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by sfj 7y ago
Sounds like an improvement actually. Less people leeching off the system, either through welfare, or by being rich enough to just sit and live off savings. A young person with money would be more likely to start a company rather than just r
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by sfj 7y ago
The ability to assert the most about what the code cand and cannot do, trumps both, which is why the use of strongly typed (check, even dependently typed) functional languages should be more widespread.
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by sfj 7y ago
> Can't you see how these factors mean that testing 100 people would not lead to a proper representative sample? Where did I ever write this? I wrote it would give us an upper and lower bound.
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by sfj 7y ago
Even testing 100 people would still be informative and give you an upper and lower bounds on the number infected. You don't need an exact number to form policy.
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by sfj 7y ago
That's one factor, I'd argue it is caused by the $12 trillon is usd denominated debt, and due to the economic situation, no cashflow to pay it. But the Fed has been ramping up printing presses, creating a tug of war. How long befo
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by sfj 7y ago
I wonder how stable printing money is, though. It seems the Fed never seems to be able to return to where it was, regarding its balance sheet.
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by sfj 7y ago
Momentum?
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by sfj 7y ago
> Anyway, they're not buying subprime auto loans or overinflated stocks. They're buying long term risk-free debt, and are going to start buying commercial paper (which has some risk, but not much). From their press release on 3
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by sfj 7y ago
If no one was printing more of 'em, they'd disintegrate after awhile if heavily used.
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by sfj 7y ago
It's more due to the rest of the world having to sell everything to pay their dollar denominated debts, because, during this global economic shutdown, they have no USD coming in.
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by sfj 7y ago
They're taken from thin air. The Fed just prints it.
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by sfj 7y ago
The demand for USD being too great is not because the American economy is strong, but rather because there is $12 Trillion in dollar denominated debt owed by the rest of the world. At 2% interest this is $240 Billion worth of USD that has t
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by sfj 7y ago
I don't think they'll get that much for those sub prime auto loans and over inflated stocks they're accepting now...
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by sfj 7y ago
They got burned by SARS
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by sfj 7y ago
I wonder how well sunlight works?
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by sfj 7y ago
Googly translation: https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&...
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by sfj 7y ago
It's 64 grains
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by sfj 7y ago
If he gave his money to a few people in need, it would be effective for them , wouldn't it? And probably better spent then after going through the tangled mess of government bureaucracy. What more could you hope for?
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by sfj 7y ago
China's economy has is no way returned to normal. https://www.capitaleconomics.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/... https://www.capitaleconomics.com/wp-content/uploads/2020&#
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by sfj 7y ago
But who are they going to lend to ? Aren't most companies losing cashflow due to loss of employees/supply, and don't have demand due to everyone staying home? The only companies that are going to be borrowing are those that
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by sfj 7y ago
Curious why you need to government involved? Why not just take your money out of your 401(k) yourself? You'll suffer a penalty, but people are in need.
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by sfj 7y ago
>> processed by their bureaucracy That is the issue here. They completely ignored it until people were dying in the hallways of hospitals and then implemented a draconian policy. And now they're locking up anyone who criticizes t
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by sfj 7y ago
They've been calling the period lately as the “blockchain winter”. It may warm up again soon, though, imo
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by sfj 7y ago
I still think they suck. They should really change their policy on this.
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by sfj 7y ago
But if a bunch of oil companies go out of business due to this, and then they cut production again, oil prices might rise sharply in the months ahead.
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by sfj 7y ago
Hence, the problem with empty planes being flown around.
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by sfj 7y ago
Their initial response was to do largely what the USA is doing now. Hide the impacts, pretend everything is ok. They only reversed course when their hospitals became so overloaded that they had to do something. People seem fixated on this i
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by sfj 7y ago
Based on levels of pollution China has still not resumed production as of Feb 20-25. You'd think if it was discovered that it was just like the flu, they would have resumed production by now. https://earthobservatory.nasa.
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by sfj 7y ago
I was actually agreeing with you. I was trying to say the other poster had a “half-pinion”. Sorry if I wasn't clear.
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by sfj 7y ago
Scott Adams calls what you're talking about “a half-pinion”, ie. when someone only looks at one side of an argument to form their opinion.

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