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by Donald 7y ago
Yes, the original bonds expired, but the Fed has actually resumed buying short-term treasury bonds since Sept 2019. This has offset long-term maturities (e.g., 10Y) rolling off and actually has resulted a net expansion in their balance she
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It links you to the source of the image which is presumably subpoenable for identity information.
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by Donald 7y ago
Several new companies I’ve worked with have folded recently after being unable to raise their next or initial round. Seems like risk appetite has shifted: https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/startup-barometer/
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Part of this is terrible communication on the part of the US government, specifically the CDC. * Watching their press conferences I have no idea how the average American comes away with concrete steps for preparation. The pressers seem most
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Not surprising. The growth rate of CO2 in the atmosphere is increasing over time: https://www.esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/ccgg/trends/gr.html
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Their franchisees bore the entire cost of giving out the free food. McDonald's corporate paid nothing except for paging someone in to fix the bug.
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by Donald 7y ago
Quick observation: the vast majority of Democrats with the social connections to feel confident starting this kind of company will be affiliated with candidates who have won previous elections. This centralization is by design: the winner o
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by Donald 7y ago
Very savage to “leak” this when Alphabet’s earnings are released. Probably a predictor of a bad outcome for Google. Or, everyone in this administration is an inside trader.
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What's up with these research institutes attached to universities running schemes for grant dollars? Maybe across the board incentive structure reform should be mandated by accreditation bodies. Another recent case: the University of C
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Here is a description of the problem from a UC Davis geobiologist who is using the rover to study habitability. https://mars.nasa.gov/msl/mission-updates/8587/sols-2649-265...
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by Donald 7y ago
NASA is now reporting the problem as fixed: https://mars.nasa.gov/msl/mission-updates/8589/sols-2653-265... (Press article at https://www.space.com/mars-rover-curiosity-attitude-glitch.h... )
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Guess it's time to rebrand this as a fintech startup that informs investors about high-risk pharma stocks.
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Beginning of 2018? Later that same year the CLASSICS Act was signed into law, which extended copyright for many older recordings to 144 years. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CLASSICS_Act
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The brain's corpus callosum continues developing into a person's mid 20's.
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The repeal of net neutrality radically changed the FCC's position on regulation of cable authorities in America. In particular, the FCC no longer regulates broadband under Title II of the Communications Act of 1934, and actively attemp
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by Donald 7y ago
Folks are using apps, like Waze, to share the location of police. I don't think radar detectors have been mainstream for years.
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It probably suggests Chromebooks are on their way out.
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This perspective is excellent. Besides the book reference, any papers in this area that are relevant?
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Isn't Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund a significant client of SoftBank? Interesting development.
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Here's a study on pubescent rats in PLOS one. In short, caffeine disrupts sleep which impacts brain development. https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal...
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> "I suck at flying" Ironically, after leaving Boeing, this same pilot is currently a first officer (co-pilot) at Southwest Airlines, which exclusively flies Boeing 737s.
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>Will our influence on the rock record really be so profound to geologists 100 million years from now, whoever they are, that they would look back and be tempted to declare the past few decades or centuries a bona fide epoch of its own?
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Your great-grandfather likely complained that quality heart pine was being replaced by cheap "natural wood" planks. Wood has been on the decline for decades and it's a stark reminder of how much of the natural world we'v
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by Donald 7y ago
Thanks. Do you have any specific recommendations on WiFi LED bulbs that you've liked at that color temperature range?
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Where do you get good 1850K LED bulbs?
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Only a few million are tied to bringing high-paying jobs to Dallas. IIRC, the target is low enough that relocating a small percentage of staff would meet their goal. They'll get around $9 million simply for building their complex: htt
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Japan has been struggling to deal with the scope and cost of their disaster. From last month: > The operator of the ruined Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant will have to dump huge quantities of contaminated water from the site direct
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Full article is available at the Journal of the American Medical Association's website: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle... An interesting take-away not mentioned in the BBC write-
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> The NBA is hugely popular there, don't they risk annoying huge chunks of their own population by taking it off the air? Yes, by design. The Chinese government is signalling that the NBA is anti-China, just like they did with the i
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Welcome to the future: Erdoğan ‏publicly announced this attack via Twitter. https://twitter.com/RTErdogan/status/1181921311846735872

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