snarf21

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by snarf21 5y ago
I agree. I think the only plausible path forward is taxing digital advertising revenue. People wouldn't pay for this trash infotainment and it is only free because ads make it highly profitable. I think this is the great trick that t
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by snarf21 5y ago
I agree with you but today's "news" is really just infotainment designed to outrage. When was the last time you read a headline that wasn't click-bait? The issue is that we want news to match the speed of Twitter and FB.
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by snarf21 5y ago
This is always the issue, no institutional buy-in. One thing I learned a long time ago is that a "bad" process that is followed universally by everyone (dev, pjm, pm) will always out perform a "great" process with only t
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by snarf21 5y ago
I agree. I thought pot wasn't supposed to be so addictive that users had the same withdrawal they get from nicotine. I was at a reunion picnic on Labor Day and people in another group had to take a break to go down to their cars to get
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by snarf21 5y ago
It wasn't always this way but healthcare tied to employment is a holdover from WW II. We also have this weird residual of puritanical values that says we value hard work over everything else. So tying healthcare to employment fits righ
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by snarf21 5y ago
We need a different kind of system for medical care. It has to be more like the dentist if we ever want to reduce costs on this side of the triangle. The MD should only see patients when absolutely necessary, the rest of the time a RN or CN
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by snarf21 5y ago
I think the missing pole in the tent of weight loss is that we don't acknowledge the psychology of it. Everyone who is overweight knows that they should eat less and move more. What always gets lost is the how. How do I consistently
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by snarf21 5y ago
I think the issue is that it was used as an excuse to deny vacation. It could also lead to everyone being put on teams of 2. Great, now no one can take a vacation by definition.
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by snarf21 5y ago
Right, it seems relatively simple to calculate someone's salary to also include additional 5 weeks of pay per year so that if you have to pay it out it was already budgeted. Alternatively, you could do it in such a way that every two w
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by snarf21 5y ago
Are you okay with people taking off one week every month? How about two weeks every month? Is it really unlimited?
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by snarf21 5y ago
My dad sells new cars, they are selling at $3K over invoice. Desperate people will pay desperate prices.
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by snarf21 5y ago
I would assume this is strictly a function of the more recent polarization of the political spectrum. I read the paper but it doesn't break down all the numbers in a more detailed way.
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by snarf21 5y ago
The stock market isn't reacting because of the Fed. As long as their programs remain and interest rates say 0, the asset inflation bubble will continue. Also, the stock market today is so heavily dominated by tech that don't have
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by snarf21 5y ago
This is the same thing happening with cars. There isn't enough new car inventory so used cars are going higher and higher. Dealers are buying used cars for MORE than people paid new. As already built houses for sale continues to rise
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by snarf21 5y ago
Treason is only for poor and unconnected people. The rule makers are very careful to never make white collar crime super punishable.
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by snarf21 5y ago
For sure, but it is also that outrage is hugely profitable. We need a digital advertising tax on revenue. By making all these internet companies so profitable, we've given them perverse incentives to make it worse.
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by snarf21 5y ago
Of course it would be game changing if it got to 99+% but I don't think we are there yet. If people don't take any other testing supplies and the watch isn't accurate, they they could go hypo easily especially during exercise
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by snarf21 5y ago
What is your source for the tech being "ready"? I'm sure they are trying but it is extremely difficult. Also, CGM will require FDA approval. You can't make a mistake or people die. If your measured pulse or respiratory
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by snarf21 5y ago
I know that a lot of us more tech inclined want this freedom. But grandma is never running toolchain on a computer to install custom software. What 99% of people want is cheap/free and they will give up privacy to get it. I see this as
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by snarf21 5y ago
So your solution to inequity is to pull the ladder up behind you? What did you DO to deserve to be born in a Western nation?
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by snarf21 5y ago
The most revealing thing about all these calls for back doors "for the children" and "to stop terrorists is that I never truly realized that child exploitation and terrorism were invented around 1996. It is also interesting t
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by snarf21 5y ago
Because Sheetz is awesome! Way better that Wawa, lol. But yeah, I think they will all have to move in this direction.
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by snarf21 5y ago
This is a misalignment of incentives. They want to click bait you to watching ads, you just want unbiased information.
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by snarf21 5y ago
I think there is a huge win here for a first mover. Let's say McDonalds works out a deal to have EV chargers at all restaurants with a parking lot. You know have a known location to EV charge anywhere in the country. And as you say, mi
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by snarf21 5y ago
Besides not using WiFi? If you want WiFi to work on your phone while lying in bed, then that requires Wifi signals in your bedroom. Also, remember that they are putting "smarts" into every appliance under the sun, including tea ke
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by snarf21 5y ago
The first people into a ponzi scheme always do well. Is he going to HODL until retirement? I doubt that will work out so well.
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by snarf21 5y ago
e. ponzi scheme (there can't be speculation because there is no scarcity from which to create a true market. It isn't like Babe Ruth's jersey, this is a picture of a tree that Babe Ruth looked at once.)
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by snarf21 5y ago
There are concerns about the weight of glass (energy cost), the energy required to create and recycle, the likelihood that even things like "reusing beer bottles by just washing" have risks with glass chipping or having cracks tha
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by snarf21 5y ago
Just fyi, this was completely intentional [1]. There was a big concern about increasing plastic use in the 1990s. So, the plastics producers started producing ads and adding the recycling symbol to plastics. The consumer assumed they were
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by snarf21 5y ago
Additionally, they are putting out some really impressive EV designs and plans. I think Ford has an even stronger future.

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