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by saulpw 2y ago
A lot of it is the privatization and therefore optimization of healthcare. Why does the hospital only employ one doctor? Yes, maybe they have the headcount and it's an actual shortage of doctors, but I'd guess that the admins ha
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by saulpw 2y ago
I think the headline statistic negates the claim that these are "niche" uses of database.
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by saulpw 2y ago
Not yet, but the the human population has more than doubled since 1970, while the number of other vertebrates has halved. It's like biomass is conserved, and human growth (both in number and in waistlines) is us systematically convert
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by saulpw 2y ago
back and forth forever
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by saulpw 2y ago
You and me and other people we know.
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by saulpw 2y ago
> People either had it or didn't. The decision making process was straightforward. No it wasn't, not at all! You (and most people) put an awful lot of trust in medical tests, which are frequently wrong (in both directions). In
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by saulpw 2y ago
Do these firms give them their equivalent of an LSAT or the bar exam? AFAIK it's a "non-technical" interview.
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by saulpw 2y ago
> You must treat every argument you hear as if were generated in good faith. Many arguments are generated carelessly or maliciously, in which case you will be swamped by bullshit or actively infected with a conspiracy theory. I know bet
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by saulpw 2y ago
> If an entire community acted like this household of eccentric libertarian economists it'd look like an insane asylum. I mean Milton Friedman (the author's father) was quite influential in the late 20th century, and arguably
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by saulpw 2y ago
Up to a point. Beyond that point, "economies of scale" becomes "monopolies of scale". Which is Stoller's (and the OP's) point.
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by saulpw 2y ago
None, if each of the companies were 1/4 of the size.
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by saulpw 2y ago
10mg works really well in my experience.
853.
by saulpw 2y ago
Viagra doesn't "make" you hard, you still need sexual stimulus. I've taken it and then the sexual opportunity fell through, so I went back to coding or whatever, and I didn't notice anything different.
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by saulpw 2y ago
Does it work in 80x25? All the screenshots are like 300x150.
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by saulpw 2y ago
I made some ~25 changes to the code[0], to show how some making some pretty minor changes can really improve readability, while still staying extremely tight. I don't need everything spelled out for me, and in fact I prefer a horizonta
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by saulpw 2y ago
It's not possible. There is a minimum critical mass, which can be reduced with reflectors etc, but not down to even a 1t TNT yield.
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by saulpw 2y ago
In 1995 the richest person in the world was Bill Gates with $13 billion. Today there are 10 people who each have more than $130 billion (including Bill Gates), and 70 people who have more than $26 billion. Jeff Bezos himself has $200 bill
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by saulpw 2y ago
That set of criteria makes sense to me! Also, another case in which the death penalty could be warranted: The person has confessed to the crime, does not recant their confession, and accepts (or even desires) the death penalty in lieu of li
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by saulpw 2y ago
But the information would still be forever locked away in its own galactic island. Even transmitting at the speed of light, the information could never reach any other galaxy. So no, in this far future, a galaxy would only be able to know
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by saulpw 2y ago
Is it though? I've not seen evidence of that.
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by saulpw 2y ago
Yeah, and he does. But as he is arguing, the cost is exhorbitant, and if he had known what the cost would be, he would have chosen to do it himself at home. Even if you have an HDHP ( especially if you have an HDHP) this is how it should
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by saulpw 2y ago
Ignoring instructions and making things up may very well be an existential threat. Just not of the SkyNet variety.
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by saulpw 2y ago
for sure :)
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by saulpw 2y ago
I kind of can't believe a 2020 Biden voter would prefer a 2024 Trump presidency.
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by saulpw 2y ago
4% is a good start. I wouldn't hold my breath for 100% of anything to happen all in one go.
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by saulpw 2y ago
When compute was precious we had Big O Notation. Now I think the time has come for Big CO2 Notation.
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by saulpw 2y ago
> also happens to make them last half as long. Which again is a "feature" of the design from the company's perspective.
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by saulpw 2y ago
Hear hear. Also, if we include programming paradigms in the category of "tools", I've found that having more options has decreased my programming velocity, as I get distracted while coding down one path by all the other meth
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by saulpw 2y ago
I can confidently predict that no technological advancement will bring us into that utopia. With our current level of tech, we could easily be there now. At this point we don't need engineering technology, we need social/politic
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by saulpw 2y ago
Maybe "attitude is a choice" when learned as an adult is a relief, but when learned as a child is oppressive.

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