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Complexity can only ever be moved, never removed. This means complex problems are impossible to make easy, only a single part of a problem can be swayed with equal or worse cost to…

I'm not sure I get what you mean. It's just that it's incredibly difficult to signal anything with a tool that exists for the sole purpose of utility. It's like trying to sell cott…

As signaling is the opposite of practical, it's like asking how kryptonite could best help superman

>We do things to convince ourselves of our qualities This just seems like basic logic though? If you want to be X and Y provides the means, then it makes sense to do it right? Ther…

You don't even have to look that hard; micro-transaction and in-app purchases are mostly all about bragging and showing success

I doubt anyone actually thinks that. It's understandable to be surprised, it's not every day everyone needs resources at once at the same time, although some foresight a month befo…

Not everyone can afford multiple sets of clothing for themselves. A lot of people live in poverty, day to day with what they've got. Denying access to all clothing will undoubtedly…

Quite! Though at first the goal is to create vaccines that affect multiple strands and are likely to be vulnerable to in the future

There is research going into their more fundamental structure to try and defeat their whole family at once

>why would clothes shopping be essential? I'm fairly certain you'll freeze to death without them. Broken & torn clothes are bad at keeping you warm.

Automation really is all progress made by humans. Chainsaws replace hand-saws, and is 'automated' sawing. The less work is required to produce goods, the better it can compete (in …

> self-checkout A self-checkout is not automation, it's simply transferring the same amount of work from the paid employee to the customer

I'd imagine the limit being how densely you can packrods together and sufficiently cool them. What I'd be much more interested in is what's the _minimum_ size they can be made in s…

Similarily to bikebreaks, it's often better to be safe than most efficient

Also to keep in mind, despite it's name, 600m shouldn't blow anyone's socks off in upkeep. It translates to about 7krps/day. Assuming it's all in one region at day time, it's 14krp…

Computing itself is the cheap part, especially on spot instances. It's the outbound bandwidth that'll kill you

Isn't cost of living also much lower in Southeast Asia?

A thing to keep in mind is AWS's major outobound traffic costs, at $90/TB. So taxiing the data oversea might not be affordable either

I think most people over-estimate the need for availability anyway. It's tempting to build the very best you can, when in reality a business really needs a good-enough solution. A …

I don't think it's silly at all; I couldn't determine whether this was specifically made by hand or with the aid of a computer, even when put next to a piece that was (it's the ama…

Just to point it out > if multiple instances write data at the same time there is a risk of data being overwritten and becoming inconsistent. Please ensure you fully understand wha…

> (minus healthcare, but that's unrelated I think healthcare is very related to the standard of living

If it's lowest massively-available price then this >most of the time DRAM has not been available at these prices. should make it not the floor. If the floor doesen't have to be ava…

You've been maintaining the language by calling your parents every now and then

I'd argue nobody can add anything not a combination of other things