clairity

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2011.
by clairity 6y ago
i'd much rather we (speaking as an american, but applicable more broadly) just rebased down 1 order of magnitude, so whatever a dollar buys today, you could instead buy with a dime. we could even let change appreciate immediately, whic
2012.
by clairity 6y ago
the lime actually does make the corona taste better though (assuming you squeeze the lime juice into the beer), and likely why the ritual does abet sales in that case.
2013.
by clairity 6y ago
yes, and the potential counterargument there is that it flattens the curve rather than directly decreases death rates. however, that's subject to the same sort of null hypothesis, where relatively light mitigations (modest distancing,
2014.
by clairity 6y ago
> "This is one of those things were compromise to a half way solution doesn't work." well, we seem to agree that the half-measures here are bad compromises and don't work. but while it's tantalizing to believe we
2015.
by clairity 6y ago
> "Well, you know, except for all the people not getting the virus due to reduced transmission." well, you know, except that that's popular (political and media) dogma, not scientific truth. many things can theoretically
2016.
by clairity 6y ago
sure, and that's the rub. the systemic risk in this case is for a relatively small/local system compared to the state. if the systemic risk were distributed across the state, the easy answer is socializing the cost at the state le
2017.
by clairity 6y ago
> "How have they blown it?" this kind of negative press does filter out into consumer choices over time. and as @fivre pointed out, they're getting squeezed out by better-capitalized monopolists, losing market- and mind-sh
2018.
by clairity 6y ago
i own an old play:1 for the bathroom, which hasn't been updated since sonos started requiring accounts a few years ago. it happily chugs along without any of my personal info (though i only listen to free stations, not subscription-bas
2019.
by clairity 6y ago
the core business problem for sonos is that they were a one-trick pony that didn't strategize. they assumed they had cornered their little market segment and focused on feathering their nest, rather than monitoring and adjusting to wid
2020.
by clairity 6y ago
thanks, that seems to be a reasonable analysis. i'd like to look into the disproportionate risk side of things too, but data on that seems less accessible/more scattered.
2021.
by clairity 6y ago
some takeaways on size and cost: * 33 million acres of forest in CA, 57% owned by the feds, 3% by CA, 14% by the logging industry, 26% by others * $200/acre for prescribed burns, $1000/acre for thinning, ~$800/acre on average
2022.
by clairity 6y ago
why do requestors need to be validated at all? if a request comes in to delete some data, just delete it. it's not the harvester's data in the first place. in what circumstance is it the harvester's right to gatekeep on other
2023.
by clairity 6y ago
> "I don’t expect much from them since they made Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 2 in English." that movie was awful, especially in comparison to the original. it had none of the innuendo and poetry, more a punch in the face. im
2024.
by clairity 6y ago
i was hoping to see mention of employing cultural burning methods used by indigenous folks[0], who have multiple generations of experience already in this area. it seems possible some of this money does end up being employed this way, but i
2025.
by clairity 6y ago
thanks for responding based on the article rather than the title. the 2 recommendations from the article: * Sceptre 65" 4K UHD LED TV * Sceptre 50" 4K UHD Ultra Slim LED TV
2026.
Apple Card Mislabeling AT&T Charges as 'Waters, Hardy and Co'(macrumors.com)
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2027.
by clairity 6y ago
it looks like you have to install the bad older update "Security Update 2020-005" along with the "Supplemental Update" if you hadn't already installed the bad update in the first place, which seems odd at first, but
2028.
by clairity 6y ago
it's not lowering ourselves to the same level, it's simply fairness. have him exhaust his personal wealth first, as happens to the rest of us, and then he can go on the public dole and get help if need be. why should he get specia
2029.
by clairity 6y ago
it seems reasonable that the federal government can invoke extraordinary powers for a limited amount of time to address federal-sized and -scoped problems. in this case, that seems to be the Public Health Service Act (PHSA) which, among oth
2030.
by clairity 6y ago
yes, it's unnerving how uncritically complicit people become to authority under (manufactured) fear. wearing masks in public is safety theater in most cases, because they're only effective at the margins where the atmospheric vira
2031.
by clairity 6y ago
i'd analogize with basic physics. you can get pretty far using newtonian formulas and the like without ever delving into the calculus underpinnings. same in economics. calc gives you a deeper understanding, but only adds utility at the
2032.
by clairity 6y ago
> "Anonymous tracking is fine with [Mozilla]..." that seems to be a reasonable and consistent stance, but it's also reasonable for users to be skeptical of their anonymity claims as well as the implicit claim of being unde
2033.
by clairity 6y ago
ha, exactly, the producers agressively filter for the messaging they want from their guests, no matter the veracity or plausibility of their claims. and agreed, science friday is better than their entire stack of daily news coverage of sc
2034.
by clairity 6y ago
no, npr has not been balanced at all. the scientists and doctors they choose for their shows have been carefully curated to amplify the dangers and fear. they mention masks incessantly, even when it's completely irrelevant ("her
2035.
by clairity 6y ago
capital isn't the scoreboard of unalloyed goodness, and concentrated capital is bad because it's precision and accuracy at sniffing out the best allocation of resources is poor (loses the independence and diversity of information
2036.
by clairity 6y ago
and massively inefficient. the roads, the driveways, the garages, garage doors, the walkways, the easements, roofs, the eases, hvac systems, water heaters, the plumbing, the extra windows, the extra walls, the extra electrical/phone&#x
2037.
by clairity 6y ago
i did this (gave control) with my rescued dog, who was 3 when i got her 2 years ago, and exhibited a variety of induced fears and anxieties which initially meant that she was constantly looking to me for permission, assurance, and validatio
2038.
by clairity 6y ago
> "In practice what you're doing is disallowing employers from offering employees terms of employment that provide the employee with working conditions of greater non-monetary value than ordinary jobs in exchange for less money
2039.
by clairity 6y ago
it'd be hard to get rid of calculus as a high school elective though, even if it were removed as a requirement, because most (competitive) colleges would still see it as a (small) differentiator. but it's still not necessary to le
2040.
by clairity 6y ago
> "how can you hope to understand statistics if you can't compute an expected value, which is defined as an integral?" 99% of humans would benefit greatly from studying statistics without the calculus underpinnings that gr

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