maxki

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   by maxki 11y ago

   > why can't Warren Buffett (or anyone with a big fun pile of money) buy during high production years, store the syrup and then sell it in low production years? Isn't that a price fixing scheme ? The only difference is that it u
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   by maxki 11y ago

   That only works if a sufficient majority of producers do it, and do it in a coordinated manner. If they manage to do this, then there is a strong incentive for individual producers to go against the "coordinated group", i.e. sell
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   by maxki 11y ago

   The seasonal production volume of maple syrup is very sensitive to temperature patterns. One year you have a huge production and the next few years almost nothing, and it's not about efficiency, only about freezing/defreezing patt
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   by maxki 11y ago

   The only reason I can think of, is that the " paper+pencil+sealed cardboard box" solution isn't good at giving lucrative contracts to buddies of election officials. The "speed of counting" argument does not hold : i
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   by maxki 11y ago

   it has a lot of similarity with human made trad music, but to my ear it sounds very different from music. something is definitely missing. Inflatable dolls look like the real thing, somewhat, on the surface... still a long way to go for syn