> It is a smart strategy on their part. No, it's a high risk gamble. If the market grows enough they will win the bet, but if the market doesn't or we get a recession that dries up capital they will be holding the bag.
No. Cannabis is a multi purpose drug, cocaine is party drug and/or a "I haven't slept, don't want the 8 hour+ commitment of speed, but need to stay awake" drug. The overlap of pot users and cocaine users is rather small…
1. Valve is a private company with a money printer (steam) 2. the point of these initiatives is to build an ecosystem with steam at the centre. A better way to look at this is valve is trying to hedge it's self against…
Burning Man is unique in that it's a bottom up festival. Where it's the attendees that build the stages and festival. Vs a normal festival where it's the organizers who do the stages and programming. There are local…
> aka European Burning Man Fusion festival is a Psytrance festival. It's nothing like Burning Man (a DIY community driven festival). For the American's it would be closer to Electric Forest or Lost Lands (but with good…
I have an X1 Carbon 2023. It's pretty solid, the only complaint I have is once the CPU usage is over 10% the fan starts running full blast.
That's honestly a good thing. Computers aren't really getting faster for end users doing mundane tasks the past couple of years. Will help reduce E-Waste, and to the end user there won't be a different. A machine from 5…
> This is actually a textbook example of markets functioning in response to a demand shock where supply cannot be increased rapidly. The problem is that demand is being propped up by speculative capital. The AI…
because productivity is the important metric, GDP per hours worked measures this, and better demonstrates the quality of life given to citizens. European productivity is beating American productivity. American GDP is…
Adjust GDP per hours worked, you will find Europe has eclipsed the US in terms of productivity. The US has the benefit of the government borrowing insane amounts of money to juice it's economy, by being the world…
> The truth is though that Europe is dead weight. Their economy is anemic, their still too fragmented militarily What an incredibly ignorant statement. Europe's economy in real terms is doing fine, their productivity is…
Similar story in Canada. Violent crime and serious crime is on a clear downward trend. Yet in most majour cities you a less safe, and the public transit system is more dangerous than ever. Not sure about the UK, at…
> its not very walk-able, it gets hot and humid in the summer. You Americans are so funny. Japan is hotter and more humid yet public transit and walking are not an issue. Taipei similar story, rapidly building out rail…
The big scam is some terminals are configured with 17% forex fees (looking at your shady restaurants in Budapest), really funny when it's paired with tips in an EU country. But this is why Revolut and WISE cards are a…
1. A lot of math crops up in unexpected ways in everyday life. Trig in construction & wood working, calculus & integration when doing finance, &c. 2. It's not about teaching how to crunch numbers, it's also teaching…
The murder bot books are a bit silly from the get go, so the show leaned into the campy vibe to sell the comedic aspect. As someone who loves the book, I think the show is a 10/10 for capturing the feeling. Though if…
The French love their flowers. One of the most amazing things about Paris was how every patch of earth was bursting with flowers.
> MacOS has it's rough-edges, but it has become a pleasure to code on Except when Apple deprecates APIs but the replacement doesn't have close to the same functionality (looking at you screen capture kit). Or when the…
Hydro is just for QC, ON and BC where the electrical companies have "hydro" in their name. Other parts of the country just call it power/electrical. But in NS my grand parents would also call it a "light bill".
Which is funny because that translates to "fully garnished" not "all dressed". Tabarnac
There's also labour participation and underemployment to look at. In your case underemployment would go up. You need to look at all metrics together to get a bigger picture. Example is unemployment is down, but so is…
With their market share they are by definition of monopoly. Monopoly doesn't mean "only store front", it just means majourity market share to the point they control the market. People forget there's nothing inherently…
Agreed. Steam is also a monopoly but it doesn't abuse it's monopoly. E.g. impose terms like games can't release on other stores for a lower price &c. Nothing stopping a competitor from coming in with a superior game…
I agree she's tainted which makes her a bad choice to be his successor. But people have short memories and I think in 3-4 years the Trudeau stains will have washed off. In that time she'll have a chance to make a name…
Go listen to the statements the PMs made after their all provinces meetings. A lot of it is "back off from our turf". Previous govts had a minister who's only job was managing provincial-federal relations and making…
> It is a smart strategy on their part. No, it's a high risk gamble. If the market grows enough they will win the bet, but if the market doesn't or we get a recession that dries up capital they will be holding the bag.
No. Cannabis is a multi purpose drug, cocaine is party drug and/or a "I haven't slept, don't want the 8 hour+ commitment of speed, but need to stay awake" drug. The overlap of pot users and cocaine users is rather small…
1. Valve is a private company with a money printer (steam) 2. the point of these initiatives is to build an ecosystem with steam at the centre. A better way to look at this is valve is trying to hedge it's self against…
Burning Man is unique in that it's a bottom up festival. Where it's the attendees that build the stages and festival. Vs a normal festival where it's the organizers who do the stages and programming. There are local…
> aka European Burning Man Fusion festival is a Psytrance festival. It's nothing like Burning Man (a DIY community driven festival). For the American's it would be closer to Electric Forest or Lost Lands (but with good…
I have an X1 Carbon 2023. It's pretty solid, the only complaint I have is once the CPU usage is over 10% the fan starts running full blast.
That's honestly a good thing. Computers aren't really getting faster for end users doing mundane tasks the past couple of years. Will help reduce E-Waste, and to the end user there won't be a different. A machine from 5…
> This is actually a textbook example of markets functioning in response to a demand shock where supply cannot be increased rapidly. The problem is that demand is being propped up by speculative capital. The AI…
because productivity is the important metric, GDP per hours worked measures this, and better demonstrates the quality of life given to citizens. European productivity is beating American productivity. American GDP is…
Adjust GDP per hours worked, you will find Europe has eclipsed the US in terms of productivity. The US has the benefit of the government borrowing insane amounts of money to juice it's economy, by being the world…
> The truth is though that Europe is dead weight. Their economy is anemic, their still too fragmented militarily What an incredibly ignorant statement. Europe's economy in real terms is doing fine, their productivity is…
Similar story in Canada. Violent crime and serious crime is on a clear downward trend. Yet in most majour cities you a less safe, and the public transit system is more dangerous than ever. Not sure about the UK, at…
> its not very walk-able, it gets hot and humid in the summer. You Americans are so funny. Japan is hotter and more humid yet public transit and walking are not an issue. Taipei similar story, rapidly building out rail…
The big scam is some terminals are configured with 17% forex fees (looking at your shady restaurants in Budapest), really funny when it's paired with tips in an EU country. But this is why Revolut and WISE cards are a…
1. A lot of math crops up in unexpected ways in everyday life. Trig in construction & wood working, calculus & integration when doing finance, &c. 2. It's not about teaching how to crunch numbers, it's also teaching…
The murder bot books are a bit silly from the get go, so the show leaned into the campy vibe to sell the comedic aspect. As someone who loves the book, I think the show is a 10/10 for capturing the feeling. Though if…
The French love their flowers. One of the most amazing things about Paris was how every patch of earth was bursting with flowers.
> MacOS has it's rough-edges, but it has become a pleasure to code on Except when Apple deprecates APIs but the replacement doesn't have close to the same functionality (looking at you screen capture kit). Or when the…
Hydro is just for QC, ON and BC where the electrical companies have "hydro" in their name. Other parts of the country just call it power/electrical. But in NS my grand parents would also call it a "light bill".
Which is funny because that translates to "fully garnished" not "all dressed". Tabarnac
There's also labour participation and underemployment to look at. In your case underemployment would go up. You need to look at all metrics together to get a bigger picture. Example is unemployment is down, but so is…
With their market share they are by definition of monopoly. Monopoly doesn't mean "only store front", it just means majourity market share to the point they control the market. People forget there's nothing inherently…
Agreed. Steam is also a monopoly but it doesn't abuse it's monopoly. E.g. impose terms like games can't release on other stores for a lower price &c. Nothing stopping a competitor from coming in with a superior game…
I agree she's tainted which makes her a bad choice to be his successor. But people have short memories and I think in 3-4 years the Trudeau stains will have washed off. In that time she'll have a chance to make a name…
Go listen to the statements the PMs made after their all provinces meetings. A lot of it is "back off from our turf". Previous govts had a minister who's only job was managing provincial-federal relations and making…