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I think it’s rubbish. I smoke weed every day and it is not addictive. I’m simply adjusting my body to weed frequency. I need a higher concentration THC over time because my body ra…

True. The US Treasury market is backed by war. That's solid business that you can rely on :-)

I remember an interesting HIV campaign that went something like UVL=0VL It made me think. (undetectable viral load = zero viral load) Perhaps this vaccine will not cure HIV once an…

There is no "crypto crash." There is "everything crash." Crypto, stocks, baby formula, war. The world has turned into an insane clown world. There are evil people out there, and th…

Remote is good because I can do laundry and vacuum my flat while thinking about a work problem. Most employers though consider that stealing. Offices aren’t unnecessary but practic…

I can't wait for El Salvador to offer a cheap, safe, and secure crypto vault. Once they expand to yield generating crypto, they can charge a small fee while holding BILLIONS in cry…

I rented an Airbnb recently and they had a basic induction stove on top of non-functional gas stove. The induction stove, with special pots, was like tech from the future. I was on…

Matt Levine is my favorite source of insight into the nitty-gritty of financial markets. He has an uncanny ability to take what would be the most boring minutiae and turn it into a…

How much of that is climate change and how much local development policy? There is an ever continuing push for creating extremely high density urban areas with hardly any greenery.…

This shows that Robinhood is a true "tech company"!

There is a very simple reason why crypto aren't going anywhere -- wealth generation. For a lot of people in many parts of the world the (still) unregulated nature of crypto is the …

> a strong anti-vaccine stance that and are promoting Ivermectin I would assume that the core of this sentiment is something like “vaccine is a semi-permanent modification of immun…

Is heart inflammation serious? News outlets report “increased risk of X condition” usually without any background on the seriousness of the condition.

Linux is developer friendly but user experience is abysmal. I’m a developer. I grew up with Linux. I can’t wait for Apple to turn MacOS into iOS with extras. Linus himself said tha…

In their article they have compared the income tax rate with wealth adjusted tax rate. Out of curiosity, what would a wealth adjusted tax rate be for a dual income family that owns…

I wish DataHand was still made. The 3d printed keyboard based on DataHand looks very interesting but right now I don't have time to invest into making custom hardware. I wish I cou…

Why are all the masks single use? Why can't we make reusable masks that can be disinfected by UV light? Structurally those masks are pretty solid. I can easily wear a single surgic…

Here’s another question: isolation... and then what? Sit at home until 2021 when we maybe have a vaccine? I don’t see how we make this virus disappear so while I can see how people…

I keep hearing “masks are useless”. If every person who has any cough or any chest tightness or any sore throat, however mild, put on a mask, wouldn’t that stop the spread? I live …

Does one acquire immunity after going through CoV infection? What about SARS/MERS? If I understand correctly there are many strains of influenza and they mutate. That's why new vac…

Nothing makes git simpler than adding another complicated command :)

> Official estimates place the total Ainu population at 25,000, but unofficial estimates place its total population at 200,000 Meanwhile there are 10M people living in Tokyo. If al…

Everything can easily be done in a tiny controlled environment! Also Singapore is fairly uniform. There's Malaysian Singaporean part, Indian part and Chinese part. They do not over…

FWIW I live in Japan and I get uneasy around foreigners. And I'd be especially uneasy around folks from my home country! > experience prejudice regarding your race I think it might…

> since it would cover geographical territory that’s already part of two congressional districts Correct me if I'm wrong but these districts can be created, destroyed or redrawn pr…