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by blabberwocky 3y ago
For a brief moment, that car becomes worth a lot more. But as other manufacturers put FSD-capable vehicles on the road, values might in fact fall as overall capacity skyrockets. What is certain is that the cost of a ride will drop.
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by blabberwocky 4y ago
I think some part of the luxury experience is the intentionality involved in buying a physical magazine. I’ve been a subscriber to a number of publications that might be considered luxury media - think the Financial Times, Times Literary
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by blabberwocky 4y ago
What’s the best course of action for you/the person being impersonated, if the platform doesn’t fix the (systemic) problem? Put up a big notice on LinkedIn declaring that you are not on these platforms?
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by blabberwocky 4y ago
This is pretty true throughout Asia. Bangkok’s probably best for western food. But nothing like NY. SG has a few decent options once you get over the fact that you’re paying four times the price for a slice of pizza (or, god forbid, cote de
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by blabberwocky 4y ago
Having lived in both New York and Singapore, I can’t say I’d recommend Singapore to anyone who loves NY for the aspects you mention (but there are other reasons to love SG!). I think the scale of opportunities for recreation, arts, and real
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by blabberwocky 4y ago
I think the distinction is semantic. The customer is paying for a feature set and usable spec which he receives. It’s not as if the customer pays some price expecting to use the heated seats and doesn’t get to do so. There’s an argument tha
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by blabberwocky 4y ago
That’s just noise cancelling headphones. But, come to think of it, that should be a slider on this site, to turn down all the other sounds…
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by blabberwocky 4y ago
I think there is an inherent tension between the two ideas in that a lottery is, fundamentally, one profiting at the expense of (a consenting) many, while UBI guarantees a baseline state for many without particularly disadvantaging any one.
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by blabberwocky 4y ago
Unfortunately, the writing here presents scant literary values to support its own message. This is itself an example of writing that could have better been conveyed as three bullet points on a powerpoint slide. It’s “three things not to do
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Balanced dice algorithm for Catan games(blog.colonist.io)
1 points by blabberwocky 4y ago|0 comments
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by blabberwocky 4y ago
“You don’t have to be crazy to enjoy Wagner, but it helps” because he was mad, his greatest supporters were mad, and his fanbase remains obsessive if not mad :)
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by blabberwocky 4y ago
Yes, it’s now a major business for the big PE firms (which today are really diversified investment managers) with AUMs that can significantly exceed that of (traditional) corporate PE. But its their credit vehicles that invest in credit. So
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by blabberwocky 4y ago
LBOs haven’t been the defining structure of PE for a while now, though leverage is still a key ingredient. The massive growth of the “PE industry” over the last decade has really been on the credit side (which does include equity plays, e.g
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by blabberwocky 4y ago
This doesn’t seem morally unambiguous at all, and in fact society reached the opposite conclusion for many centuries in outlawing suicide but allowing some killing of others (e.g., the executioner tasked with killing the person convicted of
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by blabberwocky 4y ago
Curiosity negative feedback loop aside, I wonder if the steamrolling incentive is also why so many people eventually “hit a wall” in their math studies. You can only get so far without a solid base for a cumulative knowledge area like math.
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by blabberwocky 4y ago
Interesting analysis from a professional. Even though I’ve seen the scene a million times, I never noticed the margin inconsistencies. These centered card layouts are a dying breed… from what a I’ve seen, they seem largely limited to a few
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I'm redoing middle school, my way(blabberwocky.com)
2 points by blabberwocky 4y ago|0 comments