jsbg

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by jsbg 23d ago
reminds me of this old youtube classic "how to start a cult" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBK5aKOr2Fw
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by jsbg 28d ago
> many countries like Singapore, etc. prove this easily Economic freedom is a necessary but not sufficient condition for political freedom.
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by jsbg 3mo ago
Are you saying the reason people don't like pair programming is because it's considered more expensive than it's worth?
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by jsbg 3mo ago
Everyone inherently knows this, that's why they reach out to others when stuck on a bug (see also rubber-ducking). But why is it so hard to convince individuals and organizations of the benefits of pair programming?
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by jsbg 3mo ago
That was a scene in The Office. The salesmen phone the cheaper competitor's customer service while on a sales call to let them see how long they would wait on hold if they needed support. That said, I had an experience recently where t
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by jsbg 8mo ago
> Why would you spend your time and effort building a house that earns you $50k when for the same time and effort you could build a house that earns you $150k? Luxury housing is exempt from rent-control laws in places where those exist.
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by jsbg 10mo ago
How many 9s does lyft guarantee?
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by jsbg 11mo ago
> Do you have a complete list because thats literally what trump is doing. https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/02/07/biden-gra...
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by jsbg 11mo ago
> Yeah, because he was guarding them against the current administration abusing the Justice Department to go after them. Same reason he pardoned Fauci and others. Are pre-emptive pardons a common thing for American presidents to do?
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by jsbg 11mo ago
https://www.axios.com/2025/09/06/biden-pardon-autopen-concer...
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by jsbg 11mo ago
that's why no one every buys TVs
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by jsbg 11mo ago
> Yet, it creates zero value. Then why do people give them money?
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by jsbg 1y ago
edit: the funeral home published this previous comment: could have been programmed as `Time.now - 1.day` to be published if no action was taken on the day of
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by jsbg 1y ago
according to chatgpt, 25% of people die of cancer in canada; presumably dying of cancer is a lot worse than MAID so one might expect this number to grow beyond 5% unless there are just that many people that object to it for themselves on ph
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by jsbg 1y ago
> which means almost all real numbers are transcendental Definable numbers like 2, pi, or Chaitin's constant [0] are countable. The reals are only uncountable because of numbers we can't even talk about. [0] https://
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by jsbg 1y ago
wild to comment this
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by jsbg 1y ago
> Gun game has been an official game mode is CS for a long time This official version differs quite a bit from the original gun game though and it is not as fun.
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by jsbg 1y ago
> the theory of comparative advantage It's not a theory. Firms trade internationally because it's cheaper, not because they "believe" in free markets. > But government (society) can take a longer term view than a c
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by jsbg 1y ago
> I'm not really into celebrities I don't understand how that factors in. It said my score was 34/40 but really it was 34/35. The rest I didn't know and I selected that I didn't know them.
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by jsbg 1y ago
Isn't this priced into the product? I don't see how this contradicts comparative advantage.
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by jsbg 1y ago
> There are huge advantages What are they?
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by jsbg 1y ago
Really. If obsessive zoning and building regulations didn't artificially restrict the supply then there would be no reason for anyone to "invest" in houses.
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by jsbg 1y ago
Doesn't biological age normally go down with weight loss? Is it just a corollary of the off-label effects of the drug?
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by jsbg 1y ago
> The long-term systemic effects of these drugs are still largely unknown. The long term effects of obesity are very well known though and unlikely to be better than any still unknown negative effect semaglutide might have.
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by jsbg 1y ago
how does $500 (likely from your tax-free HSA) compare to the taxes you would pay in a monopsony system?
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by jsbg 1y ago
> In the US you have to be worried about taking an ambulance or visiting the ER may cost you thousands for nothing. No you don't. For one, if you are insured that is not a possibility. And 100% of the people I know who are not insur
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by jsbg 1y ago
> All things being equal, a single-payer system would likely solve many more problems than it would cause. That has not been the case at all in the countries that did go that route. The US system has serious issues but I would take it ov
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by jsbg 1y ago
in the best case you'll invent a new drink but I doubt it'll be very good; start with a very small amount instead of using the same proportions as with chartreuse and you may get somewhere interesting, like a gin sazerac kind of d
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by jsbg 1y ago
my favorite cocktail these days is the bijou, which you can think of as a negroni with green chartreuse instead of campari, and with orange bitters—you wouldn't think chartreuse and italian vermouth would make a good drink but it'
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by jsbg 1y ago
> The only new part is a different explanation for why resting makes it more juicy. Even that is not new. I've known this for long enough that I don't remember where I learned it.

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