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by aazaa 6y ago
> Layoffs of that magnitude, which haven’t been finalized but could be announced in stages in the coming weeks, could result in more than 5,400 of Uber’s 27,000 employees losing their jobs. ... That figure of 27K total employees is surpr
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by aazaa 6y ago
There's much more to this story than just keeping hamburgers on buns. What we have here is a peek into how the federal government will force states to re-open, with worker protections or not.
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by aazaa 6y ago
From the previous article in the series: > Our problem is further complicated by the fact that we’re not shipping an app but a framework for others to use in their own apps. We have to be mindful of the impact our technology choices have
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Gold Reserve Act(en.wikipedia.org)
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USO sinks 15% as biggest oil ETF revamps fund composition for 3rd time in April(marketwatch.com)
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by aazaa 7y ago
Sort of meta, but I always shudder when someone says that science has "proven" something. What sets science apart from most other methods of seeking answers is its focus on disproof . Your goal as a scientist is to devise experim
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by aazaa 7y ago
The article mentions the 15-20 tweet roll as being cumbersome, and it is. But a bigger issue is at work here - censorship. Twitter is being pulled in two opposite directions. It's a platform in which authoritative content is hosted. Fo
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by aazaa 7y ago
No mention of what kind of test was performed. And this article is not alone - most don't bother. The kind of test matters. A qPCR tests the presence of an active infection. Antibody test determines past exposure. Each has different ex
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by aazaa 7y ago
Login wall. There's no way I'm using Facebook or Google to log in. I'm not sure the author even knows.
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by aazaa 7y ago
> Alexandra Fletcher, a Bank of America spokeswoman, confirmed the authenticity of the document reviewed by Bloomberg. Prepared in September, it hasn’t been updated since the coronavirus pandemic began. The valuation of “future royalties
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by aazaa 7y ago
Funny how he suggests that the computer might not be as powerful as mainframes of the time. In every other respect, Clark was 100% on-target.
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The Depression You've Never Heard Of: 1920-1921(fee.org)
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by aazaa 7y ago
Those talking about the economics appear to live in areas with abundant flour. In many places in the US at least, it's very difficult to find any. It has been this way for weeks. Supermarkets get it and it flies off the shelves.
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by aazaa 7y ago
Your own website operated under a domain you control. It contains prose, images, and other useful information, created by yourself and available nowhere else. Build your own platform, not someone else's.
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by aazaa 7y ago
I'm surprised to see nothing on negotiation there.
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by aazaa 7y ago
> In his press conference today, Governor Cuomo revealed the preliminary results of a first-phase antibody test that surveyed 3,000 New Yorkers over two days in 19 counties at 40 locations that included grocery and big-box stores. The sa
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Federal Reserve Balance Sheet(khanacademy.org)
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by aazaa 7y ago
There's more about this in an Atlantic article: > One of the oldest descriptions of a pregnancy test comes from ancient Egypt, where women who suspected they were pregnant would urinate on wheat and barley seeds: If the wheat grew,
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Wealthy mortgage borrowers face cold shoulder from lenders(bloomberg.com)
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Bank of Japan weighs unlimited government bond buying(asia.nikkei.com)
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Nixon Shock(en.wikipedia.org)
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by aazaa 7y ago
This will work out fine until it doesn't. At that point, the US will face many "bad or worse" kinds of choices. It will be like the choice we face today: "close the economy or the morgues start overflowing everywhere.&qu
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Tyson Foods idles largest pork plant as virus slams industry(apnews.com)
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by aazaa 7y ago
How do you think I think science works?
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by aazaa 7y ago
> The anger came from employees who'd determined they'd make more money by collecting unemployment benefits than their normal paychecks. > ... > Specifically, the new law adds a flat $600 a week to the typical weekly bene
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Oppenheimer’s folly: Black holes, fundamental laws, and pure/applied science(blogs.scientificamerican.com)
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by aazaa 7y ago
This paper has a deeply obfuscatory tone I tend to associate with liars. Slogging through the words, here's the money shot: > A potential protective effect of smoking and of nicotine on SARS-CoV-2 infection has been noted. Until rec
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U.S. oil’s June contract tumbles 25% to around 21-year low(marketwatch.com)
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by aazaa 7y ago
Although this is largely a paper phenomenon, the thing to pay attention to now is ripple effects. A few weeks ago, Capital One was granted a regulatory waiver from the CFTC over its oil derivatives positions - a waiver it since declined to
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by aazaa 7y ago
Which groups are most likely to lose from this crazy development. A few weeks ago there was a story about plunging oil prices exposing Capital One to scrutiny for its surprising exposure to futures. What others are out there?

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