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I really wish someone would make a stablecoin not pegged to some currency but to a basket of goods. A CPI-coin, if you will. How would that work? Maybe similar to the programmatic …

No, it's not the United States's military dominance that makes American debt a safe bet. It's that the Dollar is the worlds reserve currency. Other countries need to transact regul…

Well I'm moving to get out of Alabama, so not everyone...

You can look at per capita GDP in inflation-adjusted dollars

* What HDL did you use to design the processor? * Could you share the assembly language of the processor? * What is the benefit of designing the processor and making a Python bytec…

Eh. Google may be better than Microsoft in this regard, but this is basically what they're doing with Android. AOSP is now lacking a lot of core functionality that comes with Googl…

More than giant corporations make IP. What about independent artists making original art?

So you don't think employers will raise wages as the cost of food increases?

I worry about this, but I started worrying about it less when I read about Purchasing Power Parity. The same stuff costs less in poorer countries.

The flaw I see is centered around this paragraph. > How can rates come down? The present uncertainty around tariffs and a potential crisis could create conditions that pressure int…

My personal opinion: It will be similar to how computers affected jobs. No jobs are safe, but no skilled jobs are immediately on the chopping block either. AI will boost peoples' e…

In the Culture books it was AI...

The way I see it you only have two real choices: 1. Raise wages to match global increased productivity 2. Democratize ownership That's it.

But unless you were nobility, meat wasn't available at every meal, or even every day. It cost too much. Meat for most people was a special occasion kind of thing. Ever notice how t…

Wait, this comment made me aware of the existence of iCloud Relay. Apple built their own Tor only for Apple users? Why would they do that? Why not use Tor???

Well, it still tells us something. What are the upper and lower bounds of whole brain microplastic content, given that 25% variation?

It's not irrational to avoid exposure to unknown or poorly studied chemicals. Avoiding something for which one has no evidence in either direction is a good risk avoidance strategy…

I think this issue is a lot of why ChatGPT feels smart to me. It actually parses all the parts of what I say and tries to respond to it comprehensively. It doesn't always succeed, …

The building materials aren't what's causing housing to be unaffordable. It's single family zoning and land speculation. The best thing to do to lower housing costs is to drastical…

I wish it were standard practice to have some kind of house battery (what Tesla calls "Powerwall") for new construction homes. They could smooth out peak usage in this exact way, i…

If they are more than just a line on the road and are actually safe to use, they are probably not as empty as they seem. Because bikes take up much less space and don't tend to bun…

That is why I buy the blu-rays

Blu-rays are much better quality than streaming in the majority of cases, and 4k blu-rays are ALWAYS better quality than any streaming, hands down. If you have a home theater setup…

Denying communication will always be possible, you just have to be loud enough to drown everyone else out. But spoofing stuff doesn't have to be possible. You can design rf communi…

People lie about what they personally did as part of a larger team. They claim to have skills and expertise they don't actually have. I'm not saying you need a gauntlet of tests. I…