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Can you share more on this? What monopoly?

Amount of taxes paid is a benefit to society? Does that mean anyone who uses deductions is less valuable to society?

Nothing to add but I found this to be a well written thought exercise on a space I realize I know very little technical detail of. Thanks for writing this!

Knowing how to use instruments is what separates skill. Giving anyone a specialty tool doesn’t yield expert level outcomes.

You bring up a good point. How were these problems addressed before the internet?

Although I don't support it, would the internet be a better place with people being identified? For this to be a constructive discussion, can we assume companies have a proper and secure way to validate identities and store your data? A lot of the extremism we see online is because people hide behind their keyboard. I sometimes wonder if the internet as we know it and social medias pervasive influence would be much different if people were less anonymous.

Please convince me I'm crazy or provide anecdotes that suggest this to be a terrible idea.

I grew up with internet access in the early 90s and have been behind a keyboard ever since.

edit: Downvotes are not for disagreement, please provide constructive discussion to a reasonable question.

Sounds like “I chopped my arm off to reduce my weight so I could run faster.” Without realization that the arm weight is there for a reason. Businesses love to self sabotage.

For my use case it is perfectly fine but for some its a valid issue.

I’ve had good luck with broken credit card machines working when I declare I have no cash. Maybe it’s because of my stature and/or luck.

I have a 13" macbook pro from 2010 that I still use. So even a 4 year old model will be a great device for a lot of use cases.

This is extremely concerning that perception of current affairs is fed to people using social media.

I will not purchase a car with a subscription, period. If others are doing that, please stop.

Those types of Airbnb's are long gone, now its entirely commercial.

IMO phone battery is relatively fine. I've forgotten to enable airplane mode on a few flights.

This! If I show up after checking in and get a message asking me to do a bunch of things, I'm going to give them a hard no and point to the booking.

Subsidies are the way but that requires majority alignment which seems unlikely in the political climate.

What does piracy have to do with generative AI? I don’t understand your analogy.

I’d love for a real economic discussion on what a fair price is. I agree with your point but not sure there is a price point consumers would tolerate and business could maintain a profitable business model with. That’s the fundamental issue we have right now.

Not sure why you are getting some defensive. If your city is so great name it so others can learn about it. Either way, big cities and small cities aren’t the same and don’t offer the same thing. Nothing to dispute here.

Superior may depend on your goal. If it’s mass disinformation campaigns produced by generative AI, those mentioned data sets may be ripe for the cause.

Do you have ducted or ductless system? They are different and can result in different experiences.

Why is this an issue? We have a ducted/ductless system. Air handler for ducts on first floor and basement. Upstairs has a mini split in each room. Having air handler constantly push air at a reasonable temp makes for a very comfortable living condition. Compared to a furnace that’s on/off with wider temperature range and more divergent temperatures throughout the area.

Why is oversizing a problem? Is it cost or something else?

I grew up in a Midwest farm town with a population below 10,000 people. I’m well aware of what they have to offer and it’s not what I want in life. I think you should stop taking offense to my comments and realize they are just stating the broad reality.

I’m not making excuses. I’m highlighting what reality is. Big cities are big because of people population. Why are a lot of people there? Because of work, lifestyle preference or both. That’s not an excuse, that is reality. I don’t want to live in the middle of no where even if the entire mortgage is less then my 20% down payment for something closer to a big city. Economics speak for themselves. Stop pretending demand for a city is artificial.

That was my experience for multiple apartments in both Seattle and San Francisco. Never living in NYC but if I had to move there, would try same approach.

This is just naively and ignorantly ignoring supply and demand. If everyone moved to your LCOL area costs will rise. If ever leaves the city (HCOL), city living will decrease in cost.

Not sure how your proposed solution works while also defying basic economics.

A diff of the directory is abuse? That seems overly aggressive and I don’t see what that prevents.

I could easily see this jump. Reminds me how important it is to have tech literate representatives. Go vote!!

These are all great tips. Especially closing slack/email and disabling notifications.

I struggled with these for awhile, growing up during the IRC, ICQ, AIM era, messaging always felt like a requirement of using a computer. Putting them away for focus time is critical.