It's not really a question of living, it's a question of prosperity (through a strictly capitalist lens).
Currently reading Katabasis by RF Kuang - magicians from Oxford go to hell on purpose And, meatier The language of the night, essays by Ursula Le Guin
You've got to find the rare radio stations with public support and human djs. kexp.org is a great one based out of Seattle with a wild variety of shows and decades of history. Are all the shows to my taste? No. Have I…
"Hey, the whole team is getting together for an all hands next week and I'd like you to join..."
Giant miscanthus can grow on land that's not viable for farming food (other than grazing grasses), has a lot of properties that ready it for becoming charcoal (high tonnage per acre, self drying, minimal inputs needed).…
Why's that, given that files are encrypted?
Speed of development of something important isn't necessarily good. Humans are bad at absorbing a lot of change at once and it takes time to recognize and mitigate second-order effects. There's plenty of benefit to the…
30 million people in the US are affected by "rare" genetic conditions.
That seems unlikely, given that beekeepers have kept hives in similar thin-walled boxes for centuries and colony collapse is a recent phenomenon. Plus CC occurs in wild populations[1] as well, suggesting either a…
Yeah, they kind of blow past light sheet microscopy, but I'm optimistic that this can still be quite useful. There are brain banks with already donated brains that we could use to learn about diseases, and I imagine…
People usually overestimate what they can do in a year and underestimate what they can do in 10 years. Perception is reality. This is true of how you see the world and how people see you. Convenience is like sugar - it…
More rich people in and of itself is not a bad thing, and as you say, having a baseline level of wealth in a nation leads to huge quality of life improvements. However, the increasing divergence between the rich and…
I'll have to keep an eye out, thanks!
Sure. You want businesses you deal with to make profit, otherwise they won't be around to do business with in the future. In industrial supply chain, if you have two suppliers who are each charging the same price and…
BS. in a comment about pricing "more" does not include complex concepts like autonomy - it clearly only referred to money.
Uh, you know you can make multiple accounts and don't need to even associate an email, right? You can browse just as anonymously logged in as out.
That's not how it works. Educated, creative workers look for more than just salary. Increases in autonomy, purpose, and opportunity for mastery are often viewed as more valuable than money (once threshold levels of…
Wow. So literal. So let's talk 2016 presidential election I'd imagine that a Trump Voter's ballot would look like the following if Sanders had run as an independent. 1) Trump 2) Sanders 3) Gary Johnson (Maybe with a…
Right. And I'm saying that political positions don't have to fall on a single line either. How many axes can you chart a poltician's positions on? Authoritarian<>Libertarian Traditional Values <> Social Relational…
If you and your dining partner rank the kind of restaurants you'd like to go to tonight. You rank 1) Indian 2) Chinese and 3) Italian Your partner ranks 1) Gastropub 2) Chinese and 3) Steakhouse you're going to get…
If you make energy cheap and non-carbon enough, do you still think this is true? If the promises of the 4th gen nuke plants are realized, or controlled fusion is achieved for example, and electricity hits 5% of current…
On an individual level, it doesn't improve being a good coworker. On an institutional level, you get a broader set of ideas when you have a more diverse workforce, giving you a better chance at a black swan idea. And…
Depends on the material. Brittle materials will. Ductile materials tend to break on a 90 degree plane - https://goo.gl/images/QYMJmf
And that you had the discipline not to spend it.
House of Cards (First 2 seasons at least), Stranger Things, Orange is the New Black, Marco Polo, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Dear White People, Bojack Horseman, and to a lesser extent some of the Marvel shows (Jessica…
It's not really a question of living, it's a question of prosperity (through a strictly capitalist lens).
Currently reading Katabasis by RF Kuang - magicians from Oxford go to hell on purpose And, meatier The language of the night, essays by Ursula Le Guin
You've got to find the rare radio stations with public support and human djs. kexp.org is a great one based out of Seattle with a wild variety of shows and decades of history. Are all the shows to my taste? No. Have I…
"Hey, the whole team is getting together for an all hands next week and I'd like you to join..."
Giant miscanthus can grow on land that's not viable for farming food (other than grazing grasses), has a lot of properties that ready it for becoming charcoal (high tonnage per acre, self drying, minimal inputs needed).…
Why's that, given that files are encrypted?
Speed of development of something important isn't necessarily good. Humans are bad at absorbing a lot of change at once and it takes time to recognize and mitigate second-order effects. There's plenty of benefit to the…
30 million people in the US are affected by "rare" genetic conditions.
That seems unlikely, given that beekeepers have kept hives in similar thin-walled boxes for centuries and colony collapse is a recent phenomenon. Plus CC occurs in wild populations[1] as well, suggesting either a…
Yeah, they kind of blow past light sheet microscopy, but I'm optimistic that this can still be quite useful. There are brain banks with already donated brains that we could use to learn about diseases, and I imagine…
People usually overestimate what they can do in a year and underestimate what they can do in 10 years. Perception is reality. This is true of how you see the world and how people see you. Convenience is like sugar - it…
More rich people in and of itself is not a bad thing, and as you say, having a baseline level of wealth in a nation leads to huge quality of life improvements. However, the increasing divergence between the rich and…
I'll have to keep an eye out, thanks!
Sure. You want businesses you deal with to make profit, otherwise they won't be around to do business with in the future. In industrial supply chain, if you have two suppliers who are each charging the same price and…
BS. in a comment about pricing "more" does not include complex concepts like autonomy - it clearly only referred to money.
Uh, you know you can make multiple accounts and don't need to even associate an email, right? You can browse just as anonymously logged in as out.
That's not how it works. Educated, creative workers look for more than just salary. Increases in autonomy, purpose, and opportunity for mastery are often viewed as more valuable than money (once threshold levels of…
Wow. So literal. So let's talk 2016 presidential election I'd imagine that a Trump Voter's ballot would look like the following if Sanders had run as an independent. 1) Trump 2) Sanders 3) Gary Johnson (Maybe with a…
Right. And I'm saying that political positions don't have to fall on a single line either. How many axes can you chart a poltician's positions on? Authoritarian<>Libertarian Traditional Values <> Social Relational…
If you and your dining partner rank the kind of restaurants you'd like to go to tonight. You rank 1) Indian 2) Chinese and 3) Italian Your partner ranks 1) Gastropub 2) Chinese and 3) Steakhouse you're going to get…
If you make energy cheap and non-carbon enough, do you still think this is true? If the promises of the 4th gen nuke plants are realized, or controlled fusion is achieved for example, and electricity hits 5% of current…
On an individual level, it doesn't improve being a good coworker. On an institutional level, you get a broader set of ideas when you have a more diverse workforce, giving you a better chance at a black swan idea. And…
Depends on the material. Brittle materials will. Ductile materials tend to break on a 90 degree plane - https://goo.gl/images/QYMJmf
And that you had the discipline not to spend it.
House of Cards (First 2 seasons at least), Stranger Things, Orange is the New Black, Marco Polo, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Dear White People, Bojack Horseman, and to a lesser extent some of the Marvel shows (Jessica…