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There also has to be an aspect of the price of mozzarella in the post WW2 boom in America or else we wouldn't use such an indulgent amount of cheese as standard. Even Canadians I k…

It ultimately comes down to being able to go to a physical location and get coins/paper or not. I just don't see what the value is of having my account denominated in a way that ge…

People are just stupid on this topic. The moment the Rubicon is crossed, both the US and China would fall into an all out economic depression and that is exactly why that Rubicon w…

I have read 1984 twice. Once in 1999 and once in 2021. The effect of the telescreen was so different from what I remember in 1999. It seemed trite in 2021. Many aspects of 1984 wou…

A huge part of youth identity in the US use to be from the music business. I mean we use to even have goth bars, punk bars. Imagine a bar in 2023 that only caters to people who lik…

It is because this always comes from the perspective of younger people. Canada might be better if you are 20 and break your arm. No one over 50 and worrying about death would rathe…

No, previous generations tended to preserve the social contract of not fucking over their grandkids so they could go out to eat more and take more vacations in retirement. Before t…

It is because there are all kinds of cost not being factored in here. You aren't going to keep the subscription base without spending a ton on marketing. I am sure many other cost …

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That is not a new method. There is even a Locked Up Abroad episode that someone gets caught smuggling coke in shampoo bottles through the airport. I would think it is quite common …

Your point about the doomsday AI cultists is nonsense. The doomsday AI cultists didn't come up with any of these ideas. The Matrix was a hugely popular movie in 1999. chatGPT doesn…

It is a stupid argument too because it devalues their own position. I listened to about 6 hours of Marc Andreessen on this topic this weekend and he just smashes all the doomer arg…

It looks like it could be interesting but 'Public Doubts Over Musk's Combat Readiness' is exactly what I wish I never had to read ever again. There needs to be a dial between 100% …

I have been walking 90 minutes a day for a month and feel amazing. I just realized that with remote work, 30-60 minutes a day is just not enough activity. Of course, we can't reali…