klaudius

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by klaudius 6y ago
If you want a one-time fix, there's a case of an old guy who fell into coal fire and regrew his hair :) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1351889/
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by klaudius 6y ago
Balding is not vanity. It is a marker for serious health problems. Balding men are several times more likely to develop cardiovascular disease, for example.
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by klaudius 6y ago
https://philip.greenspun.com/bg/
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by klaudius 6y ago
Because it compiles a lot of scientific research and experiments to prove your original point that most males are unattractive and that looks are the main attribute women care about.
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by klaudius 6y ago
Yes. I suggest you read the blog post https://sirtyrionlannister.wordpress.com/2014/03/21/how-the-... . There are other posts there dealing with the importance of male looks in dating.
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by klaudius 6y ago
This is very misleading. US government heavily taxes people and organizations and spends on certain projects. But if people had more resources left to themselves, they could spend some of it on the same projects US gov spends it on. On top
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by klaudius 6y ago
Great comment. Speciesism is just another form of bigotry similar to racism. Bigots try to justify this by pointing out some differences between humans and other species, but differences exist within human species and they are not the basis
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by klaudius 6y ago
Remember Quaero* ? * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quaero
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by klaudius 6y ago
You might like: https://www.bradford-delong.com/2013/05/brad-delong-1997-the... . It shows that corporations themselves are engaged in a planned economy. It's not just American thing, but it's the way th
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by klaudius 6y ago
Price of something in a competitive environment is equal to cost of it's production. What is the cost of production of services? It's the cost of living of a person performing those services. Price has nothing to do with a vague c
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by klaudius 6y ago
Question about E-2 visa (investor visa)... If I create a US company from abroad and start making money, can that revenue in US bank account be counted as investment? Or should I transfer the money back home and then reinvest in US business?
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by klaudius 6y ago
Also... "Masks Don't Work: A review of science relevant to COVID-19 social policy" https://www.researchgate.net/publication/340570735_Masks_Don...
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by klaudius 7y ago
Here's what I don't understand... If viruses and bacteria are all over your body and do some useful things, how can some be bad? What separates 'bad' virus from a good virus?
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by klaudius 7y ago
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by klaudius 7y ago
Yes, companies pay taxes. Company owners also pay taxes on dividends, capital gains or distributions. Most taxes are paid by minority of relatively well off people. My point is that SEMATECH shows you can have a voluntary consortium where d
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by klaudius 7y ago
Pharma companies are profiting off of your tax dollars No. Pharma companies are paying taxes collectively which are then used to fund basic research they can all benefit from. Another way to do it would be to form a consortium like
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by klaudius 7y ago
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/when-young-...
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by klaudius 7y ago
https://papayaglobal.com/ is another one
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by klaudius 7y ago
Could this speed up the shift to remote work? Why even bring people to the US when you can employ them where they live?
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by klaudius 7y ago
It’s the handful of people who control 90% of all wealth. In reality you have a power law distribution where ~20% have 80-90% of the wealth.
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by klaudius 7y ago
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by klaudius 7y ago
People have been saying robots will take all the jobs and kill everyone for centuries: https://timeline.com/robots-have-been-about-to-take-all-the-...
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by klaudius 7y ago
Imagine if the mafia went around to collect protection money from business owners and then spent tiny percentage of that money funding various projects, many of which went nowhere and there are some projects that benefit their victims. This
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by klaudius 7y ago
Just like the word 'regime' is used for governments you don't like.
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by klaudius 7y ago
"If Bill Gates had been born and raised in Ruanda, you wouldn't know his name today." You are unfairly using an extreme example. It would be like saying that someone wouldn't be 6'5" if they had been bo
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by klaudius 7y ago
Twitter is a free product that has global network effects and they deliver a digital good which has near zero marginal costs. Uber, on the other hand, delivers physical services to consumers that cost money and they do not have economies of
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by klaudius 7y ago
Good point. Have you read Hubert Horan's articles on Uber (especially those on nakedcapitalism.com)? Retailers can use economies of scale to lower prices and increase variety of products. There are no economies of scale in Uber the way
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by klaudius 7y ago
No. Relevant article by an expert: https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2019/04/hubert-horan-can-uber-ever-deliver-part-nineteen-ubers-ipo-prospectus-overstates-its-2018-profit-improvement-by-5-billion.html
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by klaudius 7y ago
Yes, that's how AliPay and WechatPay work in China and they have no significant fees. There are direct debit schemes that are widely used.
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by klaudius 8y ago
Why not just look at people who don't work but receive income - young people, retirees, wealthy people etc. to see what behavior under UBI looks like?

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