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Re:U.S. workers have gotten way less productive. No one is sure why
on Monday October 31, 2022 @08:14PM (#33415253)
Americans aren't actually don't sure that often, a topic addressed in The Myth of the Litigious Society by David Engel [c.f. https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofbooks/2017/02/01/book-rev...].
Re:Who Thought Putting a Casino in Everyone’s Pocket Was a Good Idea?
on Monday October 10, 2022 @01:51PM (#33154370)
This is a topic of actual research, and metro area rental vacancy rates (i.e. how affordable/abundant housing is) are the main determiners of whether someone at risk actually becomes homeless.
> The fundamental conclusion is that the consequences of individual vulnerabilities are far more severe in locations with less accommodating housing markets. [0]
[0] https://www.sightline.org/2022/03/16/homelessness-is-a-housi...
As an easy counterexample, San Francisco had a rising population experiencing homelessness years before marijuana legalization in January 2018 [1].
[1] https://sfgov.org/scorecards/safety-net/homeless-population
Re:An Account of the Shanghai Lockdown
on Saturday April 09, 2022 @09:26AM (#30967879)
That's not how excess death calculations work. They would have to not report the deaths entirely, not just misattribute them.
Re:Consumer Protection Bureau Aims to Roll Back Rules for Payday Lending
on Wednesday February 06, 2019 @06:39PM (#19101361)
> the typical case isn't "hey, I rewarded myself for showing restraint in spending my benefits while I work myself out of poverty" (which I completely support) but "stars above, it wasn't enough, again, woe is me, I need more indefinitely and why change if they'll cut my benefits ones I have gainful employment?".
Source?
Re:Growing Caltrain into an 8-Lane Freeway (2018)
on Sunday January 06, 2019 @12:49PM (#18839490)
El Camino is an existing road. OP is suggesting adding a BART tunnel beneath it to extend BART service from Millbrae through Silicon Valley.
Re:Testosterone Treatment and Alleviation of Depressive Symptoms in Men
on Wednesday November 14, 2018 @01:30PM (#18452377)
This is quackery, as shown by this meta-study: "Soybean isoflavone exposure does not have feminizing effects on men" https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20378106.
Re:Testosterone Treatment and Alleviation of Depressive Symptoms in Men
on Wednesday November 14, 2018 @01:30PM (#18452368)
This is quackery, as shown by this meta-study: "Soybean isoflavone exposure does not have feminizing effects on men" https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20378106.
Re:Twitter bans Alex Jones and Infowars for abusive behaviour
on Thursday September 06, 2018 @08:30PM (#17930937)
I think Gordon Ramsey deserves better than to be grouped with Mr. Jones.
I haven't heard much from Milo Yiannopoulos since he was banned from Twitter and other platforms. I suspect Alex Jones has a similar future.
Re:To understand how group dynamics work online, look no further than ...
on Saturday August 11, 2018 @10:49AM (#17739863)
It's referring to the architectural style.
Re: spikes under bridges, AFAIk that's referred to as hostile architecture. I've never seen the term Brutalism applied to that.