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New comment by hobojojo in "Norway should buy OpenAI"

hobojojo — Wed, 19 Aug 2026 22:14:59 +0000

Given that it has already been stolen from a very similar ownership model, why would Norway believe its own regulators are not going to fall victim to a similar paperwork conversion back to for-profit? I would guess the US nonprofit regulations at the state and federal level amount to more significant checks and balances than a smaller government using only federal ownership has.

New comment by hobojojo in "Moderna reports first positive Phase 3 for mRNA neoantigen therapy in melanoma"

hobojojo — Wed, 19 Aug 2026 20:57:36 +0000

The correlation looks right so all people who have rituals like telling their children not to look poor really understand and later communicate the truth? Is this true for religious stigmas related to food too?

I think you are retro analyzing and presuming individual intelligence because this collective result looks right to you. Really, some people understand some risks and many people who can follow taboos they can afford are not exactly sure what they would learn first hand and what part is superstition.

New comment by hobojojo in "What the $20 Burrito Debate Gets Wrong About Affordability"

hobojojo — Wed, 19 Aug 2026 19:52:45 +0000

This article seems to rely on a BS miscalculation?

If you chose an earlier decade and followed a fixed group of workers around they would not barely beat inflation in a year. These workers have 1 year more experience and in earlier decades that has been very different than if you replaced a new entrants with other new entrants to have the same experience level in the samples at each time.

If you take the average calculated and apply it as the outcome for every year for these workers to their retirement then I think they would all be among the lowest career development group in any earlier generation.

New comment by hobojojo in "Moderna reports first positive Phase 3 for mRNA neoantigen therapy in melanoma"

hobojojo — Wed, 19 Aug 2026 19:30:05 +0000

Pale beauty is a phenomenon across geography. What correlation a society works out is largely lost in the cycles of avoiding the sun being a relative luxury until you get expensive air travel.

New comment by hobojojo in "Exercise intensity modulates interorgan communication and is associated with"

hobojojo — Tue, 18 Aug 2026 20:51:27 +0000

There are a lot of studies on one side showing that high intensity training is probably better than developibg skill and efficiency for very moderate health goals and how an Olympic coach thinks lay people should train on the other. How much experience does an Olympic coach have with someone who wants to do less than 2000 calories of exercise a week for the rest of their life?

New comment by hobojojo in "The oldest bar in every state"

hobojojo — Mon, 17 Aug 2026 20:39:57 +0000

Such bars exist but I think these bars are less likely than average to be those bars. Regrounding after prohibition was particularly likely for these locations and many of them are going to be smaller than average.

New comment by hobojojo in "The Oldest Bar in Every US State"

hobojojo — Mon, 17 Aug 2026 20:15:56 +0000

People getting continuously drunk since 560 AD somewhere seems a little more believable than the oldest pub in a state managing to be a speak easy during prohibition.

New comment by hobojojo in "Memory prices climb 500% in 12 months"

hobojojo — Mon, 17 Aug 2026 19:46:23 +0000

China is making central decisions for its RAM makers (and who can complain now that the US isn't a legitimate free trade defender). I think their strategy could go in any direction to either get a small portion of still gouging or a large portion of a market with somewhat stale specs.

New comment by hobojojo in "Buy Your Friends Batteries"

hobojojo — Mon, 17 Aug 2026 19:01:01 +0000

It's not cost optimization its payment on installments.. Personally, I find it less convenient to have more than 1 bill and a group of 30 paying on average every 12 days probably makes it less convenient for anyone. But there are some strange consumers who like to delude themselves.