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by hcurtiss 6y ago
Odd to me that your question -- a genuine question -- would be downvoted.
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by hcurtiss 6y ago
I agree completely. Have you found any good resources for acquiring books in pdf?
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by hcurtiss 6y ago
I suppose companies like Epoch are alternative payment processors, but in the wake of this decision by Visa and MasterCard, my understanding is that you cannot use cards with those logos with any payment processor. Is that incorrect?
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by hcurtiss 6y ago
I'm not so pessimistic. I think we can say pretty confidently that Ehrlich was wrong. As was Malthus. Human ingenuity counts for something. And I don't understand how an economy works on anything other than a "productivit
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by hcurtiss 6y ago
Wow. I had no idea this existed. In my case, over 600 apps and services that I had no idea were connecting to Facebook. Is there no way to turn this off?
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by hcurtiss 6y ago
If a country's GDP falls consistently over time it invariably leads to a very bad time. I don't have a a problem with using government levers to internalize externalities, but if that were to actually cause GDP decline, the whole
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by hcurtiss 6y ago
But that's because the pandemic actually emptied out most hospitals. ICUs are not built for Easter Sunday. Here's an article with pre-pandemic numbers: "Although average ICU occupancy was only 68% in 2005, some hospitals
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by hcurtiss 6y ago
There are at least two of us!
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by hcurtiss 6y ago
I think he’s saying it still sucks.
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by hcurtiss 6y ago
That's not what my family in California tells me. Their bills are exorbitant for a more modest lifestyle, and this is in contrast to Oregon.
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by hcurtiss 6y ago
As a guy who's staffed permitting efforts for major linear corridors, I'm here to tell you that building out that kind of transmission infrastructure is a pipe dream. At least in the western US, the NIMBYs and enviros are too pow
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by hcurtiss 6y ago
That threshold has become more realistic as vaccines have taken much less time than usual, but it’s a decent suggestion, and in my view is precisely the kind of conversation decision makers should be having publicly. There are tradeoffs to
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by hcurtiss 6y ago
Thank you for the Denon recommend. That’s an excellent alternative. I wonder why they didn’t elect to also include chromecast.
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by hcurtiss 6y ago
I think there would be more compliance if we could have an adult conversation about the conditions under which masks will no longer be required. Given endemic seasonal viruses that already kill people in waves all year every year, one coul
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by hcurtiss 6y ago
Any recommendations for an aesthetic single speaker with high quality audio that takes Airplay, Chromecast, and bluetooth? You know, without having to jailbreak a HomePod? Stunned it has to be this difficult.
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by hcurtiss 6y ago
True, but the thing they offer doesn't require thousands of humans to administer either. Renting a building downtown and staffing it with a couple sales people is very different than the army of humans curating apps and developing the
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by hcurtiss 6y ago
Exactly. In many other markets, the retailer takes a full half of the sales prices. For instance, my parents are professional sculptors, and standard gallery commissions are 40-50%.
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by hcurtiss 6y ago
There’s not enough money. Millions doesn’t go very far in this arena.
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by hcurtiss 6y ago
I wonder why they didn't use an insecticide on the nest. The exterminator I hired used a powder on the entry to our attic and the Yellowjackets carried it into the nest and it wiped out the whole thing brilliantly (and we sealed the h
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by hcurtiss 6y ago
Just as soon as China does.
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by hcurtiss 6y ago
Yeah, but some countries actually torture prisoners routinely. See the parent article. This idea that the US hasn’t routinely taken the high road is ridiculous. Just wait until China is the superpower. You’ll long for the bad ol’USA.
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by hcurtiss 6y ago
He indicated in the debate that was all before his candidacy. Is there reason to believe that’s not true?
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by hcurtiss 6y ago
Certainly nothing like this, and our practices in war have always stood out as more humane than the other side. People sometimes point to Afghanistan, but I don’t remember out guys beheading anyone.
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by hcurtiss 6y ago
There’s a lot to not like about Trump, but he’s literally the only one in 50 years who’s been willing to play for keeps on Chinese tariffs. And he’s been raked over the coals for it.
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by hcurtiss 6y ago
The CCP gave Trump $17 million? That’s a new one.
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by hcurtiss 6y ago
Agreed. Any more, I struggle to find a single publication that even tries to do both.
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by hcurtiss 6y ago
I think you admit it’s the injury, not the lie.
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by hcurtiss 6y ago
Just a note to thank you for your extraordinary contributions to this thread. You’re dead on the money. If I had more time on a Saturday, I would be writing many of the same things.
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by hcurtiss 6y ago
I struggle to define “propaganda,” but Mother Jones is decidedly far left.
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by hcurtiss 6y ago
I'm bummed the didn't release a smart display. We're an iPhone/iPad/Mac/Apple TV family, but the Nest Hub Max has become a really great part of our lives. When combined with the Nest Hello, we get video of th

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