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by scoofy 4mo ago
>Everyone else can move literally anywhere else in the country This sentiment makes me so angry. People -- very obviously -- need to live where the jobs are. The fact that we want to say "oh, well if you don't want to live in
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by scoofy 4mo ago
I don't understand this thesis beyond: "the past predicts the future"
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by scoofy 4mo ago
>Yes, that is what the money could have been used for. Altruistic or otherwise If we take peoples' retirement investments, and spend it on puppy dogs and ice cream for veterans and children, we're going to be in a worse place t
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by scoofy 4mo ago
If you want to "invest" in society and get a return, by all means, buy government bonds and support the government's policies to do these things. You get a return, and the government gets money to invest in society. It's
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by scoofy 4mo ago
You are describing altruistic gifts, not investment meant to generate a return. All this money is being deployed to try and turn a dime into a dollar. The biggest area I can see where money could be deployed into building something useful -
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by scoofy 4mo ago
I sold in May. I'm in the largest cash position (t-bills) I've ever had. I might be completely wrong. I just looked at the situation with the oil crisis, and without any obvious way to end it, I just figure, if there was every a m
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by scoofy 4mo ago
I remember getting to college just being stunned at how many people weren’t there to learn. I wasn’t a perfect student, but I was there to become smarter.
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by scoofy 4mo ago
A short cut lawn signals productive land, a water source, and herbivore wildlife. I've always assumed that we appreciate lawns because we are evolutionarily adapted to aesthetically appreciate the types of land that signal easy surviva
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by scoofy 4mo ago
I cannot recommend Rory Sutherland's book Alchemy enough. It is up there with great book for me like Taleb's Incerto series when it comes to deeply interesting ideas I would not have noticed if they hadn't been pointed out
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by scoofy 4mo ago
Imagine if Anthropic had followed the terms of service of every data source when building its model.
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by scoofy 4mo ago
No, because the family is going to have two cars anyway. Once we're at the point where a single vehicle and, say, an ebike are acceptable transit options, then America will have already exceeded it's climate goals. To achieve that
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by scoofy 4mo ago
Yes, and at the same time they are whinging about the price of automobiles and gasoline. Preferences are driven by culture in the short run and by practicality in the long run.
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by scoofy 4mo ago
Yea, I just think that's a luxury for folks who have plenty of money. When you're basing your use case on 1% of use, then you're buying a luxury car, but pretending it's practical. A practical plan is a diversion of labo
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by scoofy 4mo ago
Corn, soybeans, and wheat would like a word… that is, unless this isn’t actually about “plant rights” and is really about faux-environmental NIMBYism.
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by scoofy 4mo ago
If every couple had one EV truck for heavy lifting and a small ICE hatchback for long distances, we’d reduce our emissions and our gas bills massively. Most people don’t have to pick an everything vehicle. We all benefit when we focus on ma
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by scoofy 4mo ago
I agree with this comment. Noise canceling headphones is the only reason I’m able to use the bus in SF. The author writes from Germany, which has reasonable social etiquette in place in most cities. That social contract just doesn’t exist i
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by scoofy 4mo ago
Look at the price of gold. Asset inflation is happening because we’ve 20 years of inflationary policies that hid in equities because of 0%-3% rates. Now that the rates have gone up, that money is chasing lower downside risk investments. Ass
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by scoofy 4mo ago
First off, let’s not pretend rocket launch dependent solar is “cleaner.” Be reasonable. Solar + saline batteries is pretty damn clean. Yes, I watched the video. It’s talking about solar and radiators. I agree, if we can solve solar and radi
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by scoofy 4mo ago
>It was also hard for many people to imagine a reusable booster, a belly flopping Starship, catching the largest booster ever built with “chopsticks”, a 10,000 satellite constellation, etc. I don't actually think this would be hard
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by scoofy 4mo ago
You won't be the only person using it. I'll be right there with you.
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by scoofy 4mo ago
I still have no idea how that would work. Imagine launching an entire data center building into space, and then imagine also launching a solar array to power it, and then also launching a gigantic radiator to cool it... and the radiator i
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by scoofy 4mo ago
I don't disagree that the abortion issue is egregious. My point is more subtle. California is currently sacrificing the futures of entire generations. Why? To protect the property wealth the previous generations. To protect ocean views
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by scoofy 4mo ago
It’s not even comparable: https://www.redfin.com/cost-of-living-calculator/austin-tx/v... Austin is much cheaper than Seattle.
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by scoofy 4mo ago
My point is that OP was worried about lifestyle and safety. That fair. Don’t live in Ft Worth. A “Red State” is a state where pretty much wherever you go, it’s Republican voters. Their election results statewide are R+15 or more. Oklahoma i
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by scoofy 4mo ago
Well off tech folks in this forum will like California more. I’m well off and left Texas, so I obviously agree with that. My point is that it’s easy to clutch pearls in a zero-sum economy like CA’s when you’re on top. The reason I still hav
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by scoofy 4mo ago
> California is the world’s fourth largest economy and the number #1 state by population Texas is the world’s ninth largest economy if we include CA, and is projected to pass CA in population by 2050. Not really sure what your point is.
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by scoofy 4mo ago
You are describing the effects of gerrymandering.
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by scoofy 4mo ago
Wait... you're talking about a Water crisis in terms of Texas compared to California? You really should give Cadillac Desert a read. Texas is draining their portion of the Ogallala, and are putting strain on Texas rivers, but Califor
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by scoofy 4mo ago
You know what gerrymandering is, right?
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by scoofy 4mo ago
California is hostile to the poor. When median income in SF is $140K per household. A two-bedroom apartment costs $5000 per month. It's literally illegal to build housing for actual poor people who have jobs there. I know plenty of w

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