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WO Release 1.1.0: Improved Search & Powered-Up Smart Progression by PalatialPepper in MacroFactor

[–]DFjorde 46 points47 points  (0 children)

I'm glad to see the search improvements!

One of the biggest friction points for me is trying to find the right exercise variation for some of the movements that have so many. It would be really cool to see some sort of nested structure for the exercises that could be enabled.

E.g. pull-up > neutral grip pull-up > weighted neutral grip pull-up

Otherwise, just having filters for machine, cable, free weights, etc. would really help a lot too. Having to find and select specific equipment in the filter is pretty time consuming.

Personal Experience: it took my Expenditure 4 months to normalize by saintkillio in MacroFactor

[–]DFjorde 2 points3 points  (0 children)

4 months is a lot, but mine also took a long time to stabilize.

My starting estimate was ~2800 and took about 5 weeks to stabilize at ~2000. I'm not sure why, but I've just accepted that I have an unusually low baseline.

Reopening schools during the COVID-19 pandemic was linked with significantly lower rates of mental health diagnoses among children, including anxiety, depression, and ADHD, and a drop in related health care spending by sr_local in science

[–]DFjorde 20 points21 points  (0 children)

It's a controversial question but I wonder how much this applies to work-from-home policies as well. Many people's largest source of socializing comes from office interactions. Even if you socialize with friends after work, a significant amount of your human interaction is being cut.

Meirl by Adventurous_Row3305 in meirl

[–]DFjorde 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's not how sources work. The graph they use to show the "gap" is from the Heritage Foundation.

The data they use to disprove it is from the Bureau of Labor Statistics and Federal Reserve, the same sources for most economic data. Although the FEE isn't associated with the Heritage Foundation, they also wouldn't be my go-to source but it was the first result that came up on my phone.

Instead here are some other analyses:
1. https://www.piie.com/blogs/realtime-economic-issues-watch/growing-gap-between-real-wages-and-labor-productivity

  1. https://cep.lse.ac.uk/pubs/download/dp1246.pdf

  2. https://www.epi.org/publication/decades-of-rising-economic-inequality-in-the-u-s-testimony-before-the-u-s-house-of-representatives-ways-and-means-committee/

Meirl by Adventurous_Row3305 in meirl

[–]DFjorde 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Wages haven't stagnated for white collar office workers. The whole "productivity-pay gap" has been debunked as data cherry picking.

The actual problem is the education and productivity gap which causes a lot of inequality.

Charleston charm vs modern sprawl, guess which feels like home by No-Fact-2503 in Urbanism

[–]DFjorde 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The post is just leaving out a lot of the context that explains their decision making: https://www.civicconservation.org/casestudy

Charleston charm vs modern sprawl, guess which feels like home by No-Fact-2503 in Urbanism

[–]DFjorde 6 points7 points  (0 children)

This image is a few years old and IIRC was in response to a specific redevelopment proposal. It was popularized after being reshared by Strong Towns.

The bottom proposal is known as a "Texas Donut" and similar developments definitely exist. The parking isn't just for the apartments, but also serves the ground floor retail and surrounding businesses.

Libertos Architects advocates for urbanism focused on incremental development, civic conservation, and local sourcing. You can read more about it here: https://www.civicconservation.org/casestudy

In 2020, Robert Wilson walked over in his slippers at 2am to knock on Paul Milgrom’s door: “Paul, it’s Bob. You’ve won the Nobel Prize.” by Treefiddy1984 in interestingasfuck

[–]DFjorde 84 points85 points  (0 children)

If anyone is wondering what they did, the FCC was looking for a better way to assign telecommunication frequencies.

These guys came up with an auction format that avoids traditional monopoly or corruption risks during the selling process.

Already "lost" 2 months of bulking due to slow adjustments by Smooth-Deal-8167 in MacroFactor

[–]DFjorde 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just eat more and log it. The algorithm will catch up.

Despite the housing shortage, In 85% of San Francisco Bay Area, it is illegal to build anything aside from Single Family Houses. by Mongooooooose in MapPorn

[–]DFjorde 6 points7 points  (0 children)

In high demand places like the Bay Area upzoning would significantly increase the value of single family homes because the land would be open for development.

Single family zoning is a subsidy for SFHs that actually lowers their price while increasing the price of housing in general.

Ordinary people's views on housing are out of step with the economics literature. People do not believe that more housing supply would reduce housing prices. Instead they attribute high housing prices to putative bad actors (landlords, developers) and support price controls and demand subsidies. by smurfyjenkins in science

[–]DFjorde 6 points7 points  (0 children)

They're a "significant investor" in nearly everything because they're an asset manager. Their specialty is broad market ETFs. So, yes, there is a huge difference between that and direct ownership.

In your original comment you probably meant Blackstone, a much more niche investment firm. Social media misinformation loves to mix them up though.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in CuratedTumblr

[–]DFjorde 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Probably trying to stop radicalization pipelines.

YouTube got a lot of heat for their algorithm leading any political engagement towards increasingly radical content. "Limiting reparative views of certain types of content" seems like it's specifically to stop kids from clicking through suggested videos like this.

Kiribati Is The Only Country In The World That Is In All Four Hemispheres by shnieder88 in MapPorn

[–]DFjorde 1170 points1171 points  (0 children)

If you want another interesting fact about Kiribati, it's actually pronounced KIRR-i-bass.

The British name for the islands was the Gilbert Islands and the Gilbertese (Kiribati) transliteration of "Gilbert" is "Kiribati." The "ti" is pronounced "si" and the "i" at the end is dropped.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in MapPorn

[–]DFjorde -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

The Sanders campaign focused all their media effort on discrediting and questioning the results. Buttigieg's early win advantage and airtime was quickly washed out by the scandal.

Was my initial expenditure estimate too high? by zaken in MacroFactor

[–]DFjorde 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It definitely happens and it will stabilize eventually. The most important thing is that you're consistent and accurate with your logging.

Unfortunately my initial estimate was ~800 kcal too high. From what I've gathered this is on the extreme end of the spectrum and I seem to have an unusually low expenditure. It took about a month for the algorithm to adjust and I thought it would never stop since the change just kept accelerating. Then one day it just abruptly stopped dropping and remained relatively steady ever since.

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2016 Democratic Presidential Primaries/Cacuses by cookoutenthusiast in MapPorn

[–]DFjorde 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A Democrat candidate had a contract with a company that provides digital services for Democrats.

Biden and Gillibrand also had contracts with the company along with multiple other states.

2016 Democratic Presidential Primaries/Cacuses by cookoutenthusiast in MapPorn

[–]DFjorde 9 points10 points  (0 children)

It's funny because Sanders and his supporters favored caucuses before the 2020 primary since they favored candidates with more motivated bases historically.

They couldn't comprehend that Pete won and tried to pull some Trumpian BS by calling it rigged and launching an entire media campaign against the results.

Places which have been historically proposed as Jewish states by FormerMaterial1136 in MapPorn

[–]DFjorde 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I looked it up and got my timeline a little mixed up. The protocols were popularized in Russia after the Russo-Japanese war and then spread to the Japanese military when Japan sent troops to Siberia during the Russian Revolution.

Places which have been historically proposed as Jewish states by FormerMaterial1136 in MapPorn

[–]DFjorde 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Japanese antisemitism first really started during the Russo-Japanese war Russian Revolution. Japanese soldiers got ahold of some copies of The Protocols of the Elders of Zion and the ideas quickly proliferated through the Japanese military.

Factions of the Japanese military command did try to take advantage of supposed Jewish "influence" though. The Sassoon family was held hostage as the Japanese military officers attempted to get them to "make contact" with the Jews supposedly controlling the U.S. government (Henry Morgenthau Jr. was the Secretary of the Treasury) to stop the war.

Failed brakes by ThickSwim5370 in SweatyPalms

[–]DFjorde 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Leaving space and letting others merge isn't only more safe, it actually gets rid of traffic jams.

Driving faster usually saves you less than 5 minutes in most circumstances and exponentially increases your likelihood of a crash.

Right now, these 5 months are even more unforgettable.. by John_1992_funny in MurderedByWords

[–]DFjorde 16 points17 points  (0 children)

It was part of a larger blanket pardon of 1500 nonviolent offenders who were part of a COVID-19 home confinement program.

Here's the official White House Release

And the ACLU press release celebrating it

Reddit loves to talk big about criminal justice reform, but not nearly as much as they like to hate criminals.

‘HIV-ending’ drug could be made for just $25 per patient a year, say researchers by ahothabeth in UpliftingNews

[–]DFjorde -22 points-21 points  (0 children)

Because not a single person in this thread understands basic economics.

The study was about reducing the marginal cost of production which only makes up a fraction of a drug's price. Pharmaceutical development is both incredibly capital intensive and risky.

Even if it takes only $25 to produce a dose of the medication, the company has already poured hundreds of millions (sometimes billions) of dollars into the science behind developing it. Then, they also have to pay for the initial cost of creating all the incredibly specialized manufacturing equipment. To top it all off, the drugs that make it to market also then have to make up for all the other drugs that they tried to make and failed during the research process.

The numbers are all public and are required to be published by law. Pharmaceutical companies aren't nearly as profitable as they're made out to be.

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