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New comment by boelboel in "SpaceX wants to launch 100k more Starlink satellites for 100x the bandwidth"

boelboel — Sat, 11 Jul 2026 09:07:15 +0000

Similar things happen in hiking, people who shouldn't be there get encouraged by by how accessible information is to do things whereas before (most) people got info from someone knowledgeable.

New comment by boelboel in "98% isn't much"

boelboel — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 14:08:20 +0000

This is why discounts are often a bad way to get customers, you don't want the customers who (only) go for discounts, they're often worse (and not just their sensitivity to prices).

New comment by boelboel in "How the U.S. Engineered Its Sovereignty"

boelboel — Mon, 06 Jul 2026 14:42:37 +0000

While I do agree for the most part, some countries which innovated/used resources/used labor better or at the same level as the US didn't have the ability to just send their surplus labor westward to get some 'free' land. We'll never know how the Swiss would've done if they were able to get a population of 50 million.

New comment by boelboel in "How the U.S. Engineered Its Sovereignty"

boelboel — Mon, 06 Jul 2026 13:26:11 +0000

Honestly if other countries did the same stuff as Argentina they'd probably be way worse off than Argentina as the country is still relatively wealthy. They were arguably too rich (and not populated enough with 4 million people in 1900) for a while making industry, especially export oriented industry, less viable sort of like dutch disease.

New comment by boelboel in "The Fall and Rise of Screwworm"

boelboel — Fri, 03 Jul 2026 14:58:34 +0000

$10 in Brazil/Argentine would be significantly more in the US because of labour costs I assume. Is there any training needed for the inspections/enough people who could do it on a short notice in the US? Could drive up the price even more.

Not that I believe it'll drive up the price that much but I wouldn't be surprised if it ends up being 50-70 USD per in the US.

New comment by boelboel in "Zuckerberg 'Admits' Meta's Layoffs Were Ineffective"

boelboel — Fri, 03 Jul 2026 14:50:16 +0000

At some point it should but meta has 30 times the revenue of peak yahoo will take a long time before they stop being influential.

New comment by boelboel in "Zuckerberg 'Admits' Meta's Layoffs Were Ineffective"

boelboel — Fri, 03 Jul 2026 14:22:10 +0000

So just bad governance and B-stocks giving zuck control forever meaning nothing will change? Great

New comment by boelboel in "Supersonic flight returning to US after half-century ban"

boelboel — Wed, 01 Jul 2026 04:59:28 +0000

If anything the parents have more responsibility by making a conscious choice vs simply being born in the US.

I don't agree with this point of view either.

New comment by boelboel in "The labor share of income in the US is at its lowest post-war level"

boelboel — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 17:58:54 +0000

Construction notably has had productivity losses since the 80s afaik.

New comment by boelboel in "The labor share of income in the US is at its lowest post-war level"

boelboel — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 17:57:15 +0000

New factories use very few people, part of the reason why it's difficult for many countries to industrialize like South Korea or China did (climbing manufacturing ladder).

New comment by boelboel in "Instagram is incorporating users' photos in ads for Meta Glasses"

boelboel — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 16:23:44 +0000

Many people want to date their own friends? Seeing your friend is on the site would show it's okay to use?

New comment by boelboel in "Flock cameras track more than your license plate, and they're spreading fast"

boelboel — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 15:45:49 +0000

Yeah I realised the same at some point, most people don't care anyway and we don't really have privacy regardless.

There's no salary you can pay that attracts smart enough people to these jobs in some places (while being fiscally somewhat responsible). It's similar to the problem with doctors in rural areas where wages don't matter.

New comment by boelboel in "Europeans should learn to love the air-conditioner"

boelboel — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 15:42:27 +0000

About 50-55% of homes have AC in Rome compared to 25% in vancouver, I'm sure it'll get to 70-80% soon enough.

Right now it's unbearable but even 10 years ago you had a fraction of the nights with these temperatures (over 23degrees). People are just slow with change and some older Italians are superstitious about the cold air. With costs being difficult for some on top.

New comment by boelboel in "Professor denounces mass AI fraud on an exam at Brown"

boelboel — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 12:35:34 +0000

Haven't you heard if you don't get one of these jobs and get a tc of 500k+ you're destined to the permanent underclass. So cheating is the answer.

New comment by boelboel in "Europeans should learn to love the air-conditioner"

boelboel — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 10:00:17 +0000

But Rome has more AC than vancouver

New comment by boelboel in "US Grid Constraints: Towards 40GW+ of Behind-the-Meter Datacenter by 2028?"

boelboel — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 09:42:07 +0000

You mean + coal, they don't have a meaningful amount of nuclear (just under 5% of electricity mix and 2% of energy). 50% of electricity is coal.

New comment by boelboel in "Flock cameras track more than your license plate, and they're spreading fast"

boelboel — Sun, 28 Jun 2026 19:27:15 +0000

I'm not sure about reducing crime but most American police departments have difficulty finding staff. Generally boring job in most places and not really liked in other places (status loss). Speeding things up is one of the ways to deal with it.

New comment by boelboel in "U.S. government will decide who gets to use GPT-5.6"

boelboel — Sat, 27 Jun 2026 03:22:14 +0000

Biden wasn't a free trader at all, more alike to Trump in trade than many would like to admit.

New comment by boelboel in "U.S. government will decide who gets to use GPT-5.6"

boelboel — Fri, 26 Jun 2026 20:21:02 +0000

Huawei, Foreign gambling sites were banned on dubious reasons in 2006 (in reality American companies weren't as competitive and las Vegas needed to be protected), Japanese electronic tariffs in the 80s/90s ...

US never exactly believe in full on 'free trade'.

New comment by boelboel in "Medical students are using popular research tool to pump out misleading studies"

boelboel — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 10:10:33 +0000

Knew a professor statistics from a world renowned institution. He worked in nephrology for 10-20 years and would tell many stories about the worst practices he's seen and researchers pushed him to allow.

Medicine was among the worst if not the worst according to him. Didn't really want much to do with it anymore. Basically a case of subpar statistical knowledge and bad incentives.