The Mighty Buzzard (profile), 25 Apr 2015 @ 7:10pm
Re: life must be easier without ethics
So dissolve some nickel welding rods in your acid of choice by using it as both cathode and anode while passing current through. Boom, instant source of nickel for plating that won't harm the environment any more than the acid alone would have. If it really bugs you, use vinegar as your acid. I've used this technique for bronze, brass, copper, and nickel and it works fine for all of them.
As a soon to be resident of TN, I hope they lose soon. I'm stuck with a 12Mb connection when the muni broadband one town over offers 60Mb connections including phone service for roughly the same price.
The Mighty Buzzard (profile), 23 Jun 2014 @ 6:18pm
Re: Re: I'm probably butchering the quote but...
There is no middle road. The government either properly fears its people and is their servant or it is does not and is their master. There are no lesser shades of evil to be had in this scenario.
The Mighty Buzzard (profile), 23 Jun 2014 @ 1:05pm
Re: Re: The most bone-chilling yet
There comes a point where a revolution is the only way to solve the problem, and I fear we're quickly approaching that point.
I don't fear it but the government should. That, in fact, should be their resting state. Anything else and they are our rulers rather than our servants.
Mostly because the debate essentially boils down to "It is okay to take what I have not earned or paid for" vs "Fuck that noise". All the jabber is just to confuse the issue so nobody has to take a long, hard look at what they fundamentally believe.
And no, I'm not just dissing liberals here. That applies to corporate protectionism and plenty of the current conservative platform items too.
Except that they're plainly not when they go directly against one or more of the major tenets. Shall I now start calling myself a liberal because I like the color blue?
No. In this world many things are grey areas but this is not one of them because the entire philosophy is simple enough to be written on one page. Double spaced in a 16pt font even.
Humorous but untrue. Objectivism is easily looked up in the dictionary or understood from Rand's works, as opposed to what constitutes a True Scotsman. In every one of her works you'll find extreme individualism and disgust with government protectionism of any kind.
I'm an objectivist of sorts and I see zero problem with infinite goods and zero marginal cost distribution. Value of a product or service comes from the purchaser not the seller because capitalism and objectivism demand free exchange of equal value. If nobody values your shit, you'd better rethink your business plan.
Objectivism isn't about businesses, it's about individuals. The people you're thinking about are fucktards, not objectivists, no matter what they call themselves.
It's pretty simple to see on both the income redistribution front and the paid for protectionism that we are NOT a capitalist society.
Were we a capitalist society, a zero marginal cost world would mean nothing at all to capitalism. There is always something scarce to sell, even if it is only good service for an infinite good. Capitalists do not piss and moan that nobody buys buggy whips, they start selling them to mistress spanks-a-lot then realize she uses a lot of other leather items and sells her those too.
The Mighty Buzzard (profile), 27 Feb 2014 @ 8:21am
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Erm... Wrong group on slavery opposition. The Republican party was founded on opposition to slavery. The Dems were the ones who thought it should stick around. Common misconception though.
The Mighty Buzzard (profile), 20 Feb 2014 @ 7:44pm
It's not complicated
Copping is dangerous work and every time they go into an unknown situation, most all of them, they're scared. Doesn't make mistakes any more palatable but it does make them understandable.
The Mighty Buzzard (profile), 20 Feb 2014 @ 5:31pm
Re: Rule #1
That's not in the current corporate business model. If you're leveraged to the hilt and want to borrow more money for something, you have to drive stock prices up. In a non-growth industry, this means bilking the consumers a bit more to fake growth and hoping not enough of them leave to offset the gain.
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Re: life must be easier without ethics
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As a soon to be resident
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Re: Re: The most bone-chilling yet
I don't fear it but the government should. That, in fact, should be their resting state. Anything else and they are our rulers rather than our servants.
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And no, I'm not just dissing liberals here. That applies to corporate protectionism and plenty of the current conservative platform items too.
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No. In this world many things are grey areas but this is not one of them because the entire philosophy is simple enough to be written on one page. Double spaced in a 16pt font even.
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Objectivism isn't about businesses, it's about individuals. The people you're thinking about are fucktards, not objectivists, no matter what they call themselves.
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Re: Perhaps the problem is "capitalism"
Were we a capitalist society, a zero marginal cost world would mean nothing at all to capitalism. There is always something scarce to sell, even if it is only good service for an infinite good. Capitalists do not piss and moan that nobody buys buggy whips, they start selling them to mistress spanks-a-lot then realize she uses a lot of other leather items and sells her those too.
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Re: Artistic megalomania.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_United_States_Republican_Party
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It's not complicated
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Re: Rule #1
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I am the champion,
I am the champion,
No time for losers,
Cause I am the champion,
Of the world
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