habnds

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by habnds 5mo ago
People in and around the acela corridor drive significantly less than the national average.
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by habnds 5mo ago
the actual cost of a trip between times square and the national mall is about $200 all things considered based on the ~0.80 federal mileage reimbursement rate for 250 miles. that train corridor is overwhelmingly successful as well so the id
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by habnds 1y ago
$1 in Jan 2005 is only 1.69 today, not $4 because the velocity of money has decreased dramatically as it has pooled towards the top of the income/wealth spectrum where it doesn't get spent or productively invested.
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by habnds 1y ago
Inflation is completely possible with no change in money supply. This is handled in economics with the idea of the "velocity of money" which conceptually captures the large range of factors by which prices can increase due to fact
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by habnds 1y ago
seems comparable to chess where it's well established that a human + a computer is much more skilled than either one individually
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by habnds 1y ago
The ars article the post links too is much more informative https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/04/the-harrowing-story-of...
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by habnds 3y ago
It would be really interesting if they had used a control for gender by also comparing results to something like 1, people of all genders who had experienced some sort of violent encounter while walking at night or 2, people who grew up in
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by habnds 3y ago
if you haven't destroyed your mtb after 10 years of riding you might not need a mountain bike at all.
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by habnds 3y ago
I would be very suspicious that some combination of different tires and different geometry between the bikes your comparing is much more responsible for that perceived difference than the different metals. Wearing cushioned running shoes in
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by habnds 3y ago
they can also be stiffer in some directions and more flexible in others, which is a huge underestimated advantage compared to metal bikes.
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by habnds 3y ago
yeah this isn't a real concern
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by habnds 3y ago
my 25 year old aluminum hard tail begs me to share that while this is factually correct, the lifetime for an alloy bike frame isn't a real practical limitation, just a talking point.
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by habnds 3y ago
I'm curious what you think the vibration dampening properties of steel are. It's very notable to me that high quality steel bikes almost always come with a carbon fork if not suspension and that tuning forks are made of steel acco
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by habnds 3y ago
they dampen vibrations better than steel and titanium too tbh. I've never understood the "ride feel" thing about metal frames. Metal tubes are very resonant. that ride feel is just the same vibrations that make on 23m tires _
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by habnds 3y ago
I don't believe this personally, but I bet that many people with MBA's would tell you that this was what their MBA was about.
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by habnds 3y ago
not very much room... the companies weren't all that separate and fedex profited off the alleged fraud >>> FedEx started auctioning old vans off through its fleet company, Holman Fleet Leasing (also a defendant in the lawsuit)
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by habnds 3y ago
wholesale auctions operate with a surprising amount of trust, often buyers never actually see the car, they buy based on the specs and description. The vehicle is then shipped to the buyer, and in some cases. the buyer, when finally seeing
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by habnds 4y ago
what?
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by habnds 4y ago
I guess to me I'm (1) surprised that you think the social status affirmation dynamic is more at play for people buying new bikes than people riding 40 year "steel is real" bikes. (it occurs to me to ask, "what is the dif
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by habnds 4y ago
an embarrassing article for the author. could have left it as >> the bicycle itself has managed to elude environmental critique ... "because" >> Cycling is one of the most sustainable modes of transportation. hard for
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by habnds 4y ago
why are the states against it?
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Opinions about a Prestigious University Admitting Some % of Students Randomly
4 points by habnds 4y ago|3 comments
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by habnds 4y ago
the point isn't that stealing is ok, it's that the people who claim to care about "stealing" care about one very specific type of stealing by one group of people and don't care about another more important and more
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by habnds 4y ago
https://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/2020/5/7/21247602...
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by habnds 4y ago
from FRED: "The efficiency at which labor hours are utilized in producing output of goods and services, measured as output per hour of labor." The solow residual is technically total factor productivity but is generally accepted a
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by habnds 4y ago
I definitely learned a present value calculation in high school at some point, it's not an actual DCF but does teach that fundamental principal about the time value of money.
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by habnds 4y ago
yikes, yeah same thing.
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by habnds 4y ago
if you has said something like "we're not interested in this thread turning into another opportunity to litigate the pro's and cons of the monarchy" I would agree with you. But specifically saying not to comment negative
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by habnds 4y ago
this strikes me as a malignant comment for sure
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by habnds 4y ago
is it a malignant comment to point out that the royalty is a malignant influence on the United Kingdom?

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