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by 0xDEF 3y ago
Most Western European researchers have been on vacation the past few weeks. I don't fault them for failing to synthesize room-temperature superconductors while they were relaxing in some resort in Turkey or Thailand.
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by 0xDEF 3y ago
Dear lord, we should be thanking the gods that libertarian techbros are not running the economy.
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American Big Tech companies laying off highly paid specialized tech workers doesn't say much about the rest of the economy. We already knew that most of the Big Tech companies are houses of cards built around one core profitable busine
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by 0xDEF 3y ago
Libertarian techbros are on a mission to make us doubt (climate) science.
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by 0xDEF 3y ago
It seems like both Americans and non-Americans overestimate the importance of the US dollar being the dominant reserve currency and petroleum trade currency in the world. I would say the S&P500 and the long-term economic productivity it
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by 0xDEF 3y ago
US national debt per capita is on par with plenty of other developed countries. Why has it become such a big talking point in the US? National spending per capita is higher here in Denmark but we actually tax our wealthiest 10% so we have a
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by 0xDEF 3y ago
To combat climate change we have to lower our use of oil and natural gas but it is preferable that we control our own supply during the transition period instead of being dependent on geopolitical adversaries like Russia and "frenemies
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by 0xDEF 3y ago
The above can be condensed to "China has more STEM graduates". It was China's STEM graduates and not just the stereotypical "cheap labor" who built up the Chinese manufacturing base.
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by 0xDEF 3y ago
Danish and German media has covered it by interviewing local scientists who are all calling it bullshit.
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by 0xDEF 3y ago
Because there has literally only been 2-3 weekdays since the LK-99 revelation. Do you expect American and European scientists to work during weekends?
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by 0xDEF 3y ago
Considering that RFK Jr. is almost entirely bankrolled by Silicon Valley techbros it's weird that this is not getting more attention on HN. Why are so many in this industry supporting and funding RFK Jr. and his insanity?
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RFK Jr. Announces Bold Plan to Back Dollar with Bitcoin(thestreet.com)
2 points by 0xDEF 3y ago|2 comments
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by 0xDEF 3y ago
Is there a way to limit the search to papers published by US, UK, and Canadian universities in the past 10 years?
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by 0xDEF 3y ago
Interestingly the "academic boycott of Israel" is getting most traction in the US and UK. I know academics here in Denmark who were surprised their American and British colleagues refused to collaborate with Israelis.
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Russia ‘using disinformation’ to imply Sweden supported Qur’an burnings(theguardian.com)
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by 0xDEF 3y ago
First sign of BRICS showing teeth. We are probably only few months away from Brazilian and Russian Navy ships doing intimidating "naval exercises" near US cities. "Exciting" times ahead.
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Brazil Denies U.S. Extradition Request for Alleged Russian Spy(wsj.com)
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BRICS bank NDB says not considering new projects in Russia(reuters.com)
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by 0xDEF 3y ago
A lot of American "Libertarian" techbros are extremely pro-Russia and pro-Putin. It's not surprising that they have given Elbakyan this award. Privacy and espionage is not the only reason we Europeans should detach from Silic
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by 0xDEF 3y ago
It's almost an annual ceremony for the EU/German authorities to go after Deutsche Bank's offices because of Russian money laundering. EU authorities absolutely go after big European companies.
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by 0xDEF 3y ago
There is definitely a lot of things the US can learn from countries like the Netherlands and Denmark (my country). However please don't emulate our habit of flying to exotic destinations during our summer vacation. That would probably
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by 0xDEF 3y ago
>You'd think a place like HN would know that the only way the world has ever gotten better has been innovation Since 2013 this site has not been the optimistic hacker/startup forum Paul Graham envisioned in 2007. For a decade i
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by 0xDEF 3y ago
Localized toxic pollutants in air (smoke etc.) and water have been significantly reduced compared to 100 years ago. However we have been too slow to reduce the CO2 emissions that are causing climate change exactly because it doesn't ha
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by 0xDEF 3y ago
>socialized economy Here in Denmark a significant fraction of the population (students, elderly, long-term unemployed) are already on some kind of pseudo basic income. Why not just do basic income in this future "total AI automation
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by 0xDEF 3y ago
Turkish-made anti-personnel suicide drones that use AI to find and engage enemy personnel have already been used in Libya.
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by 0xDEF 3y ago
Also interesting how Shopify is making a lot of moves in this space using both the OpenAI APIs and using self-hosted models.
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by 0xDEF 3y ago
Both Oppenheimer and Teller made numerous visits to Israel. Oppenheimer admitted he helped them make fast breeder reactors to produce plutonium for fission bombs and Teller admitted he helped them make fusion/hydrogen bombs. Why is thi
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>our scientific institutions are systemically broken in ways that promote spreading fraudulent results as established scientific truth Scientific consensus is still very reliable and if 95% of accredited scientists in a field say somethi
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RFK Jr. Announces Bold Plan to Back Dollar with Bitcoin, End Bitcoin Taxes(thestreet.com)
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Is there any open data about how big a market China is for Nature, Elsevier etc.?

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