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I'm a bit confused. The number quoted in the article said there are only 500 taxi's in SF right now? That seems super low and not significant - since all the estimates I can find f…

The article uses the premise that we have 15 years to avert a runaway crisis - and points out that nuclear won't be able to scale by then. That second part is entirely true. But mo…

Agree. The article lists appetite repression and I think its 100% that. When I diet/track calories I def load up on water to help. And for me - it does work very well.

I think the discussion misses the most important part: The goal of the Netflix prize wasn't to come up with the best algorithm - it was to make the Netflix brand exciting and legit…

I'm not even sure if he would argue that this is a bad thing? I 100% think a society with a stratified lower caste could be more stable than one where everyone has equal resources …

I'm fairly certain that Tesla's are way cheaper than the model T was. It isn't like families could afford multiple cars back then. They were selling less than a million model Ts a …

Could someone with more knowledge explain to me "urgent care" and if there could be a case made to expand it? I got injured (not too bad) and went to urgent care - my wait time was…

The thing about your hunting theory is that lots of other animals use coordinated social attack on prey. They have to do risk/benefit based on how many other of their kind are ther…

I agree. I also think discussions like this article assume that running a company is unique from other similar choices. Is trying to become a singer/actor becoming an entrepreneur?…

I disagree. They have a couple hundred students there at any time and the percent of people who will make an actual career from it is still relatively low. Way better than moving t…

I still don't get how this solves any major issues. Neither major companies or the vast majority of people need to wire money at 2am. The main utility of banks (and the main profit…

That link is better than the headline because it is averaging hundreds of days for each data point. A four day heat wave is not very compelling data on its own.