Timothy B. Lee

Timothy B. Lee

@binarybits

I cover tech policy for Ars Technica and have a blog at Forbes. I'm an adjunct scholar at the Cato Institute.

Philadelphia, PA · http://timothyblee.com/about-me/

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  1. 56m

    I like a lot of doctors but they are overpaid, no?

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  2. 2h

    Is that right? My sense is that rural areas probably have more guns per capita.

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  3. 2h

    In which I send some Bitcoins and he squanders them on hookers and Satoshi Dice. (OK just Satoshi Dice.)

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  4. 14h

    Rare in philly sighting.

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  5. 18h

    That makes my head hurt. Isn't it already illegal to pay wages to undocumented workers?

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  6. 18h

    From the Wikipedia plot summary it sounds like he does other stuff that's clearly unethical.

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  7. 18h

    Never realized Gordon Gekko was making a valid point about management accountability in his "greed is good" speech.

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  8. 19h

    It's bizarre that Hollywood would make the guy trying to stop management from ripping off shareholders the villain.

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  9. 19h

    Just watched the whole scene on YouTube. I never knew he was making a completely valid point about management accountability.

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  10. 19h

    Oh good.

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  11. 19h

    Nice chatting with who is writing a follow up piece clarifying her ‘super wi-fi’ story from yesterday.

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  12. 19h

    Many conservatives want to copy Europe's citizenship policies. How curious.

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  13. 21h

    Platinum coin loophole strikes me as a lot less silly than redefining “imminent” with no statutory basis.

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  14. 20h

    Sorry, foolishly assumed my followers are familiar with the basic critique of excessive housing regulation e.g.

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  15. 20h

    I think the existence of the private buses is itself a symptom of bad policy.

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  16. 20h

    I suspect it would make sense to expand the Bay Area's transit infrastructure in conjunction with upzoning.

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  17. 20h

    That's a big deal right?

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  18. 20h

    Thanks!

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  19. 20h

    Yes, zoning regulations that drastically limit density, both in the Valley and in SF itself.

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  20. 20h

    Another example of over-regulation making the Bay Area unaffordable:

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