mbbutler

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by mbbutler 5y ago
I like the idea of FIRE but so many of its practitioners developed their passive income by becoming parasitic landlords. It just leaves a bad taste in my mouth.
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by mbbutler 5y ago
You're not lowering anything because the listed minimums aren't what is actually required. All you're doing is filtering for people who are willing to bullshit their way into a job.
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by mbbutler 6y ago
Yes, the authors published their article in the Journal of Bioethics, which is exactly where this type of article/argument is supposed to be published. What is your complaint exactly?
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by mbbutler 6y ago
At this point, I really don't care if some people who plead down to non-violent charges get released along with the immense number of actual non-violent offenders.
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by mbbutler 6y ago
> When I talked to her about it, she was very much on the side that she wished she didn't have to study for it because it didn't have much to do with her job at all. I assume you're referring to your ex's exam to beco
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by mbbutler 6y ago
While also significantly increasing the energy input of the earth.
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by mbbutler 6y ago
The 17% false positive rate could be a large problem here depending on the prevalence of asymptomatic infection.
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by mbbutler 7y ago
It's not that tough of a sell when you consider that many/most medical students are math-phobic and would most likely be unable to obtain a high-paying SWE gig in lieu of becoming a doctor. There is a significant difference betwee
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by mbbutler 7y ago
Yeah, it's a shame. I have a Bolt and absolutely love it.
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by mbbutler 7y ago
Chevy and Hyundai already offer EVs with better range than the Model 3 SR+ at a lower cost.
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by mbbutler 7y ago
Thanks for the sentiment. I assume it has something to do with speaking favorably about an EV vehicle that isn't a Tesla while in a Tesla thread.
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by mbbutler 7y ago
I honestly don't know. I got a 2019 at the end of this year right before the 2020's were released. I had found a couple decent deals on Hyundai Konas, which still have the full federal tax credit, and when I pointed this out to th
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by mbbutler 7y ago
Your Model 3 also cost ~$15k more than my bolt. Possibly even more since I was able to get out the door for $25k before taxes and ~$2k tax refund. The Tesla competitor to the Bolt is not the Model 3 Long Range, it is the Model 3 SR with ~25
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by mbbutler 7y ago
There are some good EVs that can compete with Tesla's range. The Hyundai Kona has a range of 258 miles and the Chevy Bolt has a range of 238-258, depending on if you get the 2019 or 2020 model. I own a Bolt in Maine and absolutely love
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by mbbutler 7y ago
Oh, I'm sorry. I misread your first claim. I thought you said the benefit WAS linear.
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by mbbutler 7y ago
The benefit is linear but the distribution of people getting it is not evenly distributed around the middle of the benefit range. Therefore the average benefit is not just the mean of the min and max SS benefits.
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by mbbutler 7y ago
> 2. Avg social security is ~25k/yr (mostly untaxed) Where are you getting that number? One source I found said that the average SS benefit in January 2019 was $1461/month which works out to $17.5k/year. [0] This seems to
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by mbbutler 7y ago
It doesn't look like the drivers get any tactile feedback from the wheel or the seat. Am I correct in that understanding?
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by mbbutler 7y ago
The supply of doctors is limited by the availability of residency positions, not medical school seats. Congress needs to start funding more residencies or relaxing the regulations on foreign doctors coming to practice in the US.
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by mbbutler 7y ago
Would that not risk heating the brain and injuring the neurons?
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by mbbutler 8y ago
The UK will be faster, but that does not mean it will necessarily be better. What are you goals post-PhD? Are trying to stay in Academia? If so, then the US is most likely better. On the average, US PhD students graduate with more, and high
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by mbbutler 8y ago
No. You want people who are able to pass the STEP exams, complete an ACGME residency, and become Board Certified to end up becoming doctors. That is the only metric we should be using and, as it stands, there are significantly more people c
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by mbbutler 8y ago
I agree. Why do we let the Boomers vote as they continue to drive us ever closer towards the deleterious effects of severe climate change?
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by mbbutler 8y ago
Exactly. Gates is being too cute by half here. He starts by claiming that only 25% of greenhouse gases come from making electricity; a fact that is technically true but very misleading. He then goes on to name the contributors of the other
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by mbbutler 8y ago
Reminds me of this tweet: SOCIALIST: late capitalism has created a moral rot that pervades our entire society NEOLIBERAL: but imagine if we monetized the rot https://twitter.com/trillburne/status/750721471157198848
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by mbbutler 8y ago
That's what OpenAI claims, but there have been too many insta-hex/euls moments for me to believe that. Players are shift-queing blink+AoE spells and getting hexed in between the two abilities. That's way faster than a 200 ms
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by mbbutler 8y ago
I don't think the rear is black because light can't catch up. The craft is moving slower than the speed of light at that point. Is it possible that the rear light has been red shifted so much that it is no longer within the visibl
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by mbbutler 8y ago
The "competitive advantage" that many countries offer has always had more to do with their willingness to grind their workers into bone meal than any sort of technological or agricultural capability.