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“Whatever the harmful effects on my health are, that is a trade I make consciously” Technically since it appears the effects are nebulous to you and if consciousness means informed…

Even with moral issues aside, Palantir is absurdly expensive and seems to be focused on selling buzzwords over actual value and tech. It’s like crack for non-technical big wigs.

So much science work and analysis - all likely ruined by poor dietary controls. I skimmed the actual linked paper to see any details about the vegan vs meat rich diets and didn’t s…

It’s hard to take an article seriously that uses a snowflake ceo maligning Hadoop as evidence of something. (Note, I am already a believer that data lake efforts usually ended badl…

Yay more sources of weird forever chemicals. And while it’s been a long time since I had ochem, there’s quite a few places this molecule looks like it can break apart. They should …

But if their debt goes bad, isn’t that debt the very bonds that make up the other part of those asset allocations?

Does that Norwegian guy really want his email floating around the internet for bots to scrape and randos to spam?

What’s your point? Just over half of physicians smoked in 1950, are you suggesting we made a mistake in discouraging smoking?

That world model is not in touch with reality. R&D spend does not correlate with innovation or creativity. It’s surprising what gets counted as R&D in a big company. Small companie…

History well supports that large companies do not innovate well, with nearly all collapsing due to stagnation and bureaucracy. A predicted bad outcome does not mean they can avoid …

Following that logic, Microsoft and oracle should be putting out a lot of innovative quirky software! I can’t think of a single example where a super large company gets more willin…

So you don’t realize most you tube influencers using dji or insta360 are being paid to use them? That’s the main reason I’ve seen YouTubers switch. The Chinese brands absolutely fl…

Everyone starts with a perfect driving record until one day it’s not perfect.

That is a baffling response, no one suggested corporations have consciousness. The poster said “I don’t think there’s anything wrong with this” are they a corporation? If they are,…

“ In principle, I don't think there's anything wrong with this. All investment expects a ROI over some time horizon” Huh? Why is there nothing wrong? Yes they wouldn’t make the inv…

Should there be taxes on alcohol and cigarettes? Should there be warnings on them? What about on heroin?

What predictions? Why is it useful to know what the odds are for Trump to the word “postage stamp” in a specific speech? Why are the sports odds useful? Word mention market and spo…

Development and permitting cost (fees plus time) are most certainly a part of the problem.

So hertz can report your car stolen after you return it, landing you in jail? Renting a car comes with extra worry, even taking that extreme case out of consideration. You’re drivi…

That will drive off the other dissolved gasses, and at least according to some, will make the water taste stale. Coffee heads have told me to use freshly heated and not reboiled wa…

Why have seatbelts and safety regulations if insurance can fix dead people?

Water tax is different in many ways, and a bad comparison. Also that water tax phrasing is bizarre, like saying people in famine areas are being silly for refusing to buy food on t…

That makes a ton of sense except one killer flaw - literally killer. People will put off buying new tires to dangerous extents. Yes Some people already do that, but adding any mean…

They talked about Iran giving up its HEU, i.e. basically returning its uranium stocks to the Obama deal days when Iran agreed to even get rid of its modest quantity of medium enric…