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No one is saying its ok to drink while pregnant, there are many things that you can normally do that you shouldn't do when you are pregnant. Fly for example, or engage in extreme s…

I think we can all agree that heavy alcohol consumption is bad for your health. However I'm pretty skeptical that a moderate amount of alcohol consumption, say 1-2 drinks per week,…

I think at this point the benefits of HFT to markets (lower spreads, more liquidity, faster incorporation of information into prices) is pretty undisputed. I'll let you do your own…

Ha I remember doing the same thing when I was ~6 years old in South Korea. There would be these trucks that went around spraying mosquito killing fog in the apartment complexes and…

I think this is a misguided sentiment, and this article sums up the reasons why pretty well: https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-03-14/want-t...

Even supposing that HFT adds no value to society (which is an incorrect assumption as many commenters have already pointed out), this particular argument is pretty inane in my opin…

By online communities do you mean hacker news/reddit, places like that?

My friend's son is interested in programming, but his high school doesn't offer any computer science courses. What are some online resources that I can send his way for him to 1) l…

The authors viewpoint would be that the “American Empire” is the large amount of political, military, and economic influence that America wields internationally. You can infer from…

It seems as though you read only the article title and made a snap judgement of the author based on your preconceptions. Here’s the first three sentences from the actual article: “…

Americans spend too much on nearly all government provided services. Anyone who thinks that more government spending is the solution really doesn’t understand the underlying issues…

That's strange, I spent a month in Japan this past winter and had the opposite experience. My diet in America consists mainly of lean meats and veggies. It's nearly impossible to f…

Come on are you really making this argument? That we cant know if it was better for the USA or Nazi Germany to have nuclear weapons? Like, say you have to go back in time and give …

There's a column from Matt Levine where he explains the real purpose of useless busywork for ibanking associates. He gives an example of a guy making a PowerPoint who messes up one…

I dont know about this. I've used uber in multiple cities in the US and taken cabs in multiple cities across the EU, and the uber experience beats cabs hands down. Everything is mo…

As a guy in his mid-20s working in a high-pressure, high-paying 9-8 job... Its all a tradeoff. Yeah I'm working very hard during the week - I don't really have time for anything be…