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by maest 7mo ago
Why do you need to go faster in a city center?
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by maest 7mo ago
This is "Our blessed homeland" type of mischaracterisation [1]. Their wanting to continue their state against and oversized enemy is irrational and religious fanaticism, our wanting to continue our state against an oversized for i
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by maest 7mo ago
I thought the key difference was that Brockman is top Trump donor, with USD 25M total [1]. I know it's technically not allowed, but do you think such a large amount of money would have swayed Trump in his decision? [1] - https:/&
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by maest 8mo ago
An important difference is that governments are elected, but private companies (in some cases monopolies) are not
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by maest 8mo ago
Your response is fair. I didn't present the argument fully - there is on last step which says "therefore, EU is somehow indebted to the US". That last step is, I think, less defensible. Also, even in the absence of the "
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by maest 8mo ago
Reminds me of the "US high healthcare costs are subsidising EU cheap healthcare". The rough argument was: pharma companies need big payoffs when they discover a new drug and, due to structural characteristics of the US market, tha
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by maest 8mo ago
Slightly off topic, but this strategy of blaming a crisis on some other cause is pervasive. It's especially useful when you are the reason for the crisis. For example, consider climate change. Climate change causes draughts, which caus
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by maest 8mo ago
I agree, but as a nit, the industry uses "earth mined" instead of "natural", presumably because it's more precise (and maybe less normative?)
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by maest 8mo ago
POSIWID = the Purpose Of the System Is What It Does.
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by maest 8mo ago
The GP is using a snowclone of the original: "It couldn't have happened to a nicer guy". For example, if your boss is very rude and disparaging, but then he gets fired, you would say, sarcastically, "It couldn't hav
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by maest 8mo ago
This kind of vitriolic discourse has no place here and I hope, for our sake, you get banned or, at least, mass flagged.
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by maest 8mo ago
The whole master/main thing is a dinstinctly American culture war issue which, unfortunately, infected the rest of the world.
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by maest 8mo ago
Unfortunately, people naively assume all markets behave like this, even when the market, in reality, is not set up for full competition (due to monopolies, monopsonies, informational asymmetry, etc).
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by maest 8mo ago
I don't know about you, but manually trawling trip advisor and comparing hotel pricing and quality doesn't constitute "living life" for me.
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by maest 8mo ago
I meant that as more of a long term solution. Even if your domestic bank supports overseas payments, they most likely screw you on the fx rates, so just get a specialised card like Wise or Revolut. It's free, their tech is great and th
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by maest 8mo ago
Just use wise or revolut.
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by maest 8mo ago
Before posting such a daring response, I suggest you use your favourite search engine and read up on the following topics: Red Queen Race, Jevons Paradox, Induced Demand, Technology Treadmill.
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by maest 8mo ago
Coming from outside the US, I was shocked to see how many drivers were on their phones _while the car is in motion_, scrolling Instagram or similar.
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by maest 9mo ago
Tunic's true ending is unfairly difficult to find. Fun, and obviously attainable, but unfair.
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by maest 9mo ago
A KGB spy and a CIA agent meet up in a bar for a friendly drink. "I have to admit, I'm always so impressed by Soviet propaganda. You really know how to get people worked up," the CIA agent says. "Thank you," the KGB
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by maest 9mo ago
> 403 ERROR > The request could not be satisfied. Request blocked. We can't connect to the server for this app or website at this time. There might be too much traffic or a configuration error. Try again later, or contact the app
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by maest 9mo ago
Do _you_ do that?
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by maest 9mo ago
Burried halfway through the article. > Prism is a free workspace for scientific writing and collaboration
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by maest 9mo ago
I would instantly lose my job if I did that.
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by maest 9mo ago
"Come right in, the water is fine" said the frog in the pot.
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by maest 9mo ago
> andsoitis HN really isn't the place for this. Do you mind stopping posting this stuff here? Posting here accomplishes nothing other than pollute things for us.
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by maest 9mo ago
Many people wonder this to the point where "Fridman is a hack and an industry plant" has become a meme.
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by maest 9mo ago
This is not an issue in Europe, due to effective regulation.
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by maest 9mo ago
Even ignoring the cut taken by the credit card issuer, why do I have to go through some random card to get a 2% discount, when prices could just be 2% lower across the board by default?
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by maest 9mo ago
How come this is not a problem in Europe? Credit cards make same promises there, but usage is greatly diminished.

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