narcraft

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   by narcraft 4y ago

   Farmers have finally cracked the code on how to increase greed and profits...economists puzzled as to why now
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   by narcraft 4y ago

   I guess you really can't get less wrong than this...which makes them right!
3. 63.▲
   by narcraft 4y ago

   Hayek is the goat
4. 64.▲
   by narcraft 4y ago

   Don't be jealous
5. 65.▲
   by narcraft 4y ago

   I hereby claim this territory!
6. 66.▲
   by narcraft 4y ago

   This, but unironically
7. 67.▲
   by narcraft 4y ago

   Movie recommendation: Synecdoche New York
8. 68.▲
   by narcraft 4y ago

   Yes, by definition: https://mathworld.wolfram.com/Permutation.html
9. 69.▲
   by narcraft 4y ago

   I know what I'm talking about! I'm talking about how the food ain't gonna run out. If that makes me stupid, then so be it. I'll be stupid and right.
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    by narcraft 4y ago

    Yes, this is exactly where I disagree strongly. Malthus and his imitators have all been horribly wrong. I will concede that there is ultimately a finite amount of stuff in the universe, but looking at any apparent hard limits like you sugge
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    by narcraft 4y ago

    Oh yeah I forgot about that, that could do it. Maybe that's where the certainty comes from. My genuine belief is that there will continue be droughts and wars that cause famines and the excess deaths that come with them, but that the o
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    by narcraft 4y ago

    Right, I think we can come up with an agreeable or used an established definition of famine deaths that includes these. I'm taking a closer look at this our world in data page to try to come up with well-defined terms. https:/&#x
13. 73.▲
    by narcraft 4y ago

    So these will be starvation deaths? I like looking at excess deaths, so we need to look at the base rate of starvation, and I'd like to go per capita, as I expect population to continue to increase substantially and more people to di
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    by narcraft 4y ago

    I would like to make a bet specifically targeting the parent comment's absolute certainty that there will be failed harvests that cause the deaths of millions. When do we expect this to happen? How much time would have to pass without
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    by narcraft 4y ago

    I would like to make a wager
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    by narcraft 4y ago

    Why not? Is it bad for the government to have money? Should they lose money on national parks or break even?
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    by narcraft 4y ago

    Is Elon Musk no longer a billionaire? Otherwise, hard to say that his success has ended or diminished in any meaningful way.
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    by narcraft 4y ago

    As someone who grew up in the Midwest and currently living on the East coast, I always get a little pissed off when I hear this trope. People in the Midwest are honest and just genuinely nice and friendly. Politeness to me has performative
19. 79.▲
    by narcraft 4y ago

    I like this informative reply
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    by narcraft 4y ago

    I think late 2014/early 2015 I had my first iPhone stolen when playing soccer with some bros in a local park. We were able to use Find My iPhone to track it to a specific address. Went to the local police station, filed a report, and t
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    by narcraft 4y ago

    It's actually fine in both cases
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    by narcraft 4y ago

    It wouldn't take a genius because that would be a terrible business decision when you consider number of units sold. And profit-maximizing wouldn't be a particularly weird obsession for a CEO to have, in fact, it's exactly
23. 83.▲
    by narcraft 4y ago

    People keep safety vests in their cars?
24. 84.▲
    by narcraft 4y ago

    And yet somehow I own and drive a vehicle that has no touchscreens in it!
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    by narcraft 4y ago

    A succinct argument against regulation
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    by narcraft 4y ago

    For reference, our world in data tracks progress on the SDGs: https://sdg-tracker.org/
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    by narcraft 4y ago

    If there hypothetically was a magical source of near infinite renewable energy that could be harnessed without negative side effects, would you be ok with 2600+ sqft homes and air conditioning? I sometimes get the impression that sustainabi
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    by narcraft 4y ago

    Some jokes are like ogres
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    by narcraft 4y ago

    Can't believe I had to scroll this far down to see the first mention of Excel. I'm an Excel wiz turned junior dev. My biggest limitation usually was integrating with other software/systems, but power query actually covered a
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    by narcraft 4y ago

    Same for neurotypical girlfriends