andrewjl

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by andrewjl 9y ago
Why can't GM re-tool and redeploy those in steam and nuclear generation sectors to work on renewables? The coming wave of solar / wind deployments will be the largest power-related chunk of capex in a generation.
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It's not about information. It's about learning how to work with others in the context of a complex institution, critical thinking by interacting with others who have different viewpoints, and in the case of post graduate degrees
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Society benefits when people get more educated, period, including better voting decision, more civic engagement, and ability to build social ties across class, ethnic, and ideological lines.
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Nobody is forcing them to build this housing on their property. They own it, and it's theirs to do with as they like. They DON'T own the neighborhood and when others want to move onto another property they have no ownership intere
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by andrewjl 9y ago
No doubt, homeowners are in no way incentivized to fix the housing shortage. Legislate away their ability to unilaterally prevent more housing to be built, which is what California is doing. There is NO reason we can't have the same ra
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by andrewjl 9y ago
Swift, metal, bitcode / LLVM IR, CloudKit, XPC on iOS, all other new frameworks, machine learning on device, differential privacy. Maybe you meant user-facing features, but all the aforementioned help build better software for users.
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The distinction is nebulous. Law is an artifact of culture, and reflects cultural attitudes towards subjects the law covers. Our culture is a culture of (espoused) equality, religious freedom, property rights, supremacy of secular instituti
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None of those basic norms you listed were espoused by the founders of the country. Freedom of speech, belief and equality under law for all was. (However imperfectly, both then and today.) What you consider to be under attack are echoes of
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I also caught a lot more watching it the second time around!
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Also common thread in these situations was that the women were denied agency by Hart in his interactions with them.
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Think of Hart vs Cohle as an analogy to shame vs guilt cultures. One particular scene I recalled when reading this article was the punishment Hart exacted on the two boys he caught with his daughter. Contrast that to his behavior towards th
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True Detective Season 1 is a very deep, nuanced study of exactly what you describe in the South.
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Comcast has $5 billion USD on their balance sheet in cash. They can afford to add more capacity.
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How did you get that from officials just enforcing the law on the books?
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Western capitalism strongly believes in meritocracy and that each of us can architect our own destiny. In reality, that's not the case and we can be affected by luck, historical forces, or force majeure. Our best laid plans may not tur
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by andrewjl 9y ago
I grew up in a dense city, and feel the same way. Currently work in a suburb and live in SF, and I especially enjoy the close proximity to lots of people. That said it is nice to spend some time outdoors and walk the soil barefoot! It'
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If you see two loaves in a store that are basically the same kind, you normally won't think too hard about which one you pick. As mechanical and indifferent as some hiring processes are, they don't approach that level of indiffere
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Tom Wheeler was very different from Ajit Pai. The optics may look the same, but Wheeler took a very critical stance on the telco perspective on multiple issues. If anything his background as a lobbyist let him navigate the inevitable moral
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Interestingly the exceptions to this rule, namely companies with $1B+ valuation, are almost all HQed or originally started outside SV.
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Bread is fungible, construction workers (or any kind of employee or contractor) much less so.
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I'm glad that you're better now. :) Yes it did, thank you for the explainer. It's a good example of the fact that changing how our minds work for the better is a multi-modal, multi-disciplinary endeavor. Would be interesting
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What if CMS works with providers to understand why exactly do their rates not work. Is it a matter of unit economics? That alone cannot explain the cost increases in healthcare costs. There was a story in New Yorker about a small startup th
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by andrewjl 9y ago
Curious what you mean by eaten alive. Historically manufacturing was a sign of power and prestige, but now it's been commoditized in favor of financial markets and real estate, which is going fine in Oz. Countries that make things sell
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by andrewjl 9y ago
Wouldn't a good compromise be treating medicare reimbursement rates as price maximums? Since CMS effectively sets the prices by being a monopsony of sorts, codify it into law.
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I'm curious about how you've come to realize you've changed as profoundly as you did, was it an instantaneous observation or something that revealed itself over time?
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Our society puts a strong onus on people suffering from depression to seek out treatment. Which, don't get me wrong, oftentimes works and can genuinely improve people's lives. But what if depression is a sign of a deeper societal
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These types of investors are largely intermediaries and their role can be automated away with technology and good financial education in high school / community colleges.
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Exactly. The same terms that the executives do part is crucial.
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The lack of prosperity is due to only top management receiving compensation in stock. What if legislation existed that mandated some percent of an employees pay must (if said employee chooses that is) be in the form of stock for publicly tr
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How to explain the behavior of people like Nick Hanauer, who advocates higher taxes on the wealthy?[1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Hanauer

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