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by dhfbshfbu4u3 1y ago
Thanks. I think that a perfectly reasonable question to ask. I answered a similar question up thread a bit. To expand, I think the main reason the Swiss method works is because the country is relatively small and well-aligned. The alignment
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by dhfbshfbu4u3 1y ago
Not in the least. Those two variables are enough to set the baseline for what’s possible given the political structure of a country.
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by dhfbshfbu4u3 1y ago
You’re very close to the answer with Gotthard. The only reason this works is because the country is small enough to maintain political cohesion and rich enough to afford projects like this.
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by dhfbshfbu4u3 1y ago
Right, but the only reason the Swiss system works is precisely because they are smaller. Fewer factions and more money to spend. It makes the process work.
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by dhfbshfbu4u3 1y ago
100% I love Switzerland and I wish I was still living there.
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by dhfbshfbu4u3 1y ago
You sort of answered your question yourself… In a bigger country, it is hard to maintain political cohesiveness over the long term. This means that big projects tend to get so large they can’t be terminated by the next round of government w
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by dhfbshfbu4u3 1y ago
If the country were as large as the UK, it wouldn’t be run the same way. Not even close. The Swiss are very aware of this.
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by dhfbshfbu4u3 1y ago
When the country is big enough, every “successful” project has to be too big to fail. Otherwise, it gets cut when the next lot come in to run the place. It’s a different way to look at the planning mechanism.
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by dhfbshfbu4u3 1y ago
The issue is that in many large countries, the project _must_ be enormous or else they’ll get cut as the political winds shift to and fro. The result is that they become highly inefficient and expensive. The only real solution is political
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by dhfbshfbu4u3 1y ago
China builds everything at a scale that makes no sense anywhere else in the world. They have total political will, lower cost labor, and lax environmental standards (though that last on is changing). Also, their technical ability to terrafo
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by dhfbshfbu4u3 1y ago
<Laughs in Brexit>
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by dhfbshfbu4u3 1y ago
Most people will point to banking and finance, but even the industrial sector is highly specialized with much higher margins.
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by dhfbshfbu4u3 1y ago
I lived there. The number of trains that go over the top of the mountains is basically zero.
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by dhfbshfbu4u3 1y ago
I lived in Zürich for two years and I’ve traveled extensively in the country.
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by dhfbshfbu4u3 1y ago
The Swiss method works because their population is 6X smaller and GDP per capita is twice as high. They have a smaller geographic footprint and heavier services economy. The UK still has so much industrial traffic (inclusive of agriculture)
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Quantum teleportation coexisting with classical communications in optical fiber(opg.optica.org)
1 points by dhfbshfbu4u3 1y ago|0 comments
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Ask HN: Is Apollo.io Ripe for a Class Action Lawsuit
3 points by dhfbshfbu4u3 2y ago|0 comments
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Microsoft pushes back $1B plan for data centers in central Ohio(usatoday.com)
4 points by dhfbshfbu4u3 2y ago|1 comments
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by dhfbshfbu4u3 2y ago
True enough, but the math never works out in their favor either.
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by dhfbshfbu4u3 2y ago
This is as ridiculous as asking, “What if we made agriculture illegal?” You don’t make a planet of 8 billion people work without the trappings of civilization, good and bad. You certainly don’t make it work without commerce and freedom of s
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by dhfbshfbu4u3 2y ago
Paywall free: https://archive.is/61AqM
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Seventeen years after that nice Mr Musk sued me, victory is mine(thetimes.com)
16 points by dhfbshfbu4u3 2y ago|1 comments
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by dhfbshfbu4u3 2y ago
Couple do, though long term studies on a few are missing. RCT-Proven: GLP-1 Agonists, mTOR Modulation (Rapamycin), NMDA Modulators (Ketamine), Metformin. Speculative/Limited Data: Senolytics, Hormones and Peptides, NAD+, Nootropics and
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by dhfbshfbu4u3 2y ago
Nope. Just stuff they can use right now. No magic required!
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by dhfbshfbu4u3 2y ago
This is just the start. Those in the know are already stacking: GLP-1 Agonists, Senolytics, NMDA Modulators, Hormones and Peptides, NAD+ and mTOR Modulation, Nootropics and Adaptogens… Forget weight loss. These people are going for imm
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by dhfbshfbu4u3 2y ago
Oh no, I’d live on an Orbital in a heartbeat. No, it’s just that all of these kinds of posts make me feel like we’re about to live through “The Bad Old Days”.
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by dhfbshfbu4u3 2y ago
Great post, but every time I read something like this I feel like I am living in a prequel to the Culture.
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by dhfbshfbu4u3 2y ago
Detroit is buzzing because it’s gone through a complete and total deflation. Things are up because they went so far down, not unlike say… Argentina today or the rest of the US in 3-5 years.
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by dhfbshfbu4u3 2y ago
Cool. Does that mean Anthropic is not using ATS to scan resumes? Of course it doesn’t…
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Fiber ring could quell Alaska's Arctic internet outages(ktoo.org)
3 points by dhfbshfbu4u3 2y ago|1 comments

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