LamdbaMamba

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by LamdbaMamba 5y ago
Poorer countries tend to have high birth rates. As they get richer, the birth rate decreases. This comment seems to state that poverty is a result of high birth rates, rather than the other way around. There are very good reasons for famili
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by LamdbaMamba 5y ago
I'm not sure I understand the point or argument of this article at all. It reminds me of the sort of essays I would write in English class, pouring words on a page hoping that it would sound profound enough to impress my teacher. Besid
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by LamdbaMamba 5y ago
Is it absurd from a human point of view? 'Tax deductible' means lowering your taxable income because you incurred certain expenses. It's not just a free tax write off.
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by LamdbaMamba 5y ago
'Interest rate increases will raise prices (cause inflation)'. I hope you recognize this is so far outside current economic consensus that I can't even call it a heterodox theory. It's just wrong. This is the same logic
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by LamdbaMamba 5y ago
This is a quote I remind myself of a lot, because it's important, but for the life of me I can't find a source for Hemingway ever saying this. I think it was attributed to him before even before Kingsmen: The Secret Service but I&
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by LamdbaMamba 5y ago
Robinhood probably still earns more than half of its transaction based revenue from crypto, with the rest being options and stocks. I think it actually does qualify as a major cryptocurrency service. https://www.cnbc.com/202
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by LamdbaMamba 5y ago
Google would destroy "Liberty Leading the People" for depicting violent content if they could. What's the line here? A scripted video depicting one friend punching another gets taken down, but MMA fights, movie scenes of exec
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by LamdbaMamba 5y ago
Well... maybe. Whenever I see folklore like this I always suspect there are real effects but they may be attributed incorrectly. For instance, an ancient Greek feels sick, and worships at the temple of Apollo to ask the god to heal him. The
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by LamdbaMamba 5y ago
Citation needed. They say they don't hold Evergrande paper. Is that true? Who knows. But we actually don't know who's paper Tether holds.
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by LamdbaMamba 5y ago
I'm seeing more and more discussion on a stuck mono culture, and I have to say I agree with it. This is an interesting write up on the phenomenon. https://paulskallas.substack.com/p/is-culture-stuck
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by LamdbaMamba 5y ago
For me it's #4. I think this was a trick Feynman used a lot. I always like seeing intimidating problems solved simply with an uncommon tool.
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by LamdbaMamba 5y ago
It's dangerous to call this a checking account alternative. It is not a checking account, it is a taxable investment account. You're going to get users who sign up thinking this is just like a bank account, but with better returns
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Ask HN: How can I focus on knowledge work that I find boring?
2 points by LamdbaMamba 5y ago|2 comments