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dantheman··on From Australia to Europe, countries move to curb children's social media access
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.
dantheman··on Why are 38 percent of Stanford students saying they're disabled?
Getting a diagnosis to get more time to complete tests. https://accommodations.collegeboard.org/how-accommodations-w...
dantheman··on Zohran Mamdani wins the New York mayoral race
Rent control increase the rent for everyone, lowers the amount of housing stock, and reduces its quality.
dantheman··on Threat in Your Medicine Cabinet: The FDA's Gamble on America's Drugs
The majority of medical care and expenses are not emergency.
dantheman··on Threat in Your Medicine Cabinet: The FDA's Gamble on America's Drugs
Medicine is one of the most regulated and least capitalist markets.
dantheman··on Will the AI backlash spill into the streets?
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).
dantheman··on US vs. Google amicus curiae brief of Y Combinator in support of plaintiffs [pdf]
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.
dantheman··on Is AI the new research scientist? Not so, according to a human-led study
Why? to increase productivity and improve the human condition. If AI can do research then technological and scientific progress will increase dramatically.
dantheman··on Zelensky leaves White House after angry meeting
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...
dantheman··on Ask HN: What were the best books you read this year?
You might like: Discrimination and Disparities (2019) by Thomas Sowell
dantheman··on FTC: Vast Surveillance of Users by Social Media and Video Streaming Companies
Perhaps you're not aware of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_of_Personnel_Management...
dantheman··on The Double Irish Dutch Sandwich: End of a Tax Evasion Strategy
What benefits?
dantheman··on New York Times tech workers union votes to authorize a strike
Yep for instance: 1932–1933 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holodomor
dantheman··on Apple must pay 13B euros in back taxes, EU's top court rules
The EU is more of a problem than any sort of solution.
dantheman··on Apple must pay 13B euros in back taxes, EU's top court rules
It's not a funding problem, it's a spending problem. Taxes are insanely high around the world.
dantheman··on Judge stops FTC from enforcing ban on non-compete agreements
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.
dantheman··on 1970 Clean Air Act was intended to cover carbon dioxide
If the public thinks it's a federal issue then just pass an amendment granting the federal government the authority to handle it.
dantheman··on Ryanair wins screen scraping case against Booking.com in US court ruling
What are you talking about - that is deregulation. This was a government granted monopoly - you don't get more regulated than that.
dantheman··on Americans' confidence in higher education has taken a nosedive
Only 18% of degrees are in STEM https://nces.ed.gov/programs/raceindicators/indicator_reg.as...
dantheman··on Supreme Court rules ex-presidents have immunity for official acts
Completely agree :)
dantheman··on Supreme Court rules ex-presidents have immunity for official acts
You mean like Obama assassinating a US citizen?
dantheman··on Pharma firms stash profits in Europe's tax havens
It's fundamentally immoral and something the US should repeal.
dantheman··on US Supreme Court allows cities to ban homeless camps
8%
dantheman··on US Supreme Court allows cities to ban homeless camps
You do realize that real problem is the prison guard union and public prisons right?

Private prisons represent 8% of all prisoners...

dantheman··on Supreme Court overturns 40-year-old "Chevron deference" doctrine
The agencies can draft any ruels they'd like and put them before congress. Perhaps we can have less rules...
dantheman··on Supreme Court overturns 40-year-old "Chevron deference" doctrine
Fantastic!
dantheman··on Microsoft breached antitrust rules by bundling Teams and Office, EU says
That is the essence of anti-trust, it's nonsense. It's merely losers complaining.
dantheman··on Microsoft breached antitrust rules by bundling Teams and Office, EU says
These are not monopolies.
dantheman··on One-third of Amazon warehouse workers are on food stamps or Medicaid
So you'd prefer they'd be fired if they can generate more value than they cost?
dantheman··on One-third of Amazon warehouse workers are on food stamps or Medicaid
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.
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