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by opinion-is-bad 26d ago
Inequality isn’t as simple as pulling one tax lever, and not all levers are equally effective at all points of the pull. Dead-weight loss is an important concept when designing tax policies, otherwise why not simply eliminate ALL taxes in p
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by opinion-is-bad 1mo ago
I find the ethics of these kind of predator reintroduction programs to be extremely dubious. I feel this story could be reframed easily as ‘American activists unleash genetically modified hunters upon the world’s poorest.’ Does anyone know
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by opinion-is-bad 3mo ago
Only the Nasdaq, which is an intentionally aggressive index. The S&P rejected all proposals.
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by opinion-is-bad 4mo ago
It’ll be at least a year before they are eligible to join the S&P500. They also need to become profitable.
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by opinion-is-bad 8mo ago
Many people avoid washing cars just before rain to avoid spots, etc. Phoenix as an extreme example rarely rains and leaves everything filthy afterwards.
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by opinion-is-bad 8mo ago
No, this is the term they use to refer to their package of sensors, compute, and software.
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by opinion-is-bad 2y ago
In statistics, the p-value is shorthand for “how unlikely was this result.” Smaller p-values indicate less likely results, which in turn creates evidence of a relationship between variables. Many naive approaches to statically analysis plac
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by opinion-is-bad 2y ago
At some point Waymo is going to want a lot of cars if things go well. Those cars need to be electric, due to the power draw of the computer and sensors. A partnership doesn’t necessarily make sense between these companies, but I can see pos
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by opinion-is-bad 2y ago
The Chicago grid is actually based on fractions of a mile (1/8 and 1/16 iirc), and when I lived there I would absolutely convert blocks to miles automatically when talking to people.
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by opinion-is-bad 2y ago
How would that be different than property tax, which SF has?
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by opinion-is-bad 2y ago
Illegal immigrants are counted by the census and total population is used to allocate congressional districts. High rates of illegal immigrants in a district therefore increases the voting power of the citizens living there. This allows il
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by opinion-is-bad 2y ago
Poor incentives for the existing members of the system that hold power to implement change. They already cap the number of med students to control salaries, perhaps burning out young doctors fulfills the same purpose, while also (temporaril
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by opinion-is-bad 2y ago
Student loans used to be eligible for loan forgiveness as well, but we ran into a situation where every new doctor in America was immediately declaring bankruptcy. Unlike a house, the gains from education cannot be repossessed.
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by opinion-is-bad 3y ago
They recently installed a little door at my self checkout. I cannot even walk out of my grocery store without scanning a receipt or flagging an employee to open the door. It’s frustrating.
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by opinion-is-bad 3y ago
Alphabet is similar. Larry and Sergei together have a majority of the voting power.
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by opinion-is-bad 3y ago
Most OEMs have signed deals with Tesla to use their network in the US, but I don’t believe these have yet to go into effect.
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by opinion-is-bad 4y ago
Steam works fine on my M1.
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by opinion-is-bad 4y ago
There is an interesting now product called zBiotic that you could look into. You take it before drinking and it helps metabolize one of the alcohol byproducts that causes hangovers.
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by opinion-is-bad 5y ago
Soybeans and corn can often be grown in the same areas, and corn uses more fertilizer than soybeans so your logic checks out. The problem is that corn produces more calories per acre than soybeans (or any other crop), so changing over large
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by opinion-is-bad 5y ago
That’s not free money; it’s money taken from people under threat of violence.
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by opinion-is-bad 5y ago
The winners curse also creates the curious corollary that one should probably bid less, the more people are in the auction.
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by opinion-is-bad 5y ago
It’s possible. A lot of top universities already do need-blind admissions, so I don’t think it’s an unsolvable hurdle.
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by opinion-is-bad 5y ago
If the colleges had to take a stake in the debt repayment, or lack thereof, they probably would do a better job ensuring their graduates don’t take out impossible loans. Adults can make bad decisions, but many that are getting trapped in st
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by opinion-is-bad 5y ago
I started using vim about 5 years ago, and switched to Dvorak 2 years ago. It was painful at first, but so was everything with Dvorak. The muscle memory takes over eventually and now it’s very comfortable. The only thing I still occasionall
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by opinion-is-bad 5y ago
The multiple repetitions of “This is Google” hit home for me. I never worked as a software engineer so much of the rest is out of scope to my experience, but the constant idolization of Google, and by proxy each other for working at such a
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by opinion-is-bad 5y ago
Even in rural areas, I doubt 90% ag workers is to be found in the United States. It takes shockingly few people to run a modern farm and the majority are owner-operated with zero employees. These areas will still have substantial rates of
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by opinion-is-bad 5y ago
With the operational structure we have in place, I would describe it as fairly pleasurable for me. I get to work on interesting problems when I want to, and not much else. I’d say it’s actually the size that makes this possible, we could ne
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by opinion-is-bad 5y ago
Well I am an owner of the farm, along with my brother, which my great-grandfather purchased as a retirement project in 1950. Total area is about 7,000 acres, of which tomatoes will soon be replaced by almonds as the primary crop. We used to
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by opinion-is-bad 5y ago
Very interesting, I’ll look into this.
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by opinion-is-bad 5y ago
If you don’t control the fusarium from time to time, the tomato plants will look great but give no yield. One of the other commenters mentions a new technique for winter cover crop to avoid rotation. I’m not really sure how much of a risk f

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