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by lukas099 3y ago
> the percentage of people who must be content to live in small boxes and be content with low-quality food has increased. Doubt it. Regular folks have access to foods like tropical fruits that would have been a complete luxury back then,
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by lukas099 3y ago
> It is true that the percentage of people who are so poor that they fear not having food enough to survive and not having where to sleep has decreased, but the percentage of people who must be content to live in small boxes and be conte
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by lukas099 3y ago
Advertising aside, finance definitely isn't zero-sum.
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> Most people are fixing other peoples bugs rather than building anything innovative. And you need the former to support the latter. That's one of the points of the article.
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by lukas099 3y ago
> The global population is projected to go down to 6 billion by the end of the century Source? I thought it was expected to stabilize around 10B or so
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by lukas099 3y ago
It might be signalling status, but I don't think it's fair to assume that was the motive of its author.
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by lukas099 3y ago
Damn, that wasn't right of them to scream you down. It sounds like an interesting argument.
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by lukas099 3y ago
Yeah, from my understanding ADHD is something you have from the moment you're born to the moment you die.
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by lukas099 3y ago
I guess they'd measure injury rates of new recruits.
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by lukas099 3y ago
Was Silicon Valley not financialized before? What changed exactly?
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by lukas099 3y ago
Is it even possible for an institution to build trust in the current environment? If not, doesn't it make sense for companies not to prioritize it?
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by lukas099 3y ago
If someone wanted to take a diversified, low-cost position in office reits, what would one buy?
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by lukas099 3y ago
I like the idea of the solar system getting eminent domained for a scifi
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by lukas099 3y ago
Might make nice pathway edging for lighting the way at nighttime.
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by lukas099 3y ago
Slightly worried about moths which are extremely important. However these probably have nowhere near the effect of the insane amount of artificial light we pump into the night sky
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by lukas099 3y ago
Those plants probably had nowhere near the R&D costs of the glowing petunias
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by lukas099 3y ago
So people realizing that the project isn’t worth the cost is one of the mechanisms by which it can get canceled.
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by lukas099 3y ago
There is a market failure though. Big apps bought enough competition to reach a critical mass where startups can't overcome the network effect. Side advice: never use the words "free market" in an argument, you get dismissed
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How so? Don't they derive authority from being an unbroken line back to Christ or at least St. Peter?
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by lukas099 3y ago
True.
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by lukas099 3y ago
Yeah I work from 6am-5pm. I do other productive things during the breaks, though.
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by lukas099 3y ago
That works for you and that is great. Other things work for other people.
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by lukas099 3y ago
"Sorry, you failed to walk out on us. We don't think you're right for the team."
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by lukas099 3y ago
Number of millions matters when donating to your favorite charity or political lobby, too.
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by lukas099 3y ago
It sounds good to me. I'm sure some would hate it.
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by lukas099 3y ago
Work 2hr, break 1hr. Repeat as needed. That's what works for me personally. I suspect everyone has a different rhythm, or lack thereof.
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by lukas099 3y ago
They generate little value per acre. More acres = more infrastructure cost. Look at the graph in this example @2:59: https://youtu.be/7Nw6qyyrTeI?si=BVi7PNEizNnQ7FKh&t=179
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by lukas099 3y ago
> Those who argue that the United States’ opponents won the war cite the United States’ overall objectives and outcomes. The United States entered Vietnam with the principal purpose of preventing a communist takeover of the region. In th
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by lukas099 3y ago
Conversely I think NATO and being the "world's policeman" was more popular in the US after WWII when we realized we could be pulled into European conflicts. After decades of relative peace a lot of people are wondering why we
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by lukas099 3y ago
They go hand in hand. The materiel and personnel cost make the project less popular as time passes, and the shrinking political will makes obtaining those less viable.

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