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by apo 7y ago
The real crisis is that policymakers in Washington are hellbent on pursuing two diametrically opposite housing/real estate goals: 1. House prices will increase to generate appreciation (through 5:1 or more leverage) that households can
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The model Elsevier operates on is under attack from a number of sides. In addition to UC, there is Plan S: > The plan requires scientists and researchers who benefit from state-funded research organisations and institutions to publish t
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Elsevier owns copyrighted material, which it licenses to individuals and institutions for a fee. The fee is negotiated on a case-by-case basis, which is no different than any other intellectual property such as movies, music, books, or soft
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> Founder and operator of defunct bitcoin exchange Bitfunder gets 14 months jail time for lying to regulators about the loss of more than 6,000 bitcoins. In the early days, it was common to see "bitcoin" used as a mass noun - w
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The path to profitability seems to flow through lowering costs - especially depreciation: > Bird’s largest cost per ride is depreciation, or the decline in value of its scooters. Depreciation, as calculated by the company, is a four-week
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Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act(en.wikipedia.org)
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What the Measles Epidemic Says About America(theatlantic.com)
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For those who think this study says "all clear" for artificial sweeteners: > Null results observed in this study regarding the association between artificially sweetened beverages and the risk of cancer does not support the hyp
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> ... it’s simply impossible to compete making better goods and services if your competitor can lose money indefinitely. This is yet another consequence of the Federal Reserve's forever bailout of the US stock market: a repeatable b
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The easiest way to think more clearly is the one it seems is least tried: a good night's sleep. The second easiest: periodic disengagement from phones, computers, and people. Stimulants such as the ones discussed in the article interfe
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Great idea as a way to benefit readers and the author of the post. The first ~half of the book (prehistory) was much better than the second. Even then, I recall the author missing some rather significant points. For example, the hypothesis
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The question of where life originated will have no good answer until we figure out how to create life from basic components. We still don't know how to do that yet. Yes, Urey and Miller showed that you could get simple organic molecule
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> I come from an environment where, if you see a snake, you kill it. At GM, if you see a snake, the first thing you do is go hire a consultant on snakes. Then you get a committee on snakes, and then you discuss it for a couple of years.
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“Head of Christ” Influenced Culture’s Image of Jesus for 75 Years (2015)(covenantcompanion.com)
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Quantitative easing is a powerful drug. During the 2008 crisis, most observers didn't even seriously consider the possibility that the Fed could buy long-term treasuries and mortgage securities. Those who did vastly underestimated the
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> And I think he’s definitely brilliant enough to do the work. It's part of the scam. Bamboozle the target with technobabble. Target lacks the skills to independently verify the claim or even recognize the vocabulary is just plain w
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The word "democracy" has apparently changed its meaning in the last few hundred years. A few sources (whose titles I can't recall) state that at the time of the founding of the US, "democracy" meant something more a
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Worth considering: > In The Great Illusion, Angell's primary thesis was, in the words of historian James Joll, that "the economic cost of war was so great that no one could possibly hope to gain by starting a war the consequenc
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> Contemporary mass surveillance relies upon annual presidential executive orders declaring a continued State of National Emergency, first signed by George W. Bush on September 14, 2001 and then continued on an annual basis by President
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The World’s First Solar Powered Train Is a 70-Year-Old Vintage Charmer(messynessychic.com)
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This reminds me of the most surprising scene in Mad Men . The family has just driven the family car into a beautiful spot for a picnic. Wife remarks to husband how beautiful the spot is. Husband says "it's perfect." Shortly
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> Radiotrophic fungi were discovered in 1991 growing inside and around the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant.[1] The original study is open access and is worth reading. Here's an interesting little review: > The literature already co
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This sounds lees like reverse engineering and more like decompiling.
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> The grim paradox of this law of software is that you should probably be using the tool that you hate the most. You hate it because you know the most about it. The presentation talks about "innovation" tokens. You only get so
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> The new law amends existing law in the Commonwealth that defines distribution of nudes or sexual imagery without the subject's consent —often called revenge porn —as a Class 1 misdemeanor. The new bill updated the law by adding a
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It's a little surprising that this article approaches the issue from the perspective of the gizmo working, rather than ever-widening surveillance. Imagine that some automated surveillance technology proved itself to be 100% effective a
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Court Upholds Math Order of Operations(politicalcalculations.blogspot.com)
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> These and other explanations from the board’s members reflected the logic of the Reflection and Action Working Group, a committee of activists, students, artists and others put together last year by the district. Arnautoff’s work, the
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> That's extremely misleading. You're right - I should have said: " potentially a lot of water." Sandstone (silicon oxides) seems unlikely given the reducing nature of the atmosphere. I'm no expert, but when liq
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> Scientists suspect that Titan might even have water—real, actual H2O—lurking beneath its surface. Not just a little, but a lot of water: > The density of Titan is consistent with a body that is about 60% rock and 40% water. > ..

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