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ascandalia t1_ja7e43u wrote

Reply to comment by Kombucha1 in For marginal occupations licensed by U.S. states, the welfare costs of licensing exceeds the benefits, as workers have to expend resources to obtain the license and consumers pay higher prices. [The study looks at professions that require license in some states but not others]. by smurfyjenkins

Well licenses exist at the state level, it would be pretty silly to have a state level license that you may or may not need.

Here's the link to look up people by name to find their license type. Electrical contractor is in that list https://www.myfloridalicense.com/wl11.asp?mode=2&search=LicTyp&SID=&brd=&typ=

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ascandalia t1_j9zobr4 wrote

Reply to comment by RedditUser91805 in For marginal occupations licensed by U.S. states, the welfare costs of licensing exceeds the benefits, as workers have to expend resources to obtain the license and consumers pay higher prices. [The study looks at professions that require license in some states but not others]. by smurfyjenkins

Well, I live in Florida, and I know for a fact that contactor and electrical licensing is required. There may be some things you can do without a license from state to state, but that doesn't mean the license doesn't exist and isn't necessary for some or most work, so this list missing important context

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ascandalia t1_j9zjv2z wrote

Reply to comment by RedditUser91805 in For marginal occupations licensed by U.S. states, the welfare costs of licensing exceeds the benefits, as workers have to expend resources to obtain the license and consumers pay higher prices. [The study looks at professions that require license in some states but not others]. by smurfyjenkins

The article only looks at marginal licensing in some states but not others. I doubt there's a state where plumbers, electricians and contractors aren't licensed.

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ascandalia t1_j53jo2y wrote

Reply to comment by Sanpaku in Carnivorous oyster mushrooms can kill roundworms with “nerve gas in a lollipop” | Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry ID'd the culprit as the volatile ketone 3-octanone by Hrmbee

That's a great price for king! We were pretty small but our production costs never got below $4/ lbs. With sales, marketing, packaging, $8 is the lowest we could go, interesting that's the going rate now even at grocery stores near you

Even button mushrooms don't go for much less than that near me

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ascandalia t1_j539ti1 wrote

Reply to comment by Sanpaku in Carnivorous oyster mushrooms can kill roundworms with “nerve gas in a lollipop” | Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry ID'd the culprit as the volatile ketone 3-octanone by Hrmbee

As former a professional in the field, I find most mushroom products very suspect and many of the claims lacking. I felt proud to grow and sell fresh mushrooms. People should eat fresh mushrooms. They're obviously healthy.

Any kind of extract, supplement, tincture, powder, or whatever could very well be mostly sawdust. Any health claims about what a mushroom can do for you should be read with a skeptical eye and not assumed to be true very every form you may get the mushroom in

I wish people would stop trying to turn perfectly good, healthy food into a cure all

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ascandalia t1_itt69gt wrote

Reply to comment by SolidWiggle in Airbnbust by OffgridRadio

I think it was a net good while it was mostly individuals renting one home. Once corporations started snapping up homes by the hundreds it really went off the rails

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ascandalia t1_isra4nc wrote

Reply to comment by UnfinishedProjects in Ultrathin polymer-based ordered membranes that effectively remove salt from seawater and brine could provide a promising alternative to existing water desalination systems by giuliomagnifico

Nope. They can last for years depending on pretreatment and source water quality. They have gotten a lot cheaper in the last 20 years. These articles come out pretty often and are promising pretty marginal improvements on existing technologies.

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