krtong

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by krtong 6y ago
he's just pointing out that nobody writes the flu as the cause of death on a death certificate. The CDC simply releases estimates, while we've been tracking the severity of COVID-19 deaths by asking clinicians to write the cause o
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by krtong 6y ago
I wouldnt offer air bnb a billion for 10%. I dont think they can pay it back. I hope they can't pay it back. Dublin Ireland saw 67% more housing available overnight because air bnb home owners needed to offer their homes to long term s
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by krtong 7y ago
It's the closest to printing money as the real world gets. "Hey here's an insane amount of money at 0% interest rate so you could literally invest in ANYTHING and make free money. Go ham." Lets remember what causes slow
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by krtong 7y ago
i disagree on pretty much every underlying supposition here: the tax evasion whataboutism, “why facebook when everybody evades taxes?” US allowing these other companies to offshore profits, as if the IRS has the ability to, at any point, as
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by krtong 7y ago
wasn’t the original intent of copyright law to protect the intellectual property of authors, presumably like gulliver’s travels? Also i love the idea of the site, and the idea of fan fiction being an opportunity teach the youths to write st
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by krtong 7y ago
i havent come to a personal conclusion on if its even a feat of engineering. Im impressed by amazon’s handling of logistics, and I do think consumer data helps Amazon know when and where products are most likely to sell, perhaps even upsell
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by krtong 7y ago
I enjoyed this post on reddit explaining why China has such a large population [1]: "You might be familiar with how the Nile River in Egypt works from school. If you aren't - for 9 months out of the year the Nile has a moderate fl
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by krtong 7y ago
If you're referring to social media platforms when you say "treat them like they're cigarettes" just remember you're smoking a pack right now.
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by krtong 7y ago
Just remember that Herbert Hoover was a terrible test taker. His colleagues vouched for his brilliance because they read his previous work and thought he was a genius. It turned out he was the type to spend a lot of time revising his answer
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by krtong 7y ago
If you could create instructions efficient enough for a computer to drive a car, it always seemed like you just created the best instructions for a human to drive a car too, and a human who had similar instructions would always be a better
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by krtong 7y ago
Someone needs to come up with a single-player social media website that helps people be alone. At the very least it would be a hilarious social commentary.
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by krtong 7y ago
In this imperialistic "horse race" nations improve the wellbeing of humanity because nations are incentivised to take care of its citizenry since the citizenry is their military. Back in the day either you were either a soldier, o
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by krtong 7y ago
People often use "capitalism" or "free market" interchangeably with "laissez faire economics." What you're referring to is laissez faire, not "the free market." Laissez faire occurs in a capitali
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by krtong 7y ago
It isn't intuitive to anyone, given that it's not the battery at all. It's a software update slowing down the phones. People replace a battery when the battery doesn't last. But Apple realizes if people replaced their
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by krtong 7y ago
this seems like they were fixing a bug. The previous owner had autodrive enabled but never actually paid for it. Sounds like a small claims issue to determine how much money the dealer is owed for buying a car that doesnt have everything it
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by krtong 7y ago
Oh this makes me happy. Im stoked with the 4k results. The gravel under the tracks looks so good. I feel like it's a definite improvement and I know it's only going to get better.
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by krtong 7y ago
but Just remember, the bargaining power of any union is a non compete agreement. Corporations are unions for the modern day mercantile class.
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by krtong 7y ago
You can go further back to the founding of the nation for why this is. It didn't start with the GOP. Things that would be nationalized in other countries like the railroads have always been private in america. Even when Alexander Hamil