McScroogy

You are a liar, at the very least, you are lying to yourself. You ban me for criticising socialism, not because of ideological battles. If you would care about ideology, you would ban the ideological subjects. For example Stallman's appointment was a frequent topic on here. I did not start those topics, and you let them stay.

Case in point: I did not make any submissions with this account. I only commented. So it doesn't make sense to claim I created the account for ideological battle.

It's also nonsense from you to claim that some discussion taking place in a deeply nested comment thread somehow distracts from what "HN is for". Those who don't care can simply gloss over it. I am not taking away any of your precious front page space.

Just admit that you can't stand criticism of socialism, and that is your basic motivation here.

If there is a wealth tax, as is being discussed in many places, it could be taken from you.

Huh, that's nonsense. Every vaccination also carries risks, so there can be no moral obligation if the risks outweigh the benefits. That said, I also disagree with the moral obligation. At the very least, there are also other scenarios to consider. For example if only a small group is at risk and can't be vaccinated (too risky), that small group could be isolated or choose to self isolate. Afaik it already happens with chemotherapy patients who are being isolated. There is no obligation for the rest of the world to disinfect everything and walk around in hazmat suits so that chemotherapy patients can walk freely in the outer world.

I thought as much. I suppose some things are riskier than others, but at the moment I really don't know which ones.

Could you point me to an alternative investment that can not lose its value, please?

I used to feel like you, but I have come back to Java.

Other languages have other pains, for example I have physical revulsion against the version management hacks for python or ruby (rbenv and stuff like that - somehow hacking environment variables on the fly to manage multiple installations of the language).

Two years ago I wrote a small web app in Python and I found hosting very complicated, compared to Java. PaaS exist but are very expensive.

What do you mean - FSF are bad people?

It's true that in theory it should be possible to elect another government that chooses not to delegate to the "Ethics Experts". I am not claiming we live in a totalitarian regime because the government decided to consult ethics experts.

It just seems that in this case, ethics are exactly what the people should be voting on - the value system of the society they want. So delegating to an ethics committee is at best propaganda and making excuses for not doing what the people want.

The renter does not lose a lot of money. The landlord may end up with enormous debt.

But how much capital? You also have to consider opportunity costs of putting down that capital.

Maybe if I put down one million and borrow another 300k, I can get a low mortgage. But I also lost one million.

So why don't you buy? I am in the opposite position. I would like to buy something, but I can not find anything that would be worthwhile (mortgages lower than the rent I pay at the moment, or lower than rent I could ask for renting out).