elevenoh

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   by elevenoh 5y ago

   >Blue state politics is not what is driving people out of California It's certainly part of it (wealth tax, non-nuanced small-biz killing lockdown, signalling > results) though. Not all 'blue state politics measures/sta
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   by elevenoh 5y ago

   I personally tend to trust what emerges from an open market free from institutional collusion most.
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   by elevenoh 5y ago

   >The Economist is pro-market I'd say the Economist is pro incumbent-centric market
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   by elevenoh 5y ago

   I think it's also fallacious to treat a VC firm's interests as synonymous to its cofounder's interests on an individual level.
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   by elevenoh 5y ago

   yep
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   by elevenoh 5y ago

   >Their insistence on framing depression as if it were a biological illness (and not a result of the complex and historical interplay between psyche/desire and environment) is repulsive to me. Feels like blatant propaganda to discuss
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   by elevenoh 5y ago

   >affected* florida* Did these typos affect your ability to parse my comment? :) >Oh and what percent of our population is overweight again? What's your point?
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   by elevenoh 5y ago

   >There's extensive evidence suggesting that many of the economic effects of the early pandemic were entirely independent of whether a choice was made to lockdown. Remove choice from business owners & watch effected industries mo
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   by elevenoh 5y ago

   Canada's bureaucrats & credentialled-positions are too far removed from competition / market pressure. The decisions & results reflect this.
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    by elevenoh 5y ago

    example of your point on politicized viewpoints: Ericson2314's comment in this thread
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    by elevenoh 5y ago

    >US did everything wrong, except the one thing we know to do Such a political take. The US did a lot right.
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    by elevenoh 5y ago

    >Personally, I'll measure Canada's performance throughout this pandemic by the final number of per-capita deaths. How about in relation to the cost & externalities of this per-capita death figure? Financially, socially etc.
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    by elevenoh 5y ago

    Canada needs more competition in the health care industry. There's very little. Instead I see rent seeking, nepotism, resting on credentials, signalling.. Canadian health care is attracting worse & worse (in terms of competence &am
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    by elevenoh 5y ago

    Waterloo CS/Eng coop for instance, often pays itself off.
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    by elevenoh 6y ago

    Truth. I've seen many get fit when they move to walkable vancouver.
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    by elevenoh 6y ago

    timeless book
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    by elevenoh 6y ago

    >I have been extremely fortunate that women have always found me very attractive and there is not a single job I've had where female co-workers didn't make comments at work which would not have been seen as extremely inappropri
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    by elevenoh 6y ago

    Look at Canada, we're spending tax $ on health care per capita each year, yet wait times & outcome success has plateued. This is about more than 'free markets', it's arguably more about regulatory capture by the majo
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    by elevenoh 6y ago

    Launder, or tax optimize.
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    by elevenoh 6y ago

    Could not agree more.
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    by elevenoh 6y ago

    is it "more than a feelaaan" - boston https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4QK8RxCAwo "How can it happen that a physical creature comes to have this mysterious, magical stuff called consciousness? You reduce it d
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    by elevenoh 6y ago

    "drastically reduced flying hours" - could anyone clue moi in on what this means/why?
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    by elevenoh 6y ago

    Everyone is blaming meat. Everyone I know who eats 90%+ carnivore diet looks/feels great. CheapProcessedVeganFood co's perhaps?
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    by elevenoh 6y ago

    encryption* is in the long run unregulatable
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    by elevenoh 6y ago

    Truth. Though >50% of the smartest/most competent engineers I've ever worked with work in crypto.
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    by elevenoh 6y ago

    this is a slippery slope. not wise imo.
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    by elevenoh 6y ago

    Network effects' power law nature, desire for a-political money, capital flowing into areas of least constraint & friction etc. seem to be just beginning.
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    by elevenoh 6y ago

    Until I tried writing bitcoin script. Then I found Ethereum, which lived up to the hype.
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    by elevenoh 6y ago

    DMT - jesus christ did it ever.
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    by elevenoh 6y ago

    Agree. IME, cutting contact particularly useful/beneficial for men in the relationship.