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Would you cite the judicial precedent that you're relying on? Heart of Atlanta was based on the commerce cause and the civil rights act. I can't think of anything else that would apply.

I was really impressed that it was slid on rails into place instead of being assembled in place in sections.

The subsidies probably overall increase the cost that the consumer is paying. The federal government pays farmers to not plant or reduce the overall supply thus leading to higher prices. There tend to be more tariffs in the US on food stuffs as well which prevents cheaper imports that would benefit the consumer.

One item in consumer's favor is that food items are usually exempt or treated at a lower sales tax rate.

You've veered off into conspiracy theory and name calling. Nice.

That's roughly the equivalent of trading a diet of donuts for a diet of cocaine. One's not healthy, the other will make you crazy.

I think the point is that if a voice is speaking louder, than it has a larger responsibility to the public. If the voice is automated on a platform, and isn't serving the public good, then the platform has a responsibility to prevent it.

Interesting (and see my other comments about the problems with breathless reporting), but do you have any evidence?

Ironically, that's a large part of the reason that I don't read social media often or read much on the daily news. I tend to read after the fact analysis that provides more perspective instead of breathless reporting.

That tends to help me more in my job and having an informed perspective as a citizen.

> No, there is no responsibility whatsoever. Users are free to not use the service if they don't like it.

I own private property. It's true that I'm free to paint my house an obnoxious color and let it fall into ruin. It doesn't mean that I don't have a responsibility to my neighbors and community to provide upkeep to my house and ensure it's aesthetically pleasing.

Similarly, I believe social media and the media has a larger responsibility to our civic discourse even if they are a private company. Is that a legal obligation? No, but it's a moral obligation.

Ignoring whether it's pro-Trump or pro-Clinton, don't you find the idea of automated parroting of political speech via bots a bit obnoxious?

And maybe the platforms - Twitter, etc - have a responsibility to not publish those posts?

A private company censoring the content on their platform is not a violation of freedom of speech. I believe that the point being argued is that they have a responsibility to filter out automated messaging.

Majority rules with minority rights. The judges are there in part to ensure the rights of the minority are respected.

That's a pretty controversial statement. Many countries are experimenting with purely cash based welfare instead of in-kind. See: http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2015/09/wel...

I agree with your gist, but also Cincinnati has a really good water system:

http://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/water/news/platinum-award-for-u...

Taxes can be structured to not impact the poor and/or additional aid can be structured to offset the impact - much like income tax, or luxury tax, or inheritance tax.

Are you seriously suggesting that everyone who has a retirement plan that holds an index fund that has VW in it should be held accountable?

The piece of the story I would really like to know more about is the details behind why they chose to leave NK.

I always thought that the answer to this question is less important than that it prompts to reader to question themselves on why or why not they would join the Nazis. It's easy to look back through the lens of time and assume that we, good wholesome people, would not become Nazis, but if you're in the moment, what happens?

What about front accounting? It's been a bit since I used it, but I think it handles multi currency somewhat decently.

Kudos to the author on spending some time on this one. Not too many people spend much time considering this one.

Unfortunately, philosophy applied to maths usually goes sideways and this feels like such a case.

Mathematicians use delta-epsilon definition of a limit as a starting point to apply rigor to thinking about infinities. Learning and understanding that approach I suspect would go a long way to clearing up the author's quandaries.

That's true, good call.

Thanks for posting this article. Would this be a good use case for a bloom filter?

FWIW, I have a math degree and work in tech.

Both are incredibly important. I would say that linear algebra and discrete methods are more important for computing, but calculus has had a larger impact on science especially physics. Newtonian physics - a revolution in thinking and unification of mathematics and science - is intricately tied to calculus.

Even in the example of economics that you cite, calculus is used heavily for the theoretical underpinnings for finding equilibria and deriving min/max.