bigthymer

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by bigthymer 2y ago
> We're getting a few glimpses from the Ukraine conflict - drones, social media - but who knows what else Actually, from the assessments that I have read, while new technology and drones have made a meaningful splash, it seems like
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by bigthymer 2y ago
> I suspect that's the demographic shift towards older average population. I agree. The downside is that this is a sort of permanent\long-term shift since the world is generally getting older and we are reproducing at below-replace
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by bigthymer 2y ago
> The point of a free market in practice is to ensure that sale values are correlated with, and reasonably close to, production costs. Some free markets result in natural monopolies so they don't always cause sales values to trend t
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by bigthymer 2y ago
Maybe a better middle ground is that other people can record and report you instead of being forced to report yourself. This way, people can freely drive how they want so long as they are respectful of others around them.
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by bigthymer 2y ago
> You are wrong, there is no such law in Sweden :thumbs_up I forget which country but there is one that limits campaigning to a single month. It has been proposed as a way to remove money from influencing politics but hasn't really
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by bigthymer 2y ago
> electioneering is still essentially contained to a month before the election proper. Correct me if I'm wrong but the one-month limit is by law. Candidates are not allowed to campaign for longer than that. Just a little context I
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by bigthymer 2y ago
Yes, but only a Cat 1.
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by bigthymer 2y ago
I would read a blog post about this friend.
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by bigthymer 2y ago
One way to solve this problem is to be part of mutual insurance instead of a private company. Not sure if that is an available option for you.
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by bigthymer 2y ago
> While I believe everyone should love mathematics and keep learning it as long as possible, forcing adults to study it is counter-productive. Lack of inclination to study maths also shouldn't stop people from attending university T
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by bigthymer 2y ago
The NSA prefers getting all user data at a one-stop shop.
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by bigthymer 2y ago
I think we have the same taste from the 2000s on. If you had to recommend one artist\track I probably haven't heard of yet, which would it be?
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by bigthymer 2y ago
The best survey data I've found for this information is linked here [1]. It breaks data down by age range for those who read at least one book in the prior year. It defines avid readers as having read 50 books/year but doesn&#x2
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by bigthymer 3y ago
> I'm not even convinced that foreign languages are worth teaching at school. Bryan Caplan writes about how in terms if effort/reward, English is the only foreign language that will be worth studying. Personally I spent many ye
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by bigthymer 3y ago
I just watched an investor talk about any field that is effected by changing yields (interest rates) is getting crushed but others are doing fine. Tech was probably the most sensitive field but I think construction and banks are also effec
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by bigthymer 3y ago
> Does anything good come from encouraging kids to think that they will manage to sail through life as a successful business founder rather than an employee? I think it probably has a lot to do with the US being the number 1 economy in t
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by bigthymer 3y ago
> - Choose "Watch 1 long ad, then no more today" and pay the piper all at once with a couple minutes of ads. People would walk away and do something else.
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by bigthymer 3y ago
> I'm surprised more people aren't talking about the tracking in the official app vs third party apps I don't think many engineers use the official app.
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by bigthymer 3y ago
I can see how that would be a popular application. I imagine a software engineer that was forcefully returned back to the office would love the ability to have unlimited computer screens hidden from the prying eyes of busybodies around the
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by bigthymer 3y ago
> The UI doesn't have anything to do with it. I'm going to disagree somewhat...I think it has _some_ to do with it. I think the UI acts as a sort of pre-filter. I think just having a list of boring looking text (like HN) draw
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by bigthymer 3y ago
Are you a "generic" American? I'm simply asking to get a better understanding of your view.
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by bigthymer 3y ago
You have a point. He has a lot of power users and many don't want to pay. Many others may be willing to, but I don't think paid users alone is enough to sustain a site. However, of all of the Reddit alternatives that have popped
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by bigthymer 3y ago
> Do you consider HN to be social media? I think this site will get a flood of new users from Reddit once the axe drops. I think this will cause the quality of discussions to go down.
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by bigthymer 3y ago
I don't think that will work because there will not be enough paid users to build critical mass. Enough of the never paying users provide sufficient value that I don't think there is a viable alternative without them. If there i
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by bigthymer 3y ago
He should seriously consider starting his own Reddit alternative. He has a sea of enthusiastic supporters that potentially have enough critical mass to get it started. Unlike attempts to create Reddit alternatives in the past, this group
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by bigthymer 3y ago
I'm not the commenter that you responded to (ftxbro) but any listicle screams clickbait to me. I suspect he feels the same way.
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by bigthymer 3y ago
> Even HMO is very lax in actually taking care of people. Makes sense. The premium\cost is largely already paid so the less work is done, the higher the profit. It is FFS where you have to be careful about doctors ordering too much wor
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by bigthymer 3y ago
Way back when, Ukraine implemented video recording of all politicians' offices in order to combat corruption. I read an article where a citizen was trying to get something done at a local government office, tried to offer a customary
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by bigthymer 3y ago
Care to expound on the "what I learned"?
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by bigthymer 3y ago
> as I result I can see secularism dying out long term It won't die out for the same reason homosexuality doesn't. Recruits will be poached from the other team.

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