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841.
by bagacrap 5y ago
guess it depends on your definition of simple. I think a chain is pretty simple, and low maintenance to boot if you make it sturdier (as you would on an ebike) and enclose it.
842.
by bagacrap 5y ago
I would agree with this personally, and probably most fans of traditional bikes feel the same, but I don't think it's true for the other 95% that agony is a prerequisite for enjoyment.
843.
by bagacrap 5y ago
there are speed limits in eu too, but I still think their users are more likely to hurt themselves than someone who's trained, either by doing it a lot on a regular bike to the point that they're able to hold relatively high speed
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by bagacrap 5y ago
I don't see why wireless braking is impossible. Presumably a system could be contrived that is just as reliable as mechanical (/hydraulic) brakes, i.e. 99.99?%. It could, for example, detect failure (loss of connectivity with leve
845.
by bagacrap 5y ago
that's great but how do I make my appointments if we don't have clocks
846.
by bagacrap 5y ago
how can you tell whether something is part of "nature" or just part of our nature?
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by bagacrap 5y ago
If rich people decide to throw away their TVs every six months and get a new one, this may affect our ability to make sure everyone in the world has a TV without beginning to sacrifice other things like bread or clothing. But this analogy s
848.
by bagacrap 5y ago
Of course there are bootstraps available. Look around you on this forum; it's full of hard working, self taught, highly motivated and successful individuals working in an industry that has some of the lowest barriers to entry imaginabl
849.
by bagacrap 5y ago
no mention of letter position frequency. I imagine first-guessing SOARE (as suggested down thread) is better than AROSE simply because A is less common as a first letter.
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by bagacrap 5y ago
and if they're actually wearing winter clothes you don't really need to heat the cabin at all. I assume the problem in Virginia was that people jumped into their cars with nothing but a sweater, assuming they'd be quickly tra
851.
by bagacrap 5y ago
I for one would prefer to live to 80 with "apps" than make it to 90 but live in a cave
852.
by bagacrap 5y ago
funny, I find that weed has the benefit of "suppressing inappropriate responses". I'm much more irritable when sober and likely to laugh something off while high. If I abstain too long I get more and more wound up. "Ad
853.
by bagacrap 5y ago
Ayahuasca
854.
by bagacrap 5y ago
there are both kinds of humans. I guess the question with octopuses is whether they're all psychopaths, or only some of them
855.
by bagacrap 5y ago
tbf the munchy satisfying foods aren't necessarily empty calories. Alcohol is the worst of all macros and devoid of nutrition.
856.
by bagacrap 5y ago
direct indexing helps with this as well --- own thousands of individual stocks that collectively act as an index, and trade in some losers for their similar competitors every time you have to realize gains But it's not exactly the case
857.
by bagacrap 5y ago
just enough to trigger a Streisand effect?
858.
by bagacrap 5y ago
it gave me a false negative
859.
by bagacrap 5y ago
I hope this situation is a new phenomenon, granted I don't really know whether this exact thing was prevalent before the whole defund the police/decriminalize crime movement
860.
by bagacrap 5y ago
well yes, that would be the outcome if arrests don't lead to charges --- they accomplish nothing
861.
by bagacrap 5y ago
there's a large class of people who have checked out of society and live in encampments while stealing to get by. I wouldn't be so quick to assume that this is because of capital misallocation; after all, in SF they allocate ridic
862.
by bagacrap 5y ago
If you must identify with some group, there is regional variation of lived experience within the US. Growing up in New York is a good deal different than growing up in San Diego. The outlooks and practices of people in that region form cult
863.
by bagacrap 5y ago
this sounds like an incentive to come into work while sick
864.
by bagacrap 5y ago
If you're ok with putting something in your body that has a "reasonable chance" of not harming you, why not just make it the actual virus?
865.
by bagacrap 5y ago
"as many as someone will pay for" doesn't contradict "we don't have the capacity". This is a capital allocation problem and dedicating 100% of the world gdp to vaccine production will not improve our overall he
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by bagacrap 5y ago
that sounds revisionist to me. If that were the reason for (attempted) vaccine mandates then why do vaccine advocates feel the need to compel young, healthy people who have a vanishingly small chance of hospitalization to vaccinate? The sto
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by bagacrap 5y ago
yes but these are for-profit companies and the developing world can't pay for those doses so what's the point to Pfizer? That's a cynical take, but tbf don't the vaccines require logistical infrastructure that those part
868.
by bagacrap 5y ago
my economics 101 teacher would argue that a reduction in cost would encourage certain app makers to seek greater market share by undercutting their competitors. Unless competing app makers collude, prices should be loosely based on cost.
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by bagacrap 5y ago
Right, that suggestion was more for folks in states with lesser public school systems.
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by bagacrap 5y ago
I do not thing regulatory hurdles are what's stopping us from building more nuclear plants but public funding and will. So if a bored billionaire wants to enter this space, he won't be stymied by the approval process or need to si

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