Afforess

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by Afforess 5y ago
> Imagine how much tax dollars would be gained if all drugs were legalized in US and let's say 20% of it's population started to regularly use them. ...What? Is this a serious take? You think widespread recreational hard drug
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by Afforess 5y ago
An IBMer once explained to me that Lotus Notes was intentionally not improved; it was purposefully bad, a form of coordinated sabatoge. The bugs provided employees with an excuse for why troublesome directives or wasteful meetings were lost
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by Afforess 5y ago
If you make a low effort comment, I'll make a low-effort rebuttal: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism
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by Afforess 5y ago
Agree. 401ks were never intended to be a complete retirement plan or pension replacement, and are frankly untested at the scale that they are now being used for. It's a little scary that a tiny carveout of the larger IRS code for pensi
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by Afforess 5y ago
That's like saying the foundation supported a scientist working on building more coal-fired power plants. ETH, along with crypto in general, is harmful to society. Weird flex.
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by Afforess 5y ago
Highly hierarchical, "top-down" organizations end up requiring a lot of managers in order to "enact" the top down policy decisions. The more decisions are imposed top-down instead of bottom up, the more management and ad
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by Afforess 5y ago
a one off jubilee does not create an expectation or incentive. the pandemic was (hopefully) a once in a lifetime event.
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by Afforess 5y ago
Good! Given that the mortgage interest rate deduction exists, and it handsomely benefits wealthy homeowners, it's nice to see impoverished renters win for once. We should do more Jubilees.
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by Afforess 5y ago
yes. people have lost hope. the US life expectancy is declining year over year. wealth accrued by young people is declining compared to prev generations. housing is unaffordable nationwide now. education, healthcare, and housing costs are e
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by Afforess 5y ago
Crabs in a bucket mentality. Pull down others because you didn't benefit too. How about compassion?
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by Afforess 5y ago
That graph also correlates perfectly with smartphone adoption. Drivers are more distracted and pedestrians less aware of their surroundings than in the past.
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by Afforess 5y ago
I've found it terribly hard to find out when and where local elections are held. Yes - the local county website has this information. But that's only useful if you already _know_ there is an election upcoming. If you don't kn
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by Afforess 5y ago
Preventing legitimate institutions from allowing transactions involved with the purchase of the coin effectively bans it. It doesn't matter if consumers can still use it, if businesses can not.
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by Afforess 5y ago
Gwern did some analysis and determined that the ROI for Metformin vs the cost is positive for 45+ and older. https://www.gwern.net/Longevity#metformin
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by Afforess 5y ago
Needs a "2014" note in the title.
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by Afforess 5y ago
Impressive for its length, implicit hostility to anyone reading the FAQ, and incredible chutzpah. An example that characterizes the entire document: > Unfortunately, “GNU/Linux” is five syllables. People won't use such a long
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GNU/Linux FAQ(gnu.org)
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by Afforess 5y ago
Not true. Perpetuity's exist. https://www.investopedia.com/terms/p/perpetuity.asp
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by Afforess 5y ago
> Please, stop deciding the winners and losers government. Almost nobody thinks that the US government's role is to pick winners and losers. This is always an cloaked appeal for less regulation, often in bad faith and unrelated to
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by Afforess 5y ago
Speedrunning is the only sport that I am excited about.
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by Afforess 5y ago
> (They still run ads on her stream, but she doesn’t get any of the proceeds, if I understand it.) In what universe is this an acceptable outcome for a TOS violation?
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by Afforess 5y ago
Well, this article is an improvement in that it has a testable prediction. When BTC falls below ~19k, for an extended period, Tether should collapse, according to the article.
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by Afforess 5y ago
For those of us who are unconcerned and believe the Federal Reserve when they say inflation is transitory, what is the counter portfolio to profit off this misplaced fear?
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by Afforess 5y ago
Is this acceptable to you? I can burn down your home if I fill out the paperwork and warn you in advance?
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by Afforess 5y ago
The IDF is a state sponsored terrorist organization, we should not take the word of terrorists seriously. https://twitter.com/IDF/status/1392197029355470848 > Our goal is only to strike terror.
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by Afforess 5y ago
Twitter literally did exactly that: https://twitter.com/swolecialism/status/1392262652156592144 More context: https://www.vice.com/en/article/qj8b4x/twitter-said-it-restr... The cen
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by Afforess 5y ago
You seem to have confused a claim with data. Please check the article again and let me know where the data is.
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by Afforess 5y ago
Literally just one person's opinion. No data. No analysis. And the actual claim is weaker than the title suggests. I'm not sure why this is here. HN commentators regularly have better takes, even.
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by Afforess 5y ago
> My honest opinion is the hard working professionals making 150-350k are getting hosed. Pay the majority of taxes in this country so that other people can loot, riot, and collect welfare. There is a lot of confusion here to unpack, b
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by Afforess 5y ago
> average temperature It's not the average temperature change that is significant, its the effect of the temperature that is significant. For example, 33F vs 32F is very significant... If there are more days above freezing, which

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