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by balderdash 3mo ago
I think the bigger thing this making public transport a real alternative to driving - I most American metros using public transport isn’t faster, can be inconvenient (no parking, multiple transfers, etc), comfortable safe. I guess I’m sayin
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by balderdash 3mo ago
I can already see it - “For only $9.99/mo enjoy access to premium routings that that save an average of 15 minutes per trip!”
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by balderdash 4mo ago
two thoughts, the top three s&P 500 etf's have $2.7t in aum (and there are a lot of other etfs, mutual funds, and direct indexers on top of that) - so the dollars don't seem to be the problem. I think its a little insane to ha
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by balderdash 4mo ago
As I recall they do - with many being delivered “green” to the integration upfittet but I think the 737’s for the p-8 is actually assembled separately just for the military
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by balderdash 4mo ago
I wish apple/google would implement better notification control - like the ability to turn off all marketing notifications, and a much better digest format
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by balderdash 4mo ago
Totally agree - but I guess I was getting at is that largest mfg. per the article is a a public company, and the number two is private equity, would we think that there would be a meaningfully different dynamic if they both were public?
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by balderdash 4mo ago
why would you think a public traded company behaves any better than a privately owned one?
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by balderdash 5mo ago
yeah texas is definitely not pro-union - except that the only public sector unions that are allowed are for police and firemen... with Texas police unions contributing the the 3rd highest amount to politicians (behind CA and NY) - so its a
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by balderdash 5mo ago
yup, i think a majority of people would agree with you, so why hasn't it happened? I think the answer is that elected representatives are more beholden to public sector unions than their constituents.
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by balderdash 5mo ago
complete and utter incompetence by local elected officials. If one of the richest towns in America (average home price of >$2m) can do it - just imagine how bad it can be in "average" towns... https://observer.com&#x
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by balderdash 5mo ago
Then why not write that story?
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by balderdash 5mo ago
It’s such clickbait to purposely conflate the word headquarters with legal domicile / registered agent. I mean Garmin, Medtronic, Accenture, Aon etc are all non-us businesses but no one shows up in Switzerland looking for Garmin, they
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by balderdash 5mo ago
This is probably the most relevant metric: https://rigcount.bakerhughes.com/ Not seeing a bunch more rigs operating means there new drilling isn’t ramping up.
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by balderdash 5mo ago
If anyone was serious about energy security in North America or Europe they would be building polysilicon, ingot, and wafer capacity.
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by balderdash 5mo ago
The whole idea of processing gain blows my mind that more volume comes out than goes in. Also the fact that that oil is different colors (green, red, etc) and not black is always amusing.
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by balderdash 5mo ago
Highly recommend
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by balderdash 5mo ago
Maybe I’m unique but growing up part of my chores (or punishment) as a kid was weeding - weeding the vegetable garden, weeding flower beds, weeding the stone driveway etc. - we would have never used chemicals around the house or on things y
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by balderdash 6mo ago
I recall reading a research piece a few years ago that basically said you’d need a ~$5-6 gas price (RBOB - ~$3.5 today) for biofuel to be profitable on an unsubsidized basis. Not directly comparable but it highlighted that it wasn’t really
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by balderdash 6mo ago
I could have sworn that FL was like top five in solar production. Edit : it is! It’s 3rd https://seia.org/solar-state-by-state/
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by balderdash 6mo ago
I think you could make the same argument about alcohol and drugs (road fatalities + some absurd number of convicted criminals were high/drunk when perpetrating the crime) - I’m not taking a side either way but I don’t think smoking is
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by balderdash 6mo ago
The problem with rail in many places like the US just comes down to door to door times. NE corridor train times are ok as long as your not going Boston <> Washington (even though it’s slower than it should be) and your going you can g
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by balderdash 6mo ago
The availability of parking is inversely proportional to its cost. High cost = lots of availability.
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by balderdash 6mo ago
I literally roll my eyes when people tell me about about some massive market opportunity that they feel like they’re better positioned to arbitrage away than people with more capability / infrastructure / domain expertise - and ca
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by balderdash 6mo ago
Isn’t that why a lot of the options are long dated / issuance of restricted stock? Im not saying it’s perfect, but it seems better than annual cash bonus?
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by balderdash 6mo ago
Just my experience, it’s not a solution but rather a productivity tool. I mostly use it for tasks I can do myself but it would probably take 20-30min to dial in - now Claude can do it in 2-3min. (E.g. in a data table - add a new column that
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by balderdash 6mo ago
I think this is a good thing? At least from the perspective of aligning incentives with shareholders?
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by balderdash 6mo ago
isn't the obvious answer not to eat less beef but rather not produce beef super fast with grain feed. if the beef we ate came from grass lands + hay in the the winter it would cost more, but would dramatically reduce the crop consumpti
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by balderdash 6mo ago
I feel like the more interesting one is at a state and local level - besides the people on social security and medicare/aid, and when you travel, connectivity with the federal government feels trivial for the average american. on the s
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by balderdash 6mo ago
not helpful for non-mac users, but i really like the way arq separates the backup utility from the backup location. I feel like the the reason backblaze did this was to save money on "unlimited" storage and the associated complexi
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by balderdash 6mo ago
i think the thing that hits home for me here is that when you go back and do the after action report on where the time was spent last year and what it cost its terrifying. of course hindsight is 20/20 and predicting how difficult somet

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