@DanNeidle@Tolstoi But this is surely wrong? Gambling isn't zero sum - the house always wins, that's why it you bet all of win/lose/draw you still lose money. The loss is baked in by the gambling companies. Crypto you are at least trading against other people, so it is closer to zero sum?
@AaronBastani Who is jumping on the wagons?
Who is doing the work in this country?
They're all Irishmen every one of them
They're Irish contractors and they're Irish labor
Student loans rarely get a look-in when it comes to discussions of rising interest rates.
Current interest on them is 7.7%. Since graduating I've paid £2k-£3k+ per year in interest alone - sometimes more than the repayments. So after ~8yrs of paying it off, still £41k+ to go!
NEW: Lots of countries have housing challenges so how exceptional is the UK's housing crisis? Very. We pay higher prices to live in smaller, older and poorer-quality homes https://t.co/T4YDRnjRxt
This is bonkers. New Yorkers, famously pitied by other Americans for their cramped flats, have more floor space than Brits as a whole. The 43m²/capita in NY isn't just way above London's 33m² but exceeds the 40m² UK average. This is what failure looks like https://t.co/61b9z3m4Th
EAs: "in order to make our case palatable to normies, we need to tread really lightly and back up all our points as rigorously as possible"
Popular press: "as you can see, the 'capabilities' line is far above the 'alignment' line, and is even approaching the 'god-level' line"