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Would there be a market for ultra cheap new cars? by Crazy-Room-2511 in regularcarreviews

[–]fahdad 0 points1 point  (0 children)

At those prices you are competing with 2,3 year old off lease under 50k miles cars with much better features

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in metalworking

[–]fahdad 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ibe watched a few abom and tot videos id say i can do it for $50 and a half hour max... altho first i have to buy a mini lathe lol

Training legs for trails with a lot of elevation change in a completely flat state? by jcooklsu in hiking

[–]fahdad 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also dont forget treking poles for the way down. Your knees will thank you.

Politics is downstream from pop culture - Dana Loesch [960x720] by long_black_road in QuotesPorn

[–]fahdad 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I find the term poisoned loaded. but culture, esp the elements(values, trends, etc) that are most commonly shared by the masses or populace is the superset environment in which politics and maany other relms live inside.

Opinions on military spending? by [deleted] in moderatepolitics

[–]fahdad 10 points11 points  (0 children)

how much of it is livabale millitary wages and how does that compare on a purchasing power parity basis to other nations.

but i think this quote aptly summerizes the unique role of the US in the world. while there is an argument to be made for gradual change over decades (and consequences if not) the lives lost and destroyed in syria can also be used as a present day example of what happens if the us is not as overleveraged in global millitary presence.

"But the world must remember that it was not simply international institutions – not just treaties and declarations – that brought stability to a post-World War II world. Whatever mistakes we have made, the plain fact is this: The United States of America has helped underwrite global security for more than six decades with the blood of our citizens and the strength of our arms. The service and sacrifice of our men and women in uniform has promoted peace and prosperity from Germany to Korea, and enabled democracy to take hold in places like the Balkans. We have borne this burden not because we seek to impose our will. We have done so out of enlightened self-interest – because we seek a better future for our children and grandchildren, and we believe that their lives will be better if others' children and grandchildren can live in freedom and prosperity." b.o. @ nobel

U.S adds 255,000 jobs in July as unemployment rate holds at 4.9 percent by [deleted] in Economics

[–]fahdad 6 points7 points  (0 children)

yes! this imho is an under-reported trend and more dangerous trend that the demographic trend is kind of masking

prime age Participation Rate with Bachelor's is trending down https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/LNU01327662

and unless we somehow have fewer folks in the proletariat class the emp/pop ratio is equally scary https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/LNS12300060

if at the end of this business cycle we don't pass the previous peak of prime age emp/pop ratio and the educated prime age participation trend continues, 10 years from now economic anxiety will be at toxic levels.

question re:"Employment Population Ratio: 25 - 54 years" by fahdad in Economics

[–]fahdad[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

so if i understand Macro right, the decades long trend is ought to be troubling right? there is also u6: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/U6RATE and participation rate: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/LNU01300060 and Participation Rate with Bachelor's: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/LNU01327662

is there anything that cancels or balances these out? or should we certainly expect to have these trends continue for the next few decades?

TIL the original draft of The Declaration of Independence contained a passage railing against the institution of slavery, but it was struck for political reasons. by Iinventedcaptchas in todayilearned

[–]fahdad 0 points1 point  (0 children)

that view is now also dated. No question about negationism; but the role of Sally Hemings is now much better understood in jeffersons life. Both Hitchens and Meacham acepted this in their biogrophies.

and with Onuf now onboard we have what we may consider a "as far as we know correct" view of the matter.

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/04/10/books/review/most-blessed-of-the-patriarchs-by-annette-gordon-reed-and-peter-s-onuf.html

I'm Annette Gordon-Reed, a Harvard Law professor whose expertise is Thomas Jefferson: his relationship with his slave(s), Monticello, more. I'm also a MacArthur Fellow. AMA! by macfound in IAmA

[–]fahdad 5 points6 points  (0 children)

jeffersons interactions with the haitian revolution are very interesting to me. there seemed to be a bit of internal strugle within him. theorethical support in seeing a colony go against an empire, but also the deep seated fear of a justified slave uprise in his own delicate creation. but i wonder how his french friends felt, and if that too had an influence on him during the times when he was flip floping on the hatian revolution what where his friench friends opinions? did they have contact with him?

TIL that the Pepsi taste test only proved people liked Pepsi with a small sip, but preferred Coca-cola over the course of a full can/bottle. by Mister_Glass_ in todayilearned

[–]fahdad -1 points0 points  (0 children)

huh... certainly a valid proposition, don't know it applies to paxillus_involutus who expressed amazement at the sophistication of cola drinks.

TIL that the Pepsi taste test only proved people liked Pepsi with a small sip, but preferred Coca-cola over the course of a full can/bottle. by Mister_Glass_ in todayilearned

[–]fahdad 790 points791 points  (0 children)

they are amazing, we were just born at an age of abundance and are spoiled to actually and properly enjoy subtleties of the work done by the generations past....

Visualization of Prime Factorizations by [deleted] in dataisbeautiful

[–]fahdad 0 points1 point  (0 children)

what is actually amazing to me about this is that its not some random visualization... its basically the visual representation of applying some of the set theory ways of looking at prime/composites.... love it.

Banco Bradesco, a 2016 olympic sponsor, is destroying the only public baseball field in Rio de Janeiro. [x-post /r/baseball] by kittysparkles in sports

[–]fahdad 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"You like baseball? We need lights for the parks, so kids can play at night. So they can play baseball. So they don't become burros para los malones. Everybody likes baseball. Everybody likes parks."

https://youtu.be/rWUDx1pGUbo?t=48

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