JamisonM

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by JamisonM 4y ago
"She can earn her phone or computer when she publishes an app on the App Store." I don't understand how building a piece of software that Apple is willing to publish on the App Store makes your daughter emotionally prepared f
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by JamisonM 4y ago
Thanks for info, neat! Most problem weeds on the prairies where I farm are taller than the planted crops when mature, particularly as yield benefits have been gained by shortening more and more varieties over time. A pigweed or a smartweed
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by JamisonM 4y ago
My kids each went through a phase when they started Minecraft where they could build & farm and wanted to play in a world with mobs but wanted me to be their "knight" that kept them safe - it was a lot of fun for a few hours a
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by JamisonM 4y ago
I am a farmer. It is quite close to impossible for weeds to establish once many crops reach a certain stage, this is pretty consistent with the perennial idea. Stripper headers are quote commonly used all over the world: https://
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by JamisonM 4y ago
I have always known it as "C's get degrees" but that's sort of a crass expression, not really the equivalent of the quote which is presented as "life advice" for the enrichment of those that receive it. "C
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by JamisonM 4y ago
I don't want to beat a dead horse here too much but part of what I hope folks will understand is that any potential buyers also know what I know, they all know that once the liquidity crunch is resolved this is a viable business with g
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by JamisonM 4y ago
"Silicon Valley Bank had 17 branches in California and Massachusetts. The main office and all branches of Silicon Valley Bank will reopen on Monday, March 13, 2023. The DINB will maintain Silicon Valley Bank’s normal business hours. Ba
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by JamisonM 4y ago
Looking at other banks that maybe be in a similar position and taking prompt action is competence to be celebrated, I view it as more evidence that despite weaknesses in the regulatory framework they are not in a tough spot at all. They kno
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by JamisonM 4y ago
They begged for special dispensation that they didn't ever need. They proved themselves to be both selfish and ignorant and deserve any derision they receive.
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by JamisonM 4y ago
> SVB will cease to exist: it's being liquidated This isn't like when Best Buy went bankrupt, the banking operations will continue, the branches will still run. It will take a long time to absorb SVB's operations into a la
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by JamisonM 4y ago
That wasn't the point and also they will still have jobs because by in large SVB will continue operations.
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by JamisonM 4y ago
Agreed, not a bailout as this is the purpose of the insurance scheme. If someone gave me 10-to-1 odds that actually there will be no shortfall associated with this action I would happily take that bet. Shareholders will be wiped out but SVB
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by JamisonM 4y ago
You could be happy for most of the workers of the bank too... it is not like the tellers and loans officers were managing the systemic risk of the bank! I am happy for them if they have jobs tomorrow if they were doing their jobs well given
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by JamisonM 4y ago
"I just hope nobody forgets how prominent VCs behaved during the brief period of uncertainty." The point is that these VC's didn't act to support their investments, they flailed around begging for bailout (that they prob
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by JamisonM 4y ago
THEY ARE NOT IN A TOUGH SPOT!!!! They know (and it is obvious) that all deposits are going to be fine without any extra funds, wacko VC's and nutjob politicians are stoking the sort of flames that might cause a contagion so they are fo
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by JamisonM 4y ago
"the Polgar sisters are proof that training is the key and not genetics" Look, I don't have a dog in this fight but the idea that the Polgars "prove" that training is more important that genetics doesn't make s
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by JamisonM 4y ago
But do people really underestimate how much crop land is used to grow seed? What do people think? 1%, 5%? What is the reality? I don't actually know... As a farmer I would be very surprised to discover it was as 10% or 15%! I assume it
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by JamisonM 4y ago
"Nearly all modern crops are hybrid strains" This is a "citation needed" situation here, the corn & Canola seed markets are certainly dominated by hybrids but very plentiful drops like wheat and rice are not to the b
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by JamisonM 4y ago
Farmer here, the above is absolutely correct. The notion that a farmer would "take a chance" on spraying an non-GMO planted crop with Roundup/Liberty is a pure fiction.
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by JamisonM 4y ago
It is funny that I kinda see it exactly the other way.. we live in a world that is much less about the local community so these people are both /choosing/ to care what other people think and /choosing/ what they present
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by JamisonM 4y ago
And any jurisdiction that loosens zoning restrictions can benefit from the investments that will expand availability instead of being harmed by the consumption of a scarce resource. Potential for a win-win situation.
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by JamisonM 4y ago
In the Prairies you could put a lot of people on farmland and it wouldn't subtract very much productive capacity and would accommodate a lot of people. A square mile is roughly 800mt of grain give or take most years on prime farmland..
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by JamisonM 4y ago
The expectation of the future price of housing for foreign investors is entirely about believing that future construction will be restricted. If investors, foreign or otherwise, believed that housing was a market that responded to market fo
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by JamisonM 4y ago
> If volumes are continuously higher than normal, then they're are the "new normal" and companies must adjust accordingly. You know I think in the current business environment there is zero confidence in what the new norma
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by JamisonM 4y ago
> The lesson from all this, it seems to me, is that if a meltdown can happen to a company like Southwest, which has ample resources and talent, then it could happen to anyone. That doesn't strike me as the lesson at all, the lesson
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by JamisonM 4y ago
There is a tension in the article between "the capitalists are pitting the consumers against the front line workers" premise and the "the capitalists are eliminating the front line workers" point made in the article. Sou
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by JamisonM 4y ago
"there was never any valid reason to halt society in the first place" Look whatever you think about anything full hospitals everywhere and people in Spain being left for dead in old folks homes were definitely real things - I am
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by JamisonM 4y ago
Yeah, it is just wacky stuff for people to be "COVID-19 NBD" while the hospitals are full and the morgues can't keep up with refrigeration requirements... it is not worth engaging with. The exact count doesn't matter, th
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by JamisonM 4y ago
I had a frequent cycling problem and the issue was that the air conditioning A-frame in my furnace was plugged.. it was causing a constriction that caused the natural gas furnace to overheat when it went into the second stage and cycle. (I
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by JamisonM 4y ago
Two things jump to mind on this: 1. This is like the classic sorta thing where someone thinks a given freedom/right/restriction is ok until they feel threatened by it and suddenly it needs to be reconsidered.. it is ok in the abst

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