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by jayalpha 8y ago
I am very skeptical about the Brexit but on the other hand nobody knows the future. But the best description I have read about the Brexit: If you are imaginary enslaved [by the EU] then your freedom can also only be imaginary and will likel
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by jayalpha 8y ago
No, it isn't. While I have a lot of sympathies for common low (e.g. jury etc.), it is very inefficient. Codified law is much more efficient. Do you know why finance contracts in baking, M&A etc. in common low are so extraordinary c
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by jayalpha 8y ago
As much as I love animals. Do you really want me to take Peta for a credible source?
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by jayalpha 8y ago
Lot of new stuff coming up. Also see: https://harvey-os.org/ https://www.redox-os.org/
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by jayalpha 8y ago
Based on your link: "Gluten intolerance is uncommon (fewer than one in a hundred people) but very important for those who have celiac disease.” This statement is vague. First, it may be _much_ more common than 1 in 100 in white people
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by jayalpha 8y ago
If some plants, besides drugs, may have the potential to be addictive then I don't think it is absurd to think that some plants don't want to be eaten and produce substances that are not necessarily good for you. "The healthi
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by jayalpha 8y ago
I just bought this book. They guy has a very different approach to health and vegetables. https://www.amazon.com/Plant-Paradox-Dangers-Healthy-Disease... I am not saying that I am buying his ideas yet, but I find his ideas
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by jayalpha 8y ago
"Yikes, when did HN become so full of haters?" Well, it will likely fail. But it is great to finance such "blue sky" projects. Only in the US. "Focussing on gas is the complete wrong way of looking at this. Humans a
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by jayalpha 8y ago
Wow. I posted a quote from Time Magazine and the quote was flagged within seconds.
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by jayalpha 8y ago
They don't have a lot of income. Their companies have. The companies can be hold, to some degree, in offshore jurisdictions, by trust funds or low tax countries (Liechtentein, Andorra, Isle of man etc.). Many countries have some kind
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by jayalpha 8y ago
"Companies that produce physical goods in specific geographic locations and sell them in other specific geographic locations cannot play tax games the way tech companies " Apple can produce an iPhone in China, sell it to Apple HK
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by jayalpha 8y ago
Well, it was heavily regulated but compared to other cultures, free market.
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"Some people’s brains and ears are better at all of this than others. Those people can hear things other people can’t." Well, a lot of this Audiophile stuff is voodoo but if it makes them happy, who cares. But I am skeptical about
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by jayalpha 8y ago
"So Friedman's argument is actually the opposite, "let's reduce welfare so we can afford to have more immigrants here!"" No, this is YOUR interpretation of this statement. First, the statement is neutral. Know
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by jayalpha 8y ago
"Secondly, the example you give is typical of news coverage about terrorism. Flooding the news with stories about the attack and the perpetrator, with which you can gain exactly useful information since it's essentially an anecdot
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by jayalpha 8y ago
"I think the Austrians have a fair point that overexpansion of credit during booms is a key cause of recessions." No, this is actually their greatest weakness. Mises biggest joke is: “Credit expansion can bring about a temporary b
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by jayalpha 8y ago
"Like many libertarian leaning people I used to be a fan of "Austrian" type economics. ...I now think that Keynes was at least largely correct in the essentials." Welcome in the club. Mises is great. Everything sounds ve
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by jayalpha 8y ago
I would take this news with caution and let's see how long this boom lasts. This being said, I don't live in Europe but I speak Portuguese. I plan to buy an apartment in Europe. Lisbon was always a serious consideration. But price
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by jayalpha 8y ago
"I'm curious, now, where did 'jayalpha even find this nasty piece of writing?" I looked for another one from Spiegel. "X Million Turkish people are already here, X Million more want to come" but could not find
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by jayalpha 8y ago
"Are journalists only allowed to write positively about immigrants and refugees or any other group that is considered "underprivileged", while hiding anything remotely negative?" If you work for "Der Spiegel",
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by jayalpha 8y ago
"Der Spiegel's purportedly high-performing fact-checking operation." I am not trolling. But seriously, I doubt that the Spiegel has any "fact checking" that deserves the name. On the other hand, I am pretty sure tha
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by jayalpha 8y ago
"GM foods are arguably no more dangerous than any massively engineered foods " This may be your opinion. While GM foods are not per see dangerous, the long tail risk is tremendous, exactly because you can not tell what a gene is g
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by jayalpha 8y ago
"No single point just does a single thing." Exactly this! And this is why GM foods are more dangerous than you might expect. Even if gene x does only x in organism A, there is no guarantee that gene x does only one thing or the sa
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New Micronation(letsbuyanisland.com)
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by jayalpha 8y ago
"That's obviously how science works: just counting how many studies there is on each side, without paying attention to the publication or the methodology (preferably without even reading the abstract), and the truth is the one wit
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by jayalpha 8y ago
ONE Study? I am sure I can google you a dozen other studies that show that moderate alcohol consumption, red wine consumption oder resveratrol consumption (must be the resveratrol, can't be the alcohol) is healthy. And had you actually
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by jayalpha 8y ago
Others would disagree: The Truth We Won’t Admit: Drinking Is Healthy https://psmag.com/social-justice/truth-wont-admit-drinking-h... (Before you downvote, google the author Stanton Peele)
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by jayalpha 8y ago
I am not sure I fully understand your question. 1. You need a backup solution of your data. Online/offline, preferably both 2. If you really want to stay with windows and problems occur: a) keep the OS on a separate partition and just
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by jayalpha 8y ago
1. the Trade balance is bullocks (how do Apple iphones appear in it?) The term dark matter was coined in 2006 by some Harvard economists https://www.dbs.com/aics/pdfController.page?pdfpath=/content... 2. I think
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by jayalpha 8y ago
While I agree that there is too little money in Fusion research, I would recommend building Thorium reactors. Thorium reactors could be in a production setting, if financed, in less then 5 years.

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