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by generalpass 6y ago
The problem is when a submitter wants to follow the site guidelines, as OP did.
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by generalpass 6y ago
I am also suspicious of the market disconnect from the broader economy, but I wonder what the Fed is up to. They have announced they are going to purchase corporate debt, among many other things. In the last recession, they didn't repo
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by generalpass 6y ago
Please, we cannot continue lockdowns. This is after less than 8 weeks of these suicidal policies.
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Coronavirus blows a $54B hole in California’s budget. 3x Rainy Day Fund(mercurynews.com)
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by generalpass 6y ago
> You just don’t like my response so instead of responding to me you chastise me and call me names. It seems a bit ironic to do such a thing by calling me “juvenile.” > I tend not to enjoy discussions where the other party mandates wh
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by generalpass 6y ago
> Taleb is an expert in statistics. This is an analysis of the statistics of a metric and the statistical methodology of the field it is part of. If he doesn't understand their definitions within their sphere of expertise, how can a
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by generalpass 6y ago
A fine example of an expert in one field believing he is an expert in every field. In reading the section describing psychometricians, he clearly is not actually reading what they publish.
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by generalpass 6y ago
> Enable them to collect benefits: pay for them to buy food, cancel their rent payments, cover their healthcare. > It's not hard, we just have a weird culture in America that couples all these basic human essentials to your work.
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by generalpass 6y ago
There are a whole bunch of people who do not qualify for any benefits, have little savings, and are blocked from going to work. In a recent press conference, New York Governor Cuomo failed to provide any reasonable response to a reporter wh
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by generalpass 6y ago
With the current lockdowns in place, the other problem of mass starvation is eventually going to crop up, though before that happens it will be crowds with pitch forks and torches. Life is suffering.
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by generalpass 6y ago
> And everyone I know IRL is saying they won't go out yet even as restrictions are lifted. Which supports the point that the lockdowns do not need to be in place because people can take care of themselves.
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by generalpass 6y ago
> I’m not following your line of thought. Nobody claimed they made up the entire economy, and they don’t right now even amidst a multi-state stay-at-home order. So, I’m not sure what you are arguing against. > There are essential part
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by generalpass 6y ago
> Please expand. Those things cannot make up the entire economy because people end up starving to death. Thus, at some point there is no other option but to reopen. It is notable how you reinterpret my comment: > The economy does thin
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by generalpass 6y ago
> Demand is going to be decreased no matter if everything opens up or not. Sure, but is it possible to posit that, or to at least discuss, some nuance of at least some variance of some sort: A. Demand is going to be decreased, and a bunc
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by generalpass 6y ago
This sentence is false. "This sentence" = "This sentence is false." [This sentence is false] is false. "This sentence" = "This sentence is false is false." [This sentence is false is false] is false.
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by generalpass 6y ago
> Mentioning how the economy provides healthcare and food kind of undermines your point as those things were never shut down. This perfectly demonstrates my point.
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by generalpass 6y ago
These seem to be general discussions about the state of the economy. They still are not making an attempt to forecast how long the economy can minimally support civilization without reopening. I don't see a "what is worse" an
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by generalpass 6y ago
> Even in areas where they are opening up, people aren’t in any hurry to travel unnecessarily, be in crowds, go to restaurants, etc. Covid’s effect on the economy is going to devastating no matter what the official policy is. Interesting
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by generalpass 6y ago
Another story with tunnel vision. I don't pay attention to the NY Times, but have they had any opinion pieces suggesting that maybe the destruction of the economy is also a bad thing? And, maybe, someone besides a reporter or "hea
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by generalpass 6y ago
Whatever you do, don't follow the advice of posters here at HN. If even one of them has valid advice, it is coincidence.
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by generalpass 6y ago
First rule of HN: don't make posts about HN.
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by generalpass 6y ago
> Your lyin' eyes have a pretty small sample size, though. And not of a random sample. What I vaguely recall from stats is that even a small sample size that is really far off from the larger sample is statistically nearly impossibl
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by generalpass 6y ago
When my observation of the universe is in stark contrast to mathematically correct analyses, I go with my lyin' eyes.
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by generalpass 6y ago
Which Americans? All the ones I know IRL want them ended immediately, regardless of their political positions otherwise.
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by generalpass 6y ago
> What’s Causing the Death Toll? What about more bicyclists treating roads as an exercise machine? It may be uncomfortable to consider that perhaps going 5 mph up a hill that cars are going 35 mph on a narrow two-lane road is eventually
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by generalpass 6y ago
Deep down, I want to believe that someone, somewhere in the government apparatus is working feverishly to help the other apparatchiks to understand the Golden Goose's carotid arteries have been severed, and if something isn't done
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by generalpass 6y ago
> Running your own mail server is a sure fire way of making sure that your email don't get through to anyone. How is your experience so far with inboxing while using Mail In A Box?
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by generalpass 6y ago
> Two things: firstly, I did not know that was the etiquette and secondly, it is very easy to imagine something you disagree with is poorly reasoned. > When someone says something you agree with (say, we need testing) then you automat
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by generalpass 6y ago
Additionally, down-voting an already grey comment which is not simply a trolling comment (or one the user likely knows will get down-voted such as for excessive snark), and then not leaving a comment simply makes for a terrible community. I
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by generalpass 6y ago
> I downvoted your GP and I will tell you why: it wasn't the observations of the way that businesses are run. It was this: "there is a reason they are working entry-level positions". This is Just World Hypothesis or "

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