WorkerBee28474

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by WorkerBee28474 1y ago
> Keynes suggested that by 2030, we’d be working 15 hour workweeks Yeah, I'd say I get up to 15 hours of work done in a 40 hour workweek.
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by WorkerBee28474 1y ago
According to [0], 4 million in August 1978 is 19.5 million today. [0] https://www.bls.gov/data/inflation_calculator.htm
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by WorkerBee28474 1y ago
> Experts on the COVID-19 pandemic seem to think there are three ways out... we get a vaccine good enough that R0 for the world goes below 1, a good enough treatment that people no longer need to be afraid, or we develop a great culture
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by WorkerBee28474 1y ago
> This acquisition (and the Windsurf acquisition) are all-stock deals I'll add that conventional finance wisdom says that you should only buy companies using stock when you believe your stock is overvalued . That way you get more b
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by WorkerBee28474 1y ago
> In the spring of 2027, the museum will open a permanent gallery devoted to the evolution and cultural impact of the American guitar. This is fun, it looks like they have many important prototype and early production guitars.
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by WorkerBee28474 1y ago
Already discussed at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44009999
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by WorkerBee28474 1y ago
> In reality, as this process becomes more mature it is going to become inexpensive. There's no evidence to support that gene therapy will ever be inexpensive. We can merely say that the process may become less shockingly expensive.
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by WorkerBee28474 1y ago
https://archive.is/SeP3r
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by WorkerBee28474 1y ago
We got bio-neural gel packs before GTA 6. Or Half Life 3.
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by WorkerBee28474 1y ago
Low compensation is how the world shouts "we don't value your work, do something else". They should listen.
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by WorkerBee28474 1y ago
There's a story that goes: A man was tasked with hiring an employee. He got hundreds of resumes. His friend looks at the stack and asks him "how are you going to decide among all those?" The man grabs half the stack, throws i
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by WorkerBee28474 1y ago
https://thewalrus.ca/smell-you-later-the-weird-science-of-ho... Which is excerpted from the book The Joy of Sweat: The Strange Science of Perspiration by Sarah Everts
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by WorkerBee28474 1y ago
You assumption is correct. It is scraped out while still wet. Tangentially, that can be a job for robots: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pz4t0qIISTs
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by WorkerBee28474 1y ago
The etymology is interesting, but this writing reads like weirdly bad AI.
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https://archive.is/pAaH8
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by WorkerBee28474 1y ago
Usually governments, because they want to understand the mental health of their soldiers.
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by WorkerBee28474 1y ago
Might be worth mentioning that half of that will be water content.
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by WorkerBee28474 2y ago
You can replace 'Europe' with 'Canada' and everything said here will still be true.
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by WorkerBee28474 2y ago
Seems like this might be a way to reduce reliance on Canadian timber. Canada exports 45 billion CAD (USD ~30 billion) yearly, mostly to the USA. Substituting American timber could move some of that economic activity south of the border, red
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by WorkerBee28474 2y ago
It could be down another 50%, it could already have passed. Historically, troughs in P/E ratios have occurred all over the place. https://www.macrotrends.net/2577/sp-500-pe-ratio-price-to-ea...
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by WorkerBee28474 2y ago
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24737268-badass
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by WorkerBee28474 2y ago
Related: 'A meeting with Enrico Fermi' https://www.nature.com/articles/427297a
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by WorkerBee28474 2y ago
> Is the author just upset about the way the world works? Yes. The author has chosen to work on something she loves, without regard to whether anyone will pay her to do it, and is complaining that no one will pay her to do it.
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by WorkerBee28474 2y ago
The conclusion the author should have reached isn't 'authors need more support' but rather 'this is how the world tells authors it doesn't need so many books'.
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The consulting firms have just realized they can outsource everything save their core competency - taking the blame.
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I don't think so. That said, the 5090 is a 4nm chip and TSMC Arizona is currently manufacturing other 4nm designs at scale.
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by WorkerBee28474 2y ago
It may be strong to a point , but many countries are beyond that point. Look at how many countries there are that are better educated than the USA but have lower incomes. Japan, Germany, Canada, probably dozens more.
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by WorkerBee28474 2y ago
Not 100% certainty, but if the probability that they stay is p, then if must be that p * ROE_if_remain + (1 - p) * ROE_if_reverted >= desired_return.
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by WorkerBee28474 2y ago
Yes, but input materials are always cheaper than finished products (for any reasonably run business). Often below half the price.
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Note that these are near-term impacts. In the long term the listed prices may be undercut by domestic manufacturers popping up or expanding their product lines. I haven't heard much analysis on that scale, but would be interested to re

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