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by peacetreefrog 8y ago
Taking out a bunch of student loans in order to join the gig economy isn't nec the most sensible path to take.
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by peacetreefrog 8y ago
One way: find a way to turn your sentiment (whatever it is, honestly a little unclear to me) into a testable, observable prediction, and bet on it. Economist Bryan Caplan has done a lot of this over the years, and -- although he has a lot o
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by peacetreefrog 8y ago
Did the people with the anti-virals take them immediately and upon getting infected? Or did they just have to take them at some point post-infection? Couldn't really tell from the article/not sure how the biology works.
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by peacetreefrog 8y ago
vimwiki
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by peacetreefrog 8y ago
For anyone reading this: Matterhorn is really good. It's a novel that takes place during the Vietnam war written by a former vet. I feel like it was good insight into what war is like. Also some good lessons to take away on nature o
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by peacetreefrog 8y ago
"One thing that always bothers me is how we have this myth of personal responsibility that supposes an individual is equipped to defend their own interests against a multinational corporation on their own." 1. Our wiring isn'
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by peacetreefrog 8y ago
Even if we're all watching each other, we still all have our own incentives and not so obvious irrationalities.
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by peacetreefrog 8y ago
It's "right-to-try" not "have-to-try". Articles like this make it sound like patients are powerless and have to take and pay for whatever treatments these companies offer.
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by peacetreefrog 8y ago
Disagree. People evaluate almost literally every other single product they buy.
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Bootleggers and Baptists(en.wikipedia.org)
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Cross subsidies are one of main problems with healthcare(johnhcochrane.blogspot.com)
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by peacetreefrog 8y ago
Agreed. I always think of the greek word "arete", which (as I understand it) means roughly achieving excellence and living up to your potential. I'm currently at a big co (though not really a "tech" one, so can&#x27
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by peacetreefrog 8y ago
I think the key (and very appealing thing to me and a lot of people) is: The results of work over the hours put in . It also relates to the the idea of saying whether you're working or not. If you're producing great results, i
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by peacetreefrog 8y ago
I read it, and thought it was really good. I took a bunch of notes on it and wrote down some of my favorite principles. Here are two and the notes I took on them: 1. Think of yourself as a machine operating within a machine; and know you h
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by peacetreefrog 8y ago
This is pretty cool. Some feedback: 1. Lock screen functionality would be good. It's sort of jarring to go back and forth between this (pleasant, mellow) and my normal lock screen (looks just like my normal phone). 2. It'd be ni
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by peacetreefrog 8y ago
I've been using Elm a few months for a serious project and really like it. That said, I do get the impression there is some drama at the top (among the overlords) and the direction they want (or others want them) to take things. I&#x27
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by peacetreefrog 8y ago
I did not downvote, but this seems like a tangent.
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by peacetreefrog 8y ago
Do you own the house you live in?
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by peacetreefrog 8y ago
I'm not talking about who sets the zoning laws, I'm talking about who makes decisions re: a particular property. If you're into local control and people close to the ground making decisions, no one is closer and should know b
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by peacetreefrog 8y ago
Again, how about the people who own the property should decide what happens with it? The YIMBY movement is trying to move things down to the appropriate level.
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by peacetreefrog 8y ago
How can you try to claim the moral high ground re: "someone else's" property while supporting zoning laws literally prevent people from doing what they would like with the property they own?
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by peacetreefrog 8y ago
Best part: 1. We do not like to pay for content on a per-item basis. See Mental Transaction Costs. Similarly, we have only limited willingness to contribute to a patronage model. 2. We do not like to pay subscription fees for content. 3. We
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The Bad Old Days of Untargeted Advertising(hackernoon.com)
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by peacetreefrog 8y ago
Getting downvoted here, but see the non-partisan IGM economic survey on this. "The 9% cumulative increase in real US median household income since 1980 substantially understates how much better off people in the median American househo
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by peacetreefrog 8y ago
No, a lot depends on how you look at the data. See these two videos for a good overview: https://www.policyed.org/numbers-game
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by peacetreefrog 8y ago
What evidence do you have that portion of the pie is getting smaller for most people? I do not believe this at all. It's especially not true on a global scale, where globalization has improved the lives and wealth of millions in Chin
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by peacetreefrog 8y ago
Ran across this Charlie Munger quote a few months ago that stuck with me about the problem with larger companies and bureaucracy: "...if you worked for AT&T in my day, it was a great bureaucracy. And in a bureaucracy, you think the
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by peacetreefrog 8y ago
The counter/antidote also seems like it could be a good business idea. Seems like there'd be value in helping people navigate social media in a healthier, less depressing ways.
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by peacetreefrog 8y ago
Seems to me more common on Twitter, moreso as a way of shortcuts to figuring out who (most followers) and what (most retweets/favorites) to pay attention to. It sort of makes sense there, but it still would seem lame to me for the aver
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by peacetreefrog 8y ago
There are a lot of "hacks" in this thread (put your phone in grayscale, put variable reward apps in a folder, turn off fingerprint sensor) but in my experience the mindset is by far the most important part. What's worked for

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