michael_vo

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by michael_vo 2y ago
You're missing the point. This has nothing to do with politics. I'm demonstrating how economic incentives could be used to change the outcome. And car companies DO get fined. Kia was fined (lawsuit) $200MM in USA for not using mod
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by michael_vo 2y ago
In Canada the towing truck companies stealing cars are all part of the Mafia or gangs. It got so bad that sometime recently the government only certified a few tow truck companies. When you get into an accident you can't call a tow tru
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by michael_vo 2y ago
"Show me the incentive, and I'll show you the outcome" - Charlie Munger. Car companies don't need to care, if your car gets stolen the insurance company buys you a new one. You do lose some customers who won't buy y
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by michael_vo 2y ago
What do you propose for reducing car fatalities and accidents?
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by michael_vo 2y ago
"You cannot see the wood for trees" I'd argue there is so much good that the tradeoff of trees killing a few humans is worth it. The biological diversity that returns - birds, carbon soil. The air quality. Less chance that th
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by michael_vo 2y ago
24 hours post operation is fine. But giving them for weeks after an operation seems unnecessary. I've also heard that oxycontin in the USA is given to pregnant women to deal with pain.
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by michael_vo 2y ago
Yeah totally agree. Every form of payment comes with pros and cons. Maybe one idea is to come up with many alternative payment methods. In Africa I've read everyone pays with a phone number. In USA government gives food bank cards load
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by michael_vo 2y ago
Exactly! Opioids increase suffering and ruin the quality of life for hundreds of thousands of Americans. 80k+ yearly overdose deaths, plus a percentage of those using opioids for recovery become addicted to it. Is that a worthy tradeoff? I
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by michael_vo 2y ago
Could you have recovered without pain killers? Or maybe used a pain killer that is much weaker that doesn't kill all the pain but is much safer like marijuana? Are there scientific studies that shows that opioids help patients recover
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by michael_vo 2y ago
I would disagree with the leech characterization. In an interview I watched, she talked about how she chose the property based on astrological alignment and her feelings when she was on this plot. She may be irrational but I think that&#x27
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by michael_vo 2y ago
Well a lot of discussions due lead to some actions that I wouldn't have done on my own like reducing animal proteins, or shopping local for everything. I don't see why caring about plastic bags is mutual exclusive from caring abou
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by michael_vo 2y ago
costco has been doing this since the beginning!
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by michael_vo 2y ago
I've heard this argument before and totally agree that single use plastics are a tiny fraction of the total problem. But as a Canadian I like that the law forced me to think about my consumption habits, as well as it helped create conv
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by michael_vo 2y ago
Same in Canada. The reusable bags that the stores sell are 5-20$. You get hit once with that and you'll start bringing your own bags. It's actually really simple to influence human behavior with pricing!
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by michael_vo 2y ago
There's a whole ecosystem for used nike shoes. https://www.youtube.com/@Ramitheicon gets over 500k each video and he's got a physical storefront where he trades cash to kids for their used nike shoes. There's
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by michael_vo 2y ago
Hermes monitors the resale websites. If they can find out the identifier then you will be banned.
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by michael_vo 2y ago
Actually the whole sneaker market is like this too now. They have weekly drops where inventory is restricted to create hype.
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by michael_vo 2y ago
I went to a buy. Hermes gives you 24 hours to go into the store and buy the item. Otherwise the bag goes to the next buyer on the rolodex. Buyers call their friends and make it into an event. They’re literally giddy and excited to go. It’s
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by michael_vo 2y ago
The whole Debeers diamond ring scam has worked for decades until the last few years where synthetics are crashing the market.
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by michael_vo 2y ago
VPN companies celebrate.
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by michael_vo 2y ago
Yea I briefly glance over and struggle to recall what I bought. I was going to dispute a charge that was 15 minutes apart and a few Pennies different for the same grocery store. Then I realized it was the gas station outside owned by the gr
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by michael_vo 2y ago
What a scam! I have seen companies who offer to check your subscriptions and automatically cancel for you.
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by michael_vo 2y ago
The elderly forget. My dad forgets his login password every single time. He does a password reset to login to anything.
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by michael_vo 2y ago
I wish there was a way for the public to vote on all of these bills! We need to be able to give feedback to these senators about what the public wants. And to me the public wants DJI.
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by michael_vo 2y ago
My dad was accidentally paying 89.99$ a month and hasn't used their service for a year. I cancelled it for him after going through his taxes/finances. They use all sorts of dark UX practices at signup and cancellation. Honestly th
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by michael_vo 2y ago
There’s a Forbes article that cites the FDIC stating that you are only covered if you open a bank account in your name - which isn’t the case here for all these users. And they further warned to not use these neobanks for every day banking.
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by michael_vo 2y ago
How does this happen? Isn't there a board for these companies where they are advised not to pivot to gambling?
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by michael_vo 2y ago
I've been told by current military folks that they are forced to use outdated windows (the ones without security updates) on official military computers on base. So this is where they access emails, surf the web, and all of that. They
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by michael_vo 2y ago
That was not a compliment, just reporting the way btc is used. For a regular human in the real world they will make very rational economic decisions in their best interests. If the ATM fees are taking 20% of my money, of course I'm goi
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by michael_vo 2y ago
As someone who's travelled to about 30 countries in the last 2 years, I used to dismiss until I went to Turkey few months ago. It is the only country I've been to where there are BTC ATMs and signs everywhere. At the Airport there

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