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Sounds about right. Historically humans didn't operate as individual economic units of even as individual familial units. Intergroup trade would have been direct (barter), but you internally better described as a gift economy with where reputation, credit, and status played big roles in the distribution of resources. The Austrian line on the subject better describes why a group would prefer indirect exchange rather than a specific historical transition. Often the Austrian account is mistaken when it wonders beyond it's core competence. Here is a critical discussion that offers a glimpse of the history of indirect exchange in full-color Even if you came up with a cheap and easy way set up clearing houses to practically eliminate the coase costs of barter. (coase costs being the cost to the seller of finding a buyer plus the cost of a buyer to find a seller) Those engages in production of consumer goods from higher-order goods would have a very difficult time of calculation without a mediate measure of how one thing trades in terms of another. Without money prices a producer would be tasked with determining weather the basket of outputs could be traded for the basket of inputs plus some more good to show the endeavour was worthwhile.

The bank doesn't lose/give up anything. They've taken a paper from you, traded it for other paper, and then give that other paper to you. To have standing to sue anyone, a plaintiff must present a cause of action to the court. The elements of a cause of action are 1. some loss injury or harm 2. specific to the plaintiff, 3. caused by 4. unlawful action of the defendant. If I take a hundred dollars out of my bank account and you don't repay, I would have cause to sue as could show the debit on an asset, and the contract to pay. The bank however can't or won't show such a debit as that's not how they generate cash for purported loans. They accept the contract to pay (the promissory note) as an asset and credit your deposit account. They don't touch their on-hand reserves.

What loan? If I give you a twenty and you give me two tens how is that a loan? The bank accepted his note and gave him notes in return. Paper for paper does not a loan make. To collect the purported lender needs to establish harm, some account that was decreased or asset that was given up. However the way banks actually work is that they directly monetize the promissory note through the federal reserve rather than pulling money from their own reserves. So if getting two tens for a twenty doesn't make a loan, why does getting $10,000 of notes for a $10,000 note make any more of a loan.

If everyone fought it even as far as you did the system would grind to a halt. I guarantee you make them spend more money than they got out of you. Anyways nonviolent noncooperation is a good tactic, and you can be much more effective at it by learning simultaneously learning the rules of the games and using them in unexpected ways.

If you didn't have a chance to cross-examine, it wasn't a hearing in the legal sense. Additionally you were denied due process, and maybe speedy trial as well. You certainly have grounds for a motion to vacate the judgment. Object to everything, including the prosecutors claim to represent the state and the applicability of the laws to you.

Not neccessarily as emplyee productivity is rarely a constant per hour thing. If a sick leave policy keeps contagious employees at home and prevents your whole office from being sick at the same time, then you may have gained enough total productivity to offset the cost. Of course the government has no place in this calculation, but it's not pure cost, there is some benefit to be had.

1. Your making the assumption that there would still be 15 tire companies in a free market whereas there is reason to believe there would be multiplication without monopoly privileges keeping them together and competitors out. 2. Without patents assume the process is copied in one year, time to take the formulation and test it. You then get 9.1 billion saved by consumers, The one to two million to the employee and 50 million to the first company. How is that not a win? 3. You're overlooking a large group on potential donators as well... AAA, teamster unions, and similar groups that could benifit thier members by making tires more reliable and cost-effective. You say there's 10 billion of saving out there to be gained so you only have to capture a small fraction of it for your research to pay off in spades. 4,. Right now as is, patents may be the only way for some independent inventors to counter the concentrations of power and industry that have occurred under the intellectual monopoly regime. However the independent inventor as a class is largely a myth, and the right answer to the problem does not arise from a cost-benefit analysis done for one person or even a single small class of persons. What you do might take 5 cents per 10 dollars, but in some arena's rents on intellectual monopolies total up to nine of those ten dollars. 5. If your method and materials are so effective at creating marginal gains of tire improvements, why don't you sell that? Either as a outright sale or as a consulting company?

The flag code doesn't say you can't let a flag ever touch the ground, just that you have to burn it if it does (which it perscribes you do anyways to a damaged flag)

SteamOS as of the moment is based on a slightly modified Debian. From early indications is looks like it will by default boot into the steam client's big picture mode, with a button of some other way to access a standard desktop.

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Yes, love it mostly use gentoo, occasionally win7 when I have to and ubuntu when nothing else works. Been using some distro or another as my primary OS for five years or so now. Played around with a few distros circa 2000, but they didn't quite stick.

Here's a similar scenario that might clarify the thinking here. You happen along in the highway and see a horrific crash happen in front of you. A car veers into the ditch and flips over. You run up to the car and see a person unconscious in the front seat, and at the same time a small fire has started in the engine compartment. Is it aggressive to pull them out of the car? It think it shows a qualifier should be added ton premise 2. (2)The action takes control of Y's property, contrary to Y's will as it might reasonably be ascertained. But I think it should be noted UPB is a method for testing moral theories, and is not itself a full and nuance moral theory. Not necessarily, say the arm has gangrene.

When you plea guilty or no contest you waive your right to trial and a bunch of other due process guarantees. The judge/court may accept the plea and order sentencing judgment or reject it and set the matter for trial. If this wasn't explained to you, you may have grounds to vacate the plea. If your in a fighting mood, check out Marc Steven's podcast and books.

You weren't convicted but you have a record? WTF? Anyways a good chance do a bit on entrepreneurship. Use personal questions and ask every company you see out working if they are hiriring. Some positions aren't very well advertised if at all. Volunteer somewhere just so you can fill that gap in the resume. Don't give up. You'll probably have to fill out a hundred more but someone will say yes.

People also snort cocaine off of a hooker's ass. What does the supply chain for water and food look like? It's long and fragile. Yes people can sustainable live in a desert, but not a million in a half people stuffed into 500 square miles.

Not exactly, but I know it when I see it. A few possible question to ask though. Is it still a positive for people born 7 generations from now? Does it refrain from using resources faster then they are replenished? Does it increase or maintain resilience? Resilience being a measure of how many parts can be disturbed before a total system collapse. Does it minimize externalities. Is it usable and healthy for people now? Anyways for specifics in relation to buildings or site development, one can reference the LEED standards or the sustainable site initiative. You don't have to live in a penthouse to appreciate a green space in the middle of an urban center. Storm-water management is another big one. You can also gain air quality improvements. And in areas with enough rainfall you can gain an increased energy saving over white or cool roofs. An yes there is a higher upfront cost, but is minimized with new construction to the point it can compare to upscale conventional roofs Additionally as the lifecycle can be 50+ years compared to the conventional 10-15.

From a sustainability standpoint, keeping urban centres in deserts is absurd. You'd be looking at green roofs in climates were prairie/grassland communities can form. https://agronomy.unl.edu/c/document_library/get_file?p_l_id=4128278&folderId=5114339&name=DLFE-65734.pdf https://agronomy.unl.edu/greenroofs http://www.greenroofs.org/index.php/about/greenroofbenefits And what I said is that green roofs may be better for those reasons. As you said there are a lot of site specific and use specific considerations to be made. I also don't think the aesthetic and restorative aspects of green roof spaces should be overlooked either.

I've seen a few of them done well. They are especially suited for urban settings. As their main limitation is they are very difficult to do on any significant pitch, and require additional structural materials. Freeze/thaw isn't an issue. Additionally the reduced runoff reduced impacts on urban storm water systems. To get an idea of the the effect move from blacktop parking lot to a sports field. You still have to deal with ambient temps, but the transpiration + cover counters most solar gain.

I think it's a great option for retrofitting, especially if you don't have deciduous tree cover on the south and west sides of your house. For new construction thick green roofs may be the better pick, as they have a longer lifetime, provide a thermal mass, actively cool the roof in summer (via transpiration), and and reduce storm water runoff by up to and beyond to 90%. Funny how in the video he talks about how cape cod houses are so hard to heat and cool on the second floor. Many houses and communities are poorly planned. A bit of thought up front can save a lot of expense later. Depends on what the code says. To really have a wide adoption you need to get your products into the code to contractors and designers know what it's final impact is.

A response to some parts of the article Replace gendered terms with neuter terms, and it's not terrible advice. Abusers of all sorts will push buttons to see if they can get away with it, but psychopaths can come off as glib or suave on first glance. Additionally there are people who are wired a bit different than many people are uncomfortable interacting with at first but it doesn't signify an attack. Education about how to spot actual potential abusers would be more likely to actually reduce vulnerability. (Men and women alike) Either the feelings are justified in which case women can change their social circle and habits. Or it's not and it goes back to gender roles that men are actors and women are acted upon. If I go out of my way to make women feel specifically not vulnerable, aren't I just reinforcing that stereotype in their minds? I may pick up on a cue a particular person is uncomfortable and try to adjust my behavior, but on a case by case bases depending on the importance of the interaction and the difficulty of adjusting the behavior. Again, gender roles. Why should I abase myself to every women I see when the simpler solution is to encourage and allow girls to engage in activities that expose them to small risks so they can better learn to manage and accept everyday risks? The author here is likely no match for three five foot assailants, nor a midget with a handgun. Men are more likely to the the victims of violent crime than women. Thankfully violent crime is rare, and there precautions that can be taken, though it seems this author is comfortable dealing with a relatively high threshold. Depends on what kind of snake... Bull, Garter, Or Rattler? Knowledge is power. The vast majority of men don't rape, what aren't you assumed to be in that vast majority? Yes most rape is opportunistic, but doesn't that more imply we (both men and women) be on the lookout for behavior that can be classified as victim-probing and challenge it in our social group and expel them if necessary? You don't think some women have a desire to control? Often this is the motivation for false rape accusations. Of course you expected to be satisfied or you wouldn't have put the effort into the contact. It's not wrong to be angry so long as you handle or express it in a constructive way. If you could have just shrugged off the rejection you would have never arrived at this insight. This desire to control can also lead to road rage. This desire to control is a significant issue to control in out own personality and society at large, but it doesn't exactly prove a particularly rapey culture.

How do you prove unintentional vs intentional. Luke and Lisa are infertile and want a child, they pay Irene to "oopsie" with Manny. Irene takes additional compensation from Manny's insurance to carry to term, and let Luke and Lisa adopt.

A crime's already been committed by forcing you to show up. If it's such a great system why to they have to compel participation? That dude in the Robe is likely a narcissistic or psychopath, and you took a big old dump on his word-view. He probably would have been less offended if you had insinuated his mother was a whore.

Beyond Bitcoin and Lightcoin I don't think there's much of a market except maybe one more that incorporates proof of stake. Just getting the ball rolling was a pretty big deal, and they did something nobody thought was even possible for a long time.

I started working (summers) at 14

I think it's rife with potential fraud. As it stands today, generally child support obligation cannot be waived via contract with the mother (as its against public policy). Contracts to give up for adoption are also not enforced (at least as far as specific performance goes)