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by vannevar 4y ago
>The point is twofold. To send a message that dissent from the business community will not be tolerated. And, to keep stoking the fires of the culture wars. I think the purpose was a lot more narrow: to position Ron DeSantis for the 2024
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by vannevar 4y ago
In this case, a systematic error wouldn't change the conclusion as long as the same method was used for all countries. As for the broader argument about people dying with COVID vs people dying of COVID, the excess mortality rates a
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by vannevar 4y ago
>The most obvious confounding factor is of course that as covid rates rise, people are more likely to wear a mask. Another confounding factor is that the West has many densely populated cities AND good record-keeping regarding mortality.
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by vannevar 4y ago
I downvoted this comment because you provide no actual references to support your argument.
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by vannevar 4y ago
If it's a technical or process innovation, maybe patent protection is warranted. Then you can prototype and pitch licensing on that.
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by vannevar 4y ago
The good news is that investors and partners generally don't value ideas (which is why you get the "diminutive" response about ideas), so they probably won't steal yours. They do value businesses, so if you haven'
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by vannevar 5y ago
I don't believe that Twitter offers much political power. If that's what Musk wants, there are much more efficient ways to use $45B to get it.
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by vannevar 5y ago
This seems like an expensive vanity project for Musk, who often seems to lack focus. In the decade-long bull market he has so far thrived in, he hasn't paid much of a price. That may change in a forecasted environment that looks more l
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by vannevar 5y ago
Yes, seems like a bad move to buy stock if you expect it to go down.
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by vannevar 5y ago
I'm skeptical of the benefits claimed for non-diabetics: the 15% difference in median survival time between metformin-using diabetics and control "non-diabetics" may just indicate undiagnosed diabetes in the control populatio
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by vannevar 5y ago
From the original paper: "Results of analyses of waist circumferences, BMI, body fat, body lean mass, blood pressure, and metabolic risk factors were consistent with the results of the primary outcome. In addition, there were no substa
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by vannevar 5y ago
> I applaud my generation for being skeptical, at least from an intervention POV. As I read it, the poll was not about the wisdom of intervention. I think even the older generation is extremely wary of direct military action by the West
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by vannevar 5y ago
We don't know for sure whether the original sale was real, or whether the price was refunded under the table in order to inflate the perceived value of the asset. I suspect a lot of sham sales are happening in the NFT world.
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by vannevar 5y ago
The long range chart also shows the rate dramatically off the peak and dropping.
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by vannevar 5y ago
They're not "hyping" it as much because not nearly as many people are being hospitalized and dying. Also, there's a shooting war happening in Europe.
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by vannevar 5y ago
>My reaction was "well deaths are way down" but then I looked and we recently had a spike of deaths as big or larger than the initial wave. Your initial reaction was correct, national deaths (and hospitalizations) are way down
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by vannevar 5y ago
>For the most part, though, “racism” is a doctrine we ascribe to others in order to damn and ostracize them. No, racism is the belief that another race is inferior. It isn't ascribed to hurt people, it's ascribed when someone m
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by vannevar 5y ago
Yes, I think pg gets off on the wrong foot here---essentially saying that if something's true, it can't be x-ist---and proceeds in a circle. As you point out, many statements made with racist intent are at least partially true. Th
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by vannevar 5y ago
No, I'm pointing out that the wealthy take a bigger cut of economic growth not because they contributed more, but simply because they are in a position of power to do so. We can't leave capitalism unregulated and expect a meritocr
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by vannevar 5y ago
I think maybe you're confused by the definition of equality here. We're not talking about absolute equality of outcomes for everyone. We're talking about equality of outcomes between people of equal ability. For example, if t
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by vannevar 5y ago
>Who is the authority on the 'purpose' of social justice? Or is what you state just your opinion? This is a good question, but I would defer to liberal leadership, and their rhetoric consistently refers to equal opportunity. I
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by vannevar 5y ago
Really? Say you're working for a company that has a great year, profits up 50%. Your boss gets a 20% raise. You and your team get coupons for free fries at McDonald's. As your boss hands out the coupons, he assures you that profit
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by vannevar 5y ago
Unfortunately, the economy does not behave like a fluid, and a rising economy raises the wealthiest boats orders of magnitude higher than middle-class boats, and thousands of times higher than the poorest boats, which rise imperceptibly by
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by vannevar 5y ago
> Corrupting this process by discriminating on the basis of family ties, personal friendships, wealth, race, or gender, is simply cutting your nose to spite your face. Right. This is the precise argument in favor of diversity: that we ha
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by vannevar 5y ago
Yeah, I recall it being pretty widely mocked here in the US and as far as I know, any actual usage of the term by restaurants was short-lived. It was more a media phenomenon than a real one, like all the supposed teenage "trends"
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by vannevar 5y ago
The "all you see is all there is" fallacy is probably in play here; if respondents were asked about each minority individually, simply the fact that other minorities not named didn't come readily to mind could account for the
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by vannevar 5y ago
They can have whatever values/virtues/etc that they please Sure---but how society responds to a woman's choice is a collective act that she has little control over. Nothing in my comment suggested putting women in a box, ex
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by vannevar 5y ago
All of the reasons the author likes F1 also apply to MotoGP motorcycle racing, which I feel is a purer sport with more emphasis on the rider, less margin for error, and more exciting racing.
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by vannevar 5y ago
Yes, I'm wrong. Only in REO cases does the bank keep the entire amount. Not sure how common REOs are versus property tax seizures.
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by vannevar 5y ago
The questions described don't sound so much like existential questions as rhetorical ones. They are not asked to get an answer but to make a point, that point being that the questioner believes their friend's startup idea is a poo

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