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901.
by kmonsen 6y ago
I got my first touchbar enabled MacBook this month after holding out as long as I could and I find I accidentally hit it all the time when browsing the web.
902.
by kmonsen 6y ago
A few things: - He had no problems locking down cities after the severity became known. Is fairly Reasonable to think that in the beginning they thought it was something they could keep quiet and it would go away - people in China don’t rep
903.
by kmonsen 6y ago
It really depends on how many cases they have had, I think it is hard to trust any information coming from there with no verification.
904.
by kmonsen 6y ago
I think hundreds is a very low estimate. It seems not that it spread from China to Italy and France late last year and that seems unlikely but not impossible if only hundreds Chinese people had the virus.
905.
by kmonsen 6y ago
I do overall agree with you, but Norway has lower than usual number of deaths this year, so not sure what to do with that. I guess if you just compare the deaths to average you are still under reporting because of the stay at home orders it
906.
by kmonsen 7y ago
Also adds to it to see where the author have been wrong before. Doesn’t mean they are wrong this time, but a piece of data.
907.
by kmonsen 7y ago
That’s because evaluating talent is really hard, and this is the best proxy we have. The dirty truth is that promotion’s is usually even more arbitrary/political. I’ve seen extremely talented people be denied deserved promotions multip
908.
by kmonsen 7y ago
Never thought of this, but you are right. Usually it’s used when you didn’t know you were dodging the bullet at the time but more of a hindsight thing.
909.
by kmonsen 7y ago
Not with -pedantic enabled, that’s kind of the purpose.
910.
by kmonsen 7y ago
In a few months from now if this keeps going
911.
by kmonsen 7y ago
Just realize you can both be right. Everything you say is true, but parent is also. Confidence and the projection of ability to get the job done is important. Also when you are 40+ chances are you are going to be hired as a senior developer
912.
by kmonsen 7y ago
The problem is the public patience is running out and we have not really used the time well.
913.
by kmonsen 7y ago
You could make the exact same statement 6 months ago.
914.
by kmonsen 7y ago
It isn't just luck, far from it, but it is also luck. All the skill and determination in the world might not do you any good without some luck to come with it. Of curse getting that skill and determination in the first place is largely
915.
by kmonsen 7y ago
For me what makes the iPad such a hit is that it can’t be copied apparently. There are phones that are in some ways more successful than iPhone but for tablets there is more or less just the iPad.
916.
by kmonsen 7y ago
This is everywhere in life, luck is incredibly important. Everyone that is successful only see when they worked hard and were smart, not all the luck. Sure you need hard work and talent, but there are lies of people with that and no luck th
917.
by kmonsen 7y ago
I think they just never had a great product. Look at VR, even though the products are becoming really good, it is not hitting mainstream and this is even more niche. The startup cost is enormous, it is really hard to create good content and
918.
by kmonsen 7y ago
This is my problem with Keynesian economics. It is obviously correct, but it cannot be done in practise. Two issues: - How do we identify good times? EU would for sure said we have not had them since the last crisis. - How do we get humans
919.
by kmonsen 7y ago
When the stock get wiped out anyone holding the stock will loose their money. Those people are called investors and will loose anything they invested. They do not have a choice. They bought a stock for something, and now it is worth 0 and w
920.
by kmonsen 7y ago
I kind of agree with what you said, but not at this time. We need focus on value, but after the corona situation has passed. Right now we need to focus on not letting the whole system collapse. We don't need to merge two different ways
921.
by kmonsen 7y ago
I agree we need to follow South Korea. I said this is what we are hoping for, not meaning it is in any way a smart thing to do. I don’t think the economy can survive 1-2 months in full lockdown. There are just too many vulnerable living pay
922.
by kmonsen 7y ago
We really need band-aids now, like in 2008. The problem is not the band-aid now, the problem is that we did not rip it off in the good times but instead spent all the money in irresponsible tax cuts for people that didn't need them.
923.
by kmonsen 7y ago
The thing is, it will be a financial crisis at some point once people start loosing their jobs and can't afford to pay bills in addition to a medical disaster no-one can pay for.
924.
by kmonsen 7y ago
No, the world is much more interconnected than in the 30s. This can get a lot more ugly if it lasts multiple months. People were also a lot more used to rough conditions in the 30s and the general population is totally unprepared today. Thi
925.
by kmonsen 7y ago
Lets be clear, the economy will not survive anything like that for even one month. We are desperately hoping that after 2-3 weeks herd immunity, better medicine and first wave passing we can reopen.
926.
by kmonsen 7y ago
Yeah, electric cars are all about battery cost which is coming down rapidly due to economies of scale. Tesla was great in taking the initial cost and that together with $7500 tax rebate made them feasible in the beginner. It looks like they
927.
by kmonsen 7y ago
The 7.5k is available for anyone selling electric cars in the US, well except Tesla themselves at this point so right now they are actually fighting an uphill battle and still winning.
928.
by kmonsen 7y ago
All true, it is also to buy time to develop medicine. Every month we can push the worst cases into the future the more likely we have an efficient response.
929.
by kmonsen 7y ago
I love the skynest, thanks for the info! Here is a link explaining the concept: https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/air-new-zealand-economy-s... It’s a bit limited, i wish they just fill the plane with them.
930.
by kmonsen 7y ago
Note, I did also not say it was impossible but very unlikely. Perhaps that is too strong, but it what I was told.

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