist? /s

But alas, if we don't say it no one will listen.

So...

As the parent said...

"If it worked like normal insurance, people with chronic illnesses would still go bankrupt."
All user fees are regressive --- yet we don't seem to have a problem with the rich and the poor paying the same for a beer or a gallon of milk.

The kind of thinking that concludes that it's somehow wrong to charge two people with differing incomes the same amount of money for the same good is the kind of thinking that taken to its logical conclusion leads us to forcible leveling of material wealth and central economic planning. The experience of the 20th century demonstrates that this approach does not work.
Ask HN: Where to start?
I want to change my career to web programming at the age of 30. I am completely new to programming. I don't anything about computer science.

What should I learn to become a web developer?

Where to start?
> mind-bogglingly

If it's so mind-boggling then people can say that they don't understand it, maybe even ask questions to try to grasp it. But I feel we should leave out the judgement about something that we don't understand - it's very ironic to say 'I'm completely ignorant' and in the next sentence pass judgment on someone else - and about other commenters, which is not appropriate at all.

People seem to think that a conviction licenses them to act out on the self-righteous anger that humans seem to carry around.
Hmmm, you're onto something. If I could lower my morals just a bit, I could parlay these crazy ideas into fanciful crowd-funded cash-grabs. I'll be the visionary - I'll need a technical "co-founder" (to handle the photoshops and cheery promo videos)
A couple of comments on the article:

1) The article doesn't mention the latinization scheme that was initially proposed last year by the committee of linguists that was tasked to study this issue. Their proposal used only the 26 letters of the English alphabet; since Kazakh has more than 26 sounds, the additional sounds would be represented by digraphs (pairs of letters). President Nazarbayev over-rode the committee, and proposed the "apostrophe" version (mentioned in the article). After much outcry, the final version (with diacritical marks) was adopted. So here is the evolution of the letter currently written with the Kazakh Cyrillic "ә": ae, then a', then á. Note, by the way, that "ә" does not exist in the Russian version of Cyrillic; in order to write Kazakh in Cyrillic, additional letters needed to be introduced back in the 1930s. My opinion: the digraph proposal was the most forward-looking. I'm guessing that most young Kazakhs will end up skipping the diacritical marks when they send text messages, whereas they would have used the digraphs.

2) The article is a bit confusing, in that it mixes up two different initiatives. The first initiative (the main focus of the article) is to convert Kazakh to the Latin alphabet. The second is to reduce the use of Russian in favor of Kazakh. (At some point, President Nazarbayev expressed the goal of educating all children in 3 languages: Kazakh, English, and Russian).

3) The article (and most of the comments) seem to be focused on the question of whether latinization would improve Kazakhstan's economic ties with European and Turkic nations. But Kazakhstan's most important neighbor is China, and it is safe to assume that more Chinese are familiar with the Latin than with the Cyrillic alphabet, so latinization makes sense in this regard as well.
How did Theranos do either of those? Their faked results gave health scares to many, and didn’t detect health problems in others. That isn’t making consumers happy. And I’m pretty sure Theranos’s investors have not made money.
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Yes, thank you. That is exactly my point. The name of 'sidewalk' has no bearing on what you could use the sidewalk for.
This depends on a lot of factors, including:

- How much you have to drive. The more you drive, the more you can offset the embodied carbon footprint of the EV, and the more fossil fuels you offset.

- How fast your decades old ICE car deteriorates, and therefore decreases in efficiency and increases its operational pollution emissions.

- The embodied carbon footprint of the vehicle parts you replace through maintenance of an old vehicle.

High range EVs with large batteries cancel their embodied footprint in 18 months with a typical drive cycle, even lower if you are mostly using renewably sourced electricity. Lower range EVs take even less time [1]

It sounds to me like from your situation (old car, renewable power available) the numbers already suggest you should do it now. From the report linked below, driving an EV in Texas today is like getting 52 mpg with an ICE car. If you're using only renewables it is multiple times more efficient (see equivalents for CA and NY)

1. https://www.ucsusa.org/clean-vehicles/electric-vehicles/life...
They don't have $18bn in liabilities. Total liabilities as of 12/31/17 are $2.4bn, including $1.7bn in unpaid rent [0]. They've committed to paying $18bn in rent on space they're currently leasing [1]. But that's not carried as a liability on their balance sheet, and barring a collapse in demand (which is a possibility that potential creditors should consider), they'll receive rent payments from clients to fund those payments as they come due.

As an aside, this sort of confusion is why it's important to link to either a primary source or a good secondary source whenever possible, in my opinion. The Bloomberg article is clear on this issue, while the Business Insider article linked is just a watered-down, ambiguous summary of that article.

[0] https://ftalphaville.ft.com/2018/04/24/1524606395000/More-on...

[1] https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-04-24/the-18-bi...
You have to be willing to tolerate "outsiders" with unfamiliar cultures who come and go to attract new industries. World trade is growing ever more intertwined such that xenophobia will slice your economic chances.

Paranoid-inducing TV and AM pundits have made the mid-west into xenophobes, I hate to say. They think there is a organized conspiracy to take away their rifles, outlaw Christianity, and make men wear dresses. I exaggerate a little, but not much.
> (That being said, I wouldn't mind if Oracle cease-and-desisted them for installing someone else's software using their trademark as the package name.)

You are filled with hatred and rage towards a project and you wish they'd be be sued to death by Oracle because of a minor package naming issue?
I understand what you're getting at with Uber and Airbnb. I'm not especially familiar with Zenefits. I'd thought that Theranos, though, was a major straight-up fraud.
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I think that the people using the scooters and the people putting them in the street/garbage/water/trees are two different groups of people.
I use Waze primarily to avoid police traps, and to give certainty to my commute. If it says I will be there in an hour, it’s usually right. That makes it much easier to plan that commute, for example stopping to get gas or breakfast etc.
Krushchev successor, Brezhnev send tanks to Czechoslovakia in 1968.
... and luckily wind and solar are or are swiftly becoming economically viable.
Kicad is great, but suffers from the library system.

There really needs to be a standard file format for a part in the electronics industry that has the symbol, pinout diagram, footprint, and 3d model in one file, to make it easy to integrate with existing products. So much time is wasted making your own symbols, pinouts, and footprints.
Vote for politicians who will Work to enact sustainable policy at the national level.
> Crown Victorias were ubiquitous until just a few years ago

these were also in one form or another the standard for any sort of livery -
taxis were very often Crown Victorias, sedan-style limos used lincon continentals which were basically the same car only the luxury version..

not an expert, but personally I think this is basically a lineage of domestically produced V8 sedans going back to the dawn of automotive times; the large installed base and relatively decent reliability / price / passenger size meant they had a good balance of functionality and lots of of parts, trained mechanics, etc. around. they were also the standard issue car of retired americans :B

probably plus union influence.

IIRC the last plant making the basic chassis (winsor ontario) for these was restructured out of existence as a result of the gov't intervention following the 2008 crisis.
Only someone who specifically values privacy for its own sake is sensitive to how much data gets “collected” by the first parties they deliberately share it with. The rest of us care how it’s used, and ad targeting is mostly benign. The Facebook scandal is not about data or collection, but how the combination of data and attention can influence politics.
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I'd suggest changing the narrative. I've read through several of the comments already.

I agree I think your biggest con (pun not intended) to an employer is the risk/breach of public trust of your prior convictions. However, I think that your messaging can be reframed pretty easily.

I would separate your backstory from your pitch on your landing page. I know you're in a tough spot, but waving a flag of desperation is not your best move right now.

This is how I'd reorganize your pitch if I was in your situation:

[Current Summary, with portfolio link]

[What you offer, with links to portfolio projects and articles where you know a lot about a certain technology]

[Stub of your backstory with a link to another page (see below)]

[You can see my letters of recommendation from... (this is very important)]

[Due to my current circumstances, I'm offering my services below market rate of $25 per hour as I get on my feet.]

[Call to Action, to view portfolio or contact you.]

This is how I'd organize your backstory page:

[I was convicted for...]

[I learned and reformed in jail by x,y,z, give a glimps]

[Now that I'm out, I've done X, Y, and Z but my prior criminal history has made it very difficult to find employment. These people vouch for me, (letters of recommendation)]

[I'm currently at the end of my financial means as a family man with 5 kids... (I'd avoid mentioning unemployment directly, I'd say all government services available to me or something like that.)]

I'd say out of all of this, you should not position yourself as a victim or desperate. We, as humans, aren't inclined to that -- especially in hiring situations. u/jeffmould mentioned the Federal Bonding Program; I really think you should try to get that. I looked at their site and it seems promising. I'd remove the highly competitive rates, they mean nothing if you can't secure them. Your problem right now is potential employers likely don't trust you.

However, honestly. I'd make your reformed URL the about page and make your portfolio the pitch. I wouldn't worry about anonymity because: 1) it's already out there in the newspapers; 2) background checks will happen and you're wanting to get in front of this issue, not hide.

Ideally, you want to create a landing page that people can share.

Lastly, I know you can't move but if ever can or reach the need. I'd check out https://defyventures.org/. Also, most churches have "compassion", "care", or "mercy" ministries run by volunteers or the church deacons that help people in need. It might be worth a shot.
I touch type all day long. I'm a programmer. I also write a lot of long-form emails. I've never typed faster than I have on the new MBP keyboard. again, ymmv.
Contracting is probably the best bet for short-term cash. Lower risk and less reason to check background.

If you get contacts from this post but they are hesitant, consider offering to set up an LLC in your wife’s name (assuming the cost in Illinois is not prohibitive). There are probably a few startups or smaller businesses willing to give you a shot given your experience, but given the history they might need the plausible deniability of an abstraction layer.
This. I bought a 2015 from the Apple refurb store rather than a new 2016 model for just the reasons you cite.
I'm not sure what point you're trying to make? And what does quantity have to do with anything? Besides, I've had Polish dishes made in small amounts, and those made for large gatherings (I've had pierogi in both settings, but from what I hear, they are very labor intensive, so I don't know how they manage to make 1500 without!).
Yes, this is how the guy I was referring to explained it to me~ he created a pricing model to predict errors/inaccuracies in the market's model, and was thus able to know when an option was likely to move towards a different price to correct itself.
Even as a current computer science student, nowhere near 1/5th of my peers do this. I can't imagine a non-computer science student would be more likely, as well. That's anecdotal, but 1/5 of students using _student loans_ to buy digital currencies strikes me as completely absurd.
Hotels are required in most jurisdictions to post their rack rate for hotel rooms. Look on the inside of your hotel room next time, you'll find the rack rate is usually 4X what you actually pay.

You'll find they comply with this, just like California Prop 65.

They'll continue to give discounts just like Rockefeller gave rebates and subsidies.
Happy birthday, Max!
I think alot of it is generalized without enough scientific analysis/limited by current technology.

"Lactose intolerance" could be many different reactions that could be not lactose specifically with many individuals.
Could be a byproduct commonly found with lactose(and maybe the a2 milk process removes that)

(similar to how recent, debated, studies for gluten intolerance may not be specifically gluten for many people, could be a similar by product/chemical/reaction to something commonly produced with gluten).
Agreed. Mexican cuisine in LA is a whole nother level, whether street food or fine dining.
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I do almost all of my keyboarding with kinesis. It cured severe finger pain a few years back. The only time I use the native keyboard for mac or anything else is if i am on the metra or library or customer visit.

I highly recommend it.
Any of them blind it?
Congrats you've just repeated myself. Look for the part where I said PoW doesn't scale.

You probably didn't even read my comment. Because it wasn't about whether PoW or PoS is more efficient.
I agree that the damages seem excessive. But that’s almost an impossible thing to figure out. On one hand, it’s free to download. On the other - there maybe some value to Microsoft to know who is using that recovery tool. There probably is some lost license revenue too. But how do you calculate that?

I hope that aspect get appealed and a more reasonable punishment is found.

From my reading though, it didn’t seem like he did plead guilty to the copyright infringement of the data, only the logos. I don’t know what all of the counts were, but he only plead to a subset of them. And going in, his press interviews seemed to suggest that he didn’t quite get what the problem was.

But again, the punishment seems really harsh.
Totally bogus, the survey was an online poll conducted by the very website that was reporting it, who has lied about other things as pointed out by the article itself and these comments.

https://www.chronicle.com/article/No-Students-Probably-Aren-...

Also this

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/25/lendedu-ceo-says-survey-spok...

>Mark Kantrowitz, a well-known student loan expert, said he suspected there might be a connection between LendEDU and Student Loan Report because both claimed a statistical degree of precision from their surveys he said was inconsistent with their sample sizes.... "It stood out as something both sites do, but no one else does," Kantrowitz said. "The use of two decimal points of precision also suggested that some of their surveys were complete fabrications."

I'm not a statistics expert, so could someone tellmy why using two decimal points of precision suggests survey data fabrication.