FroogalMap? Cool idea. I hope this helps people.
It appears that you read the first clause of the first line, grepped your dogmas, and posted the first thing that came back. My existing post already precludes your point.
Physical property rights and intellectual property rights have the same root: That someone did work to produce a value, and by right, has ownership of it. This is even how homesteading laws worked when there was…
The moral principle here is just property rights. One case is more complex than the other, but that does not change the fundamental. Two cases: 1) Two parties agree to a trade under certain terms, one party decides he…
Your argument isn’t simple, it’s word salad. You can easily transfer a right of ownership. You can bake a cake and I can buy it from you; once that happens, it is theft for you to take the cake and eat it. Both of these…
It’s very simple. They purchased the right to distribute the books on their terms. You don’t like the terms, so you call them predatory. You want the product, so you just take it on your own terms. Morally, that’s no…
Ha, “LinkedIn style.” Thats hilarious. Now I think it totally gets the joke and it’s telling you a joke back.
Safe to assume those downvoting you will not be donating their MacBooks and refrigerators.
You're exactly right and the economics of it are pretty well studied. I know quite a few people in real estate, they're always eager to upgrade their property (read: make it more valuable) because then they can make…
The moral argument for a modern, rights-based society is cleanly on Israel’s side. I’m glad they’ve developed this technology, so they can continue defending themselves at a lower cost to their citizens. The engineers…
My friend, Earth has never been a better place for humans to live than it is today. I hope more entrepreneurs come along to make it even better. The idea that humans have destroyed the planet is quite silly.
A man who built what he loves and produced so much surplus value for the rest of us to enjoy (read: profit) is _exactly_ a hero. I’m sure I could find ways critique him, but not in the context of celebrating his career.
Well reasoned. Before he smoked that reefer, his space company was catching the largest booster ever made with metal chopsticks, all paid for by global satellite internet revenue. His electric crossover/SUV was the best…
I agree, your point is compatible with my view. My sense is that this essentially an optimization question within how a government ought to structures its contracts with builders of weapons. The current system is…
A narrow and cynical take, my friend. With all technologies, "safety" doesn't equate to plushie harmlessness. There is, for example, a valid notion of "gun safety." Long-term safety for free people entails military use…
Given the sibling comment here, I am wondering if you’ve fallen for a fake screenshot. I hope you did not make this up.
It’s the same reason people don’t get serfdom vibes when a government proposes to take over childcare. Governments buying goods for people with tax money turns them into dependents, sometimes permanently. It’s easy to…
Did something happen in 2023 that makes it _less_ relevant for Israel to try to prevent terrorist activity?
This is lovely, I was literally wishing for this two nights ago. I'll give it a try. Good luck!
From the article: > “This is a very well-designed study that validates the notion that sex differences start early in development—and that they depend on the sex chromosomes because that’s the only thing that can…
What a pessimistic view from the person managing the River District. How many people would the river basin have supported without damming and irrigation? Far fewer than 40M. In other words, the engineers clearly…
I’ll set a reminder to come back to this in 3, 10, and 20 years. We’ll see.
It's not ours to take. Where did it come from? Bezos produced it at Amazon. He has a moral right to keep it. Beyond that, though, you can only tax away 90% of billionaires' wealth once. That whole game depends on them…
I have a dumb question. How much noise will these make?
Hail corporate!
FroogalMap? Cool idea. I hope this helps people.
It appears that you read the first clause of the first line, grepped your dogmas, and posted the first thing that came back. My existing post already precludes your point.
Physical property rights and intellectual property rights have the same root: That someone did work to produce a value, and by right, has ownership of it. This is even how homesteading laws worked when there was…
The moral principle here is just property rights. One case is more complex than the other, but that does not change the fundamental. Two cases: 1) Two parties agree to a trade under certain terms, one party decides he…
Your argument isn’t simple, it’s word salad. You can easily transfer a right of ownership. You can bake a cake and I can buy it from you; once that happens, it is theft for you to take the cake and eat it. Both of these…
It’s very simple. They purchased the right to distribute the books on their terms. You don’t like the terms, so you call them predatory. You want the product, so you just take it on your own terms. Morally, that’s no…
Ha, “LinkedIn style.” Thats hilarious. Now I think it totally gets the joke and it’s telling you a joke back.
Safe to assume those downvoting you will not be donating their MacBooks and refrigerators.
You're exactly right and the economics of it are pretty well studied. I know quite a few people in real estate, they're always eager to upgrade their property (read: make it more valuable) because then they can make…
The moral argument for a modern, rights-based society is cleanly on Israel’s side. I’m glad they’ve developed this technology, so they can continue defending themselves at a lower cost to their citizens. The engineers…
My friend, Earth has never been a better place for humans to live than it is today. I hope more entrepreneurs come along to make it even better. The idea that humans have destroyed the planet is quite silly.
A man who built what he loves and produced so much surplus value for the rest of us to enjoy (read: profit) is _exactly_ a hero. I’m sure I could find ways critique him, but not in the context of celebrating his career.
Well reasoned. Before he smoked that reefer, his space company was catching the largest booster ever made with metal chopsticks, all paid for by global satellite internet revenue. His electric crossover/SUV was the best…
I agree, your point is compatible with my view. My sense is that this essentially an optimization question within how a government ought to structures its contracts with builders of weapons. The current system is…
A narrow and cynical take, my friend. With all technologies, "safety" doesn't equate to plushie harmlessness. There is, for example, a valid notion of "gun safety." Long-term safety for free people entails military use…
Given the sibling comment here, I am wondering if you’ve fallen for a fake screenshot. I hope you did not make this up.
It’s the same reason people don’t get serfdom vibes when a government proposes to take over childcare. Governments buying goods for people with tax money turns them into dependents, sometimes permanently. It’s easy to…
Did something happen in 2023 that makes it _less_ relevant for Israel to try to prevent terrorist activity?
This is lovely, I was literally wishing for this two nights ago. I'll give it a try. Good luck!
From the article: > “This is a very well-designed study that validates the notion that sex differences start early in development—and that they depend on the sex chromosomes because that’s the only thing that can…
What a pessimistic view from the person managing the River District. How many people would the river basin have supported without damming and irrigation? Far fewer than 40M. In other words, the engineers clearly…
I’ll set a reminder to come back to this in 3, 10, and 20 years. We’ll see.
It's not ours to take. Where did it come from? Bezos produced it at Amazon. He has a moral right to keep it. Beyond that, though, you can only tax away 90% of billionaires' wealth once. That whole game depends on them…
I have a dumb question. How much noise will these make?
Hail corporate!