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by perl4ever 5y ago
Should we be surprised someone who perhaps retired in 2017 is computer savvy? An 80 year old grandmother was 65 in 2007. She could be a retired tech company CEO.
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by perl4ever 5y ago
A "truck" on a railway car is apparently a "bogie" in the UK. A bogie in India seems to be a railway car in the US. Then there are intermodal containers, smaller than boxcars, I think they are hauled by truck (lorry) aft
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by perl4ever 5y ago
I honest-to-God don't know how you live, and what it is you get away from in Cuba. I've been to NYC a couple of times. Things I got there (in more than one trip): a terrible pretzel from a street vendor (cold and *wet*) a
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by perl4ever 5y ago
>Medication that causes type-2 diabetes is news to me. I believe in the ballpark of 5 to 6 million patients take this kind of medication in the US. If they all eventually got diabetes, it might be up to 15% of cases. However, not everybo
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by perl4ever 5y ago
>Index funds don't do anything to help this - just cause it's a bigger group of strangers stealing the products of the worker's labor doesn't make it any less exploitative. I had a hard time understanding this, but I
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by perl4ever 5y ago
It appears to be a study about Wuhan, in China. Where is the factual data about Cuba in this study? Assuming you've read it, and you know where it is, please give people a hint.
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by perl4ever 5y ago
If nobody even cares in the first place which country's statistics they are talking about...what is "faking the statistics"? People. Don't. Click. On. Links. And if they do, they sure don't read them. I can't b
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by perl4ever 5y ago
Have you read it? Or did you take the word of other people on HN who told you your link was a study about China and not Cuba?
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by perl4ever 5y ago
>If you develop type-2 diabetes, you may be able to cure it by not eating any sugar for a few weeks. Developing type-2 diabetes will be a process that happens over several decades. So which few weeks is it that I need to stop eating su
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by perl4ever 5y ago
>But seeing how you post on HN, chances are you have better healthcare available to you than the median American... A family member with the condition relied on Medicare. That seems like the most likely scenario. >Consensus internatio
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by perl4ever 5y ago
Yes, but since I have never been to London, I am curious about this western consumerist lifestyle. You're being coy, in not describing the things you find so tiresome. Before Brexit, I worked for a company that opened a branch near Lon
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by perl4ever 5y ago
What is the connection between Cuba and "Excess mortality in Wuhan city and other parts of China during the three months of the covid-19 outbreak: findings from nationwide mortality registries"? Are you saying that since we know t
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by perl4ever 5y ago
That appears to be about China. What am I missing? Also, assuming we have perfect faith in Chinese government statistics and Cuban government statistics... Nevertheless, the wild variations in Covid experiences between countries and contr
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by perl4ever 5y ago
>the accumulation of capital is what's truly exploitative When I think of "accumulation of capital" in modern society, semiconductor fabs are the ultimate example. I can't imagine disagreeing that the building of such
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by perl4ever 5y ago
>Every country does good things and bad things. You just choose to ignore the bad things one country does and solely focus on them for another one. I agree. Comparing two countries in an unbiased way is very difficult. >people are dyi
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by perl4ever 5y ago
Do you think that's the conventional wisdom? The Cubans that left Cuba and live in the US, do you think their grudge is over the Cuban missile crisis? I don't wish to debate the question of what actually drives US policy. I am jus
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by perl4ever 5y ago
Do you know of a clear explanation how the US prevents Cuba from getting cars? A lot of Americans haven't owned American cars since the 70s. Other Caribbean islands import vehicles that are neither American nor even available in the US
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by perl4ever 5y ago
The use of consumerism as a euphemism for capitalism is a (alleged) historical fact. From what I read, consumerism did not have the negative connotation mid-century, whereas capitalism did. I don't know how it happened, but seemingly &
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by perl4ever 5y ago
You paint a good picture of Cuba, but what is life as a jaded resident of The City like?
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by perl4ever 5y ago
I wrote a comment and then thought "I should really look up where the term consumerism comes from". Because I didn't know and maybe I should. I spent half my life unaware of the origin of "capitalism". In the early
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by perl4ever 5y ago
>I'll just address the underlying sentiment that credit card debt is just fine and totally normal. I think your point that a credit card can't save someone that consistently spends more than they earn is correct. Neither will a
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by perl4ever 5y ago
That's the point. Mine does shut off, if the vehicle isn't moving and the interior temperature matches the climate control setting. So I would think/hope it could use a fraction of the fuel by running intermittently.
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by perl4ever 5y ago
Holey meteor, Batman!
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by perl4ever 5y ago
The most hated language in some poll I read about was Visual Basic, so here: Dim sum For Each thing In Array(1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10) sum = sum + thing Next
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by perl4ever 5y ago
Like on what model, for example?
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by perl4ever 5y ago
I haven't spent much time in/around DC in the scheme of things, but I would guesstimate from my experience there is some snow once or twice a year, and when it happens, everything shuts down. Businesses and government take a sno
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by perl4ever 5y ago
>Rough metric is you get 1 hour of engine idle per gallon. Some cars do better than that. I have a non-plug in hybrid, that gets almost 50 mpg consistently; I've got to experiment and extrapolate to see if it's much better. I w
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by perl4ever 5y ago
>mass market reliable cars from 2008-2015 that come with zero “electronic bits” Cars with zero electronic bits other than the radio? Like what models? Cars from the 1980s that come to my mind were extensively computerized. After I checke
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by perl4ever 5y ago
>Yup, at which point it is no longer the manufacturer's problem other than reputationally I think typically lease returns are sold as [brand] certified used, at least they used to be. Even if they weren't, you really don't
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by perl4ever 5y ago
>literally a bomb chamber EVs have airbags too, which are also pointed at your face. If by a "bomb chamber" you mean the engine cylinders, I'm not an expert, but many people say that burning fuel is technically "defla

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