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by dangjc 6y ago
This is similar to the “active focus” method: https://endmyopia.org/ I’ve been in this Facebook group for a while and lots of people have great personal anecdata about their improvements. It’s really interesting to see a me
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by dangjc 6y ago
There’s a good chance to get decent commissioners approved by a Democratic Senate. They can start a process to make new rules. Federal agencies have a rule making process which requires evidence and findings, especially to change prior rule
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Misinformation Comes from the Top(vox.com)
8 points by dangjc 6y ago|0 comments
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by dangjc 6y ago
Many properties I’m looking at are assessed at a value in the $50-200k range but sell around $1mm. Long time residents in such cases Pay less than 1/5 the property taxes new residents pay.
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by dangjc 6y ago
There’s a lot of hand wringing about the Supreme Court, but to fix copyright, a simple act of Congress could exclude api’s.
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by dangjc 6y ago
We have a serious misinformation problem. It started with Fox News decades ago, and now it’s amplified by Facebook. It’s too easy for bad info and conspiracy theories to proliferate, and good info to be downplayed, before the truth rises to
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by dangjc 6y ago
Work from home hasn’t inhibited communication between my closest teammates. It has disrupted the interactions I used to have with people outside my direct projects where we shared ideas and kept abreast of what’s cool and going on inside th
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by dangjc 6y ago
How is nuclear compatible with variable renewable energy sources? It can’t ramp up or down quickly, so it’s not good for filling the gaps in the day when the sun is not shining. And solar is now so cheap during sunny days that the excess po
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As Colleges Move Classes Online, Families Rebel Against the Cost(nytimes.com)
11 points by dangjc 6y ago|0 comments
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by dangjc 6y ago
Property taxes are calculated on the value of the land and the value of the structures. So current land value taxes would be about $2000. If a state were to pass a land value tax, it would calibrate it so that it offsets a reduction in the
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by dangjc 6y ago
She’s doesn’t have the cash but she has the wealth. She can pay the back taxes when she eventually sells the house. She doesn’t have to move.
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by dangjc 6y ago
There are grandmas around me in the bay area who own houses worth $1mm they bought for $100k. That means they made $900k. They can afford to pay the $10k in property taxes for 90 years, as long as we give them the option to defer paying unt
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by dangjc 6y ago
ARM should just go public and IPO. Why do companies rely on acquisitions so much? Let the public buy into these successful tech companies instead of having the gains accrue to already rich tech companies or private equity funds.
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by dangjc 6y ago
Why doesn’t the US just pass a countervailing law against censorship? When China tells a company to censor its employees or users, the company could just point to the US law saying it can’t. Then China has no leverage over it because the co
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by dangjc 6y ago
Governor Newsom is in the process of lifting shelter in place. Manufacturing is one thing that should be opening up. https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-05-04/californ...
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by dangjc 6y ago
Maybe store brands should also be banned. We allowed this vertical integration in retail when maybe we shouldn’t. Yeah it shaves some costs, but is probably having a huge effect on supplier diversity and margins. If we’re revisiting the con
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The two party system is killing our democracy(vox.com)
70 points by dangjc 7y ago|71 comments
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by dangjc 7y ago
It's bad to rely on national champions like Boeing. Like Blackberry and Nokia, their pride leads to their eventual fall, taking out thousands of jobs with them when an upstart from outside (Apple) surges ahead. Better to have multiple
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by dangjc 7y ago
It's kind of nice to sue PG&E for fires. If bought out, we'd only be suing ourselves, and then tax payers would be the ones on the hook for bailing out all the homeowners who wanted nice cabins in the woods.
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by dangjc 7y ago
If I’m going to spend $200k on college for my kids, it had better be for a professional degree. They can learn to be well rounded human beings from primary, secondary school and MOOCs.
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by dangjc 7y ago
It's 5% rent increase, not the 1-2% seen in SF and NYC. Properties don't typically increase in rent that much. This isn't likely to lead to the absurd $1000 studio apartments in Manhattan.
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by dangjc 7y ago
"Via’s cost per ride to the operator is about $10." This doesn't sound sustainable. I wonder how much of this can be reduced.
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by dangjc 7y ago
Why don't we form a new WTO, without China or other dictatorships, and only allow in democracies that are liberal or liberalizing? There's no point in opening our arms to China if they aren't moving on the right track anymore
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by dangjc 7y ago
Let's hope it doesn't preempt real reform: giving employees and other stakeholders board seats.
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by dangjc 7y ago
Are there alternatives to Yelp? Are people using Foursquare or Google Maps?
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by dangjc 7y ago
We need H1B's for the next generation of scientists, chip architects, and encryption researchers. We should be able to hire an American for a QA role.
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by dangjc 7y ago
Also women are better at maintaining relationships and friendships, which keep giving their life meaning after their spouses pass.
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by dangjc 7y ago
[0] worst experience is that this guy cut me off, almost hitting me, I flipped him off and he proceeded to try to hit me with his car. As in he got behind me and came over into the bike lane. I bailed into the sidewalk and he hit the curb,
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by dangjc 7y ago
Will this support micro payments like $1 or even $0.10 a month? Or would credit card fees eat all that up?
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by dangjc 7y ago
Maybe they meant credit card interchange fees of 1-3%?

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