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110,926karma·51,750submissions·October 26, 2011
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"We deem those happy who, from the experience of life, have learned to bear its ills without being overcome by them."
In life, everything is a wager. Whether you realize it or not, you are constantly making implicit and explicit predictions about the future state of reality. To live is to predict.
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Porto housing is more affordable versus Lisbon objectively. From a climate risk perspective, my recommendation is the land area from Porto all the way east to Spain (roughly Parque Natural do Douro In…
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You say obvious but provide no citations or data. “Some people say” or “it’s obvious” is not a sufficient foundation for an assertion.
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PBMs, private equity, and health insurance companies are what are crushing pharmacy margins. AI voice assistants will not last as a solution imho. https://nashp.org/state-tracker/…
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I take no position on the algorithm, I don't have enough context or subject matter expertise to speak authoritatively on the topic. My point is a single person can only care about so much, and ca…
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https://archive.today/zBfBz
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compassion_fatigue
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Related: AI's profits are 'being funded by investors rather than earned from customers - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49243628 - August 2026…
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https://archive.today/fFxix
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https://archive.today/Fq6w6 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Goichberg …
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Crowley_(author) https://openlibrary.org/authors/OL30207A/John_Crowley …
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> It is a product of outside Chinese money being funneled into US politics to hobble the US in Artificial Intelligence. Please provide citations and evidence for this assertion. As it stands, this …
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Related: Bloomberg: Yen Erases Half of Gains From Historic US-Japan Intervention - https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-08-10/yen-under... | https:/…
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Sodium is the ideal chemistry for stationary storage that doesn't require fast response. While it's heavier, space and weight is typically not an issue for the use case, there is no thermal …
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This is not an excuse for residents to have lower quality of life for capital speculators "because it was industrial zoning". Try to make your case in a public hearing with a room full of re…
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It's not just about water. It's about the noise, little to no benefit to the community besides a handful of jobs, air pollution where they're colocated gas turbines for power, and pushi…
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Tracking at: https://aidatacentermap.org/ https://www.datacenterbans.com/ https://www.datacenterwatch.org/ https://www.brockovichdatacente…
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https://www.taylorfarms.com/recall/ https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/09/taylor-farms-recalls-salsa-a... Jalapeño peppers too.…
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https://www.ups.com/us/en/shipping/international-shipping/ta... IEEPA Tariff Refund Lookup Tool: https://www.ups.com/us/en/shipping/…
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As a cybersecurity practitioner, regulation and oversight is the only incentive that moves the needle in my experience. If there are no costs or negative outcomes for not caring about security, securi…
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Jones_(American_actor_and_... https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/ben-jones-dead-cooter-daven... …
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If you would like bet how many methanol vs battery electric cars will be on the road in 2030, 2035, and 2040, I am happy to take the battery electric side of a Long Bet [1], with $10k to the winner&#x…
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https://archive.today/YzzSb
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Only ~15% of power in the US comes from coal currently, and it continues to decline as each of the last remaining coal generators are retired. Politics props it up, but it will eventually be gone. Fiv…
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https://openlibrary.org/authors/OL30207A/John_Crowley