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by mfer 2y ago
I think that misreads the market. From what I can tell, the RTO efforts reduce headcount without layoffs and the costs with those. It's not as if these companies are hiring to replace the people not moving. RTO is about financials, IMH
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by mfer 2y ago
Automattic is a VC funded startup that's taken close to a billion dollars in funding, over the years. I wonder how much influence the VCs had in these decisions or if any of these decisions will cause them to step in and make changes.
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by mfer 2y ago
There was a study I read about in Barrons that was noting that places a western diet goes the health care costs then start going up. Other studies have found that a western diet leads to more unhealthy outcomes (increased disease and earlie
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by mfer 2y ago
> It is very much to the point, addressing the specific claims and methodology of a specific (and apparently somewhat influential) study. Except, the author doesn't discredit specific claims of the Blue Zones. For example, the Blue
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by mfer 2y ago
Except, it misses the point and doesn't really do that while being persuasive. According to the Blue Zone researchers, some of the Blue Zones are disappearing because the generations that came after the oldest live differently and much
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by mfer 2y ago
A while back I dug into the research of this author and I was not impressed. Some examples of things that caught me poor and leading... * The Blue Zones claim that most places that list many centurions are false due to bad record keeping. O
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by mfer 2y ago
Production of animals for consumption has been on the rise [1] at a rate that's higher than population growth. In the North American and Europe it looks to have stabilized and maybe declined a little [2]. That's not a steep declin
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by mfer 2y ago
For guidelines that came out in 2020, the people involved had financial and career history ties to the food industry. The chair had ties to the dairy industry. I mean industry (business) rather than the topic area.
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by mfer 2y ago
I don't personally have any special knowledge but... I've read, in numerous places, that Amazon is attempting to use this as a way to alter their finances. To draw people into locations with tax advantages, reduce staff count with
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by mfer 2y ago
It looks like the UK gov is covering things like productivity and a loyal workforce. The article doesn’t cover why Amazon is doing it. I suspect their motive isn’t the things the UK gov is suggesting.
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by mfer 2y ago
It's more than the fear of over-engineering. For example, with startups the time to market, pivots, and not owning your decisions long term (which often happens) leads people to move fast and not consider consequences. It's about
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by mfer 2y ago
I brought up this book because I found it to be good for the reason you're asking about. It's not the most deep scientific. It's more practical while bringing in the science and an easy enough read I can recommend it to my fa
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by mfer 2y ago
Not trying to sell a product. I didn't have the journal articles handy. Also, a book written for general audiences that mixes science, real stories, and practical advice is helpful for many who want to deal with this rather than go dow
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by mfer 2y ago
I read the book. It is decent and has practical advice. The book is a mix between basic scientific explanation, stories of real people, and practical advice. For doctors who run a facility that focuses on cognitive decline. I read one or tw
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by mfer 2y ago
Scientists know a fair amount about memory loss and brain capability. There is more to it than the proteins. The fact that we talk so much about reversing it without discussing prevention shows where the money is. Yes, we can mostly prevent
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by mfer 2y ago
What makes something good or evil? Who decides that? Why then? Who or what is good and evil is assumed and it’s not things that are universally agreed to. Even in the “west” which is less than 1/4 the global population. This is where I
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by mfer 2y ago
Healthcare systems costs and operations are a mess. Here are a few examples, hospital systems setup places that can do anything which adds complexity and increases costs. So, they are not cost optimized. The more a facility can do the more
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by mfer 2y ago
Part of this comes to trust and who/where trust decisions happen. If I read the projects statement right, they think you should only load what you already trust. The problem is that many people load things they just found on the Intern
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by mfer 2y ago
I followed this closely as I live close to Flint. The handling of Flint in the aftermath was an example of partisan politics that went horribly wrong. For example, the state supreme court, which leans left/democrat, ruled that the atto
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by mfer 3y ago
The article pointed out that some airports don’t have the electrical infrastructure to support enough super chargers. It’s partly a charging problem
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by mfer 3y ago
This award isn't about innovation, the best way to do things, or job requirements. This about supply chain security and national defense. So many of our components are made overseas and under governments who are not close allies. This
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by mfer 3y ago
Consider the goal of these things. It's not to be scientific. It's to lead people make healthier choices and to lead decision makes to guide for healthier outcomes. Most people don't read labels. They don't even read art
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by mfer 3y ago
There are guidelines for how much saturated fat, sugar, and other things to have in your diet per day (on average). These are based on many health studies over time. I try to stay at or below the numbers on average and I do treat myself som
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by mfer 3y ago
You can get the "black box" in the US, too. A big difference is that with the "black box" you opt-in. It's a choice. What's being reported on happens without people even having knowledge of the situation.
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by mfer 3y ago
HashiCorp is a public company that is losing money [1]. They still aren’t sustainable financially. [1] https://www.google.com/finance/quote/HCP:NASDAQ
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by mfer 3y ago
It is NOT open source. If you look, there is no license file or license stated otherwise.
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by mfer 3y ago
Consider what support mean. It doesn't mean "works with". Supported likely means that they test with and design for. It also means that if a customer is using that browser and there's a problem (e.g., seeing their bill o
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by mfer 3y ago
I believe this was fixed. Decades ago. The Flipper Zero can't be used on a car made in the past couple decades.
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by mfer 3y ago
There are so many ways the information could have been leaked. For example, 1. Searching for things around chemotherapy, cancer, and death on some site 2. Having an app on your phone that tracks your location and sells it. Many apps do this
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by mfer 3y ago
Cloud native does not mean public cloud. Google uses many of these patterns to run their own datacenters.

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