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by snakeboy 6y ago
> Saying that there's wealth deficit for millennials/genx because boomers have accumulated more wealth later in life is a little handy-wavy. That's not what the chart I linked is claiming. The Boomer line goes back to wh
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by snakeboy 6y ago
Is there any momentum behind these ideas? I don't have any idea what the state of US healthcare reform is.
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by snakeboy 6y ago
Google image search "generational wealth USA" You'll find several similar charts. I dislike the Washington Post, but it's just the first result: https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/12&
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by snakeboy 6y ago
> TV talking heads bemoan about this, but billionaires still remain the most admired people in this country (Trump, Musk, Gates, etc). Okay, now include Jeff Bezos, George Soros, and the Koch Brothers :) But in all serious, I'm not
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by snakeboy 6y ago
OP means even among those who have never invested before, there are a lot of people who want to buy GME to support the cause, not caring if they lose a bit of money in the end.
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by snakeboy 6y ago
I think it's important to put this in the context of many other related issues/pressures: * Increasing wealth inequality for several decades now * older generations holding onto more wealth and power in society than ever before -
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by snakeboy 6y ago
More likely is that most if not all of them saw something innocuous, but constant screaming about corruption from certain public figures colored their recollection a bit. It's like when you hear a muffled audio recording but it's
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by snakeboy 6y ago
From what I remember from previous discussions, 1. It's more expensive than standard cattle feed so it would need a subsidy to incentivize its use (probably a worthwhile investment for the Biden administration if they're serious a
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by snakeboy 6y ago
I do hope Scott will some day restore the old website to its original layout rather than the default WordPress template it's had since he pulled it. At least for archival and nostalgic value. Does anyone know why SubStack doesn't
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by snakeboy 6y ago
> how is value determined? It's a good question, I'm not sure I'd have an insightful answer there. Surely there's a difference between Q-Anon, the brain-child of one guy just a few years ago, and questions like &quot
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by snakeboy 6y ago
Homeopathy promises tangible physical effects that should be able to be measured, so as a field of study it's "competing" with medicine, so in my opinion it's only fair to judge it on equal terms via empirical study. Phi
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by snakeboy 6y ago
Uh, did you perhaps reply to the wrong thread? I'm talking about art, philosophy, aesthetics, etc... nothing about research output or p-hacking :)
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by snakeboy 6y ago
What exactly are you expecting OP to provide as satisfactory evidence here? Anything anyone says is gonna be anecdotal. Personally, probably a solid third of the guys I knew in a college CS program were insufferably close-minded and reducti
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by snakeboy 6y ago
It sounds like cynical politicians doing what they always do: pitting their followers against "the enemy" for personal gain.
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by snakeboy 6y ago
In reality, these days -- along with most other so-called dog whistles it's quite effective in trolling reactionaries on the left. That's all. Everyone is in on the joke. If I'm Don Jr. or Charlie Kirk or whoever, my prer
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by snakeboy 6y ago
If I'm a USAn doing business with a private company in a foreign country, that's not relevant. OP is using population-level trends to influence develop his bias towards individuals.
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by snakeboy 6y ago
That's why I don't let black people into my restaurant. Statistically, they're more likely to commit a crime once inside, so I don't want to take the risk. All the black people in town end up going to the restaurant dow
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by snakeboy 6y ago
How do you even define "debunked" here? It's a subjective conclusion as to whether the immense energy costs are justified by the net value added to society. Personally, I'd tend towards air travel being a net positive,
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by snakeboy 6y ago
I love the teacup mascots with the "refilling each other" visual. Nice touch.
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This could exists a fun puzzle genre, replacing substforbidds of words with synonyms. Perhaps with muloanle dened itefractionns. Could even have replacementb agrosb lade boundaries.
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by snakeboy 6y ago
To be fair, it's obvious the author is a non-native speaker. It's totally reasonable to miss the subtlety that a "cult classic" usually implies that it's not mainstream. Google doesn't even make that obvious
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by snakeboy 6y ago
Yeah, vast majority seems like a stretch. Back-of-the-envelope calculation: Google says ~100 billion humans ever lived ~60 billion since 0 AD. Let's say since 0 AD, 10% of the average person's lifetime encounters are non-consensu
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by snakeboy 6y ago
But honestly how reliable do you expect the data reports of individual counties? As I said elsewhere, stuff like this is mostly meaningless without comparing to a random sample of other counties, preferably from other elections. Of cours
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by snakeboy 6y ago
My experience flying from the US to France through Portugal was that an agent at the gate looks over whatever paper you give them and highlights "PCR", "NEGATIVE" and the date and then hands it back. Then in Portugal t
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Specifically, it's not airborne, which is the only relevant mode of spread in an airplane.
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by snakeboy 6y ago
Thank you so much. It's people like you that are helping me stay sane these days.
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by snakeboy 6y ago
Thank you. That quote does seem rather damning. I imagine similarly in Georgia the judges saw evidence and proceeded at their discretion.
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by snakeboy 6y ago
This is one fallacy I saw over and over and over again back in November. Taking 10 counties in Pennsylvania and saying "Doesn't that look suspicious to you ??" It's all meaningless junk stats without a random sample of
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by snakeboy 6y ago
Can someone help me to understand this election fraud stuff? I promise I'm not a quack. I pretty much ignore anything Trump has to say, since he was obviously going to say it was rigged upon losing, so his opinion contributes no info
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I would argue yes, at least for Plato in particular, the commentaries take their time to discuss the topics in the so-called "Socratic" style, and its easy to engage with the arguments and counter-arguments directly. I think with

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