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by dcolkitt 5y ago
Prison time for tax evasion is extremely rare in the US. Almost always the IRS just collects the penalty and moves on. The only real exceptions are either for criminals with a lot of other charges stacked up (eg mob bosses). Or a public fig
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That paper relies on some pretty dodgy data to reach its conclusion. Basically the UN's subjective classification is used unquestionably as the measure of human trafficking data. Just to be clear, it's not using objective data or
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> Experts generally regard fruit consumption as beneficial due to the fiber, This is an outdated theory, that is no longer supported by the current state of the research. The health benefits of fruits and vegetables is primarily driven b
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> Not all fruit nor vegetables are healthy, Find a single peer-reviewed study that finds any widely consumed vegetable or fruit has negative correlation with all-cause mortality. > Also coffee is a seed first, and seeds in general are
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by dcolkitt 5y ago
Coffee is a fruit. Fruit and vegetable consumption is unquestionably good for your health. I don't know why people find it so shocking that drinking coffee would be healthy.
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In microeconomics, it’s a pretty foundational tenet that wages normalize to marginal worker productivity.
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Generally, compensation is pretty closely tied to revenue per employee. Not always, but it’s a pretty good rule of thumb. Companies that can’t afford to pay FAANG wages, typically don’t have FAANG productivity levels. Productivity in softwa
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by dcolkitt 5y ago
> They don't have a law enforcement division or anything like that with guns and badges. What's interesting is that they're probably one of the only few federal entities without at least a small attached police force. Even
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When I bought my house, I paid the title escrow company thousands of dollars to perform a very simple service. Hold the deposit money in escrow, and release it specific parties based on certain conditions. There's no reason in the futu
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by dcolkitt 5y ago
The right to govern extends from the consent of the governed. It's not a question of who "should" own Hong Kong based on some centuries old history. It's a question of who the people of Hong Kong choose to govern them. H
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China specifically agreed under the terms of the transfer to allow for Hong Kong's continued independence in domestic matters until 2047. Beijing is in flagrant violations of its international treaty obligations. The New Territories we
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by dcolkitt 5y ago
I do agree with you that most commentators freak out about the zero bound more than is justified. Especially given the fact that negative rates have existed in Europe and Japan for a while without any major effects. But generally, banks are
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by dcolkitt 5y ago
Legal and purity regulated heroin would have by far the biggest impact, because of the scourge of fentanyl deaths. If I had to choose between legal cannabis and legal heroin, I’d choose the latter on utilitarian grounds. (Although obviously
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You almost certainly occupy a bubble in this. I hate the War on Drugs with every fiber in my being, but it’s broadly popular. Cannabis legalization may recently be popular. But I’d be shocked if more than 5% of Americans supported the legal
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Ever since Sarbanes-Oxley there's been a continuously declining number of new public companies. The reality is the modern legal and regulatory environment makes being a public company significantly more burdensome than it was in 1995.
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I think a complement to this article is the essay "Reality has a Surprising Amount of Detail"[1]. The point is that things which superficially seem easy often have a lot of hidden complexity when you drill down to all the low-leve
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But insider trading isn’t comparable to larceny whatsoever. There is no definitive victim. Yes, in some sense the market is “less fair”. But the purpose of insider trading law isn’t to create a level playing field. It’s perfectly legal for
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There seems like a huge number of people who, at least in online discussions are skeptical of Tether's stability. And they may very possibly be correct? However, my question is why do virtually none of these people actually out money b
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YouTube Premium is only $12/month. People act like it’s crazy to spend the price of an appetizer on an entertainment platform that they use tens of hours a month.
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I think it’s actually shocking how few people seem to agree with this. In particular, the speed with which most of the left pivoted to reverence for the “intelligence community” simply because it was politically expedient after 2016. How
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In many areas, the local hospital system is the major, if not the only, source of high quality employment. Insurance companies are usually cast as the villain, but they’re the entities actually fighting to contain costs, and their profit ma
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I think this is a good argument for the government to start a program to do an ongoing “serological census”. On an ongoing basis, take random samples from the population and freeze their nasal swabs, blood samples, skin shavings, etc. If th
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I mostly agree with you, but there are certain cases where you’re making weird and non-intuitive performance optimizations and have to explain “the what”.
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Be very careful, before drawing any conclusions, to note that the study is only counting workers . This is particularly relevant because European economies have significantly higher unemployment rates. Especially long-term youth unemployme
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The study found that the US and Canada had virtually identical stress levels. Therefore I doubt the healthcare system is the driving factor. Also considering that the least stressed country was Russia , I don’t think that wealth inequality
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It’s really a nice option when traveling with a large family. If you’re spread across four or five hotel rooms, you really spend much less time together than in a large house with a big common space. Plus most AirBnBs are just dedicated ren
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> Expressing intent to resign, and actually resigning are completely different things. You have to ask yourself, why this is the case. And the simple answer is status quo bias. Many dream of a different life, but few will actually pull t
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You can’t really just compare average salaries in different metros, because there’s major selection bias. The average engineer in South Dakota is not the same as one in San Francisco. Less talented workers tend to heavily flow towards low C
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The difference is that there’s not normally a mass catalyst like the end of WFH. Many people think of quitting their job, few actually do. That’s largely because of status quo bias. People don’t like to make any major changes to their life
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Any software company that’s ending remote work right now is basically risking its entire existence. There’s no possible way, in this market, a company will be able to replace 10% of its workforce in a reasonable time. I can understand why m

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