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albertop··on Nvidia to join Dow Jones Industrial Average, replacing Intel
100% on target. The Intel culture was a big contributor to Intel fall.
albertop··on US judge throws out FTC's ban on non-compete agreements
And after the years of insurance premiums going through the roof, you still consider Obamacare a success story?
albertop··on NPR suspends veteran editor as it grapples with his public criticism
There is a big difference between academic diploma / position and being educated. The gap was clearly demonstrated recently by Claudine Gay.
albertop··on NPR suspends veteran editor as it grapples with his public criticism
You have lost me. I cannot find a connection between your post and the op description of how NPR reported the events mentioned. Can you enlighten me?
albertop··on American stocks are at their most expensive in decades
Space X is proving without any doubt that the space exploration can be done significantly cheaper by private company.
albertop··on American stocks are at their most expensive in decades
And whenever gov allows private entities the service is better and cheaper.
albertop··on American stocks are at their most expensive in decades
Can you give me one example of government wealth creation?
albertop··on Arc Browser 1.0
Why I need to create an account before I can even try it?
albertop··on Arc Browser 1.0
That is a deal breaker for me. I use auto-fill extensively and my browsing is 50/50 Mac and iPad so having a separate set of passwords on Mac and iPad is super annoying.
albertop··on Bruce Schneier’s Plan to Reinvent Democracy
At this point it does not matter.
albertop··on NPR quits Twitter after being labeled as 'state-affiliated media'
If this is true why NYT published the following:

“Public Broadcasters Fear ‘Collapse’ if U.S. Drops Support,” announced a New York Times headline in March of 2017. Michael Grynbaum and Ben Sisario reported for the Times:

Public radio and television broadcasters are girding for battle after the Trump administration proposed a drastic cutback that they have long dreaded: the defunding of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

The potential elimination of about $445 million in annual funding, which helps local TV and radio stations subscribe to NPR and Public Broadcasting Service programming, could be devastating for affiliates in smaller markets that already operate on a shoestring budget.

albertop··on Rules for developers to design beautiful UIs without a designer
Tell it to Apple.
albertop··on Dutch man needs CPR, but YouTube shows ads before tutorial
A man needs CPR, post a question on Hacker News, still waits for discussion to converge.
albertop··on Tesla recalls 360k vehicles, says full self-driving beta may cause crashes
You do not call security updates that you get to your computer a recall of your computer, do you?
albertop··on More developers use Linux than Mac, according to 2022 StackOverflow survey
Hardware and MacOS is the only platform with modern chipset.
albertop··on PayPal inactivity fee
Good reminder that I need to cancel my account.
albertop··on Largest score declines in NAEP mathematics at grades 4 and 8
Well quelle surprise - when you close the schools for two years you doom the generation of kinds.
albertop··on The U.S. Just Lost 26 Years' Worth of Progress on Life Expectancy
The cost of lockdowns.
albertop··on The Cancellation of ‘Jihad Rehab’
Not surprising. They would have been cancelled if they did not. Nowadays if you not actively against it you are obviously guilty.
albertop··on British pound plunges, bonds sink after government announces tax cuts
Tax cuts are an effective way to bolster a weak economy and create jobs—as long as they are targeted at the bottom 90% of income earners. - findings from NBER - https://www.nber.org/papers/w21035
albertop··on British pound plunges, bonds sink after government announces tax cuts
Nope. Tax cuts as shown throughout history increase growth and inflation tends to be low during high growth since there is an rise in production and productivity.
albertop··on Covid: Summary of lab-origin hypothesis
Also it is good to keep in mind the following [0] from Matt Ridley.

0- https://twitter.com/mattwridley/status/1565242836710309891

albertop··on Poland plans to seek $1.3T in reparations from Germany for WWII
> ww2 was a war caused by angry people electing a maniac

In Germany?

albertop··on Time Till Open Source Alternative
I have yet to see open source alternative with UX that is better than original.
albertop··on What to read to understand how economists think
How to Think about the Economy: A Primer [0] - is a great starting point.

[0] - https://mises.org/library/how-think-about-economy-primer

albertop··on Software engineering books
Honest question: what is wrong with Essential Scrum?
albertop··on Norway to hit 100% electric vehicle sales by early next year
Do you know how they are generating electricity?
albertop··on Court rules for Florida governor, reinstates ban on mask mandates in FL schools
Or not.
albertop··on Court rules for Florida governor, reinstates ban on mask mandates in FL schools
It is tragic but what this has to do with forcing kids to wear mask? Sweden hit zero COVID death months ago, even though they never closed elementary schools and did not require masks. Children bear an incredibly small health risk with respect to the virus. A recent study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association Pediatrics suggests “children continue to face a far greater risk of critical illness from influenza than from COVID-19. In addition, children are unlikely to spread the virus. The WHO’s chief scientist, Soumya Swaminathan, recently told the BBC that children appear to be “less capable” of spreading the virus than adults. In addition, the WHO has not observed any significant outbreaks that can be linked to regular school attendance.
albertop··on Court rules for Florida governor, reinstates ban on mask mandates in FL schools
Psychological harm caused by forcing mask on young children is well documented. So forcing something on them that has no positive effect matters a lot.
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