mgraf1
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3 months ago
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on: How getting richer made teenagers less free
Your analogy is missing something. Not letting a child explore the world has an opportunity cost. They miss out on opportunities to develop independence and psychological resilience. The book "The Anxious Generation" covers this in detail.
mgraf1
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3 years ago
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on: Ask HN: Employers, why do you want us back in the office?
Then you keep in touch with them.
The best friend I've made as an adult was met through work. Then he took another job, and I moved across the country when I went remote. We still keep in touch and occasionally travel to visit each other.
mgraf1
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3 years ago
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on: C# Is Dying and Microsoft Is Killing It
This article boils down to "C# added new features that I don't like, so it's dying".
As someone working in C# every day, these new features are great, and C# is still a pleasure to write.
mgraf1
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3 years ago
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on: As unions decline, inequality rises
I'm curious what you mean when you say "leaving the far-Right shady people to run them (literally Mafia in many locations, and with the Teamsters)". How are you defining "far-right" in this context?
mgraf1
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3 years ago
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on: High property taxes are good
The point I'm getting at is that some places are much more desirable than others. In a market, it's prices that act as a mechanism for deciding who can live in a limited space. For example, way more people want to live on the beach than there are houses on the beach.
mgraf1
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3 years ago
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on: High property taxes are good
How would a non market based system work for housing though? How do we decide who gets to live in places like Honolulu or Boulder?
mgraf1
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6 years ago
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on: Why I Like Math [pdf]
It's a bit of a joke. It was written by Matt Stone after all.
