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by ywvcbk 2y ago
If you’re talking about something wouldn’t that always mean that you in fact ‘could’ care less? Saying that you ‘couldn’t care less about X’ doesn’t seem logical at all because you of course could, ‘could care less’ is of course not particu
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by ywvcbk 2y ago
I recall seeing ads for Lapland in the early 2000s. Very little daylight during winter seems like a much bigger issue than temperature.
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by ywvcbk 2y ago
> people with autism have often a very high IQ I don’t think that’s necessarily true even if we only consider those with high-functioning autism (and the average is significantly lower if we include everyone). Some people with autism hav
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by ywvcbk 2y ago
I’m not sure Boeing etc. could have insured any liability risk resulting from engineering/design flaws in their vehicles?
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by ywvcbk 2y ago
Yes, but worse. Nobody physically forced anyone to get vaccinated so you still had some choice. Of course legally banning individuals from using public roads or sidewalks unless they give up their right to sue Tesla/etc. might be an op
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by ywvcbk 2y ago
From a utilitarian perspective sure, you might be right but how do you exempt those companies from civil liability and make it impossible for victims/their families to sue the manufacturer? Might be legally tricky (driver/owner ca
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by ywvcbk 2y ago
I’m not sure I agree with the entire premise. Maybe it’s true about the cheapest bikes but that’s because bikes used to be considerably more expensive on average. If you’re willing to pay the same (inflation adjusted) I think the overall qu
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by ywvcbk 2y ago
> impossible to repair by a "regular" person. What do you mean by that? Unless it’s an e-bikes most modern bikes are extremely standardized and IMHO generally better quality than older bikes (unless we’re exclusively talking ab
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by ywvcbk 2y ago
Don’t most European manufacturers just buy frames from Taiwan or even China and just combine them with Taiwanese/Chinese/Malaysian parts from SRAM/Shimano? I don’t think a lot of manufacturing is actually done in Europe.
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by ywvcbk 2y ago
Why would a modern bike fail when the warranty expires? If you want a bike that lasts 70 years you either need to be fine with not having much more effective brakes/gearing or just do regular maintenance on it. There are plenty of pro
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by ywvcbk 2y ago
Never had a similar experience with a mid-drive. I’ve found every bike with a hub motor I’ve tried disappointing on hilly terrain or with a lot of start/stop and if you only cycle on flat what’s even the point of having an ebike? (Ass
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by ywvcbk 2y ago
DIY is mostly hub motors (which are just meh..) though? Or is building a mid-drive one actually feasible?
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by ywvcbk 2y ago
Punishing individual developers is of course absurd (unless intent can be proven) the company itself and the upper management on the hand? Would make perfect sense.
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by ywvcbk 2y ago
> criminally liable for every death. The fact that people generally consume drugs voluntarily and make that decision after being informed about most of the known risks probably mitigates that to some extent. Being killed by someone else’
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by ywvcbk 2y ago
What if someone gets killed because of some clear bug/error and the jury decides to award 100s of millions just for that single ? I’m not sure it’s trivial to insurance companies to account for that sort of risk
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by ywvcbk 2y ago
How much would every death or severe injury caused by FSD cost Tesla? We probably won’t know anytime soon but since unlike anyone else they can afford to pay out virtually unlimited amounts and courts will presumably take that into account
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by ywvcbk 2y ago
Also I wouldn’t be surprised if any potential wrongful death lawsuits could cost Tesla several magnitudes more than the current average.
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by ywvcbk 2y ago
> shouldn't tobacco companies be paying the risk premium for their customers How would that even work? Any such tax would be priced in into the price of the product. It doesn’t really matter if the government is collecting it direct
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by ywvcbk 2y ago
> box Presumably you have a GPU? If so there is nothing an NPU can do that a discrete GPU can’t (and it would be much slower than a recent GPU). The real benefits are power efficiency and cost since they are built into the SoC which are
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by ywvcbk 2y ago
> It's well known and obvious he gets into the weeds. THATS why his companies are successful. What about the PayPal stories? Or those are all supposedly “not fair and balanced”? > It's well known and obvious he gets into the
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by ywvcbk 2y ago
Looks like it’s designed by a not particularly talented three year old? of course not everyone is bothered by that. All the water/environment related issues (I guess you can get the “optional” coating) and the absurd repair costs seem
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by ywvcbk 2y ago
IBKR claims that you can establish a margin loan by: “Withdrawing funds in excess of settled cash in the denomination of the currency being withdrawn;” So as long as you have enough collateral it’s effectively the same?
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by ywvcbk 2y ago
> Do you pay attention to the people who win at Russian roulette more than those who lose? Well.. no since you cant really win anything. With pharmaceuticals on the other I hand I think 1 Oxycontin/etc. like “situation” would be a r
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by ywvcbk 2y ago
To be fair BMI is based on Belgians from the 1850s with all the implications it has. Modern people are much taller (+15 cm for males) and eat a lot more protein. So the line between normal and overweight is somewhat blurry. e.g. someone who
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by ywvcbk 2y ago
Do you pay more attention to those and ignore the actual success stories? The opioids thing is hardly comparable. Everybody clearly knew the risks (for the past 100+ years) and chose to ignore them. This is an almost entirely new type of dr
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by ywvcbk 2y ago
Is there a difference?
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by ywvcbk 2y ago
> the rate is probably significantly lower IBKR is charging Fed Funds rate + 0.5% at >$200k. Why would they ever offer anyone significantly less than that rewardless if they are billionaires or not? They be losing money on those loans
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by ywvcbk 2y ago
It’s like people complaining about savings accounts with 0.5% interest rates. Just switch to a different broker… IBKR is +0.5% at >$200k (It starts at +1.5%)
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by ywvcbk 2y ago
No, the fact that your proposal isn’t thought through at all and is entirely impractical doesn’t mean that solving this problem is "very hard, impossible". That seems entirely unrelated..
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by ywvcbk 2y ago
So if you take out a small business loan and use any type of collateral you now have to pay taxes on it? Significantly increasing the cost of borrowing for most non large companies is certainly a great idea.. it obviously won’t lead to less

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