dantheman
Re:From Australia to Europe, countries move to curb children's social ...
on Friday June 19, 2026 @09:13AM (#48598185)
One bad apple does spoil the bunch. Apples release a gas when rotting which accelerates the rotting of nearby ones. And in politics corruption spreads.
Re:Why are 38 percent of Stanford students saying they're disabled?
on Thursday December 04, 2025 @02:48PM (#46151985)
Getting a diagnosis to get more time to complete tests.
https://accommodations.collegeboard.org/how-accommodations-w...
Re:Zohran Mamdani wins the New York mayoral race
on Wednesday November 05, 2025 @01:22AM (#45819888)
Rent control increase the rent for everyone, lowers the amount of housing stock, and reduces its quality.
Re:Threat in Your Medicine Cabinet: The FDA's Gamble on America's Drugs
on Tuesday June 17, 2025 @09:28AM (#44298942)
The majority of medical care and expenses are not emergency.
Re:Threat in Your Medicine Cabinet: The FDA's Gamble on America's Drugs
on Tuesday June 17, 2025 @09:27AM (#44298935)
Medicine is one of the most regulated and least capitalist markets.
Re:Will the AI backlash spill into the streets?
on Saturday May 24, 2025 @01:20PM (#44082436)
Hint it has - the standard of living is far higher now; medical care is far better; and the number of people subsidized by those working has greatly increased (this may not be considered a benefit, but it's where the extra income is going).
Re:US vs. Google Amicus Curiae Brief of Y Combinator in Support of Pla...
on Saturday May 10, 2025 @04:10PM (#43948550)
Throughout history there are very few monopolies and they don't normally last that long; that is unless they get are granted special privileges by the government.
Re:Is AI the new research scientist? Not so, according to a human-led ...
on Friday March 28, 2025 @09:15PM (#43511803)
Why? to increase productivity and improve the human condition. If AI can do research then technological and scientific progress will increase dramatically.
Re:Zelensky leaves White House after angry meeting
on Saturday March 01, 2025 @01:47AM (#43216628)
I wish people would actually read the Budapest Memorandum and see what it actually promises. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budapest_Memorandum
https://treaties.un.org/doc/Publication/UNTS/Volume%203007/P...
Re:What were the best books you read this year?
on Friday November 29, 2024 @12:12AM (#42271014)
You might like:
Discrimination and Disparities (2019) by Thomas Sowell
Re:FTC: Vast Surveillance of Users by Social Media and Video Streaming...
on Thursday September 19, 2024 @07:52PM (#41597510)
Perhaps you're not aware of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_of_Personnel_Management...
Re:The Double Irish Dutch Sandwich: End of a Tax Evasion Strategy
on Tuesday September 17, 2024 @08:58PM (#41574563)
What benefits?
Re:New York Times tech workers union votes to authorize a strike
on Wednesday September 11, 2024 @03:54PM (#41514798)
Yep for instance: 1932–1933 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holodomor
Re:Tech Apple loses EU court battle over 13B euro tax bill in Ireland
on Tuesday September 10, 2024 @06:16AM (#41499240)
The EU is more of a problem than any sort of solution.
Re:Tech Apple loses EU court battle over 13B euro tax bill in Ireland
on Tuesday September 10, 2024 @06:15AM (#41499232)
It's not a funding problem, it's a spending problem. Taxes are insanely high around the world.
Re:Court handcuffs employees with non-compete agreements – again
on Wednesday September 04, 2024 @02:00AM (#41442375)
The answer is the court rules that the FTC overstepped it's power. It's now back to congress to grant that power if that's truly what they wanted, or hell they could have written a better law in the past. Sloppy legislation should not be encouraged.
Re:1970 Clean Air Act Was Intended to Cover Carbon Dioxide
on Thursday August 08, 2024 @12:14AM (#41188050)
If the public thinks it's a federal issue then just pass an amendment granting the federal government the authority to handle it.
Re:Ryanair wins screen scraping case against Booking.com in US court r...
on Monday July 22, 2024 @03:15PM (#41038593)
What are you talking about - that is deregulation. This was a government granted monopoly - you don't get more regulated than that.
Re:Americans' confidence in higher education has taken a nosedive
on Wednesday July 17, 2024 @11:21PM (#40992210)
Only 18% of degrees are in STEM https://nces.ed.gov/programs/raceindicators/indicator_reg.as...
Re:Supreme Court rules ex-presidents have immunity for official acts
on Tuesday July 02, 2024 @03:30PM (#40859741)
Completely agree :)
Re:Supreme Court rules ex-presidents have immunity for official acts
on Tuesday July 02, 2024 @01:16PM (#40858634)
You mean like Obama assassinating a US citizen?
Re:Pharma firms stash profits in Europe's tax havens
on Tuesday July 02, 2024 @01:15PM (#40858615)
It's fundamentally immoral and something the US should repeal.
Re:US Supreme Court allows cities to ban homeless camps
on Friday June 28, 2024 @08:14PM (#40826760)
8%
Re:US Supreme Court allows cities to ban homeless camps
on Friday June 28, 2024 @08:13PM (#40826753)
You do realize that real problem is the prison guard union and public prisons right?
Private prisons represent 8% of all prisoners...
Re:Supreme Court guts agency power in seismic Chevron ruling
on Friday June 28, 2024 @04:27PM (#40824928)
The agencies can draft any ruels they'd like and put them before congress. Perhaps we can have less rules...
Re:Supreme Court guts agency power in seismic Chevron ruling
on Friday June 28, 2024 @04:23PM (#40824870)
Fantastic!
Re:Microsoft charged with EU antitrust violations for bundling Teams
on Wednesday June 26, 2024 @02:10AM (#40796904)
That is the essence of anti-trust, it's nonsense. It's merely losers complaining.
Re:EU accuses Microsoft of breaching antitrust rules by bundling Teams...
on Wednesday June 26, 2024 @12:48AM (#40796472)
These are not monopolies.
Re:One-third of Amazon warehouse workers are on food stamps or Medicaid
on Wednesday May 22, 2024 @02:53PM (#40444718)
So you'd prefer they'd be fired if they can generate more value than they cost?
Re:One-third of Amazon warehouse workers are on food stamps or Medicaid
on Wednesday May 22, 2024 @02:49PM (#40444660)
That is not correct - a person with no skills who has 10 kids will never be able to support themselves via a job. It is welfare for them.