the_crocodile

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by the_crocodile 3y ago
Favorite quote that I'm not sure why the author included: “You can’t just put your mouth underneath the nozzle of an ice cream machine and fill your belly,” he says.
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by the_crocodile 3y ago
This is a natural market progression and will happen. Most automakers built higher cost, lower volume "premium" products for less price sensitive early adopters. As the product and market matures, costs reduce and more mass market
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by the_crocodile 3y ago
Housing is the key common factor linking cost of living, homelessness and the other issues. With more housing built, the problems diminish.
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by the_crocodile 3y ago
Love the acerbic humor style as well. Lots of great lines. Enjoyed the highlight of the cognitive dissonance in citing the benefits of "transparency. >"The retail experience consumers want and deserve," Cooler Screens says
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by the_crocodile 6y ago
A point of clarification. ASML does lithography, which creates the patterns for the chips. The big players in etch (removing layers of material following the pattern) are Lam Research and Applied Materials, both American companies.
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by the_crocodile 6y ago
Article agrees with #1. "As they note, it seems like an easy thing to fix if Congress had the will: Two reforms would help solve this problem: first, district judges should—by law—be randomly assigned to cases and, second, venue in pat
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by the_crocodile 6y ago
Very helpful. Thank you for sharing! Have you been able to find data on # of tests carried out?
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by the_crocodile 6y ago
Tomas Pueyo published an article: https://medium.com/@tomaspueyo/coronavirus-act-today-or-peop... He wrote a model that roughly estimates infection rates in a population based on either deaths or confirmed cases: http
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by the_crocodile 7y ago
author context: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmet_Altan
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by the_crocodile 7y ago
Manufacturing costs are roughly similar between generics and brand name drugs (say ~$1/pill as an example). A large portion of costs for brand name drugs are in the development and qualification. Generics avoid these costs. For a brand
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by the_crocodile 8y ago
Rent control insulates current residents from paying market rates for housing. This reduces their incentive to fix the problem (expensive housing) because they have already have cheaper housing... as long as they don't need to change h
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by the_crocodile 8y ago
Agree. This brings increased attention and news to an issue that would have been forgotten. It speaks to Joi's integrity that he wanted to correct his mistake publicly.