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mkbgwon U.S. workers have gotten less productive – no one is sure why

Americans aren't actually don't sure that often, a topic addressed in The Myth of the Litigious Society by David Engel [c.f. https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofbooks/2017/02/01/book-rev...].

mkbgwon Who thought putting a casino in everyone’s pocket was a good idea?

This is a topic of actual research, and metro area rental vacancy rates (i.e. how affordable/abundant housing is) are the main determiners of whether someone at risk actually becomes homeless.

> The fundamental conclusion is that the consequences of individual vulnerabilities are far more severe in locations with less accommodating housing markets. [0]

[0] https://www.sightline.org/2022/03/16/homelessness-is-a-housi...

As an easy counterexample, San Francisco had a rising population experiencing homelessness years before marijuana legalization in January 2018 [1].

[1] https://sfgov.org/scorecards/safety-net/homeless-population

mkbgwon An Account of the Shanghai Lockdown

That's not how excess death calculations work. They would have to not report the deaths entirely, not just misattribute them.

mkbgwon Consumer Protection Bureau Aims to Roll Back Rules for Payday Lending

> the typical case isn't "hey, I rewarded myself for showing restraint in spending my benefits while I work myself out of poverty" (which I completely support) but "stars above, it wasn't enough, again, woe is me, I need more indefinitely and why change if they'll cut my benefits ones I have gainful employment?".

Source?

mkbgwon Growing Caltrain into an 8-Lane Freeway (2018)

El Camino is an existing road. OP is suggesting adding a BART tunnel beneath it to extend BART service from Millbrae through Silicon Valley.

mkbgwon Testosterone Treatment and Alleviation of Depressive Symptoms in Men

This is quackery, as shown by this meta-study: "Soybean isoflavone exposure does not have feminizing effects on men" https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20378106.

mkbgwon Testosterone Treatment and Alleviation of Depressive Symptoms in Men

This is quackery, as shown by this meta-study: "Soybean isoflavone exposure does not have feminizing effects on men" https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20378106.

mkbgwon Twitter bans Alex Jones and Infowars for abusive behaviour

I think Gordon Ramsey deserves better than to be grouped with Mr. Jones.

I haven't heard much from Milo Yiannopoulos since he was banned from Twitter and other platforms. I suspect Alex Jones has a similar future.

mkbgwon To understand how group dynamics work online, look no further than Numtot

It's referring to the architectural style.

Re: spikes under bridges, AFAIk that's referred to as hostile architecture. I've never seen the term Brutalism applied to that.