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by foofoo4u 6y ago
> Is there no company in the US that can build a high speed rail? And if so why not hire a Japanese or Chinese company that is obviously proficient at building these types of rail systems? Texas is about to build their own bullet train:
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by foofoo4u 6y ago
I believe you are correct. As decades go by in which the construction of a particular "thing" is no longer done, the skills, knowledge, experience, and even the institutions that are a part of it wither away. Unfortunately our los
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by foofoo4u 6y ago
Absolutely. It's one of the small corners of the web that brings positive value to the world ad-free. It's brought significant value to my life. I'd like to see it continue, so I have a monthly donation towards it.
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by foofoo4u 6y ago
I love the [Vimium-FF]( https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/vimium-ff/ ) plugin, which allows me to traverse the web with vim-like bindings. Great for traversing mouse free.
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by foofoo4u 6y ago
command + space launches the spotlight search. In here, not only can you search, but you can also do some math to use it as a calculator. Real handy if I need to do a quick calculation. For example, entering in `243*2/4` will spit out
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Pronunciation for those curious: https://web.archive.org/web/20081014111519/http://www.korero...
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by foofoo4u 6y ago
Years ago, Facebook for some reason thought I was a bot and disabled my account. They required that I upload a government issued ID to verify I am a real person. I was finding Facebook to be detrimental to my health at that time, so I felt
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by foofoo4u 6y ago
There seems to be a growing consensus here on HN that Facebook's ad-based revenue model is a source issue for why extremity, polarization, toxicity, and usage addition is occurring on the platform. All of these elements drive up engage
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I do agree that the ad-based business model is designed to have us hate each other because that is what drives engagement. So I'd like to get your thoughts on this thought experiment. What if it was illegal for social media platforms t
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by foofoo4u 6y ago
Yup, I've made the same observation as well. If you somewhat want the "old" youtube back, block all cookies and other saved content from the domain. You'll get a better video recommendation experience, unfortunately at t
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by foofoo4u 6y ago
I am seeing this prefacing of arguments happening everywhere. For example, Sam Harris finds himself having to preface nearly argument he wants to make as a means to ward off misunderstanding and online retaliation. Unfortunately, no matter
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The Ideological Corruption of Science(wsj.com)
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by foofoo4u 6y ago
Brilliant. This might be the way I'll do it.
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by foofoo4u 6y ago
Thanks. I'll give this a shot as well.
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by foofoo4u 6y ago
Thank you! This is close to what I am looking for. I'll give it a shot and see if it addresses my problem. update1: Hmm. So it doesn't exactly address the core problem, which is I can still easily access those other apps that I wi
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by foofoo4u 6y ago
I want to throw my phone away and switch to a "dumb" phone so I can rid my addiction to it, but I have become dependent on several core apps such as Google Maps. I wish Android would allow me full control to delete every app on th
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by foofoo4u 6y ago
This looks terrific. It seems to be exactly the service I have been looking for. I too found myself easily distracted and addicted to my phone when browsing the news. To help combat my addiction, I wrote a script that'll parse my favor
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by foofoo4u 6y ago
The Dekasegi is an interesting piece to add to the discussion. Many are unaware that Brazil is home to the largest Japanese population outside Japan. > During the 1980s, the Japanese economic situation improved and achieved stability. Ma
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by foofoo4u 6y ago
You can also use privacy.com to create virtual credit cards that'll allow you to block transactions.
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by foofoo4u 6y ago
This is the exact same behavior I have noticed from YouTube as well. I miss the "old" YouTube around 2011, when it was a terrific place to discover new and interesting videos. If I watched a video on mountain biking, let's sa
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by foofoo4u 6y ago
I'm glad you are touching on this. For those who want to learn more about the prohibitive cost of housing and why it continues to exist, I recommend this episode of EconTalk in which the host interviews urban economics and housing poli
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by foofoo4u 6y ago
Hmm. This is a shame. Having read "The Smartest Kids in the World: And How They Got That Way" by Amanda Ripley, I learned that the United States is the highest spender on technology amongst all OECD countries. You'd think wit
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by foofoo4u 7y ago
I love my Kindle's e-ink display for reading books and news articles. I simply cannot enjoy consuming this content as much with any other medium. But not only do I enjoy to read, but I also enjoy to write as well. I would love to have
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by foofoo4u 7y ago
@TomMckenny, is there a resource that speaks to this economic theory of yours? Because the sources I cited here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22815572 reflects mainstream economic theory and what I have learned in m
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by foofoo4u 7y ago
People are hoarding, because they are not rationing. They are not rationing, because prices are too low. Prices are too low, because it is either illegal or retailers would rather have a shortage than tarnish their brand. If you allow price
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by foofoo4u 7y ago
Prices need to be allowed to fluctuate so price signals can indicate to suppliers to increase supply. Preventing this will lead to shortages[1][2], as history has repeatedly demonstrated. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki&#
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by foofoo4u 7y ago
See if there are any office furniture liquidation companies in your region. I got mine at one near by at a nice discount.
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by foofoo4u 7y ago
Enforcement by what means? By law? If so, then I would advise against that, given price controls lead to shortages[1][2] and is generally not accepted by economists[3]. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Price_controls#
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by foofoo4u 7y ago
[EconTalk]( http://www.econtalk.org/ ) is among my favorites. > EconTalk is a weekly economics podcast hosted by Russ Roberts. Roberts, formerly an economics professor at George Mason University, is a research fellow at St