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pretendscholar··on Japan to fund firms to shift production out of China
Its difficult because japan is not a resource region country. They don't want to reshore production because its costly to source all of the materials they need.
pretendscholar··on Japan to fund firms to shift production out of China
Japan is a particular case where it actually makes sense to move the production overseas without fear of leaving people behind simply because there isn't a labor force to build anything, no natural resources to use in production, and wonky currency problems due to a disproportionately structured demography.
pretendscholar··on Physics Travel Guide – Physics concepts explained in three levels of difficulty
Might be a good idea to understand the concept in general and then take a look at the experiment to prove it.
pretendscholar··on Honda bucks industry trend by removing touchscreen controls
There are general purpose buttons like back or home.
pretendscholar··on From Spain to Germany, farmers warn of fresh food shortages
Is there a good resource for a reasonably educated individual on the theory of farming. That is the theory about growing any foodstuff or useful growable product (livestock,plants,edible mushrooms, even houseplants and pets) and selling those products. Managing the economics, top soil, automation, machine repair and maintenance.
pretendscholar··on New Grad vs. Senior Dev
Yes you should ignore the details of friction for the first few semesters.
pretendscholar··on New restrictions in Hong Kong show that a single lockdown won’t be enough
Which first principles are you using to come to that conclusion?
pretendscholar··on Social distancing slowing not only Covid-19, but other diseases too
Something strikes me as so cowardly about that line of thinking.
pretendscholar··on California Governor calls for home isolation for seniors, bars to close, etc
If 4 percent of the people who got it died that would absolutely be a crisis. That would be somewhere around 2 percent of the us population dying over the next few months. Even disregarding the number of people with irrevocable organ damage that live through lung failure, how can you say that millions of people dying over a short span would be nothing? How would that not cause a huge strain on the hospital system, utilities, and general state of the country?
pretendscholar··on Swedes rebelling against a cashless society (2018)
>You accepted some authority initially

>You must now accept more authority because you accepted some initial amount of authority

I don't follow

pretendscholar··on Cartographers Have Been Hiding Covert Illustrations Inside Official Maps
If I wanted to make my own highly customized maps with open source software whats my best bet these days? I was inspired by this author https://zeihan.com/disunited-nations-maps/ All of his maps are gorgeous.
pretendscholar··on Answers to Frequently Asked Questions about Tolkien Elves
Tolkien's works are not just interesting for the plot. They are about world building, linguistics, mythology building.
pretendscholar··on To get good, go after the metagame
When did meta come to mean strategy? It can't really be 'meta' if its about one specific game or implementation.
pretendscholar··on Tesla races past $100B in market valuation
Something I've never understood is why you would want your auto manufacturer to own energy stations. Why wouldn't you just leave that up to the gas stations?
pretendscholar··on How Germany is able to run the world’s second largest export economy
There are winners and losers to having a strong currency. It isn't inherently a bad thing to make the currency less valuable.
pretendscholar··on Efforts to change the Japanese culture of extreme work weeks
Can you not change your surname?
pretendscholar··on SpaceX tests black satellite to reduce ‘megaconstellation’ threat to astronomy
How is that clear? What principles did you use?
pretendscholar··on A Bright Future for Moore’s Law?
This seems like exactly the kind of controversial statement in which the author wants to provoke people by challenging the notion that moore's law is no longer valid.
pretendscholar··on People Who Are Obsessed with Success and Prestige
>Not sure either Musk or Jobs had rich families. You may want to check that.

Doesn't that mean you should be the one checking?

pretendscholar··on Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade
I just saw a lot of premed folks that weren't too bright or too dumb that put in a lot of time but would end up close to the grade line and would do anything they could to get up over the top even though they probably deserved a b or a c based on their understanding of the material.
pretendscholar··on Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade
Depends on the relevance of the course to the job.
pretendscholar··on Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade
Maybe im just mediocre but it doesnt seem like a big deal. Sometimes you get a shit teacher and check out. The kind of ass kissing and begging that I saw among my peers that got all A's is real alarming
pretendscholar··on Ask HN: A New Decade. Any Predictions?
Are you making any preparations for this outcome?
pretendscholar··on Ask HN: A New Decade. Any Predictions?
>Also, Sino-American trade will be at its highest ever in 2030.

By percentage of gdp or just total volume?

pretendscholar··on Ask HN: A New Decade. Any Predictions?
Thats quite the prediction. Heres hoping it's wrong.
pretendscholar··on Alone in a Crowded Milky Way
How exactly do we know they dont have reflective thought? Or at least any less reflective thought than your average human. Not really sure how to test that. I know there is the mirror test but what if there are different types of reflective thought and they just missed the boat on that by a little but have other kinds of thoughts?
pretendscholar··on Ask HN: Full-on machine learning for 2020, what are the best resources?
If you successfully invent a new, improved, wheel then you don't need help or guides.
pretendscholar··on In Battle to Recruit New Quants, Hedge Funds Outpay Banks
Isn't math, advanced geometry redundant?
pretendscholar··on Outdoor Computing with a Deck Desk
I wonder how feasible it would be to make a color e ink laptop screen with a decent refresh rate. That would solve glare problems.
pretendscholar··on Consumers who sought cash settlement from Equifax probably won't get full $125
What do you think a Warren or Sanders position would look like on this issue because that sounds it would be exactly their stance.
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