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by fasthands9 3y ago
I had always assumed (perhaps cynically) that Bridgewater's elaborate system was part of its marketing to people who run endowments and pensions. It gives people a sense that they are working with the best and hardest working, even if
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by fasthands9 3y ago
I also assume Berlin does not have high parking requirements. For instance, this ordinance in NC says you need one parking space for every 300 sq feet of a store. So the average 30,000 sq foot grocery store would need 100 spots, at least. W
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by fasthands9 3y ago
The problem I have with the thinking in this article most of the parking lots are privately owned so saying 'tear them up and plant trees' is not something that can be implemented by the government. If mandatory parking requiremen
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by fasthands9 3y ago
Still seems a bit tricky unless you have a ton of land? >Only one experiment that we know of has tracked moth trajectories to lights over long distances, and found only 2 of 50 individuals released 85 m from a light source ended their fl
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by fasthands9 3y ago
These cases may also be effective in situations where the victim has a significant other so the release of private transcripts is not nearly "a picture of their junk". I think if you want to reduce the shame of people in situation
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by fasthands9 3y ago
I think for now they are still pretty good at assessing something like "Are the odds that Trump wins Wisconsin in 2024 closer to 2/3 or 1/2". The post-election stuff was annoying (I had several thousand dollars on the si
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by fasthands9 3y ago
The visualization is well done here I think, but the message seems forced if not contradictory. For instance, in one part of the article the author criticizes subjective dress code policies saying: >"Fifty percent of the schools we
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by fasthands9 3y ago
I think it is reasonable to tackle an issue that kills 4,000 people a year in your state. Especially when you can do both. I spent 10 seconds looking up Scott Weiner's proposals and looks like he has introduced at least two bills I can
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by fasthands9 3y ago
I may be dumb on this - but how do they even calculate this? DEI departments at most companies are not even that old so it would be impossible for someone to be at their job for 5 years or more. Which would effect the average if it was calc
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by fasthands9 3y ago
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/02/realestate/single-women-o... This article has a bit more detail. It points to the fact that women live longer and therefore there are more widowers who end up living al
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by fasthands9 3y ago
Right. I guess with thalidomide the negative side effects weren't visible until after a pregnancy - which is why it took awhile to catch on. I'm not saying I"m acutely worried about adderall, just the possibility there are dr
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by fasthands9 3y ago
That's what I don't get about a lot of medical testing. I presume Adderall was approved based on tests that lasted a couple years at most. It definitely seems like there is a class of medicine that can be beneficial in the short-t
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by fasthands9 3y ago
Your personal ADHD diagnosis is confidential information. Population-level increases in ADHD diagnosis and stimulant prescriptions is not confidential information. It is useful public health information. I don't think it's fully s
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by fasthands9 3y ago
I would describe myself as a YIMBY and have been surprised many people online are against this project. I think it comes down to the fact that some YIMBYs (like myself) believe the housing market is bad because central has large (intended a
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by fasthands9 3y ago
I'm curious your objection to a touchscreen when it sounds like you are just using a phone with bluetooth? Wouldn't a phone with a touchscreen represent the same tracking + safety hazard? I used to have a 15 Rav4. There was a shit
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by fasthands9 3y ago
It does seem like the "shrinking" is confusing there. Probably should have been "The Podcast Industry Is Smaller Than Producers Thought" It is possible that overall podcast listening is still up yoy. It is also possible
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by fasthands9 3y ago
That's interesting. I had an Axidraw plotter I liked though eventually built my own plotter because I needed a bit more versatility. Perhaps there are competitors there now, but would love to see a hobbyist level machine with the conve
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by fasthands9 3y ago
I suppose all I'm asking if there is consensus that is universally good or not. In the goal of eliminating PTSD it clearly seems worth it, but do we think that something that can very quickly "make people re-evaluate their feelin
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by fasthands9 3y ago
One thing I don't understand is how targeted we can expect this to be. I do worry that some treatments (both this and standard pharmaceutical products) could be doing things that truly change what we can measure in positive ways but al
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by fasthands9 3y ago
If you read the article you'd see that the law was passed in 2021 but only took effect in 2024 (5 days ago).
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by fasthands9 3y ago
>It will apply to retailers with 500 or more employees across their California stores. I'm trying to think of what stores it would even apply to other than Wal-mart or Target? What other large chain stores even sell toys? It does se
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by fasthands9 3y ago
The artist examples were more interesting than the Gates/Zuck stuff. Harvard has very generous leave of absence policies so Zuck could have easily returned to finish his degree two years (or more, I believe) after leaving if Facebook d
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by fasthands9 3y ago
What part of that is bad? Don't we want a system where everything is clear to the taxpayer how much they owe and they can be certain how much they receive each pay check? For those who care about finance and want to know - it is easy t
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by fasthands9 3y ago
States already set limits on what zoning decisions local municipalities can make. The towns only derive their power from whatever state laws delegates to them. If the state really wanted to they could strip this power and run all regulation
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by fasthands9 3y ago
I agree. I also really wonder if the donations really did much, or (if like everything else) he just budgeted X dollars for politicians thinking it would magically help him.
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by fasthands9 3y ago
I believe with the person you are responding to. Admitting you were going slightly over the speed limit won't really hurt you. They don't need a confession to cite you for speeding. They already know if you were or not. I've
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by fasthands9 3y ago
The link you sent is polygyny, in which one man has many wives who are all his. The woman is not allowed to have more than one partner. It's perfectly acceptable for someone to write an article on trends in America or New York (it is s
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by fasthands9 3y ago
That is a good clarification. From 2012 to the most recent poll it went from 11% to 20%. I realize "moral acceptance" is not the same as "widely popular" but still think it directionally shows a meaningful change, even i
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by fasthands9 3y ago
The data suggests it truly is more popular. The Gallup poll below shows that the percent of people who find it "acceptable" has tripled since 2000. The generational data, which admittedly would be more useful if it was over time,
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by fasthands9 3y ago
Not really? If a crazy person on the street tells me evolution is real that doesn't mean that evolution isn't real. The accusation here isn't really a "he said/she said" situation or anything. You can just read

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