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by genericresponse 2mo ago
This seems very unusual on many, many levels. I hate to ask, but were you a child when this happened? If so, are you sure you were in all the conversations. First- There are less than 600 total hip replacements conducted each year on childr
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by genericresponse 2mo ago
You're not wrong, but the weakness you point out isn't a new concept. Market cap is, at best, a rough valuation of the company. It has many confounding variables of which liquidity can be one of them. That's part of why inves
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by genericresponse 3mo ago
Obesity is widely regarded as a chronic disease that includes the interaction of genetic and other factors with behavioral factors. The unbelievably low success rate of diet and exercise programs for long-term weight reduction is widely doc
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by genericresponse 5mo ago
Statistically. Do many trials and measure how often it succeeds/fails.
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by genericresponse 11mo ago
Ehh... you're both wrong. Argentina ended 2024 with an annual inflation rate close to 100%. That's significantly lower, but still hyperinflation. It should be lower this year, but how much is the question. Whether that's main
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by genericresponse 11mo ago
That's just not true. The models have real predictive power, they just have limitations. Behavioral economics, which tackles this frontier is still a growing field. Thaler, Kahneman, and Taversky won the prize in 2017 for building the
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by genericresponse 1y ago
There are two more steps: - Demand drops due to increased price to buyers. - Prices drop so manufacturers can remain profitable.
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by genericresponse 1y ago
The key difference in the markets is that it takes a very long time to build more apartments and houses, especially in France. There also isn't an option to not have housing. (Low elasticity) That keeps the short term supply effectivel
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by genericresponse 2y ago
I'm sorry, but that's not what OP said. OP didn't say anything about the essential-ness of the entire workforce. They solely spoke to the larger, well documented and endorsed by major SV players, plan to transform our governm
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by genericresponse 2y ago
Proof or you're lying. Yelling doesn't make something true. It's the standard you've asked others to be held to in these comments. It's fair to be held to it yourself.
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by genericresponse 2y ago
Can you provide a basis in fact for the argument about a large portion of government spending? I'm asking because I think the argument is specious. First- 49% of national spending goes to Social Security, Medicare and interest payments
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by genericresponse 2y ago
Two things that frustrate me about this line of argument is a failure to recognize the scale being discussed and an implicit assumption that something that isn't trivially obvious doesn't exist. On the scale- We're talking ab
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by genericresponse 2y ago
This is /s, right? First- Many of the cuts haven't been legally conducted and, rather, represent waste themselves as they are going to disrupt activities and create litigation. So we, the people, will pay at least as much and have
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by genericresponse 2y ago
Definitionally, at least in the US, Autism is a disability. It's a qualifier for the Americans with Disabilities Act. The specific definition: "A disability is a physical or mental impairment that makes it harder for a person to p
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by genericresponse 2y ago
Can you clarify what you mean by "social politics?" I ask because rural health is effectively its own subspecialty in family medicine. There doesn't seem to be a locality equivalent for other geographic subgroups. This implie
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by genericresponse 3y ago
I think the point was that it's concerning. In fact, to quote the article: "It’s a direct quote from a 2019 European report about the ethical concerns of the world’s superpowers attempting to engineer super soldiers."
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by genericresponse 3y ago
Those aren't the objectives of this group. If you read the prompt about the panel, those are potential upcoming capabilities they're concerned about.
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by genericresponse 3y ago
I like how the article did its best to bury the lede that the crux of the discussion was how to better understand and manage these new technologies. To quote the panel prompt "[T]here are some real-world fears and ethical questions tha
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by genericresponse 3y ago
The recent curative hepatitis treatments have paved the way for this. There are a variety of different approaches including statewide cost sharing funds that pool the cost across all the insurers in the state.
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by genericresponse 3y ago
Paperclips and Crude Oil value, relative to another paperclip or barrel of oil, can be based on well-defined, finite, measurable standards that can be measured indeterminate of their location. That allows pricing to be indexed based on loca
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by genericresponse 3y ago
I would argue that the cost is less in setting up than in running and maintaining a site at the scale of Recreation.gov. That includes aspects of customer support. Many of these agencies are forced into uncompetitive compensation structures
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by genericresponse 4y ago
Because they aren't writing for a general audience. They're writing for an academic, professional finance, and governmental audience. It's extremely relevant that their word choice is being scrutinized for suggestions of what
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by genericresponse 5y ago
As with most fields a lot of it relates back to the first principles of the field. A lot of it is around what the best way to classify, measure, and show an economic transaction. One example that comes to mind is the development of Activity
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by genericresponse 6y ago
You'll see similar models in law firms. IMHO it's driven by two key elements in the business: An apprenticeship-like, up-or-out model for developing talent and a vested owner-operator class at the "partner" level. These
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by genericresponse 6y ago
Companies that file for bankruptcy don't have much damage done to operations and the organizational structure because its ability to keep operating is usually the highest value outcome. That is- the company's continued operations
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by genericresponse 7y ago
This material is concerning to me on a base level. To me, it doesn't reflect positively on the cost and complexity to implement a large scale system. It presents much of the material without a simple guide to what should be optional, w
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by genericresponse 8y ago
Are we going to ignore that Google responded that they published this as part of a legal defense rather than a lobbying effort. From the article: "We're not lobbying for changes to any rules." Rather, she said, Google's
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by genericresponse 10y ago
I believe that's why that particular figure of speech is called an analogy...
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by genericresponse 10y ago
Two: 1. The leasing company/landlord doesn't get a bunch of free press. 2. Tenants don't think about the real value of the parking space. (Which is probably far in excess of $100/month.)
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by genericresponse 11y ago
Flipping through the list, my top 3 are Palantir, Spotify, and Zenefits. I think Uber or Airbnb will stay and become huge, but they might both be overvalued.

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