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That doesn't invalidate the parent's point. We can still question if the details and way it is presented is accurate.

I'm just waiting for the class action suits when dynamic pricing is shown to disproportionately affect protected groups.

Pretty sure they had the inspection done at the time of rejection.

Did I miss it?

The chart for time spent at home exploded after covid, but I didn't see much talk about that. It seems people got comfortable being home alone and it just continued.

I wouldn't say I enjoy listening to anyone smart. It can be interesting to see what different people have to say, regardless of where their IQ puts them on the curve. Quite often I find that smart people celebrities such as the ones you mention only have insight to offer in one area and are pretty out of touch with life in the general population.

I would recommend picking multiple sources who are in a specific field/topic that you're interested in. Try to get opposing viewpoints.

I'd like to hear how you think land tax is ethically better. You mention serfdom, which is most similarly linked to land tax as the serfs would have to pay the lord for existing on that place. Likewise, your mention of roaming slaves forgets that they had to pay some value every period and were not allowed to simply not work, which is more similar to property tax where you must pay regardless of income or ability or pay.

"I don't think housing costs would drop that much, if at all."

That all depends on if people still want to live there, or can afford it. People tend to be sensitive to taxes, especially if they don't see it improving their lives. Businesses can be sensitive to this sort of thing too. And if they leave, people may leave too. California is already at a net negative when looking at joiners vs leavers. It's mostly been lower wage workers, but in recent years middle and high earners have also been leaving. The population is the same as it was 5 years ago.

"Property prices drop when property taxes go up, but mortgage payments tends to stay similar."

That might be roughly true for a person who just purchased and the federal property tax deduction is uncapped. A retiree who is getting a break on taxes is likely to see a big increase. Not to mention if the house is paid off, then there is no mortgage that could offset it.

What do you think an income tax is? Its the shared resource from human capital. It doesn't have to be homogenous or even equal to be shared.

We never left the dark ages in this respect. The government grants you title to deed and then you must pay your share to the lord (gov).

"Rural areas with almost zero industry are averaging out at 600-750K."

Source? This is completely inconsistent with my experience.

"There are still places where homes are like 250k or less."

By land mass that's the majority of the country. Population concentration is the real issue.

What would they even do with $10k per person? That seems insanely high.

Many states have senior property tax reduction programs. It doesn't go as far as prop 13, but had similar goals.

The main problem with this view is that land value is laggard to the economy. You will end up taxing people more than what the land is actually worth during downturns, instigating a vicious feedback loop to cause further problems. The logical path is to tax money where there is money - income.

Some of that might just be bleed over from their non-smart devices. My dumb Samsung washer, monitor, etc have been great. And yes, part of my decision involves the ratings/reviews. They are point-in-time and wont catch an issue 5 years from now, but they will help you avoid models that have immediate issues.

What education will do is show that to the world. Then we might legislate privacy mechanisms that would make this sort of abuse illegal and less likely to occur for all people.

It's not about content. Modern games have similar addictive traits, and they even admit it. Stuff like loot crates, custom skins, pay to unlock stuff early, etc. Even things like "seasons" and rank resets because without them "engagement was dropping".

I thought of that and may still go that route if I really need a precision metal part. But it's a drive and I can do most stuff with other tools. I could even 3D print a part, mold it, then cast it in metal if I need to.

I had a cheap Ender 3 Pro for years. It had occasional issues, but they were fairly easy to solve due to the large user base. It was great to learn on since you had to learn the concepts and do some stuff like leveling manually. So even the cheap stuff can work fine.

I want a small lathe and mill. The prices are just too high to justify with my limited use. Instead, I use a 3D printer and I'm making a CNC router.

The reason social media bans miss yhe point is because they will be replaced by other addictive/predatory technology, such as gaming. It's wack-a-mole - ban one thing and another pops up. Parental involvement and school education about addiction in all its forms is the best (not perfect) solution. The goal is to allow adolescents to grow into knowledge and responsible adults. Infantilizing them and delaying their exposure to the world only delays that development. And most age verification tech just undermines privacy.

Bringing new labor into the market isn't an optimal solution in the current market either. If it's a problem, simply tax offshore labor.

Fault matters in general, but it's not captured in the stats so you can't make an accurate comparison.

I imagine these same people are the type of people who would throw something out the window of an AV too.

It doesn't have to be a surveillance state for enforcement. Just preventing repeat offenders would practically remove that lowest denominator. For example, I knew a guy in high school who totaled 4 cars and had other minor accidents in 2 years. There's no reason for that person to be allowed to operate a vehicle. On the prevention side, we could require more training.

If you tried to enforce self driving cars, you'd still need some level of surveillance too.

I was talking more about mandating or encouraging the tech in personal vehicles. I think there's plenty of buy-in for driverless taxis already. It's a perception thing - trust a stranger or trust an automated system. I think it's a much tougher sell to put it in person vehicles, especially due to cost.

If fatality rates were higher, then maybe. But at 1.3 per 100 million miles, it seems like that would have low effect.

Better driver education and higher test standards would save lives too. So would banning alcohol. None of these solutions, including automated cars, will be mandated any time soon. It's not enough to have data, you also have to have societal buy-in.

Interesting that Waymo chooses to compare accident rates with the average driver vs the rideshare drivers their cars replace. The numbers wouldn't look as impressive because rideshare drivers are involved in fewer serious accidents than the average person.

Waymo says it has 170 million miles and I found 2 fatal accidents it was involved in (fault doesn't matter as fault is not included in the other stat either). Looks like the average is about 1.3 fatalities per 100 million miles, and about 1 per 100 million miles for CDLs. This doesn't seem that impressive.

If we want adoption, we would need it be placed in individual vehicles and it should look at removing driver liability. People will use it when they are drunk if it means not going to jail and it's readily available.

I'm so disappointed at the lack of dumb TVs and privacy focused streaming boxes.

I didn't. You shouldn't be claiming a specific person down voted you because the system doesn't capture attribution.