houseinthesky

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by houseinthesky 3y ago
I believe the insider-trading thing pretty small in real world impact. Paid speeches, book deals, consulting payments and jobs for family members or after holding office are the more significant items. We have a funny system where paying a
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by houseinthesky 3y ago
I wonder how slightly different wording of that question, or prompting with examples would alter the numbers. 23% is higher than I'd expect for the question as it was worded, and yet I wouldn't be surprised to see a 50% number if
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by houseinthesky 3y ago
1) The beef industry has monopolistic, anti-competitive cartel behavior similar to the chicken industry. https://www.reuters.com/business/how-four-big-companies-cont... 2) Raising cattle has drastically higher emission
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by houseinthesky 3y ago
This argument comes up on HN frequently but doesn't seem particularly compelling to me. We have laws and regulations around things like noise, parking, etc which apply equally to homeowners, long term renters, short term renters, guest
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by houseinthesky 3y ago
That's actually why the amateur requirement was dropped. The Soviet Union and other government-controlled-economy nations were sending essentially professional athletes to the Olympics while free-economy nations were sending amateurs.
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by houseinthesky 3y ago
I think the unstated part of the parent comment is that the zoom meetings aren't being scheduled in one block of time like in person meetings would be, but spread out over multiple days. For some people, it's easier to take 1 day
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by houseinthesky 3y ago
> you don't see many conservatives boycotting national brands over young boys at hooters or child beauty pageants featuring little girls You must have one heck of a filter bubble of what you're seeing in the world if you'r
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by houseinthesky 3y ago
Alternative perspective - believable AI-generated nudes completely eliminate the risk of "revenge porn" or embarrassment from leaked photos. If someone can say "Hey Siri, generate a picture of Alice and Bob fornicating"
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by houseinthesky 3y ago
Electronic Frontier Foundation I used to have a larger list, but it seems like every non-profit that reaches a certain size or age starts to drift, until one day you see their current projects or grants and realize a lot of your dollars are
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by houseinthesky 4y ago
> Whatever the reason might be, rationally it's time to at least ask "can it ever make an impact"? The reason is because it's been denied a chance by government regulation, due to a mixture of fossil fuel lobbyists an
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by houseinthesky 4y ago
Generally no. That's misinformation that's frustratingly persistent. Here is a direct, reliable source of truth straight from the official government website in case my comment gets buried by downvotes: https://www.heal
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by houseinthesky 4y ago
It sounds like you're in favor of the types of laws that led to Spain having unemployment rates between 30-50% for young people. If you make it so that hiring someone is entering into a lifelong marriage of responsibility to keep payin
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by houseinthesky 4y ago
> until we have robots which can fully replace many/most jobs people do Most people's jobs aren't necessary for a functioning society. If you look at say, agriculture, transportation, energy, sanitation, infrastructure, et
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by houseinthesky 4y ago
> If you struggle talking to people Like I have, have a few drinks. That's been my experience anyway. This is a lot of people's experience... and a whole lot of us really, really, really regret it years later. Alcohol is an inc
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by houseinthesky 4y ago
> When people say bailout, they refer to tax dollars going to bailing out an entity. One thing I've learned over the years is that lots of people use words wrong, especially regarding financial topics. After seeing the ridiculousnes
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by houseinthesky 4y ago
One thing the article didn't address that would be interesting to see would be the impact of the childhood obesity epidemic. In the greatest generation, silent generation, boomers and gen X, the rates of obesity in teens and 20-somethi
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by houseinthesky 4y ago
I completely understand the point you're arguing, I'm trying to articulate the problems inherent in the system and a way forward. Nobody would starve, they'd just switch to healthier foods. This would be a good thing. America
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by houseinthesky 4y ago
It's passive voice, not particularly weird. The scientist is specifically trying to avoid the trap of a "gotcha question" while answering accurately that the most likely outcome of lots of people consuming a carcinogen is tha
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by houseinthesky 4y ago
I don't think "feeding poor people food that gives them diseases and harms their quality of life" is success. The US could feed people cheaply without using harmful additives. Instead of a $1 McBurger made possible through su
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by houseinthesky 4y ago
I think Tesla shorts was just him having a laugh at the investors shorting Tesla and showing confidence in the company. It increased media coverage of, and popular discussion about, the number of Tesla shares sold short. It wasn't abou