magicroot75

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by magicroot75 6y ago
There's no reason for someone going to work at a major investment bank to be semi-informed.
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by magicroot75 6y ago
I always took Tyler Cowen to just mean "cynical/pessimist reading" when he talks about Straussian Reading.
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by magicroot75 6y ago
Imagine moving to Florida for the nice weather, and then complaining that it's hot and humid all the time.
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by magicroot75 6y ago
Reminds me of one of the 48 laws of power: Law 6. Court Attention at All Costs
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by magicroot75 6y ago
I'd be curious to see what the percentage of conversations were where at least one of the interlocutors didn't want to be in it for any duration.
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by magicroot75 6y ago
This question is flawed. It's like asking if attending cocktail parties has practically benefitted oneself. Or walks around the neighborhood. Or playing video games. The experience of life and information is more complex than a probabi
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by magicroot75 6y ago
>It costs money to produce, so it should also cost money to consume. This isn't how markets work. It costs money to consume because people aren't able to find a free substitute and the place some value in it. The cost of produ
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by magicroot75 6y ago
The school system is an efficient capitalistic means of educating our youth at scale. The author doesn't offer a valid alternative to this means. What does he plan to do with his time outside of school? Take up a trade? Start independe
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by magicroot75 6y ago
The restaurant model has not been around for 5000 years. It's a relatively recent phenomenon from the last 500 or so.
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by magicroot75 6y ago
Agreed. People can find just about anything they like with the amount of covid data available.
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by magicroot75 6y ago
She lived well from conception to a natural death.
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by magicroot75 6y ago
Location: Philadelphia, PA Remote: yes Willing to relocate: yes Tech: Facebook advertising CV:Available upon request Email: jpmgr2@gmail.com
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by magicroot75 6y ago
Personally I'd go a step further and say if you want to really read the book together you should read it together on Kindle and make shared notes and highlights as you're all reading so you can note where others, or you, are strug
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by magicroot75 7y ago
This article is about bioterrorist threats. It still underplays the idea of a natural pandemic as being "unlikely to occur in nature."
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by magicroot75 7y ago
When you say it's only airborne for a short while, what exact time range are you speaking about?
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by magicroot75 7y ago
Face touching is literally unconscious in many cases. It's entirely possible you've been touching your face and not noticing it, but have just become more conscious of the times you attempt to stop yourself from touching your face
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by magicroot75 7y ago
I thought they've found the virus to be much more transmittable by air than by touching public surfaces. Is that not the case?
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by magicroot75 7y ago
How is Tyler Cowen's textbook? I figured that'd be better.
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by magicroot75 7y ago
As a former AT thruhiker, I couldn't agree more. Though we definitely would have appreciated packs that were easier on the shoulders and gave less swampback. We had no frame ultralight packs and sort of molded the contents of the pack
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by magicroot75 7y ago
The rule "no gatherings over 250 people" isn't a blanket rule. It will impact cities more than rural places. The flexibility is already built into the schema.
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by magicroot75 7y ago
I thought this was going to be an article about how this guy had a microphone in his room recording constantly, and analyzed the sounds around him that corresponded to times he woke up earlier than he wanted to. That would have been cool.
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by magicroot75 7y ago
All this is really saying is that people are using it because it's convenient. Don't blame Uber and Lyft for filling a void that public transit has been unable to fill. Congratulate them for improving the productivity and efficien
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by magicroot75 7y ago
Calling it a "Year without a Summer" is pretty hyperbolic. The temperature changes we're talking about here are 2-3C changes.
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by magicroot75 7y ago
I'd much rather see a list of things to bring up as the subordinate that will actually effectively improve one's lot.