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I believe the insider-trading thing pretty small in real world impact. Paid speeches, book deals, consulting payments and jobs for family members or after holding office are the mo…

I wonder how slightly different wording of that question, or prompting with examples would alter the numbers. 23% is higher than I'd expect for the question as it was worded, and y…

1) The beef industry has monopolistic, anti-competitive cartel behavior similar to the chicken industry. https://www.reuters.com/business/how-four-big-companies-cont... 2) Raising …

This argument comes up on HN frequently but doesn't seem particularly compelling to me. We have laws and regulations around things like noise, parking, etc which apply equally to h…

That's actually why the amateur requirement was dropped. The Soviet Union and other government-controlled-economy nations were sending essentially professional athletes to the Olym…

I think the unstated part of the parent comment is that the zoom meetings aren't being scheduled in one block of time like in person meetings would be, but spread out over multiple…

> you don't see many conservatives boycotting national brands over young boys at hooters or child beauty pageants featuring little girls You must have one heck of a filter bubble o…

Alternative perspective - believable AI-generated nudes completely eliminate the risk of "revenge porn" or embarrassment from leaked photos. If someone can say "Hey Siri, generate …

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Electronic Frontier Foundation I used to have a larger list, but it seems like every non-profit that reaches a certain size or age starts to drift, until one day you see their curr…

> Whatever the reason might be, rationally it's time to at least ask "can it ever make an impact"? The reason is because it's been denied a chance by government regulation, due to …

Generally no. That's misinformation that's frustratingly persistent. Here is a direct, reliable source of truth straight from the official government website in case my comment get…

It sounds like you're in favor of the types of laws that led to Spain having unemployment rates between 30-50% for young people. If you make it so that hiring someone is entering i…

> until we have robots which can fully replace many/most jobs people do Most people's jobs aren't necessary for a functioning society. If you look at say, agriculture, transportati…

> If you struggle talking to people Like I have, have a few drinks. That's been my experience anyway. This is a lot of people's experience... and a whole lot of us really, really, …

> When people say bailout, they refer to tax dollars going to bailing out an entity. One thing I've learned over the years is that lots of people use words wrong, especially regard…

One thing the article didn't address that would be interesting to see would be the impact of the childhood obesity epidemic. In the greatest generation, silent generation, boomers …

I completely understand the point you're arguing, I'm trying to articulate the problems inherent in the system and a way forward. Nobody would starve, they'd just switch to healthi…

It's passive voice, not particularly weird. The scientist is specifically trying to avoid the trap of a "gotcha question" while answering accurately that the most likely outcome of…

I don't think "feeding poor people food that gives them diseases and harms their quality of life" is success. The US could feed people cheaply without using harmful additives. Inst…

I think Tesla shorts was just him having a laugh at the investors shorting Tesla and showing confidence in the company. It increased media coverage of, and popular discussion about…