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by bparsons 1y ago
Sure, deaths increased by 13%, but think of all the shareholder value that was created.
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by bparsons 1y ago
The photos in the NY Post article make it look like they raided cell phone shops in normal retail locations. It looked more like an engagement/click fraud operation.
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by bparsons 1y ago
There is a practical utility in medicalizing otherwise normal behaviors. Particularly in the US, you need a medical diagnosis in order to take time off work, receive disability benefits or access mental health supports through insurance.
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by bparsons 1y ago
The minimalist Alberta Electricity System Operator dashboard is far superior: http://ets.aeso.ca/ets_web/ip/Market/Reports/CSDReportServle...
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by bparsons 1y ago
Yes. PATH isn't particularly well marked or easy to navigate. It just feels like you are walking through a series of interconnected malls and hotel basements.
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by bparsons 1y ago
We do. It is called biodiesel. You can make it from any organic matter.
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DeepSeek-v3.1(huggingface.co)
23 points by bparsons 1y ago|0 comments
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by bparsons 1y ago
Great example of a golden rule of media commentary; all economic news is bad news. Low unemployment? That's a labour shortage. High GDP growth? The economy is overheating. High rates of foreign investment? We are losing control of our
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by bparsons 1y ago
The glamping approach is probably your best bet if you want to avoid paperwork. The equipment has gotten very good and quite cheap in the last few years.
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by bparsons 1y ago
Imagine the contrary. You send out enormous amounts of goods and services, and in exchange, you get less from the rest of the world. You get to pay more for everything, but certain industries get to export more volumes of goods. Is this bet
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by bparsons 1y ago
There is a perpetual shortage of these types of technicians, so it is unlikely that demand for those jobs will drop.
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by bparsons 1y ago
I think they conflated electricity production growth with total output. Output in the US has been flat for some time, while China has been on a steady rate of climb for several decades.
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by bparsons 2y ago
This was also the era of Sisqo's one-hit-wonder "the Thong Song", confusing things even further.
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by bparsons 2y ago
They don't have to. Sales are falling off a cliff in all those places.
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by bparsons 2y ago
This is all looking like a strategy to intentionally depress asset valuations so that they can be acquired at fire sale prices.
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by bparsons 2y ago
Since web 1.0 is our best analogue, I am thinking of it like this: Late 1990s internet infrastructure buildout means that most of the captured value was at the hardware level (HP Computers, Dell, Intel, Cisco etc.). 2020s AI infrastructure
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Is the White House trying to engineer a recession?(msn.com)
10 points by bparsons 2y ago|2 comments
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by bparsons 2y ago
Is this an appeal for more taxpayer money?
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Tariff War Risks Sinking World into New Great Depression(wsj.com)
26 points by bparsons 2y ago|10 comments
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Atlanta Fed model forecasts nearly 3% GDP contraction in first quarter of 2025(seekingalpha.com)
5 points by bparsons 2y ago|3 comments
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by bparsons 2y ago
Are they saying that 4.5 has a 35% hallucination rate? That chart is a bit confusing.
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by bparsons 2y ago
Increased levels of NO2, SO2 and PM2.5 are going to have a direct impact on the health of people living close to these facilities. The unlicensed gas turbines in Memphis are probably the worst offender.
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Hackers steal $1.5B from exchange Bybit in biggest-ever crypto heist(cnbc.com)
2 points by bparsons 2y ago|1 comments
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by bparsons 2y ago
Also, profitability won't materialize in an environment with so many competitors offering comparable products. Perfect competition destroys profit. The good becomes a commodity, and the price people will pay simply becomes the marginal
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by bparsons 2y ago
It is entirely possible that LLMs end up serving some useful purpose, but don't end up being great businesses. I can think of a million different software services that have some value to users, but don't have some multi-trillion
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Tesla Sales Plunge 63% in EU's Second-Biggest EV Market(bnnbloomberg.ca)
44 points by bparsons 2y ago|2 comments
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DeepSeek Buzz Puts Tech Stocks on Track for $1.2T Drop(bloomberg.com)
7 points by bparsons 2y ago|5 comments
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by bparsons 2y ago
Wildfire structure losses can be mitigated with cutting firebreaks, building material selection and removing flammable trees and plants from properties. A lot of communities in western Canada have learned this the hard way.
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by bparsons 2y ago
There are a million ways to turn large amounts of energy into smaller amounts of energy.
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by bparsons 2y ago
I think 90% of the negative social impacts would go away if they just did reverse chronological, opt-in news feed. The black box algorithms are the problem.

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