bigthymer

I'm still upset that Google Maps no longer tracks my location. It was very useful to be able to go back and see how often and where I had gone.

Is there another app where I can store this locally?

> there's no reason to trade them anywhere else than the one place that has the highest volume and lowest spreads for that stock.

Norbert's Gambit is a good reason. It is potentially the cheapest way to effectively do a currency exchange.

[1] - https://www.finiki.org/wiki/Norbert%27s_gambit

> The Plaza Accord was framed as cooperation among G5 allies. But in practice U.S. security guarantees gave it disproportionate influence. Japan, for example, had little independent military capability, so its security reliance on the U.S. translated into willingness to accept U.S. economic pressure.

Really hit the nail on the head here.

If we extrapolate this way of thinking to Europe, the US keeps pushing Europe to fund more of its own defense. If Europe does so, the US will probably find that a more independent Europe may be less likely to agree with the US on other global issues since Europe will need the US less in Europe.

This is my understanding of the situation too from watching some news shows. During Biden's term, there was a need\interest in getting this factory running quickly. There wasn't a proper visa defined within our legal code. The US gov encouraged them to come with personal or tourist visas in order to expedite the process of getting the factory up and running. It seems like this understanding didn't quite transfer from Biden to Trump's administration and the deportation happened.

May I ask for a link for myself and others who may be interested?

> There's not a single prominent Democrat whom normal people look at and feel like he or she cares about them.

What about Bernie, AOC, Zohran? I think there are a few but probably none of the establishment ones.

One solution may be to move from an adversarial system to more of an inquisitorial one. This mostly removes the need for lawyers.

Did you want certain IPs to be fixed to certain devices or do you prefer they be randomly allocated?

I agree that it is problematic. You can mostly block it with the uBlock extension.

Ukraine is the largest exporter of sunflower oil with Russia being #2. They are still #1 as of 2023 [1] so the war appears not to have completely interrupted supply but may have made it more expensive to distribute. WSJ reports that the war's effect on sunflower oil is causing a rise in price of all cooking oils.

[1] - https://oec.world/en/profile/hs/sunflower-seed-or-safflower-... [2] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rtWDmo0rKg

I suppose people will have to connect in-person again. If this were to transpire, I think it would provide numerous benefits. Human health would improve. It would be more difficult to surveil peoples' offline communications. One thing that will change though is that we will probably be less connected to distant people.

I think his game is no longer about developing analytical skill to be the best investor, but becoming the person who has access to high level people and gets actionable information on an international scale before others.

I recommend doing the pilot program. Are you sure there are customers willing to sign up for it?

> Craiglist is proof it can be done at scale.. Its just that so few people with them means and morality exist anymore.

I don't think this is a good example. Back then, the internet was a new thing only a small cohort of people cared about. Something small could just stay small because none of the big players with money cared. Nowadays, if someone wanted to start something like Craigslist, they would be outrun by someone else going the VC route before the small company could get big enough on its own. I think it boils down to the difference between slower growth, boot-strapped companies vs. VC-backed.

I love the design of your site

> I do wish he’d discussed more why Sally Rooney seems to be the exception, in terms of commercial success. What is it about her books that’s different? What did she do (or avoid doing) to appeal to a wide readership?

I suppose part of the reason is that the Irish have cultivated a strong literary culture.

[1] https://www.theguardian.com/books/article/2024/aug/20/we-all...

[2] https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jul/30/irish-...

> I still believe that if Dolly ran for President, she would win. She's probably one of the most liked people in the country, percentage wise. I've actually asked quite a few random people what they think of her and I've never met someone that had anything bad to say.

All that would change the moment she decided to run (or maybe she could delay it until she got elected). The reason she maintains her popularity is that she generally stays out of politically divisive issues and that the media doesn't demonize her if she does dabble into one.

Sometimes I look for a specific old article. Search is completely useless for this since it usually ignores what I'm searching for to show me more about whatever is recent.

It probably would have turned into a customer service line for all of their products they notoriously fail to adequately support.

> There is nothing to suggest that the fall of the United States and subsequent replacement (with whatever may come) will reverse the thousand year trend of increased education and decreased violence.

We're talking about long-term cycles of change here so it is difficult to opine with certainty leaving a lot of room for differing opinions. Unfortunately, however, I think the end of Pax Americana will usher in increased conflict and violence, particularly in the West which has experienced a long period of peace due to American dominance.

Similar to how cartographers embed false information into maps to catch plagiarists, I expect a deliberate practice such as this to proliferate to catch specific sources used by AI.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fictitious_entry

This has been an ongoing discussion within libraries for more than a hundred years not a recent issue. Should libraries be a place with classics to uplift people or popular books that people want to read even if they are low quality?

> My understanding is that upon a detection the entire flock is killed

I heard something like the avian flu spreads so fast that once one bird in a flock is detected to have the disease, it will eventually spread to the whole flock within 3 days.

I always understood it as, the email with link notification thing started as soon as email providers began regularly scanning users' emails. Before then, an email included all the information you needed without having to login to another site.

It could be a distribution cost issue. It could be cheaper to use Canadian lumber in some parts of the US than it is to transport US lumber from where it is sourced to where it is needed.

> But largely, opinion polls are against the kind of action that would be useful. Nuclear, for example, is the only baseload tech we currently have at scale that doesn't burn carbon. It is widely opposed and public pressure has led to regulations blocking it or even expanding it.

The only country that seems to be having an honest conversation about how to adapt to climate change is France. They've been having society-wide conversations about it over the last few years and support for nuclear has gone up substantially.

Total Cost of Ownership

Theoretically, you could short TSLA in the same amount that you own it within the ETF. This would be functionally equivalent to owning a custom market cap ETF minus TSLA.

> and Australian culture has become a LOT more like the US over the past decade

How? What little changes have you noticed?

> We're getting a few glimpses from the Ukraine conflict - drones, social media - but who knows what else

Actually, from the assessments that I have read, while new technology and drones have made a meaningful splash, it seems like manpower and the ability to produce large quantities of artillery shells have been the true determiner of the tides. The lesson learned thus far is that considerations from the past still matter.