simonsarris

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   How to Shake Up the Complacent Class: A Debate(bloomberg.com)

   1 points by simonsarris 10y ago|0 comments
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   by simonsarris 10y ago

   IMO start with antifragile.
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   by simonsarris 10y ago

   You can't blame the median person for being a Nazi or a Communist or a believer in the Democratic Kampuchea (Pol Pot). Simple people are convinced by simple answers/slogans/etc and it should come as no surprise to anyone that
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   by simonsarris 10y ago

   This has long fascinated me too. Reading the letters of Kafka or Darwin are some of my favorite "non-fiction." Though there are still dim analogues of correspondence today. "Drawing from the 600,000 texts and Facebook messag
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   by simonsarris 10y ago

   > Off limits were dairy, eggs, peanuts, lunch meats, vegetable oils, soy, coffee, black tea, soda, alcohol, sugar, gluten, artificial sweeteners, and fruit juice. These items often have harmful additives Why not give up harmful additives
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   by simonsarris 10y ago

   Some countries are just really into their flag. Denmark is a good example.
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   America's Complacent Class(npr.org)

   32 points by simonsarris 10y ago|45 comments
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   by simonsarris 10y ago

   > Researchers have yet to find solid evidence that automation has ever destroyed jobs. Horse jobs (horses are a special and strange kind of human) are nil. Before there were lots of jobs they could do, now there are no essential tasks. T
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   by simonsarris 10y ago

   Not osti, but studied phil. On the Genealogy of Morality is a decent read, I can't think of anything better for a first Nietzsche read. If you've ever heard "slave morality", its from here.
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    by simonsarris 10y ago

    Do you have any recommended links for those recent studies?
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    GoJS 1.7 Released – Interactive Diagrams for the Web(gojs.net)

    2 points by simonsarris 10y ago|0 comments
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    by simonsarris 10y ago

    From their letter (link to below if you want to read) > Later this year, we expect to finalize locations for Gigafactories 3, 4 and possibly 5 (Gigafactory 2 is the Tesla solar plant in New York). Should be an exciting conference call. (
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    by simonsarris 10y ago

    So... not very independent. Holder has advocated for Uber in the past, we know he has a relationship with upper management already, which suggests it may not be a very impartial investigation. He's been in an advisory position to Uber
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    by simonsarris 10y ago

    You reasoning is a pretty good example of why the median person should be very wary of anyone saying that free markets and their "efficiency" are a good thing, or will result in good outcomes for them. They will result in good out
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    by simonsarris 10y ago

    It's worth also keeping in mind there may be old Russian propaganda models of 1930's memetic warfare still kicking around. http://esr.ibiblio.org/?p=218 I'm not sure either of these should be called strictl
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    by simonsarris 10y ago

    You can look at tap water and sparkling (tap water + CO2 injection) and note that the sparkling water is more acidic. (Because CO2 dissolves in water into carbonic acid) CO2 + H2O ⇌ H2CO3 CO2 injection to make sparkling water is a lot like
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    by simonsarris 10y ago

    Really? I find many math topics to be covered extremely poorly, and presume a lot of prior knowledge without linking to that knowledge. Plenty of philosophy articles are also very poor. For example the page on Deconstruction, though its bet
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    by simonsarris 10y ago

    I highly recommend starting with Cat's Cradle over Slaughterhouse Five, especially if you like thinking about religion (and the silliness of religion, dictators, and technology)
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    by simonsarris 10y ago

    Odd, but reminds me of when Google sold SketchUp (Acquired in 2006, sold in 2012). Have there been many other Google acquisitions that turned into divestments?
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    by simonsarris 10y ago

    I suspect this is not just an American or British or solely cultural thing but also a number-of-children thing. This seems like it would also be the natural response to having fewer children. If you have 3-10 kids, you can "afford&qu
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    by simonsarris 10y ago

    To add credence to your point, this headline from last week: "Obama administration spent billions to fix failing schools, and it didn’t work" https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/obama-adminis..
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    by simonsarris 10y ago

    Lately Apple stories on HN all seem to have comment chains that are isomorphic to this exchange: Guy 1: Jesus Christ what a red flag at Apple, should we be worried? Guy 2: Apple makes a superbillion dollars therefore concern is impossible.
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    by simonsarris 10y ago

    Pessimistically, that name is "Stagnation Hypothesis" (edit, oops the term Peter Thiel/Tyler Cowen like is "Great Stagnation." See: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_yJTCDU4uE )
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    by simonsarris 10y ago

    Same problem has happened with me for about a month and is still currently happening. Win 10 + Chrome Developer = stuck in Lite mode.
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    by simonsarris 10y ago

    Jeff Guo at the Washington Post seems to be making some odd conclusions lately. For the study, Upward Mobility and Discrimination: The Case of Asian Americans , compare his reporting: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news&#x2
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    Tesla footage of braking before crash ahead [video](youtube.com)

    351 points by simonsarris 10y ago|375 comments
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    GoJS 1.7 Beta, JavaScript Diagramming Library(gojs.net)

    1 points by simonsarris 10y ago|0 comments
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    by simonsarris 10y ago

    I agree. We've had low-grade BI for a certain % of the population for a long time as a cost of staving off social disorders and disasters. (Or as the author below puts it, so LA doesn't burn to the ground). It masquerades under th
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    by simonsarris 10y ago

    For those that missed it I assume this is on the heels of yesterday's post: Leonardo Da Vinci’s To Do List (circa 1490) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13187316
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    by simonsarris 10y ago

    I think your #1 is especially true. Almost every car company seems to be nothing but Branding + Internal Combustion Engine expertise. Almost everything else gets farmed out (brakes, steering wheels, seats, windows, most of the car). Until r