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by rkk3 5y ago
> Accurate and justified I see so when you make ad-hominem attacks they are ok, but if you don't agree with someone & they make ad-hominem attacks they are a "toxic bully"
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by rkk3 5y ago
> whatever the merits or lack thereof of his proposal -- the donor's language was intrinsically manipulative The architect caused a media-circus because he didn't agree with a tradeoff they made and he called him ignorant. You
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by rkk3 5y ago
> I don't know US situation but this still seems expensive It is expensive. > I don't why they cannot build simply longer buildings It's not simple. They have to deal with zoning laws, land owned/available to the u
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by rkk3 5y ago
He is 75 and has already given up most of his duties.
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by rkk3 5y ago
> Is it normal Normal? He was the 7th most powerful person in the CCP, in a country of 1.4 Billion. He was then a 65 year old having a "relationship" with a then 25 year-old...
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by rkk3 5y ago
Seems like you are embracing the outrage narrative rather than thoughtfully examining the tradeoffs. 1 in 20 UC students are homeless and SB has an acute housing crisis [1]. They are building a dorm for 5,000 students and also need to deal
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by rkk3 5y ago
> There's nothing hindering students from renting an apartment The ridiculous expense because of the acute housing shortage in SB. Which building the largest dorm in the country would help alleviate. > they don't have to use
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by rkk3 5y ago
> articles that talk about how young millennials are "choosing" to live in pod houses/tiny homes when in reality they can't afford anything better. They are forced to live in these conditions "conditions"? 1
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> Our vaccination rates are still pretty low Not really, 221 Million have had it-least 1 shot in the US and another 73 Million are under 18 and are at almost no risk (558 total deaths).
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by rkk3 5y ago
Children's deaths are tragic but extremely low risk for covid. 558 children under 18 died have died in the US, out of a population of 73 Million. How low of risk do you need it to be?
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by rkk3 5y ago
Drinking 500+ calories a day is almost 1.5lbs a week, cutting that alone would contribute a lot to weight loss. Try drinking a gallon of water a day instead.
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by rkk3 5y ago
No, he is implying they "Star Wars"-ified it; that they made it a show that is 'good vs evil' and all problems are solved by laser guns.
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by rkk3 5y ago
How is that at all relevant to the asymmetric vulnerabilities the US faces in LEO & GEO, which is the focus of the article?
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by rkk3 5y ago
Prof James Maas has been talking about this for 30+ years. He even has the anecdotal claim that dropping morning practice for a sleep deprived athlete (on his advice) contributed to her winning an Olympic Gold Medal in 2004.
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by rkk3 5y ago
In the US 74.2 Million people are under 18, accounting for only 558 Covid Deaths. Don't know about data around other potential effects from Covid or potential side effects from vaccine, but risk of dying for this group is negligible.
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by rkk3 5y ago
That sounds like the problem is not enough bathrooms... by OSHA guidelines you should have 4-5 minimum for that # of employees.
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by rkk3 5y ago
This article seems to be fundamentally mistaken/misrepresenting Sam Quinones's Theory. P2P Meth started after Ephedrine was banned in Mexico in 2008 not 2017. > He suggests that new meth might be chemically different in a way t
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by rkk3 5y ago
> There are claims that this new form of meth is chemically different in some what that started creating schizophrenia around 2017. You are off by 8+ years ... P2P made meth became mainstream after 2008 because that is when Ephedrine wa
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by rkk3 5y ago
> I just don't trust them when they claim to finally care more about slower growth companies. Slower growth companies? The piece is about wanting to hold their stake in portfolio companies like Square, Zoom and Snowflake post-IPO.
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by rkk3 5y ago
Does this even mean anything in practice? When to distribute to LP's is a controversial question for VC's, Some do immediately after IPO & some continue to hold. Seems like Sequoia is just being explicit about potentially hol
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by rkk3 5y ago
> most dealers are users, and are pushed to a high risk criminal activity - drug dealing - in order to finance their expensive habit Source?
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by rkk3 5y ago
> I turned off the "touch-up" checkbox on my video conferencing software. Is that not the default?
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by rkk3 5y ago
> Chicago homeless begs aggressively, the one in SF are just zombies. Have had many outdoor dining experiences in SF that I would consider aggressive begging...
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by rkk3 5y ago
Second that EconTalk episode. Alternatively recent Atlantic article that is adapted from his book the least of us https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/11/the-new...
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by rkk3 5y ago
This article was really focusing on the chronic visible homeless; living on the street, public feces, injection drug use etc. Many people do become homeless because of higher rents but they are able to take advantage of social safety nets s
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by rkk3 5y ago
> The problem is that if someone asks "man, we really need to get X finished today; Jake needs to pick up his kids, would you mind?" it's pretty darn hard to say "no" This scenario seems like bad manager working
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by rkk3 5y ago
> Arthur Brooks is speaking out now to get ahead of the shitstorm that people like Arthur Brooks created for themselves by being contemptuous of the rank and file American worker for decades. Sweeping generalizations such as "people
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by rkk3 5y ago
More than that.. by the 26th they had already cancelled Chinese New Year & implemented lockdowns/restrictions outside of Hubei.
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worth remembering that we have > 8000 deaths a day under normal circumstances and with covid does not necessarily mean because of covid.
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> ensure they can make the right decisions rather than throw away their future over a stupid prank. Is it a good system if a "stupid prank" can "throw away your future" ?

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