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by 3D25157725 4y ago
>> i've noticed that anyone who no longer does that thing is typically quite vocal and negative towards said thing. Well ya? Is that not self-evident? See, there's this thing I enjoy very much, but I was forced to stop becau
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by 3D25157725 4y ago
I agree. Also, when viewing/listening remotely, I will record the session -- especially if they're assigning a complex task or series of tasks. This allows me to playback and get things exactly right. In person, I would have to sm
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by 3D25157725 4y ago
Nomenclature aside, they're somewhat predictable in the sense that if the most dangerous rogue waves will typically happen in or near low preasure systems, and especially around strong currents, where you have wind-over-tide type nasti
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The State of the Union February 2023(brucefein.substack.com)
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by 3D25157725 4y ago
For any interested, here[1] is the late Milton Friedman's take on how we might protect against quacks, frauds, and snake-oil salesmen posing as doctors if government didn't step in to limit the supply of medical doctors in the nam
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by 3D25157725 4y ago
No I don't recommend -- and I am a daily vim user for years. I program mostly in C, sometimes C++. I use i3 on my desktop and tmux when remote/ssh'd into a vm. Inside vim, I use the bare minimum of plugins to reduce dependenc
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by 3D25157725 5y ago
> For a given heat, a well insulated room is as comfortable as a badly insulated one - but with less energy input. A modern computer is as useful (more so) than a Pentium 4, but with less energy input. An LED bulb provides as much light
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by 3D25157725 5y ago
To your first question, yes I think it does. Government coercing my decisions is negative ( individually, not necessarily society/humanity ). In the same way, if government policy mandated televisions to be twice the cost because they
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by 3D25157725 5y ago
Thanks, great points. I hadn't at all considered replacement of other taxes. That changes the calculus a great deal, I agree.
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by 3D25157725 5y ago
Right, and I agree to both. This also lowers their standard of living. My question was probably too vague. Maybe more directly, is raising costs across the board as a matter of policy more effective in our fight against climate change than
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by 3D25157725 5y ago
>> In many ways, high energy prices are a positive thing for society (in the long run). If you don't mind, I wonder if you might expand on this? For me it seems a bit blithe. For instance, we know that higher energy prices cascad
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by 3D25157725 5y ago
For those interested in some of the history of immunotherapy, and cancer treatments more generally, I recommend Dr Peter Attia's excellent interview[1] with Dr Steven Rosenberg. Dr Rosenberg is Chief of Surgery at the National Cancer I
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by 3D25157725 5y ago
For those interested, here's a discussion hosted by Peter Attia, MD featuring Matt Kaeberlein, Ph.D. Biomarkers of aging and epigenetic clocks[1] Description: The biology of aging, rapamycin, and other interventions that target the agi
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by 3D25157725 5y ago
Let's be careful not to conflate life expectancy and life span. The former being dominated[1] by improvements in reducing infant mortality and mothers dying during child birth, while the latter has remained largely consistent[2],[3]. ‘
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by 3D25157725 5y ago
For me, it's because I want to gain some perspective, and in this case in particular, without experiencing it first hand. For example, I will often read cancer patient message boards, or family members that have watched their kin succu
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by 3D25157725 5y ago
> The claim that the U.S. is hellbent on preserving the primacy of the U.S. dollar is largely a myth. Could you elaborate, please? It was my understanding (perhaps mistakenly) that because so many foreign entities, be they countries, cor
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by 3D25157725 6y ago
Tell that to the U.S. Army.
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by 3D25157725 6y ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6I2pcIbyq-0 It was a hoax.