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chaosbutters314··on If you’re renting a city apt. without a car, 16% of your rent pays for parking
Well, if they built the parking with the apartment I see no problem in the landlord charging tenants for the spot and letting them sublet it with the help of the landlord. If you didn't want the spot with the place, should've chosen another one.
chaosbutters314··on As opioid overdoses exact a higher price, communities ponder who should be saved
You mean unregulated Capitlism? It will wake up when we realize we need some middle ground between Capitalism and Socialism.
chaosbutters314··on Why Can’t Americans Get a Raise?
Not the US government, but Elon's gigafactory and SpaceX are fairly large technological and manufacturing developments.
chaosbutters314··on SpaceX successfully launches and recovers second Falcon 9 in 48 hours
I had always hoped that they would use giant versions of these pin toys to land rockets.

https://www.amazon.com/Toysmith-Classic-Pin-Art-Black/dp/B00...

chaosbutters314··on Texas Is Too Windy and Sunny for Old Energy Companies to Make Money
Doesn't the US military use this rational for actually supporting renewables and fighting climate change?
chaosbutters314··on Texas Is Too Windy and Sunny for Old Energy Companies to Make Money
what about offshore wind farms? More water wouldn't be "so bad". haha. Plus, there was a cool idea about how they could be use in mass to mitigate hurricanes' strength to some degree but I'm not sure how feasible that is
chaosbutters314··on Stop Buying Things and Start Borrowing Them
Or it is because some people are assholes.

I broke a viscometer at work because I dropped something like 2 cm since I'm a clutz. I tried fixing it and rechecking the equipment but to not success. Now, we a big company with tons of money so this should be no big deal.

We call in the vendor and they spend 4 hours fixing it and we spend 10k.

Well, I get bitched out by 4 people on separate occasion as and constantly reminded after repeatedly apologizing and coming forth about my mistake.

That is why people dont come forward. Accidents happen but some people act like it was intentional assholeness.

I couldn't stop apologizing and feeling bad for a tiny slip of hand. But I was crucified and almost lost my job for something that took a 4 hour visit from the vendor.

People would come forward when things break if people had better managerial, parenting, and conflict resolution skills.

chaosbutters314··on Elon Musk Publishes Plans for Colonizing Mars
I'd go for a one way trip. I'd be a guinea pig. I've had a good life and contributed to society here. I don't care if I die at this point, and dying on a trip to Mars would be a worthwhile way to go
chaosbutters314··on The unpopular rise of self-checkouts
Personally I love self checkout more than a cashier. My things are bagged faster and correct things are bagged together. I dont have to make stupid small talk. And I can do it quicker since I know what I have and to expect. And old people that'd hold up the line using checks (it's 2017, checks should be banned from grocery stores for several reasons) are too scared to use them so I won't get stuck behind someone like that.
chaosbutters314··on The Facebook bubble just popped
I think his methodology was fine and pollsters were shit. If you look carefully at the map, he basically called all the swing states hilary and trump took from one another. His model saw the holes in the pollsters data. I think to swing trump to winnning, he'd probably just have to adjust a weighting factor by fractions of a percent. Look at how close michigan, florida and wisconsin were. The tiniest of margins won it for trump in the end. Literally a handful of factories that had closed in the past decade between those states determined this race.

The scarier thing is that for the next 10-20 years, boomers in the rust belt are going to swing republican unless dems can get a Bernie. To me, whatever democrat wins the michigan primary, is their candidate above all else.

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