1. heterodoxxed Jun 25, 2021

   Once Perestroika liberalized their economy, they had distribution issues, sure.

   But before then, housing, food, clothing all were cheap and available. The food was simple, the apartments small and the clothing dull, but it was all there and for very little cost.

   https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP85M00363R0006014...

   But they liberalized their economy in order to compete on the consumer goods boom in the West. That desire for consumer goods had a big role in destabilizing the system.

   And today, the converse desire for cheap staples and necessities in the face of intense asset inflation may be destabilizing our current system.

2. heterodoxxed Jun 25, 2021

   Cheap wants, expensive needs. This is our economy now.

   "I love my iPhone, but I worry about health insurance." as I've heard it put here on HN.

   Ironically, the Soviet system fell from opposite. Expensive wants, cheap needs. Everyone saw the West getting cheaper and cheaper consumer goods and central planning failed to keep up.

   Now we get to see what happens.

3. heterodoxxed Jun 25, 2021

   Simple session tokens are fine, always have been.
4. 15 points Jun 24, 2021

   Burnout Is Real

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5. heterodoxxed Jun 23, 2021

   | The WPATH standards of care also state, however, that male chest reconstruction surgery for female-to-male patients “could be carried out earlier” than the age of majority in certain cases, and ultimately should be considered on a case-by-case basis “depending on an adolescent’s specific clinical situation and goals for gender identity expression.”

   What do you think that specific clinical situation was in those situations?

6. heterodoxxed Jun 23, 2021

   Mastectomies are performed for non-gender-related reasons, such as prophylactic mastectomies, so it's arguable whether that falls under the definition of SRS/GRS. For any reason, it is exceedingly, vanishingly rare in children.

   It seems like an oddly small number to obsess over, especially considering over 8,000 non-trans teenagers between 13 and 19 receive breast augmentations each year.

   From your link:

   | the mean (SD) age was 19 (2.5) years for postsurgical participants and 17 (2.5) years for nonsurgical participants

   Surgical patients would be the ones who are in the most danger of suicide or self-harm or for whom nonsurgical (hormone) treatment is not an option.

   Also,

   | Self-reported regret was near 0.

   Here is the document that the report refers to as the standard for care for transgender patients:

   https://s3.amazonaws.com/amo_hub_content/Association140/file...

   You'll want to look at Section VI: . Assessment and Treatment of Children and Adolescents with Gender Dysphoria.

7. heterodoxxed Jun 23, 2021

   | grounded in facts and Biblical truth

   You're going to have to come up with a better source.

8. heterodoxxed Jun 23, 2021

   That seems unnecessarily pedantic, since obviously it should be assumed to mean "not recommended by anyone who matters", but I've upvoted you for providing the source.

   I was editing my comment with that exact link when you posted.

9. heterodoxxed Jun 23, 2021

   | gender reassignment surgery

   SRS/GRS is not recommended for pubescent children by anyone. At that age only hormone blockers are on the table, definitely not permanent surgery.

   EDIT

   Posting a reference backing up my claim since I'm getting downvoted:

   https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/mar/05/viral-imag...

   | Professional organizations such as the Endocrine Society recommend against puberty blockers for children who have not reached puberty, and recommend that patients be at least 16 years old before beginning hormone treatments for feminization or masculinization of the body. The last step in transitioning to another gender, gender reassignment surgery, is only available to those 18 and older in the United States.

10. heterodoxxed Jun 14, 2021

    Of course not, it's a terrible thing.
11. heterodoxxed Jun 13, 2021

    The market doesn't reward those who optimize their code.

    Fastest-to-market and slow beats second-to-market and optimized every day of the week.

12. heterodoxxed Jun 10, 2021

    | a much smaller house, much less technology, a very cheap car or public transit, vanilla food, only a few suits of clothes, and bare bones health care.

    You would have to be highly skilled to do that, the average worker couldn't get anywhere close to that lifestyle on 10-20 hours a week.

13. heterodoxxed Jun 9, 2021

    Right, but that's why we (ideally) put infrastructure costs under the control of an entity (the government) which doesn't have to operate within a system of profit and market competition.
14. heterodoxxed Jun 4, 2021

    But those are for automated systems, more akin to a keycard than a contract for ownership.

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