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by nostromo 4y ago
Targeting and burglarizing homes of known gun-owners seems like a great way to have a very short criminal career.
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by nostromo 4y ago
I’m glad they found some early adopters, but I’m shocked anyone was willing to pay $5 per strawberry more than once as a novelty.
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by nostromo 4y ago
The US economy overtook the UK's right around the civil war. That's also around when the US population overtook the UK's. They may have not thought much about the war, but it wouldn't be because the US had a small econo
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by nostromo 4y ago
It’s not a funding problem. The US funds infrastructure handsomely. In fact we probably even over-fund it. Unfortunately we get very little back for all that funding. If you compare costs for rail and airports and bridges in the US to Eur
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by nostromo 4y ago
Phone sales aren’t driven by switching, and haven’t been for a while, they’re about upgrading. Apple knows this better than anyone. For example: I upgrade my phone every two years or so, so long as I like the new phones. If I don’t like t
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by nostromo 4y ago
https://bearinsider.com/forums/6/topics/108713
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The Lawyers Who Ate California(taibbi.substack.com)
31 points by nostromo 4y ago|21 comments
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by nostromo 4y ago
And if you are going to work out, lift weights. Don't just do cardio. In fact, many people won't have to do cardio at all. Cardio doesn't help you look and feel better. Build muscle, and that muscle will burn calories, eve
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by nostromo 4y ago
You'll notice most of that law is giving authority to the Secretary of Health and Human Services, which is the same person that runs the FDA.
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by nostromo 4y ago
I'm well aware the cause of inflation is bad monetary policy. But now we have two options: control inflation by causing a severe downturn that will be painful, or control inflation with supply-side economics. We need to match supply an
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by nostromo 4y ago
We need dramatic supply-side improvements to get our way out of this inflationary spiral. We need to unleash America's entrepreneurs to create more stuff to soak up this excess money. More housing. Lots more housing. More products w
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by nostromo 4y ago
VC is a numbers game. You'll get lots of nos; every seed round gets lots of nos unless you've got a track record of big successes. Just keep at it. Don't get upset at any particular no. Remember that it's their money
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by nostromo 4y ago
You were downvoted for presenting a straw man and assuming bad faith. Here's a good article addressing what's gone wrong with the SPLC: https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/splc-klan-h...
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by nostromo 4y ago
Sure, I agree. But my point is that the commenter did not misgender anyone, even by the general standards of the trans community.
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by nostromo 4y ago
Switzerland does this today. They have a blended system of direct and representational democracy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voting_in_Switzerland
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by nostromo 4y ago
In general "male" refers to sex, "men" to gender. While I agree the comment could be written more kindly, this comment was referring to biological sex, not gender identity.
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by nostromo 4y ago
And it's not just Google. A recent report showed that corporate execs are twice as likely to still be working remotely compared to the rank-and-file, even as their companies mandate returning to the office.. https://finance
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by nostromo 4y ago
I very much doubt many of these seeds will be successful. They say that it's more efficient to use a drone than to manually plant a tree or seed. Yes, blasting seeds out of a potato cannon would also be much more efficient if the goal
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by nostromo 4y ago
(I wrote this comment in reply to the original post, not the new post which is entirely different. Original post: https://twitter.com/neerajarora/status/1521964283466113024 ) Fool me once... It reads as very self-
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by nostromo 5y ago
We need to return to federalism and bring an end to activist politicians. ( Good luck with that , I know...) The reason the American Experiment has worked so well for a few centuries is because we knew how to leave each other alone. If I&
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by nostromo 5y ago
There's a lot of data out there showing that attractiveness, fitness (as in, not obese), and tallness are all massive biases in the workplace -- much bigger in many studies than biases around gender and ethnicity even. I don't kno
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by nostromo 5y ago
And don’t put your pets in the overhead bin. People have done this (without the flight attendants even noticing) to find that their pet has suffocated in-flight.
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by nostromo 5y ago
Colonoscopies are no big deal. Do not let them put you under for them. They are odd/uncomfortable but not painful. As an added bonus the doctor can show you anything they find on the screen and answer questions.
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by nostromo 5y ago
"Mother" has been determined to be "not inclusive" because it excludes men who can get pregnant and give birth. And this isn't some made up controversy. The Biden administration has been replacing "mother&quot
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by nostromo 5y ago
You're conflating two issues: discrimination and self-selection. Discrimination is never ok. If a woman applies to a job as a developer, she should absolutely not be discriminated against because of her gender. Self-selection is alway
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by nostromo 5y ago
This is plainly illegal according to the Civil Rights Act, but the courts have watered it down repeatedly. Hopefully the Supreme Court picks up these cases and confirms that Civil Rights Act meant what it said when it said: >It shall be
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by nostromo 5y ago
Who was asking for Woke Clippy? Is Google just bored and completely out of ideas? They seem increasingly disconnected with what their users actually want.
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by nostromo 5y ago
The article is reposting of an old article whose sole source is a single person, Peter Cochrane. This same person is presenting a narrative where he was right about everything, but was ignored by politicians. He's now a consultant. N
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by nostromo 5y ago
It's so odd to see Musk become a boogeyman for the political left. I'm hard pressed to name a single individual that's doing more to combat global warming than Musk is via fleet electrification.
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by nostromo 5y ago
> That's what the rich want, and since they largely control Congress, that's what they get. Your argument isn't self-consistent. You're arguing both that: 1. the federal government is a competent force for good and s

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