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And the same applies to HN? Edgy messages make it to the top, and the reader should learn to react accordingly (in what way?)

California went from 235B in 2022 with a surplus, to 317B with a deficit in 2025. Budgets should be balanced, with smart long term planning and sensible spending. We should not res…

Its incredibly simple - they want to get off the supply chain risk list. Its very evident in his statement, he's trying very hard to clarify what that list means for corporations a…

It’s a business decision.

I think a major factor is politics - when China's leadership sets out to do something, they go out and get it done. Look at China's high speed rail (now more than the combined rest…

wrong incentives, good outcomes? is there a world where the long term outcomes are also good, or at least much better than the current ones? also, hi there! (da from oblong)

I think it comes from the all-billionaires-are-evil mindset, which I see more and more of

Seeing a lot of these pop up more recently, but this has been happening for a decade now apparently. Isn't this the fault of Medicare itself, of not having routine checks and bette…

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SNCF was one of the early bidders for this project, proposing the I5 route. They later pulled out from the politics of the Central Valley line in 2011, and went on to successfully …

This was interesting, thanks!

if its on front page of HN already w/ hundreds of votes, i think its fair to assume its legitimate regardless of the source.

Insurance companies are for profit. They run the analysis of how much they need to charge to break even, and aim to charge above that. If they charge too high, customers will look …

some fantastic older reading (2014): HFT in My Backyard https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8354278 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8371852

great read, thanks for sharing! some more fun and short reading: Report on an Unidentified Space Station by J. G. Ballard https://sseh.uchicago.edu/doc/roauss.htm The Last Question…

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europa_Clipper#Launch_and_traj... really cool to see the trajectory: - earth mars gravity assists - complex trajectory around jupiter and its moons

ah missed this one, thank you!

Good read! Reminds me of the Gervais Principle https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2009/10/07/the-gervais-principle-... , which is also a fantastic (and much longer) read with a similar lif…

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yep, my first though as well here - and one of my favorite reads. lots of posts, even one this month https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41214180 https://news.ycombinator.com/item…

Makes sense, I dread the day when one of my cats passes (5 year old and 1 year old cat). A nitpick: The researchers are asking the owners for the owners' observations during a time…

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came here to mention this as well! fantastic ezine that i click everytime i see it linked here.