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We have a super-robust set of tools for this for fiction; I'm still chewing through the list generated by 'all Pulitzer prizes for fiction written during my lifetime' - and all of …

Eh, I don't really care about 'edgy' but it bothers me that so many projects, especially when those projects are computer commands, are hard to search on. Like, ss or ip. I mean, i…

I think a lot of it is politics and labor leverage and education. after the new deal and the second world war and the GI bill, a lot of our workers had free education. We had a ser…

for me, devices of different sizes do different things; I carry a lot of specialized devices, from a small laptop to a giant e reader to a regular sized ereader to a cellphone to a…

> The continued gains in productivity we have seen since that time have come by way of mechanization/automation. but that has been true since the first chimp figured out how to sho…

My understanding is that a lot of those young people end up needing to go to the hospital, and only survive because of treatment. If the hospitals are overwhelmed, the death rate i…

dunno, I kinda think that the right actions at the right time can [could have] make a huge difference. I think that if the rest of the country shut down the way CA and NY did... we…

I agree with you... last week. I mean, sure, we should lock down now, but my feeling is that it's mostly too late for the urban areas. The rural areas might have a chance... they n…

I'm not questioning the need. I'm just saying that it seems to me a lot more realistic that we'll be able to short-term ramp-up production of 1 and 2 than it is to think we'll be a…

the disrespect for sleep the medical profession has is insane. If someone is gonna be cutting on me, I want them to have a good night's rest. They tell me to sleep consistently and…

Yeah, remove the limiter, and how long does it take to make a doctor? I mean, sure, some people are saying that this thing is still gonna be here in four years (I am not a medical …

Yeah, I'm personally not too concerned with the "stuff" end of things. This is America; in spite of rhetoric to the contrary, we remain a manufacturing powerhouse. Apply enough mon…

This was the day before the shelter in place order was announced. The guy was going on under his breath about how people don't know how this thing was transmitted, that you aren't …

so wait, is it OK to use masks now? last time I went out with a mask I got chewed out by a clerk. It was... deeply weird. (I mean, I understand the guy had probably had a hellish d…

I'm one of those people who lacks the discipline. I live with someone who works remote full time, and they have that discipline, and are in fact way more productive working from ho…

Property values will fall after the next recession. It looks very likely that this set off what will become the next recession. (I mean, a recession is two quarters, so it hasn't h…

It's an interesting question. Urban areas, it would seem, are likely to get the spread a lot faster, but they also have way better medical infrastructure. It will spread slower in …

I... don't believe that? I mean, I've used public bathrooms... and I've used tech worker bathrooms. Yes, maintenance is required. that's part of provisioning a restroom. I... do no…

do you have a lot of homelessness in the thinly-populated desert?

eh, it seems like the obvious solution to these problems is to provision some public bathrooms, you know, Netherlands-style.