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by bmmayer1 6y ago
The chart measurement is in constant PPP dollars and clearly shows a downtrend in all poverty worldwide over time. Obviously the line of what constitutes "poor" is debatable, but what's far more interesting is the continuing
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by bmmayer1 6y ago
Here's a better question: how do people become rich? Being poor is table stakes for being a human animal. The miracle of modern society is that billions of people aren't poor (as high as 90% according to Hans Rosling[1]). How did
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by bmmayer1 6y ago
Step 1: buy TSLA puts Step 2: @elonmusk: "I'm retiring effective immediately. Don't believe what you read in the news tomorrow." Step 3: Profit
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by bmmayer1 6y ago
Isn't this a price cap, to prevent prices from getting too high? What does that do to protect against prices that are too low?
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by bmmayer1 6y ago
I think most people would say the value of a Harvard education is in the name on your degree, not the content of the courses. That said, there's a quote from Good Will Hunting that seems appropriate here: "You wasted $150,000 on a
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by bmmayer1 6y ago
> social media undermines democracies as well It's a good thing that power in democracies is determined by secret ballot and not likes on social media then!
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by bmmayer1 6y ago
That's a good point.
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by bmmayer1 6y ago
Alternative funding methods already exist. Nothing is stopping governments or nonprofits from funding or developing new drugs. So what's your proposal here?
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by bmmayer1 6y ago
That said, patent restrictions are arguably the only reason the drug exists in the first place. So let's not get out over our skis here.
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by bmmayer1 6y ago
Didn't the State of California just repeal its workplace anti-discrimination law?
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by bmmayer1 6y ago
This is the one sentence that is going to come back to haunt Mark: "To clarify one point: there is no newsworthiness exemption to content that incites violence or suppresses voting." In the next 6 months, there will surely be a po
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by bmmayer1 6y ago
Seems like Malé, Maldives is missing in favor of Hithadhoo, a city 1/14th the size. Edit: Actually Kochi, India is in Malé's box. So that makes sense. Interesting mental gymnastics at play here!
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by bmmayer1 6y ago
This says everything: "Instructions on what to do when stopped by the police are on the back of student IDs at Summit Academy in Red Hook, Brooklyn."
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My terrifying five-day stay inside Seattle’s cop-free CHAZ(nypost.com)
5 points by bmmayer1 6y ago|3 comments
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Public Health Officials Say Social Justice Matters More Than Social Distance(politico.com)
3 points by bmmayer1 6y ago|1 comments
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by bmmayer1 6y ago
I don't understand -- are keeping people out of work and isolated at home not public health risks? If non-Covid related factors are being considered in weighing against the risks of exposure they should all be considered, not only some
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by bmmayer1 6y ago
Amazing. I remember the original Zip drives (and Jaz drives after that) and the price point was somewhere around $200 for 100MB. Would be nice to see this sort of progress in quality and price in, say, healthcare.
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by bmmayer1 6y ago
"Kramer says he knows who can help. Someone with a sworn vendetta against email. Someone who has devoted their whole life to analogue mail and sees email as a threat to his livelihood. Someone named Newman."
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by bmmayer1 7y ago
It's great to see this article at the top of Hacker News, my number one source of procrastination.
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by bmmayer1 7y ago
Serious question, how did they discover this? AFAIK GoL patterns can't be reverse engineered.
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by bmmayer1 7y ago
I know public service roles are salary capped, but it's distressing to me that the CIO of the FBI will be making only "$131,239 to $192,180" which is less than even a medium-sized tech company executive would make. This perso
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by bmmayer1 7y ago
Isn't this sort of rationing exactly the thing that anti-Net Neutrality advocates have been warning about?
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by bmmayer1 7y ago
"It is mandatory. This Order is a legal Order issued under the authority of California law. You are required to comply, and it is a misdemeanor crime not to follow the order (although the intent is not for anyone to get into trouble).&
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North Korea disapproves of children's smartphone use(upi.com)
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by bmmayer1 7y ago
OK...that's one side of the story. But is cost of living really being compared fairly? One $200 smart phone now does the job that in 1985 required a clock radio, a walkman, a CD player, a word processor, a printer, a fax machine, a tel
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Live Coronavirus Map from Johns Hopkins(gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com)
1 points by bmmayer1 7y ago|1 comments
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App Used to Tabulate Votes Is Said to Have Been Inadequately Tested
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by bmmayer1 7y ago
"Unlike most IETF efforts, this document is not embarrassed to clearly state that we are simply shuffling more stuff in while we have the editor open." Classic.
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by bmmayer1 7y ago
For anyone interested in reading Terry Jones' book: https://www.amazon.com/Chaucers-Knight-Portrait-Medieval-Mer... A true legend through and through. RIP.
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by bmmayer1 7y ago
This is a great, informed take. Thank you for the rich context!

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