evancox100 (u/evancox100)

Is it common for people to carry around baggies of white powder that isn't drugs? The container might tip the scale one way or the other. If there is a little white substance at the bottom of a dunkin donuts bag, I'd err on the side of not being enough for an arrest if it flags as positive since it is more than likely powdered sugar, but if its in a little baggies that are commonly used for distribution, I'd probably say that would be enough.

evancox100 · 2 years ago

Protein powder supplements come to mind.

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lotsofpulp · 2 years ago

A country that issues its own currency never has to default. The only question is does the country produce enough goods/services that the rest of the world wants such that the currency (or its debt) stays in sufficient demand.

The above goods and services can simply be “stability” relative to the rest of the world, such that wealth seeking a safe haven continues to choose assets denominated in they nation’s currency.

evancox100 · 2 years ago

And yet they often do default. Look up sovereign defaults. Possible reasons why include things like “inflation is out of control because we’re printing money to cover the debt, and we’ll get voted out if we don’t do something”.

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extr · 2 years ago

Started reading this and felt my head start to spin a bit, is it just me or does this author seem to have misunderstood the term "coordination failure"? This example about UEFI is like the perfect OPPOSITE of a coordination failure, seems like the issue at hand was just a classic engineering challenge. And likewise with the popcorn button/tragedy of commons example, don't really understand the connection and it feels like the author didn't either.

evancox100 · 2 years ago

Yes, author doesn't seem to know what tragedy of the commons is either.

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TheFragenTaken · 2 years ago

I read into the numbers behind "hours worked" from OECD [1]. It seems wild to me that the United States on average works 500 more hours a year, compared to the top counties on that list, and 300 more than the EU average. I've never really been a proponent (or opponent) of the four-day work week, but this seems to indicate you become "richer" if you work less. At least according to this type of ranking.

[1]: https://data.oecd.org/emp/hours-worked.htm

evancox100 · 2 years ago

As a US worker that regularly interfaces with colleagues in various EU/UK sites, I am not at all surprised by the discrepancy.

Edit: Elaborating… in my experience entire countries will be on holiday for up to a month at a time, while the US offices are chugging along. (And this by and large isn’t true the opposite direction, except for Thanksgiving week.)

I’m not saying it is good or bad either way, but the US prioritizes work far more than other OECD / developed countries.

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s1artibartfast · 2 years ago

Obviously better than the Palestinians in Gaza? Is that in question?

evancox100 · 2 years ago

I mean, the actual material living conditions in the West Bank might be better, but don’t the Gazans at least have some form of sovereignty over their land? My understanding is that there is no real independent West Bank Palestinian government that exercises security over the land and the people on it. At least not in favor of the Palestinians.

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gruez · 2 years ago

>Because we all know corporations were keeping prices and profits low before COVID because it's good for PR.

Is this the same corporations that didn't want to pay "essential workers" a living wage and/or give them reasonable hours? I find it doubtful that they turned over a new leaf during covid because it was "good for PR".

evancox100 · 2 years ago

whoosh

The sarcasm went right over your head.

Of course the inherent greediness of companies & executives did not undergo wild swings during/after COVID, the idea is absurd on its face.

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