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by luddaite 8y ago
Why isn't Facebook competing more actively in this market? It seems that the data they have access to is better suited for this scenario.
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by luddaite 8y ago
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by luddaite 8y ago
If you think of city/town governments as legal cartels then can't you think of the approach in SB 827 as an action by the government to regulate what the cartels can/can't do? The analogy probably falls apart if you push
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by luddaite 8y ago
No, it wasn't that one. I linked the one I listened to under the parent to this post. The person that compares homeowners to a cartel was Paavo Monkkone. He is a professor of public policy and urban planning at UCLA.
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by luddaite 8y ago
I think it was this one: https://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?stor...
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by luddaite 8y ago
I recently heard homeowners referred to as a cartel on a podcast. It was definitely thought provoking. Is there any way to create a home ownership system where existing homeowners are discouraged from making it harder for other people to ge
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by luddaite 8y ago
This reminds of an article I read many years ago about the Facebook's and Google's approaches to organizing information. The article argued that Facebook seeks to organize data in the context of human relationships. I wonder if th
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by luddaite 8y ago
Honest question: Is raw intelligence or wisdom more important for success in biotech? It seems to me that raw intelligence is useful when studying systems that are either designed rationally or can be understood easily from a mathematics pe
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by luddaite 8y ago
I think the point here is that the need for such a currency is not absolute and may be outweighed by the cost of such a large energy consumption rate.
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by luddaite 8y ago
Additionally the testes derive their blood supply from the testicular arteries that branch off the aorta all the way up in the abdomen. I would imagine that 'hooking them up' would be a much more complicated surgery since the vess
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by luddaite 9y ago
I agree. It seems to be an oversimplification to say that, given the choice, women choose non-STEM jobs. There is centuries of inertia behind the expectations of males and females with regards to career choices. Over time, it is likely that
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by luddaite 9y ago
Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't Amazon use more packaging materials than brick and mortar stores? They have to box up the items which would otherwise be in their own boxes. Also the brick and mortars would probably do a bette
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by luddaite 9y ago
Most 'common colds' are viral and not treatable with antibiotics. Circumventing the physician and using antibiotics contributes to the growing antibiotic-resistance crisis.