sunpar

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by sunpar 4y ago
You're wishing for what you think the outcome of higher prices might be, not for higher prices themselves.
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by sunpar 5y ago
Even in Japan life expectancy is 81.9 years for men. 78 is well within what we consider to be old age for men.
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by sunpar 5y ago
He created BRKB for just this purpose. He doesn't need to split BRKA for any reason other than Nasdaq's computers
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by sunpar 5y ago
Switzerland is also one of the most expensive places in the world. As is NYC, where I live and the minimum wage is $15/hour and service jobs paying between $20-$35 is not unusual. In the US, there are also places where the minimum wage
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by sunpar 5y ago
Yes but he brings up a good point. They are more likely to talk about a 3 sigma result that challenges the standard model than one that doesn’t yield anything special. So given you know a 3 sigma result is being discussed, the probability t
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by sunpar 6y ago
I read many books but skip many long blog entries. Blogs tend to be in sore need of editing, and most the books that make it to print are in general far higher quality. The main strength blogs have to me are time to print, which makes them
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by sunpar 6y ago
I don’t understand why people believe that anonymity is a right guaranteed to all people making content on the internet.
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by sunpar 6y ago
They have clear rules against inciting violence that were clearly violated. That's a good line to draw and enforce.
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by sunpar 6y ago
>you'll find a dozen people to complain that you're nothing but an eeeevil capitalist who would poison our oceans and black out our skies just to make an extra $3.50 in pocket change, if not simply out of spite generally. I wou
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by sunpar 6y ago
This food regulation is not really based on health or nutrients or anything like that, nor is it pointless. It stems from an effort to define what can be marketed as a pasta noodle vs. other similar yet different products, like ramen noodle
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by sunpar 6y ago
I think it's obviously true that monied interests will have greater access to regulators and corporations than smaller operations do. We should seek to limit that advantage when possible, but it's doubtful that we can ever truly e
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by sunpar 6y ago
"Standards of Identification" are not about safety, but rather marketplace regulation against deception. After all, if it was about safety, then ramen noodles wouldn't be sold at all. Rather, it is (or was, originally) about
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by sunpar 6y ago
I actually think most of the governmental functions in this article worked quite well. Told another way, a firm in the marketplace for pasta found that a competitor was out of regulation with their product, and they found a person in congre
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by sunpar 6y ago
“Standards of Identity” are not in and of themselves a bad thing. If a product comes to market claiming to be one thing but it is not, it may damage the market for all other products. Imagine a tv manufacturer claiming to sell a HD tv that
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by sunpar 6y ago
At 6'1" BMI seems to say I should be between 140lbs and 185 lbs. I'm currently 165 lbs and feel pretty skinny -- I can't imagine being healthy at 140 lbs! The 185 seems about right -- I've been close to 180 lbs and
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by sunpar 7y ago
It's possible, and I would venture very likely, that the problem is within you and only you, and not the world at large. The large part of the rest of us would love for people everywhere to continue to live and thrive.
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by sunpar 7y ago
The linked video talks about updating laws regarding the legality of operating the smart summon feature on public roads. I don't see how that can be called "blatant sensationalism".
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by sunpar 7y ago
And you don’t need to go far for this effect. I still to this day remember a beautiful calming moment I had when on a walk in the backyard near a house outside of Portland Maine.
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by sunpar 7y ago
I have an identical experience. Switched to a very light weight zero drop shoe, it forced me to change my stride to more forefoot, and all my shin pain stopped.
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by sunpar 9y ago
Microsoft has to defer reporting revenue on sales of Windows 10. From their recent investor letter: "We delivered $90.0 billion in revenue and $22.3 billion in operating income this past fiscal year. Adjusting for Windows 10 revenue de