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by bell-cot 7mo ago
Inside the marketing org bubble, quantity is the "any moron could see that" metric. So anyone who wants to get ahead, inside that bubble , had better be willing to optimize it.
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by bell-cot 7mo ago
> Some people can direct themselves. That's the ideal. Really is a complex grayscale, depending greatly on the person's current circumstances. And, factory or not, for society to function it needs 99% of people to pick from a
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by bell-cot 7mo ago
The hard work would be maintaining a database of ideas which were similarly hyped over the past (say) couple centuries - including details on if/when each idea worked out, or fell out of hype-space, or was proven useless. From that, yo
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by bell-cot 7mo ago
In the mid-1900's, my parents raised 6 kids. Owned a decent home. And put the 6 of us through good colleges, debt-free. All on dad's so-so white collar income, with close to zero "family" wealth on either side. Mom wa
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by bell-cot 7mo ago
On the one hand - d'oh, yes, why didn't they do this years ago? OTOH - from current comments on the article's site, Brit's seem to have very low opinions of their government's competence. Ditto both intentions, and
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by bell-cot 7mo ago
So...did all Americans like change pre-1970, when America was building plenty of affordable new homes? I'm thinking "no". And whatever sepia-toned tales of the quarter century from 1945 to 1970 are currently being told by ri
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by bell-cot 7mo ago
Because the financialization of homes, plus the interests and insecurities of tens of millions of homeowners, create hellishly powerful incentives to restrict the supply of homes. Everything else is just piddly details on exactly where &amp
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by bell-cot 7mo ago
Perhaps. But if you look into the history of that idea, you may notice that it's almost always applied to the young and the lower classes. Perhaps the Baron, Bishop, and Business Magnates are too godly to be at risk?
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by bell-cot 7mo ago
Your most important point: > (Honest disclaimer: I am talking here solely about my white collar bubble, no idea about blue collar to be honest. Not much contact with people from that field unfortunately) Even ignoring your "BUT! Is
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by bell-cot 7mo ago
Become an electrician or power systems electrical engineer. Because in a gold rush it's a crap shoot which prospectors will win & lose. But being in the Picks & Shovels business is a (relative) sure thing.
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by bell-cot 7mo ago
Good article, but the actual title: > The Climate Crisis: Illusion of Action in the Age of Green Capitalism The HN title is just one brief point in it.
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by bell-cot 7mo ago
The point is that he came to the table with "ordinary" talents, equipment, skills, financial resources, etc. That he had to get extremely focused on the task, and devote years to it, is pretty well spelled out in the article'
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by bell-cot 7mo ago
The kind of issue that's better decided by an ecologist than by a judge, true. My curiosity is about how the legal system got it wrong - simplistic or outdated laws, or clueless or corrupt judges, or some combination, or something el
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by bell-cot 7mo ago
> Why is it relevant... I'd say the point is "An Ordinary Guy did X". Vs. an engineering genius, or somebody with deep pockets, or a Hollywood special effects model builder, or 3D printer junkie, or whatever.
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by bell-cot 7mo ago
This being HN - might there be any Costa Rican lawyers in the house? It would be extremely interesting to hear about the legal merits of the rival company's lawsuit, and the politics of the Supreme Court.
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by bell-cot 7mo ago
<sigh/> Seems like pretty much all US citizens should rushing to amend city charters, county charters, state constitutions, etc. - to remove their so-called elected representative's legal power to approve many sorts of thing
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by bell-cot 7mo ago
> [...] why Germany held gold in new york to begin with: It's the easiest way to resolve USD-Euro currency exchange at the central bank level [...] Interesting. Might you know how much US gold is held in Frankfurt (Germany), for th
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by bell-cot 7mo ago
For Germany's national interests, the ideal probably would have been repatriation back in early 2010. A decade after Poland had joined NATO, half a decade after the Baltic States had - the threat of Russia somehow seizing the gold was
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by bell-cot 7mo ago
For modern ecommerce, figurative recording every twitch of your mouse in their store, I'd believe that. But to save only the "SKU, qty., unit price, date" receipt info - which you would need to process tariff refunds - that&#
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by bell-cot 7mo ago
Rather than centering on a "what it's like to be me" look at individual pop culture shunners, I'd focus larger-scale, and longer-term. Over time, society as a whole benefits if some fraction of its members are adverse to
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by bell-cot 7mo ago
My point was that the other stores do, too. Or 90-ish %.
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by bell-cot 7mo ago
IANAL, nor political expert - but should Costco have just said "this is an unprecedented situation, the US Gov't is still figuring out how it'll work, and there's a lot of uncertainty - so we'll make our decisions a
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by bell-cot 7mo ago
Costco's position seems pretty unremarkable to me. What % of modern retail sales are both paid in cash, and unconnected to any loyalty/reward program? I'd bet it's under 10%. And even then, a company could refund ever
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by bell-cot 7mo ago
Did you mean to say "presumed to be too stupid, or too easily conned or coerced"?
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by bell-cot 7mo ago
> [...] a Danish warship has been discovered on the seabed of Copenhagen harbour by marine archaeologists. > Working in thick sediment and almost zero visibility 15 metres (49ft) beneath the waves, divers are in a race against time to
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by bell-cot 7mo ago
Yes... Though compared to most "pointless blue clicks pay the bills" stories, this one at least starts well. Slightly bigger picture - just skim the headlines, and don't bother clicking on anything labeled (in effect) "
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by bell-cot 7mo ago
Yeah - in WWI, autonomous weapons were mostly mines (land or naval). OTOH, fire-and-forget missiles have been around for half a century or so. Bigger picture: Yes, obviously this is a good idea. My take is that it should be graded purely
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by bell-cot 7mo ago
Not an insurance underwriter - but wouldn't the obvious counter-move be to exclude coverage for medical assistance/transportation when you're climbing mountains overseas, spelunking, within X miles of the north or south pole,
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by bell-cot 7mo ago
Not to rain on the parade...but this is innovation with a very small "i". Aircraft using guns against each other was SOP in WWI, and they were already using recoilless (in the air) back then.
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by bell-cot 7mo ago
No - but they could hire full-time panels of such experts, and never miss the money. More to the point - if the CEO of DogFoodCo won't let his own family pets eat any of his company's flagship products, then maybe smart dog owne

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