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If it doesn't work, we can always go back to the pre-finance retirement model - raise lots of kids and live with them during a 'retirement' in which you continue to work as much as possible.
This was a bombing of military personnel by parties at war. That is, by definition, not terrorism. This action has been acceptable for as long as bombs have existed.
Ballistic missiles, being ballistic, have limited accuracy. It's also easier to detect them (flying higher and with larger radar signature) and tell where they're heading.
That just means that certain permits may be needed, and only in two countries out of the bird's natural range of two dozen.
When they feed on grasshoppers and strawberries, Upland Sandpipers are “truly delicious.”
In our era where foodies exist and some number of them have effectively no spending limit, I wonder if any business raises sandpipers for use in a truly rare dining experience.
This reminds me of the story of the Taiwanese radioactive homes, where 2000 homes were built with radioactive materials. There was a prediction that a lot of the inhabitants would die of cancer, and that didn't really happen.
https://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2020/12/the-curious...
Given the way the world is going, I'll predict that the death of the IAT won't come from recognizing its scientific flaws, but rather from racism becoming more acceptable.
With all the talk of the impending fertility crisis, I very much believe that WFH helps significantly.
1) It makes parenting easier by letting the parent be more present. 2) It allows parents to buy houses with more bedrooms and more greenspace further from expensive cities. 3) It allows workers to stay in one location for a long time, helping form community.
And it's low-carbon to boot.
Public hunting of barred owls wouldn’t be allowed. The wildlife service would designate government agencies, landowners, American Indian tribes or companies to carry out the killings. Shooters would have to provide documentation of training or experience in owl identification and firearm skills.
This seems pork-barrel-y. It's reminiscent of the recent Canadian government plan to spend 12 million dollars to kill 900 non-native deer in BC, ignoring that locals would do it for free.
If a judge finds that the lawsuit was frivolous then their exorbitant lawyer fees are now yours to pay.
Because there's no legal basis to sue them.
A lot of what you said is accurate, but then the ideal play would not be to shut down non-core projects, but rather to sell them or spin them off into their own companies.
...which partly-happened via licensing in the article, but they didn't realize the full value of the working operation.
That doesn't track. As long as the project is generating at least a single dollar (TVM-adjusted) and you're not constrained on resources (SWEs, labs, etc.) that could be reassigned to higher yielding projects, that's all the justification you need.
Yes, articles on Ben Johns suggest his income is 5% winnings and 95% endorsements.
Fun fact: If current birthrate trends hold, in 200 years approximately 100% of the American population will be Amish.
That's crazy. I'm tempted to register whichCLR.com which will contain a single link to download the latest .NET runtime.
Would have been nice to see the scan of the original paper.
That doesn't seem to be available online. However, there is a scan of another Hughes story from a year later that they posted from their archive. (Pictures on page 4)
https://documents.latimes.com/flight-spruce-goose-huge-craft...
If you, like me, are wondering "has anyone just run it through a mass spectrometer to see what the ingredients are?" the answer is yes, they have.
I found interesting the Ask HN comment counts on who's hiring/wants to be hired:
May 2024: 742 / 422 (1.76)
May 2023: 502 / 366 (1.37)
May 2022: 835 / 274 (3.05)
May 2021: 919 / 235 (3.91)
May 2020: 685 / 324 (2.11)
In the past, efficiency and optimization were less critical. Successful businesses and wealthy individuals could afford to indulge. However, today’s businesses aim for efficiency, optimization, and indefinite scaling.
Apocryphally, a Las Vegas taxi driver was asked how the city had changed and said 'When the mob was running things they were happy as long as you were making money. Now that MBAs are running things you need to make as much money as possible.'
I guess the author hasn't paid attention to the rise of the mega-yacht or having personal jets. If you also don't think that the wealthy live in opulent real estate, then I've I'm not sure what rock you've been living under.
The visibility is different. The jets take off from a private terminal, the yachts from a private marina. The houses are obscured by trees, and the general public can't see them. There was even just a law passed to prevent jet tracking, so no one knows if a billionaire is taking a private flight.
Labor costs. It’s relatively expensive to build ornate masonry buildings in high-wage economies. Overall, this is a good thing.
To back this up, here's a quote from people who are building a new ornate masonry building:
"We originally wanted to bid out the stone carving," explains Brother Isidore Mary, the 30-year-old monk in charge of construction, "but when we heard the cost, we almost had a heart attack. There was no way we could afford it, so we decided to figure out how to build the monastery ourselves." In 2013 the monks purchased a Prussiani [CNC] stone carving machine. After several months of trial and error, they began carving ornate pieces of stone.
https://www.arizcc.com/post/carmelite-monks-of-wyoming-use-t...
Here's another simple explanation: Sticking out makes you a target.
People in 1024 -> This dazzling new cathedral is a testament to the majesty of God and a point of national pride.
People in 2024 -> This indulgent new cathedral is made from the exploitation of the masses and is a symbol of a something-phobic regime. Seize their assets!
This also works on an individual level, especially online - being novel makes you a target, so instead everyone chooses to be boring.
While that would be nice, this writing excerpt from ~2000 years ago suggests that it's deeply ingrained in people:
Why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when there is the log in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye.
Indeed. It's not the ink content that led to Am J Clin Pathol. 2014;142(1):99-103. saying:
"The mean age of death for tattooed persons was 39 years, compared with 53 years for non-tattooed persons (P = .0001). There was a significant contribution of negative messages in tattoos associated with non-natural death (P = .0088) but not with natural death."
Yup. The namesake of 'algorithm'.
Reminds me of "square Kufic" and this book https://jeffe.cs.illinois.edu/teaching/algorithms/