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by squozzer 10y ago
Not sure if the political angle scares me more than the commercial one. On that note, the consumer-side blood-sucking seems less likely than a shakedown of popular platforms such as facebook or google. And with a 100-year headstart in polit
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by squozzer 10y ago
I prefer the answer, "The Whopper is a popular sandwich sold by Burger King. Its primary component is ground muscle fiber obtained from the species homo sapiens."
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by squozzer 10y ago
You know what I would like? An app that would take all of my meager income and lavish expenditures, and break down taxes paid.
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by squozzer 10y ago
I was going to say something along the lines of a pentagram being too obvious, but your explanation wins!
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by squozzer 10y ago
Hypothetically. OTOH, someone who scams artists probably has ways of scamming governments.
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by squozzer 10y ago
So do I, and won't argue with your take on the situation. But I also remember 1996 and how the news predicted a disaster of Olympic proportions. Turns out my commute during the Olympics was the fastest I can remember.
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by squozzer 10y ago
It's possible the author is on to something -- but proving it is something else. Maybe 5 people in Austin area with perfect-ish credit scores / hidden cameras could mount a sting op. Similar to how government agencies build cases
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by squozzer 10y ago
We should try these principles at our next job interviews and compare notes.
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by squozzer 10y ago
Keep in mind this financial debacle occurred in spite of at least one state's electricity customers paying for nuclear plant construction in advance: http://www.ajc.com/business/psc-approves-georgia-power-rate-...
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by squozzer 10y ago
Both "meritocracy" and "equality" exist as emotionally loaded terms that in practice exhibit almost otherworldy malleability (Did you like that polysyllabic flourish?) What the author did essentially was reveal her oppos
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by squozzer 10y ago
>“Statistics were never about serving the public. They were — and still are — for the purposes of serving the government bureaucracy” That statement has a familiar smell here in America.
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by squozzer 10y ago
I agree that it's a hit piece, actually not as bad as I had expected based on the title. I disagree that it's fakenews, because the only disputable statements are the conclusions / interpretations / shade-throwing of the
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by squozzer 10y ago
I agree with the author, but their refutation of Musk's argument takes the wrong tack. Musk's argument = The time needed to create a simulation indistiguishable from reality << age of universe; The time needed for intelligen
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by squozzer 10y ago
I'll take your Calvinism and sprinkle on a bit of Social Darwinism, i.e. American society uses crime, among other tools, to destroy internal competition. Not punish, destroy.
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by squozzer 10y ago
Experts themselves have created the problem. People mistrust experts not because people worship ignorance and wallow in their own narcissism - which many people do, certainly - but because experts are routinely bought and sold by non-expert
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by squozzer 10y ago
2000 veterans is roughly two infantry battalions. Maybe IBM knows something we don't?
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by squozzer 10y ago
It bothers me a little that economists might lack the ability to factor in changing consumer or business habits that are emerging because of recent events or secular trends. For example: >One additional consideration that I think about i
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by squozzer 10y ago
Another thing Russian leaders know pretty well -- every invasion from the West ultimately failed. Invasions from the East, that's a different story. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mongol_invasion_of_Rus%27
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by squozzer 10y ago
Not to pick on the author too hard, as I like the cut of his giblets, but his hair seems awfully brown for a 50-something. My temples and beard are quite gray / grey.
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by squozzer 10y ago
You're halfway there -- the other ugly side of our profession is stated rather plainly by the author -- "Ours is also one of the fewest industries based on scientific research which blatantly ignores the research, unless it is pop
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by squozzer 10y ago
Paragraph analysis -- # unflattering to Rs = 4 # unflattering to Ds = 8 Neutral / Ambivalent = 3
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by squozzer 10y ago
Not to pick on you, but your statement reflects a prejudice that many professions -- including doctors, but also lawyers, professional athletes, even hitmen -- are far too happy to exploit.
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by squozzer 10y ago
Going against my usual grain here on HN, I feel bullish about shared automobiles. There's too much financial upside to renting one if we can iron out the techincal and financial wrinkles. And sure, the wealthy, or at least those who en
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by squozzer 10y ago
Keep in mind some of Asimov's best-known works do not flatter the intellectuals or even technology: Foundation Trilogy -- 1) The Encyclopedia Foundation epitomizes ivory-tower (and mostly retrospective) intellectuals who find themselve
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by squozzer 10y ago
Yes, we should march into the gas chambers for the good of America. Hail The Donald!
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by squozzer 10y ago
Illegal markets also have a counterforce -- diluting quality ("cutting") makes more product available at the same price.
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by squozzer 10y ago
The author's thesis depends pretty heavily on drivers having alternatives. I place little faith in the Peak Travel Study -- http://www.travelbehavior.us/Nancy-pdfs/Peak%20Travel%20in%2... -- who in their right min
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by squozzer 10y ago
At least it's not phenolphthalein -- https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/phenolphthalein
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by squozzer 10y ago
Sorry, I guess where I was going was when someone defines something as a right, they should be able to explain how they arrived at that conclusion. For instance, if you believe that we have a right to live, and healthcare has some relation
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by squozzer 10y ago
Here's an application of our faulty, socially-dependent reason: Health care is a right, yes or no? Please explain your reasoning. The article mentions ACA so my proposal should not be too off-topic.

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