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stainforth··on I have formally accepted the CEO job at Cruise once again
> cost of LIDAR units through economies of scale

Is there some cost prohibitive licensing on it that affects adoption the way e-ink patents have limited product creation?

stainforth··on Soybean oil affects hypothalamus, causes genetic changes in mice: study (2020)
I think it's revelatory that the supply side finds some byproduct (hey we have all these seeds from cotton, can we do anything with them) and then they force a product from it after the fact, and now we are all worse for it. The market is fake.
stainforth··on Heterosexual HIV diagnoses overtake those in gay men for first time in a decade
I think a test ("proscribed" online) was over $200 for a basic panel and Qwest or Labcorp almost didn't want to accept it because it wasn't from a local doctor. I just had my yearly physical (after not going for a few years) and the basic blood panel not including stds was $500 total and only 300 was covered by a fortune 500 company insurance. The cost is prohibitive. Though I have a feeling women get the test for free possibly?
stainforth··on Iowa man convicted of lottery rigging scheme granted parole
To #2, as typical consumer walking in to buy a scratch-off, it's unlikely you will know the results of a in-use pack.
stainforth··on Reduced-hours software development engineer position at Amazon
I was just curious - do managers and I guess non-developer roles face this same kind of competition? Or if you're a developer should you just shoot for some other role so you can be safe and load work onto the developers?
stainforth··on Reduced-hours software development engineer position at Amazon
Can I work that role at Amazon (I suppose get fired quickly) and get some value of having that on my resume? Seriously asking.
stainforth··on Former Labor Secretary Found What Work Is Like Now
Divert the securities to the front line labor then instead of the upper few.
stainforth··on Former Labor Secretary Found What Work Is Like Now
> the market will correct itself

When we can abandon this kind of thinking we will be able to solve problems again.

stainforth··on The long, slow process of carcinogenesis
Are there fields of study focusing on understanding life from that perspective?
stainforth··on Is the madness ever going to end?
Didn't Microsoft get its hand slapped for trying to integrate the web-compatible aspect into its OS?
stainforth··on Tell HN: Salary data is for sale
Not all commerce should exist
stainforth··on I took a job at Amazon, only to leave after 10 months
What does "are in paid status" mean?
stainforth··on Engineers should invest in decision-making skills early
There are also implications as to whose names should be on the ownership paperwork if everyone is all participating at a high level, which should be a constant reminder as to where the power is and is kept.
stainforth··on Hackers are spamming businesses’ receipt printers with ‘antiwork’ manifestos
Again you have completely exaggerated, and your citation reflects nothing of your exaggeration.
stainforth··on Our main problem in health policy is overemphasis on medicine (2007)
I'd rather reshape the environment we all live in. And yes I mean soda bans and the like.
stainforth··on New emails released in the McDonald’s ice cream machine lawsuit
Quizno's failure is a good comparable case study for this type of franchisee model - https://www.mashed.com/132827/the-real-reason-why-quiznos-is... When you don't take care of your operators and actively try to screw them over its no wonder that you fail ultimately. But they were bought out by some point by a vulture capital company that probably just turned those screws tighter on the franchisees.
stainforth··on Japan’s curiously quiescent inflation rate
Whats your idea of underpayment? If a student loan takes 20 years to pay off at allowed monthly payments, that's not underpayment, but lord that is a weight on your neck.
stainforth··on Organ transplant patients may not get dementia
This also would be a hell of a stretch but the reference to the study about pigs getting hit on the head having less brain damage, maybe something in the future along these lines would be a drug football players could take during their career.
stainforth··on 3½ years on my custom emperor mattress – a retrospective
There's no such thing as competition in markets anymore
stainforth··on The main thing about Phenylacetone meth is that there's so much of it
Are there short and long term benefits as far as memory and what not?
stainforth··on What caused all the supply chain bottlenecks?
I mean in the sense of certain goods, like one needs to physically survive. And also the things for your business to survive.
stainforth··on The main thing about Phenylacetone meth is that there's so much of it
I guess I'm a little confused by your answer - are peptides nootropics or sensation-type experiences? I guess I perceive nootropics as like "become smarter" or "having better recall" but this answer makes it seem like a recreational time bound physical experience? I also could see how the mental and physical have blurred boundaries.
stainforth··on The main thing about Phenylacetone meth is that there's so much of it
Is down regulation a form of protection? Or what is the driver behind the down regulation mechanism?
stainforth··on The main thing about Phenylacetone meth is that there's so much of it
Looks like there's NASA sold in spray form, how would that compare in efficacy to subcutaneous injection?
stainforth··on What caused all the supply chain bottlenecks?
Don't they have 250 billion in Ireland or something? What money do big companies need to raise?
stainforth··on What caused all the supply chain bottlenecks?
B) Buyers are not willing actors
stainforth··on Former Facebook staffers launch Integrity Institute
The recent whistleblower has also been suggested to be a tactic to control and set the terms of the concern about Facebook, utlimately not challenging its reach as a monopoly but to allow for certain censorship actions that facebook would be more than happy to oblige to do.
stainforth··on FBI says seized fortune was criminals’ loot—owners say: Where’s the proof?
One is real and happening right now and the other is something you've imagined.
stainforth··on MIT-designed project achieves major advance toward fusion energy
The first step to correction is awareness right? Lets turn this tanker of human behavior away from these pitfalls.
stainforth··on If You’re So Successful, Why Are You Still Working 70 Hours a Week?
Right. It's about the autonomy. I do see a categorical difference between being the guy that gets asked to do something vs the guy whose job is to do the asking. Where does the former turn to? One has flexibility, the other has no where to turn.
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