qqqwerty

47 ms·

421.
by qqqwerty 7y ago
> This article might give you an idea of the most extreme example Ahh, yes. A link to a 10 year old climategate article. Nice one. > everyone wants their research to be sexy This is flat out wrong. There are plenty of people who car
422.
by qqqwerty 7y ago
In the case of the Alzheimer 'cabal', there was a large minority of researchers that were being locked out of funding by the cabal. Can you point to a single credible climate science researcher that has contrarian views on the con
423.
by qqqwerty 7y ago
The key mechanism that enables 'group think' in academia is access (or lack of access) to funding for research. Generally, funding for research is fairly limited relative to the number of interested researchers (ask any grad stude
424.
by qqqwerty 7y ago
How exactly is media pressure influencing climate science? Most of the foundational research was done long before climate change was being discussed in the media. And as far as I am aware, the media continues to have zero influence in how N
425.
by qqqwerty 7y ago
I will acknowledge that those forces may be in play. But I will also ask you to acknowledge that oil extraction has and continues to make certain people, companies, and governments immensely wealthy and powerful and that those groups are ve
426.
by qqqwerty 7y ago
I think the anti-inflammatory benefits are very real. Digestion is a taxing process, especially so with our modern western diets that are high in protein, sugar, and fat. There are anti-inflammatory diets that might work with similar result
427.
by qqqwerty 7y ago
> limited float, put the stock in friendly hands That part is key. In order to short the stock you need someone to lend you shares first. If there is high demand from short sellers relative to the available float, then the cost to borro
428.
by qqqwerty 7y ago
There are plenty of places in the Bay Area where hunting and fishing (and the associated lifestyle/political leanings) are part of the cultural fabric. I live in one of those towns, lifted trucks and fishing boats in front of every oth
429.
by qqqwerty 7y ago
I think Bay Area real estate is a good analogy. Almost everyone is making more money than they were 10 years ago thanks to the tech industry, increases in minimum wages, etc... So technically everyone is wealthier, even after accounting for
430.
by qqqwerty 7y ago
They do, to some extent. See this link for example[1]. But states are constrained in ways that the federal government is not. The main difference is that the federal government can 'print money' to fund spending (the most recent
431.
by qqqwerty 7y ago
The issue is not in 2040, it's between now and 2040. For example, the current population in the 40-45 age range is nearly 2 million less than the 55-59 range. So sometime between now and 2040 (probably around 2030) we are going to see
432.
by qqqwerty 7y ago
Just to provide some context, there was a pretty big fire in Southern California[1] the same week as the PG&E blackouts. The humidity across CA was really low, which is just as much as a factor as the wind. On one hand, the blackouts we
433.
by qqqwerty 7y ago
Nice one, demand that I provide irrefutable proof for my claims, while providing no evidence for your own. I should know better than to engage with climate trolls, but I have some time to kill, so here we go. > 1. That's not my def
434.
by qqqwerty 7y ago
I don't care if it fits your narrow definition of science. If a planet destroying meteor is hurtling towards earth, is that reproducible or falsifiable? Should we do nothing until you personally are convinced that it has been scientifi
435.
by qqqwerty 7y ago
Reminding folks that climate change will result in more frequent and extreme weather events after/during extreme weather events is not lying. If folks mis-interpret that to mean that the weather event in question was due to climate cha
436.
by qqqwerty 7y ago
I am completely fine with it. We need to convince low information voters that climate change is a serious issue, and the opposition likes to point at snow storms and bring snowballs to congress as proof that climate change is a hoax.
437.
by qqqwerty 7y ago
I think what you are missing is that the bank doesn't own the 1 billion, that is someone else's money (deposit, leverage, etc...). This is very rough estimate, but let's say they are making 1% on the spread in rates (I just
438.
by qqqwerty 7y ago
The average MPG in the US is around 25mpg[1]. So assuming that 6 kWh of electricity from the grid (big assumption, see below) is used to refine a gallon of gas, then it seems like the math pencils out. Of course the MPG average includes tru
439.
by qqqwerty 7y ago
I think the point is that the energy inputs required to produce a gallon of gasoline could approximately power an EV vehicle roughly the same distance that a typical ICE could go on a gallon of gasoline. A quick google search seems to back
440.
by qqqwerty 7y ago
Inflation would be very welcome right now. Zero interest-rate policy (ZIRP) seems to be the new normal, and I believe its largely due to increasing wealth inequality which is creating deflationary pressures in our economy (the wealthy can
441.
by qqqwerty 7y ago
The OP is suggesting that CEO's face harsher penalties when criminal activity, significant enough to be investigated and prosecuted, is discovered. If 'everything is securities fraud', and those frauds are not worthy of an i
442.
by qqqwerty 7y ago
But human intelligence is weird. It's not clear to me that increasing the speed of my brain would really accomplish much in my day-to-day life. A lot of the value that I add happens during these 'Eureka' moments, often trigge
443.
by qqqwerty 7y ago
Individual Chinese, Russian, and Saudi billionaires generally invest heavily in US based investments (real estate, stocks, bonds, etc..) as a hedge against the political and legal uncertainty in their own countries. The US at this point is
444.
by qqqwerty 7y ago
Well the main issue is all of this money is going to the wealthy. And while I don't have hard data to back this up, it feels like 'inflation' is rampant in the things that wealthy people throw money at, e.g. stock market, rea
445.
by qqqwerty 7y ago
Those exist in SF, and some of them are colloquially known as the projects[1]. The nice thing about UBI, is it avoids the issue of the 'welfare trap'. UBI isn't meant to directly impact the housing situation in SF, it's
446.
by qqqwerty 7y ago
lol, You might want to take in account who you are replying to. tptacek is one of the more prolific commenters on HN. And just to be clear, he was talking about 'rate of growth` in costs, not absolute costs.
447.
by qqqwerty 7y ago
High deductible plans started becoming popular due to the Medicare Modernization Act[1], not the ACA. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medicare_Prescription_Drug,_Im...
448.
by qqqwerty 8y ago
Somewhat related to my sibling comment, but at least in the bay area, I think the movement in FAANG stock prices may be playing a bigger role than interest rates. A good chunk of employee compensation at these companies is in RSUs, and the
449.
by qqqwerty 8y ago
I think it will largely depend on how the new stocks perform. The early employees, senior engineers and upper management are probably already pulling in large enough salaries where they could afford to buy if they wanted to. But newer empl
450.
by qqqwerty 8y ago
One potential issue in the B2B space is how dependent (or not) these companies are on other non-profitable companies for their revenue. If all of these yet-to-be-profitable unicorns are selling to other profit-challenged vc funded startups,

More ›