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I have this suspicion that we can’t see the forest through the trees on the US inflation discussion. Does anyone know any good articles which investigate this issue across countries? It seems like a lot of the things that are “blamed” should manifest across the developed world.

> Initially, Packard thought he was inside a great white shark, but he couldn’t feel any teeth and he hadn’t suffered any obvious wounds.

Is a great white shark actually big enough that you could end up inside it’s mouth whole?

This is more reflective of the media bubble you are living in; it’s not nearly as bad as you think. Especially if you’re into tech (say you read hacker news) any problem that exists in California (where a lot of tech people live) is a hot discussion topic.

I’m kind of surprised HN could take them down

Imagine if thirty years ago we declared the yellow pages a public utility.

I wonder if this is more a subtle criticism of psychology research. Perhaps a walk in the park should be more of a baseline

I think the author just has a complaint about the scientific process (and believe me, all scientists do…) and is trying to fit this topic to that complaint. I doubt that it’s helpful. If we think there aren’t enough safeguards about this kind of research, I think the solution is to restrict funding, not to assume that changing the research incentive structure would stop it.

> "We don't know exactly why or how it works, we just know that it does work," says Michael Kinch, an associate vice chancellor at Washington University in St. Louis who has written a book on vaccination. Kinch and others suspect this form of inoculation may have worked because it introduced the smallpox virus through the skin, rather than the lungs.

This is really interesting, I wonder if we have any evidence of similar behavior of other viruses?

At least this is what I told the students when I was a TA for a class teaching prolog!

My pessimistic fear is that when countries can no longer compete in tax rates, they’ll compete on subsidies. You can go much lower than zero!

There is always some selection bias in this regard when reading the hacker news comments. If you spend time talking to people online, you’re probably a lot less interested in the social aspect of work.

I’m not super picky myself, but coffee is an incredibly fun hobby. There is a ton of equipment to try and endless varieties of beans. A lot of it is easy entry too, you can even roast your own beans with fairly simple equipment.