lizzardbraind

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by lizzardbraind 4y ago
>There are, it has been said, two types of people in the world. There are those who, when presented with a glass that is exactly half full, say: this glass is half full. And then there are those who say: this glass is half empty. >The
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by lizzardbraind 4y ago
Does interest on US credit card debt typically float with national interest rates, or is it fixed when you apply for the card? If it's the former, this seems like it could be an insidious trap for people who grew up in a world of 0% in
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by lizzardbraind 4y ago
What happens if a wage/price spiral hits right as Boomers are moving their retirement savings into less volatile, more liquid investments to live off of? Could they see the real value of their retirements evaporate en masse?
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by lizzardbraind 4y ago
They are preparing a recall to install immobilizers on the affected models, but it sounds like they're moving too slowly. The insurance companies might also feel like they have media cover to do this, because how-to videos have become
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by lizzardbraind 4y ago
Isn't the idea behind raising rates to combat inflation that it works to reduce demand by forcing people to tighten their belts? "We need companies to fire a lot of people so that fewer people can afford nice things" is less
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by lizzardbraind 4y ago
There will probably be a gig economy, where you can pay spot rates for an idle Frank that could get a page and need to leave at any time. Or maybe they'll handle things like call centers and 911 dispatch in their spare time.
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by lizzardbraind 4y ago
It means that you're farming on someone else's land. Since you don't own the source of your income, the landowner could decide to evict you at any time, taking away your revenue.
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by lizzardbraind 4y ago
TBF, that's Amazon's bailiwick. They try to invest as much as they can back into the business without netting a loss. Grow, baby, grow. We'll see how that mindset survives the coming years, with Bezos out and gusty economic w
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by lizzardbraind 4y ago
The Phantom Tollbooth. Brian Jaques' Redwall series. Try reading to them every night and let them pick it up.
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by lizzardbraind 4y ago
Reminds me of the "Internet Argument" demotivational poster, which depicts a child and a mule shouting at each other. Really, the core problem is centralization. If your website were a pub, you'd tell people to take it outsid
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by lizzardbraind 4y ago
Personally, I like the theory that he's planning to discharge all of the debts he's run up in one fell swoop with a bankruptcy filing. It will be sad, but not unexpected if the courts let him get away with it. I wish I could buy a
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by lizzardbraind 4y ago
If you let them vote, they'll vote to destroy their society. If you don't let them vote, they'll act to destroy their society. It would be emotionally satisfying, but ultimately destructive. It would also be ripe for abuse; i
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by lizzardbraind 4y ago
When everything is presented as a crisis, you get inured to it and nothing, no matter how dire, feels like a really emergency.
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by lizzardbraind 4y ago
Because the battery would be too heavy. It's a 6x8mm cylinder, fingernail-sized. They're little pellets that get inserted into larger machines for medical imaging. See also (or don't, it's a bit gruesome): the Goiânia ac
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by lizzardbraind 4y ago
It's not just the Puritan work ethic. The dearth of support and extreme scarcity of housing play a huge role. If you won't center your entire life around work, there's a long line of people who will, and your employer would h
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by lizzardbraind 4y ago
Ah, but who is going to pay those assistants? To hear the company tell it, they're already struggling to pay their current workers what they call a "competitive wage". Just look at Intel, who recently slashed salaries so they
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by lizzardbraind 4y ago
You are making an assumption that the AI is always correct. What you've described sounds like the set-up for a sci-fi movie, where the protagonist wakes up to find themselves branded as an inharmonious element by the AI. Plus, lots of
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by lizzardbraind 4y ago
Having a head of Mental Health and Wellbeing may imply that you could be responsible for MHW. This comes to you courtesy of the lawyers, who are still on retainer.