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by Beijinger 3y ago
"What’s the difference? Steady state is steady state. " From Gails article, capitalization from me: There is No Steady State Economy (EXCEPT AT A VERY BASIC LEVEL) So sure, a a steady state economy at a pre-industrialization level
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by Beijinger 3y ago
"Smart people can be wrong when they lack domain knowledge." Do you know her background? "Steady-state economies can exist with debt—it’s how ancient non-imperial economies worked" Yes sure. An economy like the Amish can
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by Beijinger 3y ago
"That article is so riddled with issues it's hard to take it seriously even if you believe the underlying conclusion." I consider this person to be one of the smartest persons I know. "This ignores the existence of a cen
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by Beijinger 3y ago
Nope https://dothemath.ucsd.edu/2011/07/galactic-scale-energy/ "But let’s not overlook the key point: continued growth in energy use becomes physically impossible within conceivable timeframes. " An
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by Beijinger 3y ago
"Your comment seems to imply something negative about debt, when in fact it's exactly the answer you're looking for. Debt allows people to build things now at the expense of future earnings; it pulls forward technological adv
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by Beijinger 3y ago
"Isn't the primary reason to worry becuase our global economy is founded on debt? Debt only works if the future is more valuable than the present by at least the interest rate on the loan writ large across the global economy.&quot
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by Beijinger 3y ago
" He spun off unprofitable parts of the company." He also spun off "unproductive" parts of the workforce. Take this as a word of caution: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super-chicken_model
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by Beijinger 3y ago
"First, the researchers defined a way to measure CEO skill." Very difficult. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Welch Was he good for GE or the beginning of the end?
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by Beijinger 3y ago
The man bites the dog (my example): Der Mann beisst den Hund. Den Hund beisst der Mann. The dog bites the man: Der Hund beisst den Mann. Den Mann beisst der Hund. This is an easy example because inflections are not really important here. No
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by Beijinger 3y ago
Yes, but I am not sure that "Mann beisst Hund" is even a sentence. Sounds like a Newspaper slogan. I don't think a German teacher would let this slip in an essay except if it is done on purpose for style reasons.
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by Beijinger 3y ago
Nope. But please understand that I can't elaborate this since I still think it is a nice idea. But I give you a hint: I talked about precious metals, not gold. :-)
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by Beijinger 3y ago
Der Mann beisst den Hund. Den Hund beisst der Mann. Both sentences have the same meaning. Beisst der Mann den Hund? would make it a question. "Der Mann den Hund beisst" is grammatically wrong but still understandable. I googled it
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by Beijinger 3y ago
"Direct gold ownership is rife with risks" Every kind of ownership comes with "risks". It is stupidity not to own gold "directly". Buying a gold ETF is likely a bad idea like having your cryptocurrencies not un
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by Beijinger 3y ago
Would be interesting to know what is more difficult for AI to learn. German has a more flexible word order, this makes it more difficult for some speakers. "Man bites dog" and "dog bits man" have two different meanings b
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by Beijinger 3y ago
My professor always said, Ideas Are Like Hemorrhoids. Every asshole sooner or later gets some. Sorry. Could not resist.
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by Beijinger 3y ago
I use https://www.enpass.io/ (free version). Not open source but very good and very convenient. (I see they changed. There may not be a free version anymore, not sure)