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And microplastics don't just mess with digestion, they're also theorized to be part of the reason fertility is dropping in humans over time.

Yes, and gold and jewelry are worth a lot because people have bid up prices for them. That is how worth is determined on a market.

Yes, and generating more revenue would tend to instead demand for your skills, no?

I didn't know what playdate was. From the website:

- Handheld game console with a focus on indie games

- Black and white display

- Analog crank on the side

- Comes with 24 free games

Sounds neat!

>geometric patterns appearing in textures

Is it similar to the kinds of visuals a person using psychedelics might experience?

> stocks in companies, bonds in governments

Being pedantic, but governments aren't the only entities which issue bonds. Private bonds exist as well.

Wouldn't it also be much, much more expensive than building the line on the ground?

As a student, I've never had any edtech site or "online textbook" that had good UX. It wouldn't be so offensive if I didn't have to pay $80 per semester per course for the privilege of using something that is never as good as a real textbook.

Perhaps if the system was given more resources it might have a chance to become less broken. Of course just pouring money into the problem alone won't fix it, but I think it's clear to see the IRS cannot continue to operate on the level of funding it currently gets.

> but of course there are laws about insurance

In the U.S. at least, you don't need to insure your own car. You just need liability insurance that will pay out to someone else if you're at fault in an accident.

The difference is that in many cases, universities are a business that's also subsidized by the government, which makes it even easier for them to engage in monopolistic behavior.

Assuming you mean harder than it sounds. Or, easier said than done.

I honestly thought Reddit would die when they introduced Reddit awards, it seemed like such an obvious cash grab. You can't underestimate the amount of community momentum that the site has though.

I'm sure in any case the lawyers took a hefty sum.

Source on the statistics? I'm curious.