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by njarboe 4y ago
It is estimated that the state of California paid out more than $30 billion in fraudulent COVID related unemployment benefits. At this point these systems can be massively cheated when made easy (ie., no in-person application required). It
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If the US didn't have overtime rules and required health care for full time jobs, people could work just a single job if they needed to work more hours to make ends meet. They would save a lot of time on commuting especially since many
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by njarboe 4y ago
Back in the good old days my mom worked for a short time for a marketing company making cold calls. Back when long distance phone rates were expensive the company would set up people locally and then just call every possible local number (e
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by njarboe 4y ago
Humans have used fire probably for their entire evolutionary history. Before language and but after stone tools. The desire for a light spectrum at night similar to what a fire gives off surely comes mostly from that long genetic history.
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by njarboe 4y ago
Threats to Tesla are clear to me as its high production factory complex is in China. What threats to Starlink do you see?
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Demand for a certain number of calories per day is somewhat inelastic. How you get those calories is very elastic. Steak versus rice and beans.
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This is not done at every grocery store. It can preserve freshness and prevent some types of damage during shipping and handling (getting dirty, etc.)
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by njarboe 4y ago
Maybe this is true but it would be nice to have a technical solution in place that would facilitate a 5 cent payment so people could experiment with it. The US treasury of FED should do it at this point as it seems no one else will.
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South Carolina - Too late to edit.
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And they sure look like it too. Shiny black, bulbous, with the red hour glass on their underside. Yikes!
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Too bad I don't like the feel of plastic on by bear feet or the look of it. Heart redwood is still available but pretty pricey.
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The Democrats have voted to change the first primaries (I know Iowa has a caucus) to North Carolina. That should change things a bit.
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After Obama Care, insurance companies profits are now capped at 8% (think that is the number) of revenue (ie premiums) in the US. So one way to grow revenue is to have higher costs per policy, pay out more, and charge higher premiums. If yo
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Correct. So are humans.
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The term "AI" was corrupted as described. People now use the term "artificial general intelligence" (AGI) to refer to what used to be called AI.
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Big cities are way more expensive. People who live there have almost no kids. Rural and small cities have kept the US population from crashing completely. Big cities are currently dismantling their specialty high schools. I don't think
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by njarboe 4y ago
Agreed. AI systems should be required to identify as such when interacting with a human or we are going quickly to a strange place. Like you get a warning when your conversation is being recorded. Write your representatives today.
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If 30 year housing loans were not available, housing would be a lot cheaper.
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VCs generally fund startups by giving them funds in exchange for equity, not loans (complicated financial shenanigans aside).
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by njarboe 4y ago
The US was founded on the principle that the federal government only has the right to do things that are specified in the constitution. The States and the people, by default, retain all other rights. This idea has been greatly eroded in the
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The selling trucks to everyone was probably more due to that fact that in 1964 the US imposed a 25% tax on imported light trucks to retaliate for a European tax on US chicken (google chicken tax). This highly motivated domestic manufactures
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It was needed for running railroads but the issue was a bit more important than being late for your train and missing it. When you are running trains in opposite directions on the same track it is pretty important to have your clocks well s
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Throw trash in the bin without a bag. Dump trash in your big trash can outside (that still doesn't have a trash bag). That can gets dumped into the garbage truck (truck also does not have a huge trash bag). Wash bin when it gets too di
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The knob and tube wiring in my 1930's house was still working fine. That tech would need to be updated for modern safety requirements (ground wire, etc) but worked without plastics for about 50 years. Much high cost though, I would gue
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It also has high levels of potassium (especially pink granite), which has one naturally occurring radioactive isotope.
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Elon Musk has mentioned one reason Tesla started doing insurance was to get more insight into repair costs and processes to help improve both vehicle design and the repair experience.
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U-Haul rents 26' trucks to anyone with a normal US driver's license. Quite useful if you need to self-move. Pretty cool that is available to normal people. [1] https://www.uhaul.com/Truck-Rentals/26ft-Moving-T
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Until you take out a home equity loan.
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Maybe works in some countries. Government housing in the US is awful.
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Well constructed deadbolt on inside only. Much more concerned with a break in when I'm home than when I'm away and this will help dramatically.

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