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by Endama 8y ago
Wow, that is insane. I wonder if there is some kind of opportunity here for automation and vertical farming to create economies of scale for the mass production of vanilla?
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by Endama 8y ago
Great point, felt your argument was very astute. However, really small nit: I think you meant to use e.g. instead of i.e. e.g. = For example: i.e. = That is: I could see i.e. working where you used it but I think you intended it as e.g. Tha
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by Endama 8y ago
Ah, thank you for the clarification!
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by Endama 8y ago
Honest question here, it's my understanding that a bunch of states have laws that state something along the lines of: Interns can only be interns if they do work that A. Primarily benefit their learning and growth and B. Their labor wo
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by Endama 8y ago
I suspect the uncomfortable truth behind a lot of the problems regarding public transit isn't the transit itself, but the passengers. If you had the choice of riding a public bus with a large collection of the public or paying a few bu
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by Endama 8y ago
VOX just released a video on the "Duck Curve" phenomenon that arises as a result of renewables[1]. Does anyone here have any insight on what the state is trying to do to mitigate negative downstream affects of the duck curve? [1]
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by Endama 8y ago
My understanding is that the strongest predictors of success that psychologists know about are: 1. Intelligence 2. Conscientiousness [1] It's also my understanding that these factors usually are correlated under 40% as success predicto
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by Endama 8y ago
Wow, I find this fascinating, the government effectively used a large-scale project to seed a town/city. There was another HN post a few weeks back that was asking about if governments should create more cities. This story provides an
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by Endama 8y ago
Housing a persistent issue that comes up a lot on HN. It seems to me that as tech-workers, we feel the guilt associated with economic pressure adversely affecting the civic-environment we coexist in but strangely feel that it is inappropria
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by Endama 8y ago
I think a lot of this news went largely unnoticed by those in the west but Choi Soon-Sil was truly Korea's Rasputin. I encourage anyone interested in hearing a crazy story to take a look at the debacle between her and Park Geun-Hye.
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by Endama 8y ago
I wonder if there are studies that explore what the loss on investment is. That is to say, if we were to repurpose those older industrialized towns to more modern needs, would the cost on renovating the existing infrastructure be more cost
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by Endama 8y ago
I think few people know that a bunch of public transit was actually electric in the early/mid 20th century. Car companies, most notably GM, conspired to convert public transport to gas to make public transit less comfortable compared t
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by Endama 8y ago
I'm arguing that the definition of "gender equality" you are advocating for is definitely a western one. You can't argue your definition of equality while trying to feign anti-colonialist attitudes, that's a disinge
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by Endama 8y ago
But this is hardly unbiased. You effectively are choosing to feign cultural superiority by co-opting a native-voice that shares your criticism. Rather than sharing a non-biased perspective, your hiding your voice behind a native face. This
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by Endama 8y ago
Since Graphene has been heralded as the next wonder-material, can someone tell me in lay-mans terms how far off we are from seeing a graphene revolution in the personal electronics space when this tech becomes commercial?
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by Endama 8y ago
I'm sorry, this warmed my heart and terrified me at the same time. A hilariously adorable and obnoxious use of technology.
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by Endama 8y ago
Yeah I would assume that there is no way that they would be compensated for the lost revenue. I would also imagine calculating the lost revenue for those shops, and subsequently trying to get the government to reimburse them for it, would b
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by Endama 9y ago
This is a wonderfully thought out and articulated counter-position. I applaud the thoughtfulness of your comment. I agree with your statement that "cultural heritage is worth preserving, it needs non-market-driven measures to preserve
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by Endama 9y ago
I'm not arguing that it isn't uncomfortable, nor that people aren't justified in their unhappiness, I am arguing that the desire to use policy to express that unhappiness and uncomfortability upon the polity is wrong (I would
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by Endama 9y ago
I find this really puzzling, as Americans, we seem to have this strange implicit assumption that the market should protect and reinforce culture. That is to say, that as demand increases for cultural artifacts, that the market should grow w
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by Endama 9y ago
My problem is that I don't know what exactly constitutes "processed food". Like, isn't cooking a steak on a pan constitute a "process" on a food? If processed foods don't consider my steak example, how muc
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Building Instagram for the Classroom with Texture(building.classdojo.com)
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by Endama 9y ago
As a Korean American, this conflict has always been so strange to me. My family members fought in this war, my grandfather ran from his village, in the middle of the night, to join the US-led Korean Army so that he wouldn't be conscrip
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by Endama 9y ago
This is an excellent exploration of Impostor Syndrome[1]. Thanks for sharing! [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impostor_syndrome
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by Endama 9y ago
I think the only issue I take with your assumption is that you will end up having more job-seekers. It could just be the case that the abusive employer's business will fail and thus create an opportunity in the market for another compa
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by Endama 9y ago
I wonder if UBI actually allows the economy to become more efficient. It could be the case that an abusive employer would be more severely punished by the labor market if the economic cost to the worker is diminished by a UBI (i.e. My boss
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by Endama 9y ago
I didn't realize this, but yes, this is absolutely true. I wonder how many people would actually be willing to pay a premium on having their clothes warm when coming out of a dryer.
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by Endama 10y ago
I'm not going to argue that there aren't bad teachers or there aren't a LOT of bad teachers. But IMHO a lot of what I have seen at my company is the following: If a kid brings home a bad report card - Parents often blame the
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by Endama 10y ago
A lot of it seems to exacerbated by limited access to quality public transport. As jobs become more consolidated in city centers, the middle and lower class are more likely to get priced out of living near their work places. High insurance
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by Endama 10y ago
I work at an EdTech company right now and we've found huge success simply because we've tried to get out of the way and let teachers do what they do. Teachers today have a hard enough time without tech companies, policy makers, ad

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