spacemark

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by spacemark 6mo ago
Right. It's not existential, sure. It helps that all our debt is issued in our currency. But the fact is that ~30% of our national debt is held by foreign entities, and at the very least interest payments are an outflow of wealth from
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by spacemark 6mo ago
Where do you get this idea that our national debt = private liquid assets? How does that make any sense at all? This kind of intellectual rationalization about something that is obviously not healthy is why people distrust so called experts
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by spacemark 6mo ago
The cost of the war is zero? You're off your rocker. The constitution grants Congress the sole power to declare war and authorize military force. The fact that our country's politicians have manipulated our system to the point tha
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by spacemark 6mo ago
So what do you think the cost of the war is, then? $50bn? Seems like splitting hairs or missing the point. Even $50bn is too much for a war that congress nor the American people approved.
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by spacemark 6mo ago
Surely at some point compounding interest will eclipse this, no? If our debt is 500 trillion does your opinion hold?
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by spacemark 7mo ago
Lol. Speak for yourself, AI has not diminished my thinking in any material way and has indeed accelerated my ability to learn. Anyone predicting the "end of humanity" is playing prophet and echoing the same nonsensical prophecies
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by spacemark 8mo ago
Super cool. Hope to be well enough off one day to do stuff like this.
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by spacemark 1y ago
>Sitting on a bike, you're even shorter than a pedestrian and more likely to be completely out of sight. Not true at all except for the lowest-sitting cruisers. Most bikes put you eye level with an SUV driver and taller bikes above.
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by spacemark 1y ago
Don't be bothered by the down votes. HN consensus is not something worth pursuing. Your criticism is valid, it's just that it runs against what HN readers want to believe in this instance. Readers here like to think they're m
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by spacemark 1y ago
Yeah, it's an obsessive personality trait that I've observed in most high achievers. Often not healthy. At least scrutinize your obsessions, people.
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by spacemark 1y ago
Seriously. Hasn't the main thesis of that book (a distinct advantage of human upright evolution is our ability to run long distances) and several key supporting points been mostly disproven scientifically (early humans often hunted by
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by spacemark 2y ago
I definitely believe you. I know from a few injuries that with tendons you want to be moving and applying resistance as soon as you are able to prevent the formation of scar tissue and encourage blood flow. It's not a huge leap of logi
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by spacemark 2y ago
Maybe it's just too early or there are other posts, but I find it an interesting insight into human behavior - supposedly intelligent human behavior - that there were hundreds of comments on the posting of the original study here at HN
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by spacemark 2y ago
I have no idea what you're talking about. Is Rumi a character in a video game or something?
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by spacemark 2y ago
Right, but life down there didn't independently spark from raw organic molecules. Or, rather, there is no evidence for that, whereas there is quite a bit of evidence to suggest all such life on earth is migratory to new ecosystems and
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by spacemark 2y ago
Who or what exactly is this Creator you speak of? Would love to know.
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by spacemark 2y ago
It's not, this is all internet click bait sensational stuff. Wood can be an effective composite and has been used in space vehicles for at least 40 years. First time I saw it used was old LV fairings. These days there are much better c
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by spacemark 2y ago
Cool, appreciate the tip! I'll check them out.
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by spacemark 2y ago
Metal spatulas aren't an option for most, either, as they scratch pans. So what's the suggested realistic alternative? Wood? Edit: wasn't trying to be snarky or anything. Honestly concerned for my family's health and try
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by spacemark 2y ago
Humans are evolving right before our eyes, everywhere, always. Still an interesting article, though!
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by spacemark 2y ago
Whoops, thanks for the correction. I was looking at end-user electricity consumption so it didn't include all the losses involved. That's staggering at first glance. So much energy! But then, I wonder how much it would really matt
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by spacemark 2y ago
Yeah the scale of thermal energy contained in the earth makes this fear (prematurely cooling the earth) irrelevant. The entire global consumption of energy is less than 2% of earth's thermal heat flow from the core.
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by spacemark 2y ago
>Imagine working on something for over a decade only to see it fly just 7 times! Haha, I'm guessing you don't work in the space industry. Frankly if something you work on gets to space at all you count yourself fortunate. My fi
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by spacemark 2y ago
No worries, glad we were able to come to a general agreement!
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by spacemark 2y ago
Hey, I don't view this as arguing at all. I'm sorry you do. I find it valuable as a check on my own thinking and assumptions. If you are feeling negative emotions with this exchange, please walk away! >if you refuse to accept v
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by spacemark 2y ago
>Let's ignore future cash flows and how those are invested, just consider the initial investment of $20k. But that's only a tiny piece of the money you will spend on the house and ignoring this will obviously lead you to a fals
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by spacemark 2y ago
Valid-ish points. My calculation is my situation right now, and I don't claim it is going to be true for everyone across all time and eternity. But over the course of someone's working life, renting will net you far more money tha
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by spacemark 2y ago
Sure. It does depend on a lot, but the majority of scenarios you’ll put into rent vs buy calculators, for various places across the country, come out in favor of renting. In expensive areas, dramatically so. When interest rates are high, ev
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by spacemark 2y ago
Yes, in general, for the average person. However, the flaw in this is that most people don't have the discipline to put excess cash they would have spent on a home into index funds and forego touching that money until retirement. So a
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by spacemark 2y ago
I'm saying even with leverage you would make far more money investing in index funds. The math is very clear. In the best real estate decades (which may be behind us), index funds may not win. But on average, over multiple decades it&#

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