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by jleyank 1y ago
What might happen if the air traffic system collapses right before/during the American Thanksgiving holiday. They're working short-staffed and without pay, but I doubt the family/personal debts are suspended. Or, maybe it&#x
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by jleyank 1y ago
No, it's native religious, conservative and/or anti-vax (or all three). While immigrants might have brought the virus, it thrives in areas where "modern medicine" is frowned upon.
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by jleyank 1y ago
Politician says stupid thing…. Isn’t this part of their job description? That, and being (blissfully?) unaware of things like history, science, medicine, engineering, …? Perhaps pundits as well as politicians?
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by jleyank 1y ago
Why does it have to be a red county. Let the really rich bastards and tech bros pay for them. There’s a whole lot of people in the cities that need the help. No need to go far to find hungry people.
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by jleyank 1y ago
Unfortunately, (non)functioning of public support programs is inherently political. All you can do outside of politics is look to those with extra to give to those in need. Churches, restaurants, people, …. Times like this require people
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by jleyank 1y ago
I think Japan has seen them go down in their deflationary period the last few decades. People holding their money waiting for the drop. Rather bad news for the economy and for anybody not holding cash. The system, as previous commenters
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by jleyank 1y ago
Canada got rid of the penny in 2013 and things continued as before. Exact prices when charging and rounded change when paying with cash. Which less and less people and vendors are using…. Several countries have considered going cashless, g
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by jleyank 1y ago
Hell, they’re divesting from new drugs as well as new vaccines. Or vaccines of any kind. I read that people are resisting vitamin k shots for newborns to help with blood clotting. I guess this will continue until too many people “regret t
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by jleyank 1y ago
I’m not sure they can have both the affordable housing people want and the work in the office businesses want. Can’t see businesses moving away from the expensive areas they currently occupy, and they’re not letting workers do it. Throw i
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by jleyank 1y ago
Oooh, good idea! Throw in some manly man insignia and I think they’re set.
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by jleyank 1y ago
Err, I think cities call such forces “police forces”. Such forces are quite capable of handling or causing all sorts of mayhem (look up the 60’s and 70’s). I’m not sure a bunch of “weekend warriors” will be able to do much on their own, g
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by jleyank 1y ago
Hence my statement about hope…
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by jleyank 1y ago
Basic lack of consideration, or, no penalty being an asshole.
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by jleyank 1y ago
Too many people would rather risk suffering the disease than take the vaccine. These might be the same people criticizing pharma for alleviating symptoms rather than providing cures. mRNA is an interesting means of delivering molecules on
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by jleyank 1y ago
If people are being laid off and rehired at lower pay, isn't this "success" for most (larger?) companies?
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by jleyank 1y ago
Why use the shorter chemical names when you can use the IUPAC name: N-(4-hydroxyphenyl)acetamide. If you’re talking about a chemical rather than a product, there’s established nomenclature rules. Or, if you’re a computer type, use the SMI
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by jleyank 1y ago
What about the centrist and right-wing folks who also keep lying to us? And how about all the AI generated verbiage? The S/N ratio in life seems pretty low.
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by jleyank 1y ago
Actually, I would think there’s a shedload of money in an honest cure, given the totals thrown at treatments that do no good. Price times the number of old folks can be quite large.
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by jleyank 1y ago
Salaries were probably equal to or better. Far, far less stuff to spend money on. Houses were (way) smaller and less featureful. Kids were self-amusing and out of the house in packs all day.
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by jleyank 1y ago
K&R C did and might still have that status…. Or, perhaps, the collected works of the Bell Lab authors?
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by jleyank 1y ago
Wonder whether the loss of jobs to “computerization” will balance out the loss of population. Worrisome for a consumer based economy. There’s plenty of money out there but its distribution isn’t optimal. Given that people won’t willingly
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by jleyank 1y ago
They control all the levers of government. They can change the senate rules and pass the thing or, y’know, compromise a little bit to get the needed votes. Given that they might want congress or the budget to remain inactive, it probably do
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by jleyank 1y ago
Premier of Ontario. The Governor General and Lieutenant Governors in Canada are the King's representatives, their non-executive heads of state/provinces.
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by jleyank 1y ago
Sh*t that goes down that will probably limit your hiring ability and restrict where your "goods and services" will be received is pertinent to the HN community.
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by jleyank 1y ago
The tl;dr... Probably the best playoff game in history, possibly one of the best games in history by anybody not named Ruth: 6 shutout innings, 3 home runs and the win. Hell, Ruth might not have done this.
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by jleyank 1y ago
If he can cause payments to occur with his Sharpie, why should he care what's shutdown - he can accomplish what he wants without the hassle of listening to Congress. So it might be up to Congress to reassert its control of the money o
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by jleyank 1y ago
How much of this was from WFH, which enabled people to take their California job somewhere else. As that's being dialled back whenever possible, this curve might be rather different in a year or two. Unless the VC funding is starting
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by jleyank 1y ago
I guess that egg's a bear to scrape off, particularly if it gets into the hairs and bristles. The cocoon of these techbros must be pretty thick, or they pay for their money with sense?
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by jleyank 1y ago
He could save power by just using dice and decision tables. There's a long history of civilian and military wargaming that's random but designed vs. real-world situations. Statistical token generation, however, doesn't stri
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by jleyank 1y ago
How can statistically generated tokens help in basic research to find things outside the training set? This is where things are “inefficient” as it’s driven by extrapolated knowledge and often requires money to proceed. Sometimes in quant

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