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by p_j_w 4y ago
What percentage of the cost of a loaf of bread is last mile delivery?
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by p_j_w 4y ago
Your link does not seem to support your thesis here, unless I'm missing something?
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by p_j_w 4y ago
On top of all of this, you have the horrific effects on the environment of plastic waste and excessive manufacturing.
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by p_j_w 4y ago
>Or retailers in general. Retail spending is down because services spending is up -- people are going to the beach and buying plane tickets instead of buying TVs and patio furniture. >Regardless of whether we're in a recession, r
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by p_j_w 4y ago
>yet this thread is filled with confident statements by people who clearly have put zero effort into forming their opinion. It's funny when you read so many people on HN talk about others speaking outside of their areas of expertise
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by p_j_w 4y ago
>I'd cite the WSJ but for some reason I can't paste the link in this box, just Google "falling demand Wal-Mart" I'd rather not base my picture of the entire economy around a single retailer. What's going on
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by p_j_w 4y ago
That article doesn't make things sound much better. It seems to pin the blame on persistent drought. The tactic of water being released from reservoirs upstream was used in the past as a band-aid over the symptoms of the drought, but i
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by p_j_w 4y ago
I dunno, GP's take seems more appropriate for Truth Social than reddit.
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by p_j_w 4y ago
Before we go claiming that this is a-okay, WHY is it being diverted for use? Have other sources dried up? If so, that would still be really bad.
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by p_j_w 4y ago
>The people I believe you're referencing are usually called "Young Earth Creationists". That's who I and GP were referring to.
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by p_j_w 4y ago
Consider that perhaps you live in a bubble.
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by p_j_w 4y ago
If you believe in Creationism, you believe the Earth was created 10,000 years ago. The two beliefs go hand in hand.
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by p_j_w 4y ago
I'm related to the sort of people who are likely to respond that they think Obama is the anti-christ in a poll and I'm here to tell you that, for a good portion of them, it's a genuinely held belief. If you spend a significan
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by p_j_w 4y ago
If you know anything about what creationists believe, you'd understand that this is a distinction without a difference. Anyone who believes the Earth is 10,000 years old believes that man was created in the same week as the creation of
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by p_j_w 4y ago
>My assumption is that if you're in the meeting, it has some adjacency to your work. This assumption does not match up with my experience. >If the meeting isn't germane to your work, why are you in it? I personally have gott
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by p_j_w 4y ago
>A claim that the produced warnings are selectively used to fire black or unionizing workers would be much more interesting, but I don't see enough evidence to make it yet That's because they've designed the system from th
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by p_j_w 4y ago
GP didn't mention those companies once.
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by p_j_w 4y ago
Garmin and Iridium will still sell well with the people who are cruising in relatively low cost sailboats. These people can't afford $5000/mo just for internet access.
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by p_j_w 4y ago
>I can't tell if these arguments are being made in bad faith or it's just denial. I think it's a combination of denial and an absurdly strong desire to be seen as "above the political fray." That or they're
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by p_j_w 4y ago
>it would be silly to solely rely on cop's version of events. Especially in Modhi's Hindu nationalist India.
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by p_j_w 4y ago
I had the same thought. Upon reading, this sounds like it goes deeper on the semiconductor physics and fabrication parts. Relevant bit: "Courses will address supply chain issues in chemical engineering, mechanical engineering for tool
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by p_j_w 4y ago
No, but if I had to bet on one over the other, I'm going with 4% returns.
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by p_j_w 5y ago
>if you don't trust your government to deploy military power, what do you trust them for? Building roads, schools, and fire stations are pretty high on the list.
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by p_j_w 5y ago
Good to see your representative was getting his information on the effectiveness of medicine from a cop and ignoring the doctor. Emblematic of modern America.
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by p_j_w 5y ago
GP never said Spamhaus blocks anything.
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by p_j_w 5y ago
He said in the very sentence you cite that he said so jokingly. Regardless, I read a few books about the fall of the Republic a couple of years ago, all of which were written pre-Trump, and I did indeed find the resemblance eerie.
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by p_j_w 5y ago
>If every non-nuclear power is suddenly vulnerable to conventional attacks by any rouge state with nukes There's nothing sudden about it, this has been the reality for decades now. We here in the US were on the other side of the mat
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by p_j_w 5y ago
>I think there's something to the complaints about music. Why does pop music I'm going to stop you right there and point out that there is an absolutely massive space outside of Top 40. If you're willing to actually expend
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by p_j_w 5y ago
Yes, but the reality TV boom didn't hit for quite some time after. Maybe my memory is off, but it felt like a mid aughts thing.
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by p_j_w 5y ago
>it was only ever a theory, and one that’s becoming increasingly outdated with each passing day that Russia remains in Ukraine. This seems like a bit of a silly point, given that the war in Ukraine is, at least so far, nothing compared t

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