shlant

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by shlant 28d ago
it's crazy how normalized spending 1k+ on a phone has become. I can't imagine paying that for a phone that is almost identical in features I care about to something 1/3 the price.
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by shlant 1mo ago
> All economic activity is a key driver to climate change what a pointless thought-terminating cliché > You're clearly imposing a self-serving moral judgement on other people. Just because you are the wrong side of morality does
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by shlant 1mo ago
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by shlant 2mo ago
> That doesn't invalidate the first category even though most people in the category are in the latter. so you solved obesity then! people just need to make better choices! Glad we have you here solving the worlds greatest mysteries
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by shlant 2mo ago
wow you figured it out! but wait.. if it's that easy why is obesity such a huge issue?
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by shlant 2mo ago
> They failed to stop capitalism good thing, too!
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by shlant 2mo ago
as someone who has a good amount of experience with psychedelics - there is actually a surprising amount of overlap between the two experiences, but mostly in a generalized "how they can feel" way, and not in the sense that they a
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by shlant 2mo ago
the literature is very clear about the relationship between high LDL and Atherosclerosis. Are you referring to poor health in general, separate from Cardiovascular Disease?
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by shlant 2mo ago
you didn't read the article did you? Or are you actually here to claim that people with hypercholesterolemia just need to eat better? Do you have the same simplistic ideas about GLP-1's?
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by shlant 2mo ago
I love that they made the comparison to Hacker News in terms of request sizes lmao. Yea definitely a representative sample
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by shlant 3mo ago
the vast majority of the anti-statin crowd are just regurgitating talking points they heard from people in their diet tribe - usually keto/carnivore
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by shlant 3mo ago
supposedly that comes mostly from observational studies whereas RCT's seem to show that at some point full regain will probably happen (although can take 1-2 years). The Observational studies don't seem to control for people stopp
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by shlant 3mo ago
they have long lasting effects if the changes are long lasting. Almost never the case
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by shlant 3mo ago
so you don't have any evidence? you are just hoping there will be evidence in the future? Separately - are you against minimum wage increases as a way to make things more affordable?
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by shlant 3mo ago
and your evidence that property prices are almost entirely set by wages is?
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by shlant 3mo ago
> It's the opposite of a thought-terminating cliche > You could start by reading Marx, who laid a lot of the groundwork. Are you aware that you just responded with another? You did the "read theory" meme lol > I like
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by shlant 3mo ago
I guess I'm just confused why your entire comment is about landlords and the super-wealthy when the article and message you are responding to don't mention either.
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by shlant 3mo ago
are you referring to NIMBY homeowners? because yes, people who own houses are the most likely to prevent more housing from being built (although not the only reason more housing isn't being built)
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by shlant 3mo ago
what proportion of the housing crisis do you think is because of what you linked, and what would be your evidence?
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by shlant 3mo ago
No I am mostly agreeing with the quoted point
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by shlant 3mo ago
really? you think it's not significantly effected by anything else? like amount of housing available?
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by shlant 3mo ago
> The common factor: the capital class screwing over the working class. This thought terminating cliche is getting real old. What are your solutions? and what evidence do you have that those solutions will solve the problems? Shaking you
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by shlant 3mo ago
> Increasing wages will not fix the housing crisis, and will just drive prices higher. This is true though?
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by shlant 3mo ago
Are you saying that you blame apartment prices on landlords? If you build more apartments then market rent goes down and landlords can't charge more if people can just find cheaper apartments. It's not like landlords just choose w
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by shlant 3mo ago
agreed
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by shlant 3mo ago
> What’s driving the cyclical nature of the price discovery for entries on a global ledger? https://www.investopedia.com/bitcoin-halving-4843769
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by shlant 3mo ago
lets's come back to this one year from now and see if it bottoms around Oct 6
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by shlant 4mo ago
> Obviously because they care more about things than just making money. why should someone be banned from selling their land if they want?
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by shlant 4mo ago
> So we have to give up our land, our water, our energy, even our planet just to usher in “the future”? what are you referring to here? because it certainly is not data centers
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by shlant 4mo ago
you think it's more profitable to not lease the spaces because "the management overhead of landlording"? What do you think a "tax write off" is?

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