mint5

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by mint5 4d ago
The socialism one seems to be in bad faith, like not even trying to be in line with how socialism would explain it analogously to the others.
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by mint5 4d ago
Cherimoya skins regularly consumed cause Parkinson’s like symptoms. Some fruit skins are okay, others are not. And some are only okay if home grown or organic bc the skin is otherwise loaded with pesticide residues
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by mint5 19d ago
Europe isn’t a monolith and some countries are weird about cards. Here’s two examples. In Germany, cash is strongly preferred or was the last time I was there a few years ago. In Norway, cash is nigh nonexistent. Don’t mistake Germany as re
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by mint5 21d ago
Local grocery distributers? I thought the big ones had an absurd market share
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by mint5 24d ago
My take on the peptides craze is it’s like random people started injected insulin because they have a hazy idea of it being helpful for something or other based on the word on the street but they aren’t sure about dose and also can’t be su
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by mint5 25d ago
Except the USA has its own supply. Vermont would be strongly pro Canadian syrup export tax
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by mint5 29d ago
Why do you assume they are all the exact same and not that some are using even cheaper ingredients/components? There’s really no knowing what contaminating or failed spec made that batch super cheap. It’s a race to the bottom, corners
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by mint5 29d ago
I.e you’re saying AWS values hiding data from google more than customer satisfaction. That doesn’t sound like being customer focused or obsessed at all.
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by mint5 1mo ago
“Whatever the harmful effects on my health are, that is a trade I make consciously” Technically since it appears the effects are nebulous to you and if consciousness means informed then it seems a conscious decision is not possible
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by mint5 1mo ago
Even with moral issues aside, Palantir is absurdly expensive and seems to be focused on selling buzzwords over actual value and tech. It’s like crack for non-technical big wigs.
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by mint5 1mo ago
So much science work and analysis - all likely ruined by poor dietary controls. I skimmed the actual linked paper to see any details about the vegan vs meat rich diets and didn’t see any discussion whatsoever on that crucial part of the who
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by mint5 1mo ago
It’s hard to take an article seriously that uses a snowflake ceo maligning Hadoop as evidence of something. (Note, I am already a believer that data lake efforts usually ended badly.) Regardless of whether their criticism is factual, it’s a
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by mint5 2mo ago
Yay more sources of weird forever chemicals. And while it’s been a long time since I had ochem, there’s quite a few places this molecule looks like it can break apart. They should show results from oxidation, thermal stability, accelerated
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by mint5 2mo ago
But if their debt goes bad, isn’t that debt the very bonds that make up the other part of those asset allocations?
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by mint5 2mo ago
Does that Norwegian guy really want his email floating around the internet for bots to scrape and randos to spam?
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by mint5 2mo ago
What’s your point? Just over half of physicians smoked in 1950, are you suggesting we made a mistake in discouraging smoking?
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by mint5 2mo ago
That world model is not in touch with reality. R&D spend does not correlate with innovation or creativity. It’s surprising what gets counted as R&D in a big company. Small companies have to have an innovative product in order to com
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by mint5 2mo ago
History well supports that large companies do not innovate well, with nearly all collapsing due to stagnation and bureaucracy. A predicted bad outcome does not mean they can avoid it
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by mint5 2mo ago
Following that logic, Microsoft and oracle should be putting out a lot of innovative quirky software! I can’t think of a single example where a super large company gets more willing to take risks when it gets larger. Theres probably a few e
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by mint5 2mo ago
So you don’t realize most you tube influencers using dji or insta360 are being paid to use them? That’s the main reason I’ve seen YouTubers switch. The Chinese brands absolutely flood content creators with free gear and support.
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by mint5 2mo ago
Everyone starts with a perfect driving record until one day it’s not perfect.
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by mint5 4mo ago
That is a baffling response, no one suggested corporations have consciousness. The poster said “I don’t think there’s anything wrong with this” are they a corporation? If they are, apparently they do have consciousness because they say “I t
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by mint5 4mo ago
“ In principle, I don't think there's anything wrong with this. All investment expects a ROI over some time horizon” Huh? Why is there nothing wrong? Yes they wouldn’t make the investment if they didn’t think they had a way to get
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by mint5 4mo ago
Should there be taxes on alcohol and cigarettes? Should there be warnings on them? What about on heroin?
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by mint5 4mo ago
What predictions? Why is it useful to know what the odds are for Trump to the word “postage stamp” in a specific speech? Why are the sports odds useful? Word mention market and sports market are the majority of bets after all. Seems like &g
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by mint5 4mo ago
Development and permitting cost (fees plus time) are most certainly a part of the problem.
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by mint5 4mo ago
So hertz can report your car stolen after you return it, landing you in jail? Renting a car comes with extra worry, even taking that extreme case out of consideration. You’re driving around a break in magnet, advertising that it contains su
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by mint5 4mo ago
That will drive off the other dissolved gasses, and at least according to some, will make the water taste stale. Coffee heads have told me to use freshly heated and not reboiled water for that reason.
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by mint5 4mo ago
Why have seatbelts and safety regulations if insurance can fix dead people?
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by mint5 4mo ago
Water tax is different in many ways, and a bad comparison. Also that water tax phrasing is bizarre, like saying people in famine areas are being silly for refusing to buy food on the moral principle of high cost. Ignoring the other flaws wi

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