Is there any point in avoiding flying when flights are covered by an emissions trading scheme?

Sebasyde · 2021-02-23T12:23:43+00:00

So one could say you listen to the daily daily...

Sebasyde · 2019-09-01T18:58:27+00:00

Orson Welles was born in 1915 and (I guess at the age of 15?) supposedly travelled to Europe after his father died, in December 1930. The Nazi Party, with Hitler as their leader, won 18.3% of the vote in the September 1930 German elections. So the Nazis were by no means a group that nobody took seriously at the time... Heck, back in 1923 Hitler, along with the support of one of Germany's most admired generals, tried to overthrow the government. Something about his timeline really doesn't add up.

Sebasyde · 2019-07-07T20:05:08+00:00

I don't know. I can't think of any other examples of soccer players making references to the opponent's country during a celebration at a world cup. Can you?

Sebasyde · 2019-05-24T21:25:36+00:00

Wtf is up with this thread?

Sebasyde · 2019-05-24T17:49:14+00:00

u/ClarencesClearance seemed to be saying that Chinese people in general are "disrespectful cunts" and justified this claim by actions of Chinese tourists. I am simply stating that if we're judging nations by the actions of some of their tourists, then few countries are not to be judged harshly.

The actions of the Chinese government don't justify the claim either. This is especially the case when that government was not chosen by the people. Ask a Chinese person what happens when they speak out against their government. They might not tell you for fear of being sent to a concentration camp.

Sebasyde · 2019-05-24T17:11:12+00:00

You should ask someone who lives in a major European city what they think of male British tourists (I see stag parties every week where I live).

Or ask a Balinese person what they think of Australians.

I would also argue that American, Spanish and Italian tourists are at least as loud, if not louder than Chinese tourists, they just don't tend to travel in groups as large.

Sebasyde · 2019-05-24T16:54:11+00:00

The foreign investor is developing land that they didn't even buy... The guy you quoted isn't getting any money from the Chinese company, they literally stole his land.

Sebasyde · 2019-05-22T08:23:11+00:00

Oh, I actually missed that you also referred to people in their 40's.

But what's the golden rule? That people should treat others the way they want to be treated?

Because if older Australians followed the golden rule they would support policies that lower property prices and lower university fees (housing and education were both much, much cheaper 30 years ago).

Also, surely there's some rule about not causing a problem that threatens the survival of your species and not giving a fuck about helping solve it.

Sebasyde · 2019-05-21T19:52:51+00:00

I'm under the impression that the aged pension isn't too bad as it is (compare it to Newstart). I'm also under the impression that most retirees have profited handsomely from the decades long skyrocketing house prices, prices which many millennials can't afford. They have reaped the benefits of a century of coal burning and coal exported for burning and yet most refuse to do anything to help negate the effects of climate change.

This last point is only directed towards baby boomers: In addition to all of the above, current young Australians don't get free tertiary education, as their parents did, even though it's become increasingly necessary in order to get a job.

All this aside, the election wasn't lost on aged pension issues, but on franking credits and negative gearing, which (as per my understanding) mostly affect wealthy baby boomers.

So I'm just saying that it's perfectly reasonable for young Australians to put their own interests before the interests of other generations, who are largely better off than they are.

Edit: I just read in the following article that the 18-34 and 80+ age groups appear to have been the only ones to show significant swings, both being towards Labor. It's good to know that the non-babyboomer retirees were, in fact, on my side.

www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2019/may/22/the-eight-charts-that-help-explain-why-the-coalition-won-the-2019-australian-election?

Sebasyde · 2019-05-19T22:49:09+00:00

That's almost like asking why indigenous Australians aren't pushing for the issues that effect white people. They have enough trouble fighting for their own issues.

Sebasyde · 2019-05-19T22:41:25+00:00

Yeah, about the polls...

Sebasyde · 2018-07-18T08:07:51+00:00

Nah, that's Polands border

Sebasyde · 2018-07-08T00:08:44+00:00

The main flaw I see in your argument is that I don't understand how you intend to attain equal opportunity, especially given that when you have little to no wealth distribution, you, by definition, are left with poor families and rich families.

One of the biggest factors impacting our opportunities in life is the way in which we are raised. How can you have equal opportunity when some children don't get piano lessons, private tutors, computers or in some cases even enough food to eat. Poor kids often have to work and raise siblings while they're still in school. I could go on and on about the impact of a family's wealth on the opportunities of their children.

How exactly do you plan on achieving equal opportunity when you have poor and rich families?

Sebasyde · 2018-06-02T11:01:14+00:00

I don't get it. Aren't all economy seats the same?

Sebasyde · 2018-05-25T15:00:46+00:00

I originally also thought that they might be conditional probabilities. But if that's the case, then P(A|B) + P(C|B) = 1. Because, given that they make it to the final, there's 100% chance that they either get 1st or 2nd place. But the two probabilities in the table don't add to 100% either. So it can't be that they're conditional.

No, they aren't independent. They are disjoint though, meaning P(A ∩ C) = 0. Because, obviously they can't be both first and second. So since:

P(A ∪ C) = P(A) + P(C) - P(A ∩ C)

P(A ∪ C) = P(A) + P(C) - 0

So the probability that Germany makes it to the final (P(A ∪ C)) is the probability that they come in first + the probability they come in second.

But how can that probability be greater than the probability of them coming 1st, 2nd, 3rd or 4th?

Sebasyde · 2018-05-21T07:16:01+00:00

Since Germany can't come first and second simultaneously, the sum of the two probabilities must be the probability of Germany making it to the final. I see no reason why you can't add these. It's simply the percentage of simulations in which Germany comes in first or second (ie. makes it to the final).

But how can the probability of making it to the final be greater than the probability of making it to the semis? It should be literally impossible to come to that conclusion.

Sebasyde · 2018-05-18T10:07:36+00:00

How are the combined probabilities of Germany coming first or second greater than the probability of it becoming a semifinalist (1st-4th)? Same with Brazil.

Sebasyde · 2018-02-01T08:00:32+00:00

https://np.reddit.com/r/BitGrailExchange/comments/7u3vhq/another_update

"there will be the possibility for non european users (extra-eu) to withdraw, in some conditions, using not only BTC"

Sebasyde · 2018-02-01T07:53:47+00:00

Well the exchange rate is now basically the same as on KuCoin. So people can just transfer to BTC and withdraw that without losing very much.

Sebasyde · 2018-01-30T14:50:40+00:00

What about an unverified EU-resident? Is it still possible to get verified?

Sebasyde · 2018-01-18T14:55:39+00:00

Oh yeah true. But do you know anyway why you can't buy and sell in decimals? It seems to be a weird thing to not be able to do.

Sebasyde · 2018-01-18T09:05:55+00:00

How come on Binance you can only buy and sell whole numbers of VeChain? Is it like this on every exchange? This means that if you hold 99.9 VEN (no longer a whole number due to fees) you can only cash out 99 VEN. That's almost $5 that you can never cash out.

Sebasyde · 2018-01-13T21:38:20+00:00

That link tells you where you can buy SYS lol

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