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joeblow9999··on The U.S. May Finally Breach the Debt Ceiling. Here’s Why That Would Be Bad
"hey we identified every single bond we bought with the funny money we printed out of thin air, so no worries comrade."
joeblow9999··on Americans Who Mainly Get Their News on Social Media Are Less Knowledgeable
i first read about this on social media. now i dont know what to think about it
joeblow9999··on Ask HN: What is the worst enterprise software you use every day?
propel. it is the worst ive ever used.
joeblow9999··on The “free speech debate” isn’t about free speech
who gets to decide which ideas or not debatable?
joeblow9999··on The proof is in the sewage: hundreds of Yosemite visitors may have had Covid
duh. yosemite is a 3 hour drive from the major populated region known as the SF bay area. of course a bunch of visitors have the virus.
joeblow9999··on The anti-privacy EARN IT Act could change the internet as we know it
its a disaster in the making. it absolutely needs to be stopped
joeblow9999··on Government moving to make Airbnb illegal in Mexico City
protectionism will never go away
joeblow9999··on Is diet partly responsible for differences in Covid-19 death rates?
"In addition, Saarland is a special case as half of the deaths, unlike in the other German states, occurred in only a few long-term care facilities where a high number of people were infected in a short time and all deaths during the episode were attributed to Corona without autopsies being made."

wow.

joeblow9999··on Over 5,600 fossil fuel companies have taken at least $3bn in US Covid-19 aid
did anyone think this program was NOT a big corporate payout?
joeblow9999··on Lockdown Lunacy: the thinking person's guide
to be fair he is merely quoting recent studies done by Stanford, Oxford, the CDC and elsewhere. the CFR is looking more and more like it will shake out to be similar to a bad seasonal flu with a skew toward the elderly and leaving children basically unaffected.

he didn't write the papers he is quoting them.

joeblow9999··on Visualizing the Ongoing Drug War
no that is not why
joeblow9999··on Mathematicians urge colleagues to boycott police work in wake of killings
yes. do not help the police
joeblow9999··on Google faces $5B lawsuit for tracking people in incognito mode
dont use chrome. anyone even marginally concerned about privacy should be using firfox or brave or tor browser.
joeblow9999··on Robinhood 20yo trader with no income loses 700k on options, takes life
how would you make it so that i cant bet all my money
joeblow9999··on Why Does It Cost $750k to Build Affordable Housing in San Francisco?
because san francisco
joeblow9999··on Ask HN: What CI/CD tool are you using to deploy to Kubernetes?
concourse
joeblow9999··on Amazon to ban police use of facial recognition software for a year
im sure everything will be fine in a year. cops will never abuse this technology again starting one year from now...
joeblow9999··on Hospitals Got Bailouts and Furloughed Thousands While Paying C.E.O.s Millions
is there anyone who did NOT understand thats what the 'bailouts' were going to be all about?
joeblow9999··on In 2019, there were only 13 PhDs in CS granted to African Americans in the U.S. [pdf]
using the word 'granted' is an odd phrasing here
joeblow9999··on Ask HN: Do microservices just shift complexity from app to ops?
no. so-called 'microservice architectures' increase the complexity of the platform in terms of ops AND the code
joeblow9999··on Ask HN: How small are your pull requests?
the answer to this really depends on your deployment process.
joeblow9999··on [dead]
jacobinmag. take this with a grain of salt
joeblow9999··on Yang, who created buzz with freedom dividend, ends 2020 bid
but those criteria aren't what makes a good president
joeblow9999··on Ask HN: Would you fill out a survey after rejecting a job candidate?
absolutely not. only benefit is a lawsuit
joeblow9999··on The Boomer Blockade: How One Generation Reshaped Work and Left Everyone Behind
please. you are way overstating the situation. if anything its boomers who massively increased the scope and reach of govt social programs and spending.
joeblow9999··on Government regulation of digital technology or content is a slippery slope
its sad that this even needs to be said
joeblow9999··on Developers Don't Understand UUIDs
misleading title.
joeblow9999··on Anti Homeless Spikes
do you have any references for this? how does the tax revenue 'decay' to 0. Prop 13 doesn't reduce the tax over time but fixes it at a certain amount upon purchase (if the property is new) or transfer if it's sold.

All new houses and transferred properties are taxed at the value they were purchased.

joeblow9999··on Social Security Trust Fund Is Going to Start Irreversibly Drawing Down in 2020
there's no 'bankruptcy' per se. There's no actual trust fund even.

The 'fund' is the equivalent of an government IOU to itself. Nothing more.

joeblow9999··on Anti Homeless Spikes
'without an actionable plan, tWithout an actionable plan, the alternative is Mad Max, which Market St. has already become. he alternative is Mad Max, which Market St. has already become. '

thats called catastrophism.

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