DoubleDerper

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by DoubleDerper 5y ago
"Studies have shown over and over again that investors aren't causing the price increases in the Netherlands" Source(s), please.
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by DoubleDerper 5y ago
How would this work in modern western society?
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by DoubleDerper 5y ago
The AirBnb "effect" has directly led to increased home prices. A home turning a profit thus becomes more important than how its guests impact a neighborhood and community. Ignoring or spinning the social costs is a primary goal
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by DoubleDerper 5y ago
From an early age more public investment in STEM, financial literacy, empathic education.
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by DoubleDerper 5y ago
Twitter response from Darren Woods, Chairman and CEO of ExxonMobil... “The individuals interviewed were never involved in developing the company’s policy positions on the issues discussed. We condemn the statements and are deeply apologetic
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Secret Recordings Reveal How Exxon Lobbyists Manipulate Politicians and Public(gizmodo.com)
516 points by DoubleDerper 5y ago|198 comments
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by DoubleDerper 5y ago
Shortcut to the source of the technology... https://grail.com/
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by DoubleDerper 5y ago
"EK is a consultant for Google Health. PAK has received speaker fees from Heidelberg Engineering, Topcon, Haag-Streit, Allergan, Novartis and Bayer. PAK has served on advisory boards for Novartis and Bayer, and is a consultant for Deep
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by DoubleDerper 6y ago
"(we’re supportive of a rise in the corporate tax rate)" Isn't advocating for higher taxes a breach of fiduciary duty to maximize profits to shareholders?
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by DoubleDerper 6y ago
“If someone were to rent you home today, how much do you think it would rent for monthly[...]' That’s a very poor proxy for housing cost." Agreed. Rental data is publicly available. Why bother asking only to get a worse answer?
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by DoubleDerper 6y ago
The intent is to maintain status-quo despite evidence that it's a broken system for medical users. Profits are being made based on the system we have. It's boards & c-suite executives keeping their fiduciary responsibility t
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by DoubleDerper 6y ago
It always seemed like Apple missed an opportunity to make the iMac's a bit more portable. There wasn't much 3rd party kit for this either, like a collapsible stand, or display cover, no carrying handles, etc.
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by DoubleDerper 6y ago
Serious question: why would the bubble /need/ to "burst"?
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by DoubleDerper 6y ago
You already suspect the answer and are hoping to be persuaded otherwise. You will be disposable to Facebook while you are doing the work of optimizing dark patterns and empowering display algorithms which are proven to polarize and reinfor
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by DoubleDerper 8y ago
domestic social anxiety that these tools/weapons will just as likely be used to target US citizens. in this political climate it seems tone deaf to ignore those concerns.
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by DoubleDerper 8y ago
This just makes so much more sense than the US's broken system. Is there a corollary to what you describe such that the governments could periodically publish a list of priorities, thus incentivizing private research into a particular
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by DoubleDerper 8y ago
Can anyone from a socialized medicine country explain how this particular treatment would be dispensed in their country? I'm an American and wondering, for example, would government of the Netherlands truly front this $1mm per treatme