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by bawana 7y ago
I thought they had to turn the magnet on and off. This would first align all the magnetic moments of the specific atoms and then as they randomize when the field is off, they interfere with a superimposed radio field creating peaks and trou
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by bawana 7y ago
There is a remarkable asymmetry between physicians who take risk to read the mri and are paid a few hundred dollars and the corporate stooges who run the hospital and charge whatever they like. And yet with such a willing supply of doctors
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by bawana 7y ago
The incentive to spend it will drive the economy. The ability to prevent its use in ‘bad’ transactions will limit ‘bad’ behavior.
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by bawana 7y ago
The purpose of fedcoin is to increase first order spending. If it’s value continues to diminish w time then no merchant would accept it at face value.
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by bawana 7y ago
It’s not just the printing of money but it’s proper delivery. Currently the fed uses money in repo operations. This was fine back in the day but today it’s different. Since the weaking of glass stegall banks are looking to financial tools f
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by bawana 7y ago
Prosperity without growth. Only possible if money has a half life. This slow devaluation of money over time would allow stable prices, growth and more granular control of the economy. This kind of money could be electronic and only minted b
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by bawana 7y ago
I guess that’s why the smart money in the US is buying stock in banks and financial corps. They are expecting euros to leave the EU and invest in US financial products
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by bawana 7y ago
What are they talking about? Rentech went into the dumpster. https://seekingalpha.com/news/3300183-rentech-to-delist-from...
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by bawana 7y ago
wow...4 downvotes... the cost of my ignorance
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by bawana 7y ago
How is what she did different from all the other silicon valley startups that fail? They get a buttload of money to develop something and then they cannot. From what I've read, most VCs today dont even expect to make their money off of
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by bawana 7y ago
proves we are in hell. Some geek ape figured out to use a rock as a tool-the rest of the apes started throwing rocks at each other and just took what the other apes made. Some geeks figure out nuclear power and a way to provide endless free
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by bawana 7y ago
Apple is the largest security holding in the portfolios of the members of Congress. It is safe from antitrust.
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by bawana 7y ago
The interesting project that seems only fitting to google or amazon is the collation of ALL data in the world regarding threat analysis. Seems like the bellingcat scenario writ large.
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by bawana 7y ago
why should property tax only be a function of property? Shouldn't property tax be a little like income tax and also be a function of the 'ability to pay'= Function(wealth, income,dependents)
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by bawana 7y ago
people are using the words 'nuclear power' like the word 'disease'. There multiple different kinds of nuc power. I disagree with our use of fast breeders and other reactions that also keep our supply of weapons grade fis
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by bawana 7y ago
Physicists who like to preserve their jobs. If everyone taught like grant Sanderson there would be too much understanding.
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by bawana 7y ago
We should figure out a way to quantify and exchange tokens that represent our human virtues- fairness, goodness, and happiness. Maximizing utility and profit currently only refer to money- the token for concrete things. Although money is a
408.
by bawana 7y ago
Is the nobel prize taxable? If you live in St. Lucia do you pay ANY tax on it?
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by bawana 7y ago
Does it matter? Do our bodies absorb the stuff? Millions of years primates have been scrounging in the dirt for food. Crystals, metals and organics have been running through our gut for millenia. I am more concerned with absorbed uncured pl
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by bawana 7y ago
too much. alexa should stay on the phone. putting alexa on watches, eyeglasses, bicycles, cars, etc..is like trying to make other good things TOO ubiquitous. Imagine toilet paper packets for your purse, your wallet, your car, your office..
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by bawana 7y ago
Does the use of cryptocurrency allow people to evade taxes? Does it allow bad actors to transact dangerous goods? People have good and evil within them. If you give people complete freedom, there will be those who allow evil free reign. Tru
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by bawana 7y ago
The capitalist solution is...... GROUPON This speaks to the opacity of pricing in the healthcare industry. There should be a price list at the door of the hospital for common services.
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by bawana 7y ago
but how can you know subsurface currents? Doppler sonar?
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by bawana 7y ago
The shower thing is explained by the coanda (Bernoulli) effect.
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by bawana 7y ago
prob a journalistic typo.
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by bawana 7y ago
Why doesn’t the danish govt just print more money? Although part of the eu, they opt out of the monetary policy and still use the kroner. OTOH, how much of the eu debt does Denmark own— and vice versa. If they affect the kroner-euro exchang
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by bawana 7y ago
do citizens of Bir Tawil have to pay taxes? Why hasnt google bought it? Can multinational corporations set up banks there and avoid taxes altogether?
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by bawana 7y ago
The interesting twist about building telescopes in Chile is that it gives the military industrial complex an excuse to build up to ‘protect’ them. Just like the Panama Canal, the Suez Canal the Hormuz strait and other internationally critic
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by bawana 7y ago
Money is not solving our problems any more. Adam smith argues that the optimal decision making structure consists of the entities executing the transaction. They have ‘perfect’ information on value and utility for themselves. This was clear
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by bawana 7y ago
Their soundproof room is NEGATIVE 20 decibels?!

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