NickM

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by NickM 3y ago
There are tons of reasons just in the last few years that I don't believe have anything to do with corporate consolidation: the war in Ukraine, the rise and fall of the pandemic causing rapid unexpected swings in consumer spending patt
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Okay, so let's set consolidation aside, since I agree that's a real problem in some sectors. took advantage of...the political narrative...to raise prices for more profit I genuinely don't understand why so many people th
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by NickM 3y ago
Deducting losses doesn't make losses profitable, it just eases the sting of the loss a little bit. If you lose $100, and you get to deduct that $100 loss, then that saves you the taxes on $100, but unless the marginal tax rate is someh
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by NickM 3y ago
That doesn’t make any sense to me. The amount of fuel a trench can hold is its volume, not its area.
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DC charging stations sometimes have batteries on site so that they can charge up from the grid and then deliver bursts of power from the batteries during charging. Apparently this is often worth it to avoid the high demand fees that utiliti
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I think most people just don’t realize that when you charge a battery you’re not literally just filling it up with electrons.
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by NickM 3y ago
a doctor working on a cure and vaccine for HSV1/2 Can you share more information on this? Who is this doctor you're referring to?
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by NickM 3y ago
Sounds like everything ended up great for your cousin, but in case he'd still like to be able to use a screen occasionally, I wonder if something like this might help: https://www.sunvisiondisplay.com/reflective-lcd-mon
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by NickM 3y ago
That study found a small effect size compared to placebo, and a large placebo response. That seems consistent with OP's comment of "SSRIs... mostly don't differ from placebo" (emph added). Also not addressed in the pape
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Stock shares are an investment because the stock market is a positive sum game in the long run. Yes there are risks but the returns produced by the market are due to actual value being generated in the form of goods and services. Investing
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by NickM 3y ago
This take seems ignorant of basic economics. Profits are up because of supply constraints leading to a supply/demand mismatch; blaming it on consumers “passively accepting” price increases is just as ridiculous as calling it “corporate
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That seems like a bizarre take. Even with efficient fully reusable rockets, surely desalination will still be much cheaper than mining water from asteroids and bringing it back to Earth? And sure, maybe bringing huge amounts of rare earth m
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by NickM 3y ago
I have read this book, and can confirm, it is extremely interesting and pretty damning. I'm frankly surprised it hasn't had more of an impact; it really does seem like SSRIs are causing a lot of harm to a lot of people in the form
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by NickM 3y ago
Twitter's own definition of "state-affiliated media" reads as follows: State-affiliated media is defined as outlets where the state exercises control over editorial content through financial resources, direct or indirect pol
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by NickM 4y ago
It sounds like you might be more familiar with the details of the situation than I am, but I'm curious how you would explain the results of this study: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3779720 I
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by NickM 4y ago
I don't think it's as simple as "just tweak the economics"; in places like upstate NY, there are very cheap electricity prices due to abundant hydro resources, so there are some big crypto mining operations that have set
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by NickM 4y ago
The article talks about how the increased demand for electricity raises prices, and the costs are then passed on to consumers. For anyone looking for more data on this, this UC Berkeley study from a couple of years ago analyzed the situatio
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by NickM 4y ago
Reminds me of the situation with intercity rail in New York state. It was faster to take a train between Buffalo and NYC in 1890 than it is today. In 2009, NY started working on a high-speed rail study, which finally completed last month
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by NickM 4y ago
An item that costs $1, costs $2 when you double the amount money for the same amount of assets. This is a common misconception. One big reason it's not true is because the vast majority of the wealth in the economy is stored in asset
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by NickM 4y ago
I’m really not so sure. Maybe some will, but the overwhelming majority of people will not want to dedicate time and energy to learning a craft that is completely futile in the end. By your logic, nobody would ever want to take up running
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by NickM 4y ago
How did you replace your radiators? Did you have to install ducts, or did you find a cost-effective way to have a heat pump heat the water for your radiator system? Good ways to upgrade homes that use radiators to use heat pump heating seem
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by NickM 4y ago
I don't know if this is true of all types of fake sugar, but I've found that I can easily taste the difference in many cases, even when I'm not expecting it or looking for it. Like the article says, it's often with food
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by NickM 4y ago
Suppose this is accurate; how difficult/expensive is it to get tested for this, and if you have it, is there a cure? Regardless of the effects it may or may not have on the brain, the paper mentions that "the differences might be
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by NickM 4y ago
Hyundai is definitely doing well in terms of charging speed, but they're still a bit slower than Tesla (220 kW vs 250 kW). The marketing is confusing here, as Hyundai cars need a "350 kW charger" to achieve their max charging
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The White House is doing PR for itself first and foremost here. Tesla did a good thing as a result of laws that have been recently passed that incentivize it, and the White House wants to make sure people know it.
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Not to nitpick, but the law doesn't compel Tesla to open up their charging network. However, they need to open the network if they want access to the additional federal funding. Which, clearly they felt was a worthwhile trade.
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They get sold off to (partially) pay back the company's creditors.
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SSRI use has skyrocketed, and multiple meta-analyses have confirmed that they lead to an increase in suicidal thoughts and behavior when used by children and adolescents. I don't necessarily agree with the grandparent poster's poi
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by NickM 4y ago
That's not how an LLC works. If you buy a house in an LLC and stop paying the mortgage, the bank still takes the house away.
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by NickM 4y ago
If you allow the value to go to zero, shareholders will just turn a blind eye and write the investment off as a loss on their taxes. Writing off a loss on your taxes does not cancel out that loss, it only lessens it a bit. Shareholders st

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