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IanDrake

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IanDrake··on Ketamine that's injected during arrests draws new scrutiny
Anyone high on meth is pretty much the hulk.
IanDrake··on AI slays top F-16 pilot in DARPA dogfight simulation
Exactly, if you could replicate that perfect state information from real world sensors, then this become much more impressive.

Or introduce noise into the simulated state to reproduce real world sensor capabilities.

IanDrake··on France, UE, Covid, democracry and the research of complete stupidity
Do you mean, they lament their own over regulation, while disparaging the US that has recently been tearing up regulations?

Seems pretty self defeating to me. But I guess that's what you mean, for better or worse.

IanDrake··on Ask HN: Why is building a video platform so hard in 2020 for smaller creators?
Youtube and Netflix are two very different video platforms. Can you rephrase the question?

Why are there no new Netflix like competitors? Like Hulu, HBO, Disney, etc...

Or, why are there no YouTube competitors? Like PeerTube, BitChute, TikTok, etc...

IanDrake··on France, UE, Covid, democracry and the research of complete stupidity
This guy is writing a bad joke. Paraphrasing...

"France is in terrible shape. We've voted in a system that has an enormous regulatory environment that stifles business and kills small and medium size endeavors, which move to the US if they are to succeed.

But it could be worse, we could be the US."

Okay. Sure. That makes sense.

IanDrake··on S&P 500 Return Attribution: Its 1% economy
Stay away from following anything that looks like advice in these comments. I'm frankly shocked at some people's opinions on investing here.

I meet so many investors who think they are geniuses because the portfolio they constructed did so well.

One of the best lessons I've heard about risk is that you don't judge a decision by the outcome, but by the risk being taken when the decision is made.

For example, go to a casino and put your life savings on 10. If you win, did you make a good decision? No.

That's what people who pick stocks are doing. Just massive amounts of hindsight bias and survivorship bias.

IanDrake··on Moving from YouTube to PeerTube
In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.
IanDrake··on Germany begins 3-year universal-basic-income trial
Exactly. Until an entire nation with its own currency tries this there is no way to measure the effects.

To me economics is about natural law, which is inescapable. Money is value and it is not nature's way to give something of value for nothing.

IanDrake··on Stop calling everything a “flywheel.” You're making a fool of yourself
Is there a name for this style of writing? It seems increasingly popular.

Start with a simple complaint, then give an enormous backstory including your childhood before getting to your point.

I think we're going beyond long form. There must be a term for it.

IanDrake··on Modeling a Wealth Tax
Paul is modeling the wrong thing.

No one with significant wealth will ever pay a wealth tax. As soon as you define the "wealth" that is taxed, the weslthy will find a way to get around it.

Plus, we already have a wealth tax that works perfectly and is inescapable, inflation.

IanDrake··on [dead]
Now to answer the question, how many HN comments are bots?
IanDrake··on Thomas Sowell interview
Wow, you made a lot of maxist angry.
IanDrake··on The Truth Is Paywalled but the Lies Are Free
I love it, the first example of fake news from Breitbart is true. There's video of it happening.
IanDrake··on Thomas Sowell interview
You're projecting your bias into the causation.

Most conservatives I know understand that disproportionate black crime has nothing to do with race and everything to do with disproportionately adopted negative value systems in the black community.

Specifically, fatherless homes and lack of appreciation for education. These variables have the same impact on people of all races.

Unfortunately, instead of correcting the problem, movements like BLM think the idea of two parent families needs to be "disrupted".

IanDrake··on Americans Aren’t Making Babies, and That’s Bad for the Economy
Yes, far enoug away to need a moving truck. No and no.

I guess we have different measures for hardship. I read what you say and think "and?"

IanDrake··on Americans Aren’t Making Babies, and That’s Bad for the Economy
I didn't claim women don't want kids, that's on you.

My claim is that we now have an economy and standard of living set up for dual incomes. This is relatively new and is not conducive to raising children.

IanDrake··on Umbrella Man breaking windows at Floyd protest in Minneapolis: white supremacist
>The 32-year-old man has not been charged.

I wonder why. They say they've identified him. What's the hold up?

IanDrake··on Americans Aren’t Making Babies, and That’s Bad for the Economy
I'm listening... Why is it more difficult?

For every corporate executive position there are thousands of low level jobs. These low level jobs are practically everywhere.

Internet is free at the free library. Go there, Google cheep places to live, pick one, look for a job, rent a moving van, rent an apartment. It's not rocket science.

IanDrake··on Americans Aren’t Making Babies, and That’s Bad for the Economy
Women joining the workforce is the real issue here. Society has not adjusted since that event.

To be clear, this is not a criticism of women working or their ability, but a fundamental change in human behavior.

It will take some time for society to figure this out.

IanDrake··on Americans Aren’t Making Babies, and That’s Bad for the Economy
Andy - your experience doesn't matter for several reasons.

1st - It doesn't fit with what the majority here believe.

2nd - It dangerous to spread the idea that people aren't victims and they're just experiencing the effects of their own choice to live in an expensive city.

IanDrake··on Wow Squarespace just shutdown a website of a group of doctors
Thanks for flagging my comment, thus proving my point exactly.
IanDrake··on Wow Squarespace just shutdown a website of a group of doctors
Yes, Communists. Literally.

Some realize it, some don't, but Marxism and thought police are rampant here.

Just look at the comment above yours. You (anyone, not just the manufacturer) are not allowed to think or say that a drug may help a patient unless the government says it's OK. Even if you've observed it.

Government "experts" who have been mostly wrong (since they've contradicted one another at the same time, and themselves over time) are telling you, don't believe what these doctors have seen. Don't believe what's right in front of you, believe us.

Think about that critically for a bit.

The point isn't that these doctors are right, the point is these doctors should be heard and evaluated by the individuals.

Bottom line, if you get sick do you want a ventilator or HCQ?

IanDrake··on Amazon Announces $2B Fund to Invest in Climate Tech Companies
Good luck with that. I assume you live in a hut made from naturally fallen trees some where with no heating, air conditioning, running water, sewers, paved streets, computers, etc...

I'm kidding, of course you're not. You're standing on the shoulders of giants, but you think you're flying.

IanDrake··on Reflections on the Color of My Skin
Well thought out article. He spoke to one white person and compared notes on police interactions. That's usually enough information to base one's opinion on.

I really feel bad about this whole thing. I have no idea what it's like to be black. However, blacks have no idea what it's like to be white, or Asian, or Hispanic.

I think they assume that if you're white, no one treats you like shit. That hasn't been my experience.

If I described all the different times I had negative run-in with police, you might think I was one of Neal's black peers.

Turns out, police have a difficult job to do and civilians have no idea, none.

A cop pulls you over for no reason because they just got a call that a white guy in a dark suv just clipped an old lady and took off. You matched that extremely vague description, it's just bad luck for you, but you had no idea.

Stuff like that happens all the time.

IanDrake··on LinkedIn Staffers Go All-Lives-Matter During ‘Dumpster Fire’ Meeting on Racism
So no one said anything remotely racist, but it's not the line they're supposed to be toeing.

How dare they have an alternative opinion?

IanDrake··on [dead]
"Then they were vicious, they were horrible"

High praise indeed.

IanDrake··on Mark Zuckerberg faces employee blowback over ruling on Trump comments
Well, you said hate.

You can say hateful things about a group without wishing them dead.

IanDrake··on Mark Zuckerberg faces employee blowback over ruling on Trump comments
So we can censor Democrats that post hate about Republicans?

It fits your guidelines.

IanDrake··on Mark Zuckerberg faces employee blowback over ruling on Trump comments
The thing the censorship fans can't seem to understand is the power they are granting.

Today the power is for their progressive friends, tomorrow it could be for regressive tyrants. Likely those are the very same people.

Just look to history. How many leftist uprising have worked out well?

IanDrake··on Magic Leap CEO Rony Abovitz is stepping down
WebVan here we come.
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