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by oramit 6y ago
You can put all the protections in place you want but if volunteers don't feel safe, they won't show.
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by oramit 6y ago
It's not any more problematic for the voters, yes, but what about the poll workers? They stay there all day and skew older. The big concern is that reliable poll workers are going to skip this year because of COVID (not unreasonable) a
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by oramit 6y ago
I live in Oregon where all voting is done by mail and it has been done that way for decades. We're not alone either, a few other states and local governments do this. Is the problem with vote by mail itself, or just a bad implementatio
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by oramit 6y ago
Yeah, if you don't have the space to cook in, or are shuffling between multiple jobs and don't have time to shop/cook then takeout is the only real option. I'm not knocking takeout and delivery at all. The huge prolifera
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by oramit 6y ago
How often do other HN users get takeout and delivery in an average week? For myself I usually grab one takeout meal a week. I haven't had food delivered in years. The proliferation and mainstreaming of food delivery with all the food a
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by oramit 6y ago
I appreciate the response. I'm not certain which essay you are referring to so I can't comment on it or the backlash it received specifically. In this "Quadrants" essay PG clearly aligns himself with the entrepreneurial
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by oramit 6y ago
Yes, this narrative about not being free to talk about "dangerous" ideas is always left intentionally vague. We have so much free inquiry going on right now that I can't even keep track of it. If free inquiry is being eroded,
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by oramit 6y ago
Stomping the virus down to a manageable level so it doesn't overwhelm hospitals was the main goal of "Flatten the curve". We actually succeeded in quite a few hot spots to do this - NYC being the biggest example. Covid still
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by oramit 6y ago
I don't remember lockdowns being touted as a solution. I always understood it as a delaying tactic so things could be brought back under some control. Flatten the curve and all that. NYC didn't eliminate the virus but they've
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by oramit 6y ago
Thanks for the clarification. I thought you meant a complete reversal. If Hillary were president I think red states would have resisted but its hard for me to imagine they would be doing it at the same level. Maybe i'm being too Pollya
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by oramit 6y ago
You've been downvoted quite a bit but I think your post is a good example of the problem at hand. Yes, we have to make choices about costs and we can't save everyone. Yes, the data is super noisy and its hard to tell what is happe
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by oramit 6y ago
I actually chose stomp over eradicate because I wanted to imply that there would still be some left but that it would be a manageable amount. That's interesting that you took it the opposite way; I'm sorry for the confusion. I agr
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by oramit 6y ago
I'm not so certain. There is extreme political polarization, yes, but I don't think we can honestly look at the situation at hand and not see the giant Trump shaped elephant in the room. He hasn't ever governed as a "uni
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by oramit 6y ago
What we currently have going on right now is a complete collapse in confidence. So many commenters are debating the death rate, case counts, hospitalizations, etc, which is all besides the point. Heres the thing: even if you believe people
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by oramit 6y ago
Home prices are inelastic even in normal times. There are large transactions costs, lots of paperwork and intermediaries, and for most people it is their main "investment" so they are loath to sell it at a discount. Also, the Covi
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by oramit 6y ago
After reading the article and comments i'm honestly a bit baffled. Why is email address obfuscation an important component of online privacy? There are so many other more invasive and pernicious privacy concerns to worry about. It seem
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by oramit 7y ago
$9,600 a month for an intern! I really don't have a good sense of silicon valley salaries it seems... I'm actually in the market for email marketing software but I cannot understand what you're doing that's new. Your hom
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by oramit 7y ago
Long time lurker. Decided to post so I could look back with a chuckle in 10 years. Here are some 20's predictions split up into different categories. Technology: - The web will continue to eat everything. Local applications outside of