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by oli5679 10y ago
The box is a really interesting history of the shipping container. It's looks at the intersection between the technological, political and business aspects of the struggle to introduce a more efficient but highly disruptive technology.
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by oli5679 10y ago
The title is quite clickbaity. Here are a couple of quotes from the article: ' “Banning is definitely a conversation that people are having, but only because we have to have the conversation,” the staffer said. “It would take something
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by oli5679 10y ago
If anyone wants an accessible summary, this is good: http://hspm.sph.sc.edu/courses/econ/Classes/Arrow.html This is the key paragraph: " The basic problem is that, unless you know as much about medicine
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by oli5679 10y ago
Productivity is measured in terms of a price index (the cost of a 'basket' of goods). There are some obvious challenges with defining this basket in practice, and it is plausible to argue that inflation is persistently overestimat
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by oli5679 10y ago
Ok thanks, I didn't know that. Could substitute for something else like caviar and the principal applies.
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by oli5679 10y ago
You need to think in terms of marginal rather than average effects. Diamonds are more expensive than water because the latter is so abundant (at least for now) that it can profitably be provided for low value use like watering golf courses.
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Destination based cash-flow tax [pdf](sbs.ox.ac.uk)
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by oli5679 10y ago
Yeah sure. Wrote the comment on the bus very quickly. Possible to alter the geography to make it clearer. A road allowing fast travel would be better than a bridge!
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by oli5679 10y ago
I can translate this paradox into fish for you, if you want :). Suppose you have two ponds, one with a large population of low value fish, and one with a limited number of high value fish. The value of fish caught from the big pond is 1&#x2
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by oli5679 10y ago
I have really benefited from using this tool on a couple of side projects. If any Devs are reading, thank you for continuing to work on such a useful tool!
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The Seven Stages of Robot Replacement(backchannel.com)
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by oli5679 10y ago
It's interesting to note how valuable spectrum is for mobile internet use. Think about the bandwidth taken up by FM radio broadcasting next time your in a city with your phone struggling with sluggish connection.
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by oli5679 10y ago
The area where I'm really interested in obligatory publishing of data is financial data from stock exchanges. How great would it be if Google or someone from the next batch of HN was free to make a superior, cheaper versions of Bloombe
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The Trouble with Quantum Mechanics(nybooks.com)
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by oli5679 10y ago
An highly relevent metric to include would be annual net return vs industry benchmarks. It directly describes the changes in investor sentiment about future profitability, rather than relying on subjective assessment of the average tone of
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Universal Basic Income(igmchicago.org)
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Beginner's Guide to Time Series Forecasts with Python(analyticsvidhya.com)
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by oli5679 10y ago
There's a big difference between the economic topics that get the most media attention, and areas in which the majority of economists work. I studied economics for 4 years and now work as an economist. I've never met a colleague&#
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Time travel back to 1000 A.D.: Survival tips (2008)(marginalrevolution.com)
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A History of Global Living Conditions in 5 Charts(ourworldindata.org)
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by oli5679 10y ago
Apologies, thanks for clarifying
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by oli5679 10y ago
I'm supprised that they get $47 mn in donations. Rarely see the patron icon when I play.
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by oli5679 10y ago
I'm a big fan of lichess. Great UX and analysis features. The only issue I have with it is that disconnection auto-forfeits the game. Would love 30 seconds grace to reconnect (like they give you on chess.com).
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Gompertz–Makeham law of mortality(en.wikipedia.org)
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by oli5679 10y ago
Ok so if a business a) has limited management bandwidth and many promising options or b) has a particularly cyclical/risky business model that results in a high cost of borrowing then you're right. These are somewhat linked to pro
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by oli5679 10y ago
You aren't simplifying, you're misrepresenting. A company wants to invest in projects with an expected return exceeding it's cost of capital for the project. It doesn't matter if you lower your overall rate of return. To
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by oli5679 10y ago
They still do this: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3613126/Travellers-b...
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Be Your Own Money Manager(johnkay.com)
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by oli5679 10y ago
In the UK, power is regulated by a complicated system of price controls, profit caps and requirements to supply downstram rivals. I don't fully understand it orhow it works in the US. I'm sympathetic to your sentiment that Telcos
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by oli5679 10y ago
To be clear, I'm agnostic about the competitive harm in this case (and relatively ignorant about the market-specifics). Here's the DOJ guidance for single firm conduct which is pretty relevant: https://www.justice.gov&#

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