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Yeah, intentionally misleading consumers should always be at least somewhat illegal. Sure caveat emptor, but consumers having accurate information is implied and a cornerstone of a…

Read the article. It doesn’t even ask if dextromethorphan and phenylephrine should be illegal. It asks if intentionally misleading consumers about their efficacy should be.

Being physically fit past your 30s is a series of building habits and making hard choices that obviously is a challenge of its own that many in sedentary jobs have skipped or falle…

Having to select self care and breakfast every morning (and meds on some routes) is a good reminder for me of the importance of those things in the long run of a whole day. I don’t…

Fiction still has ideas to get across and internal consistencies it needs to maintain to be enjoyable and get those ideas across. When characters do things that beggars belief buil…

Imo, that quote is clearly a train metaphor. But to your point, I do vaguely recall being unclear plenty when I read Moby Dick decades ago.

> to see what an individual is working on, what they’ll be working on next, *and what they done recently.* This last bit is useful, but tricky to get reports on in a single assigne…

Charity events have always had a suggested donation amount for this reason. If a project doesn’t suggest a donation amount then they intentionally or unintentionally ignoring conve…

Now we’re back to the opening comment: who’s job is it ethically to ensure people receive a living wage? The companies that employ some people or all of us?

Ohhh by “it” you mean lifespan not quality of life or standard of living which are the relevant measurements of what we should be gaining from productivity. I didn’t realize you we…

Are you saying that right now the quality of life for all Americans has reached a its asymptotic limit in regards to productivity?

Vain and selfish people probably aren’t going to sit around and live on the basic level. It’s more about providing for the ignored, the sick, and enabling people to take risks in t…

I don’t understand how UBI forces you to stop working at your job. Wouldn’t you potentially be paid even more if everyone who does that job but hates it stops? And the compensation…

Those examples save us minutes but don’t make humans more free or happier or safer. Better examples would be increased lifespans and lower infant mortality. Stuff that ties into th…

A monthly reminder for a person is great. A monthly reminder within a business organization is what? A calendar event for everyone in IT? For the whole company? The nice thing abou…

It's not nonsensical, but it does imply some assumptions about a free market and the social contract. Governments exist to benefit their citzens. A free market is a great benefit t…

VPNs protect you from snooping by 3rd parties on the way to Bob's site, such as your ISP, anyone on your network, or anyone on any of the intervening nodes between you and Bob's. I…

> beginning at 12:01 a.m., Friday, April 21 and ending at 2 a.m., Friday, April 21 ET.

Definitely! You'll probably appreciate this podcast if you haven't already heard it: http://www.wnyc.org/shows/radiolabmoreperfect

It's good they're talking about this. But I'm surprised there's no mention of the "more speech" quote, how old this issue is, and how clearly the solution has been declared by the …

I'd say the truth is somewhere in between. Closer to a comedian using another comedian's joke.

I like it.