Tycho

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by Tycho 10y ago
Trampled by what? A stampede of equally qualified candidates? That's exactly my point. Also I'm not sure my point about food was clear. I'm saying give a poor family an extra $5k to spend for healthier food, and it could make
902.
by Tycho 10y ago
don't you think blue-collar and white-collar employment are fundamentally different? it's true that in both cases you need a paycheque to survive, so they are perhaps more similar to each other than to truly self-sufficient life s
903.
by Tycho 10y ago
Spending on education/tuition is how middle-class Americans ensure the lower class ones stay down there. If spending on schooling was capped the way most things are capped then there would be much more competition for 'white-colla
904.
by Tycho 10y ago
I think it's just saying 'financial impotence' is not gender-neutral enough as a term. But I agree it didn't make much sense the way it was phrased.
905.
by Tycho 11y ago
15 posts a day of as much as 1500 words? That's kind of... prodigious.
906.
by Tycho 11y ago
The theme of the series is basically how societal power dynamics play out on a multi-millennial timescale. The author called the series Dune after he noticed that, from above, sand dunes form a wave pattern over the land, so suddenly some
907.
by Tycho 11y ago
Interesting how "folks" is replacing "people" even in headlines/journalism.
908.
by Tycho 11y ago
Have you read the Dune series?
909.
by Tycho 11y ago
There is a staggering degree of beating-around-the-bush in these articles we've been seeing.
910.
by Tycho 11y ago
Uber has no moat.
911.
by Tycho 11y ago
The context of the second quote is that he's using the voice of a hypothetical future citizen who will threaten to rise up against a government which is enacting too much change, too fast against the will of the majority. I don't
912.
by Tycho 11y ago
Your characterisation is simply not supported by those quotes in their full context, as far as I am aware. Did you ever seek the context? Claim: OSC wants states to keep sodomy and anti-homosexual laws on the books. Quote in Context: The S
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by Tycho 11y ago
All these dietary fads seemed to emerge around the same time as nutritional science.
914.
by Tycho 11y ago
We don't need scientific studies to figure out what to eat. Just look at what has worked for millennia and avoid newfangled processed food.
915.
by Tycho 11y ago
Ratings on sovereign debt seem kind of irrelevant to me. I don't see why the agencies would have any sort of edge. But I agree one of the most dumfounding facts of the present situation are that these rating agencies are still in busin
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by Tycho 11y ago
Hmm not sure, there might be some legal/regulatory barriers there.
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by Tycho 11y ago
Once someone is trained, they might just leave and work somewhere else.
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by Tycho 11y ago
Tobin Charney makes $400,000 a year out of his 131 trailers, some of which are little better than hovels. That sounds about right to me... I doubt anyone would consider it worth the hassle leasing 131 trailers if the income was say 100k.
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by Tycho 11y ago
The telltale sign of classicism in modern America is how the upper middle classes continue to put up with inflated college tuition fees. They're basically paying to keep the lower classes out.
920.
by Tycho 11y ago
There's other ways. Let people put their money where their mouth is. If AGW is a real problem, then we ought to see certain insurance become expensive or coastal land value decreasing. People could even trade climate derivatives that s
921.
by Tycho 11y ago
(apparently not)
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by Tycho 11y ago
Wasn't Moldbug's mention of genetics in reference to physical attributes?
923.
by Tycho 11y ago
Well his talent was completely different in nature from Jobs' talent, but it still yielded some world changing technology. Maybe the answer is that his sort of talent is not as rare as you'd think, or easier to replace with teams
924.
by Tycho 11y ago
The thing I don't quite get about Wozniak is this. By all accounts, he was a technical genius/prodigy. Early Apple would never have flourished without his Herculean efforts, regardless of Steve Jobs' business savvy. But while
925.
by Tycho 11y ago
Hmm. I use a 2011 MacBook Air and the thing performs (and looks) like it's brand new. With the latest OS. I have no plans to upgrade it whatsoever.
926.
by Tycho 11y ago
One of my favourite novels. Highly recommended especially if you like books like Nineteen Eighty-Four.
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by Tycho 11y ago
Is there a site/webapp that i can drop this list into and it will tell me which titles are available on netflix? (or other online streaming services)
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by Tycho 11y ago
It's not a binary difference between learned and untaught. Many people have taken calculus classes and probably not enjoyed any lasting insight, either because the teaching was bad, or there were too many other subjects swimming around
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by Tycho 11y ago
I like to tweet them. Something satisfying about shouting into the void knowing even if no one listens the echo will carry forever.
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by Tycho 11y ago
hey, do you know any good blogs or articles or studies about this sort of 'empire building?'

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