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Comment #28030479
And microplastics don't just mess with digestion, they're also theorized to be part of the reason fertility is dropping in humans over time.
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Comment #28012162
Yes, and gold and jewelry are worth a lot because people have bid up prices for them. That is how worth is determined on a market.
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Comment #28012137
Yes, and generating more revenue would tend to instead demand for your skills, no?
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Comment #28012070
I didn't know what playdate was. From the website: - Handheld game console with a focus on indie games - Black and white display - Analog crank on the side - Comes with 24 free gam…
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Comment #27977587
>geometric patterns appearing in textures Is it similar to the kinds of visuals a person using psychedelics might experience?
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Comment #27949651
> stocks in companies, bonds in governments Being pedantic, but governments aren't the only entities which issue bonds. Private bonds exist as well.
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Comment #27898994
Wouldn't it also be much, much more expensive than building the line on the ground?
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Comment #27834231
As a student, I've never had any edtech site or "online textbook" that had good UX. It wouldn't be so offensive if I didn't have to pay $80 per semester per course for the privileg…
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Comment #27712842
Perhaps if the system was given more resources it might have a chance to become less broken. Of course just pouring money into the problem alone won't fix it, but I think it's clea…
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Comment #27569705
> but of course there are laws about insurance In the U.S. at least, you don't need to insure your own car. You just need liability insurance that will pay out to someone else if y…
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Comment #27516281
The difference is that in many cases, universities are a business that's also subsidized by the government, which makes it even easier for them to engage in monopolistic behavior.
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Comment #27498909
Assuming you mean harder than it sounds. Or, easier said than done.
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Comment #27440114
I honestly thought Reddit would die when they introduced Reddit awards, it seemed like such an obvious cash grab. You can't underestimate the amount of community momentum that the …
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Comment #27427021
I'm sure in any case the lawyers took a hefty sum.
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Comment #27373198
Source on the statistics? I'm curious.
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Comment #27209142
Does the stock market work similarly? From what I understand about 4/5 of all trading done today is automated.
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Comment #27182320
I think this is true, but all things being equal employees will value $1 in salary much more than $1 in equity. So to get the same impact of higher salary, you have to give a large…
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Comment #27143040
Especially interesting because you can just mechanically press the oil out, which is very easy to turn into diesel. Unfortunately the cost/benefit doesn't seem to be there yet.
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Comment #27063394
My grandmother has about 10 acres with lots of >100 yo trees on it. It's fairly common around where I live.
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Comment #27063302
Do you think that smart contacts could be useful in this area?
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Comment #26992922
What is your explanation for the explosion in asset prices over the last year, if not inflation? Do you think the assets have become fundamentally more valuable?
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Comment #26932979
Personally I value my time at $13.50 am hour because that's what I'm paid (part time retail while I go to school). There's many different kinds of people on this site.
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Comment #26844909
Many people buy real estate and let it sit empty, to sell at a later date when the price increases. This is actually a destruction of value as the house is no longer being utilized…
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Comment #26755382
In my opinion, location names are the easiest and most memorable way to refer to variants. The tradition is as old as the "Spanish flu"... which isn't from Spain at all.