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by maerF0x0 1mo ago
can you describe what wasn't working very well about them?
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by maerF0x0 1mo ago
The current P/E ratio in the S&P 500 is about 30, which is historically quite high. Another way to read that is this -- Currently if you can create $1 of recurring profit and turn the flow into a stock, you will get compensated abo
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by maerF0x0 1mo ago
in an ideal society labor's share would be near 0 because nearly 0 labor would be done. (eg machines do almost all the work ever done) While many (in America, at least) have been focused on keeping and giving jobs, ultimately what we m
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Ask HN: What Happened to Removepaywalls.com?
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by maerF0x0 1mo ago
catastrophic failure, like objects falling through and fraying that makes repair silly for a $3 bag
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by maerF0x0 1mo ago
Also there's a honda that revs to 20k RPM - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FOGOUkxcTQ
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by maerF0x0 1mo ago
Based on my own usage patterns i'd get really roughly that number before they fell apart. The trader joes "burlap" style bag I like would get me about 1 trip a week for about 3 years. It is, notably, plastic lined though.
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by maerF0x0 2mo ago
exactly. A corporation is as much a person as it has the genes that make a human.
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by maerF0x0 2mo ago
A corporation is a liability and pseudonym shield. A corporation having contribution rights multiplies the otherwise imposed contribution limits on the underlying humans. A corporation allows tax planning opportunities not afforded to the b
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by maerF0x0 2mo ago
I disagree on this. It's not the wealth that is the issue, it's the corruption that allows wealth to be converted into power. Citizens united is so backwards that it actually encodes the corruption as a right.
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by maerF0x0 2mo ago
Github definitely extended git to a far less technical audience than basic git came from. Emailing patches or connecting to others' remote hosts to pull changes was too much complexity for many customers. Pull requests, CI platform,
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by maerF0x0 2mo ago
1. America needs to repeal citizens united, it's the source of many angles of corruption 2. I think it will happen much sooner than 2245 given how easily capital and the rich are able to move around the globe in 2026 (compared to 1945)
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by maerF0x0 2mo ago
> manager's manager's manager These executives think shifting peas around the plate is paramount to eating them. That's what toddlers do when they want to try and make mommy think they've done a good thing. No one wan
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by maerF0x0 2mo ago
https://andonlabs.com/blog/andon-market-launch
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by maerF0x0 2mo ago
Creative Nomad Jukebox Zen kept me alive through a mindless summer job
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by maerF0x0 2mo ago
It's a mess, much like tip culture[1], because it just real equalized like this: 1. Merchant sells for price X 2. Credit card is invented 3. Merchant has to sell for price > X (say, 1.02 X) to cover some buyers using CC 4. Credit c
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by maerF0x0 2mo ago
fwiw there is still a fee involved, usually just much lower so the merchant eats it
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by maerF0x0 2mo ago
> They know the best-reviewed, least-returned, best-priced model That's assuming two things -- user desires and valuation models are identical (they're not, even within a single product view) and that the state of products is s
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by maerF0x0 2mo ago
> In the story above, everyone is failing: IMO The author fails to list the hypothetical person with 13 PRs to review is also failing. > * The engineer who refuses to change with the times IMO many of the old ways of software engineer
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by maerF0x0 2mo ago
Plus on top of that 1st and 2nd order can be correct, but then the price is too high, meaning people lose money even if correct about the future, but over pay for it.
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by maerF0x0 2mo ago
Time to tax the generation that filled them for the costs of their choices. Unpriced externalities is a failure mode of unregulated market choices.
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by maerF0x0 2mo ago
Halo effect - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halo_effect
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by maerF0x0 2mo ago
The problem with pretty privilege is it's quite female centric. (It's not that normative to call a man pretty and intend it as a compliment) It ignores that it also applies to men who are attractive, tall, have strong (as in prono
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by maerF0x0 2mo ago
Skinny fuck! (This is me say good job, and congrats on your new found health :) )
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by maerF0x0 2mo ago
There's 2 sides to this: 1. Halo effect - people treat you better cause you're hot. 2. Confidence effect - you do things you wouldnt have because you now have energy, confidence, and freed up mental capacity from lower food noise.
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by maerF0x0 2mo ago
and the nutrition per lb has fallen. Farm slop
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by maerF0x0 2mo ago
also: David Graeber's book Bullshit Jobs: A Theory was first published on May 14, 2018
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by maerF0x0 2mo ago
And yet so much stick built instead of manufactured, for example. And I agree that the standards have been rising such as better R-values, car charging, AC, cat5 etc.
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by maerF0x0 2mo ago
It's my hypothesis that boomers passing away + GLPs largely ending obesity will result in a sharp drop in total healthcare spending in the next decade or two My main caveat / counter point is that preventative care may actually in
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by maerF0x0 2mo ago
I've seen on youtube how people said a major reason housing is a big employer and housing has not fallen in price is due to their industry's attitude and resistance to introducing technological advancements. in fairness also regul

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