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by 9rx 6mo ago
> The people who typically have the most negative things to say about AI fall into camp #2 I think more often they simply picked the wrong programming language as a target. In my experience, AI is especially bad at writing Typescript&#
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by 9rx 6mo ago
Absolutely. Good managers are invisible. They don't need to talk about career growth as they have already silently, in the background, removed any impediments that might have prevented you from growing. All you need to do is move in th
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by 9rx 7mo ago
> I suspect many will find themselves locked out the middle class for generations. On the other hand, once software as a high paying career dies there will be nothing to prop up the status quo (high cost of housing, for example) so the
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by 9rx 7mo ago
> Salaries across industries in the US have remained flat since the 1970s What do you mean? The real (meaning adjusted for inflation) hourly wage in the US has increased by around 20% since 1970. What has changed since the 1970s is tha
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by 9rx 7mo ago
> At that point, the prices were simply high due to high demand relative to supply That goes without saying. The investigation here is into demand. Which was said to be overinflated due to speculation. As noted, many of the companies h
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by 9rx 7mo ago
> This is a really concerning perspective: people were paid what they were worth. The parent comment doesn't discount that, only pointing out that "what they were worth" was inflated due to a speculative environment. Whe
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by 9rx 7mo ago
Trouble is that regulation isn't imposed by an omnipotent deity in the sky. In a democracy, regulation must come from the very same people who you say don't care, don't complain, and aren't willing to change their habits
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by 9rx 7mo ago
> The first company which can achieve human level intelligence will just be able to... They say prostitution is the oldest industry of all. We know how to achieve human-level intelligence quite well. The outstanding challenge is figuri
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by 9rx 7mo ago
Stands to reason. Ask a computer for advice and it is going to give you a computer-centric answer: Restart and try again.
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by 9rx 7mo ago
> gender bias It is funny that you originally recognized and found it necessary to call out that AI isn't human, but then made the exact same mistake yourself in the very same comment. I expect the term you are looking for is &qu
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by 9rx 7mo ago
> Implement ubiquitous and free public transportation in every urban center (where 80% of the American population lives [0]) In, or between ? Like your link tells, urban is defined by 2,000 houses. At that scale, in-town transport doe
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by 9rx 7mo ago
Neither the cable nor the insurance business operate in free markets.
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Although the article is unsure whether they sold more t-shirts than tickets, implying that people were interested in the music in a live capacity. Which is a reasonable implication given that punk grew up around the DIY culture. A commercia
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by 9rx 7mo ago
1. Well, cash is debt. Obviously all things in life are dependent on perspective, but the framing should be useful to separate the idea of a company seeking cash not because they want the raw silver, or what have you. If you try to think
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by 9rx 7mo ago
There is no framing beyond my intent. One may originally misinterpret my intent, but that's again why communication is bidirectional. I am still unsure of your intent in this. My failed interpretation is that you are trying to invent s
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by 9rx 7mo ago
> Framing it in terms of debt simply confuses people. Quite possibly. But that doesn't actually matter because if they don't understand something they will ask questions until they do understand, just as it seems you now do.
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by 9rx 7mo ago
> By your measure, any company, in fact any entity, that isn't in the red is giving away something for "free". If the debt is never called, yes, that is true. However, most companies don't get that luxury. For regul
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by 9rx 7mo ago
A debt never called is the same as giving something away for free, yes. Technically they can still call the debt, but the question remains outstanding: What do you have that they would want in return? The answer is effectively nothing, and
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by 9rx 7mo ago
I am, of course, referring to the IOUs (a.k.a. cash) they famously are sitting on, and have been sitting on for decades. Technically they can call the debt at any time, but what does average Joe have to give that Apple would want? If ther
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by 9rx 7mo ago
> That's literally the problem Georgism uniquely solves. Georgism solves for land not being used productively. That means it isn't economical for rich people to hoard land, but it also means that it isn't economical for
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by 9rx 7mo ago
What is the point of producing all this stuff now ? Historically production was transactional. You give me something, I give you something. But along the way the average Joe ran out of things to offer in return. Businesses give, but increa
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by 9rx 7mo ago
You're in luck. Measurement Canada has the authority to inspect pints. Typically they only act on complaints, though. https://ised-isde.canada.ca/site/measurement-canada/en/buyin...
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by 9rx 7mo ago
Isn't that the point of "appropriateness"? To define what allows one to be boring and disappear into the wallpaper for those who prefer to live that way. Those who want to stand out will define what is appropriate for themsel
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by 9rx 7mo ago
We know how to come up with better alternatives, but as Marx also pointed out, the capitalists won't sit back and idly watch their world crumble. So putting anything else into practice is effectively impossible. About the only time all
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by 9rx 7mo ago
> I prefer to ask people what they do for fun when looking for something in common, as opposed to what they do for work. Hasn't the question always implied to be about what you do for fun? It has never occurred to me that should a
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by 9rx 7mo ago
> JS because thats what LLMs are good at. That has not been my experience. JS/TS requires the most hand-holding, by far. LLMs are no doubt assumed to be good at JS due to the sheer amount of training data, but a lot of those input
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by 9rx 7mo ago
Right — teenage girls have long been considered to be leading indicator in cultural shifts. So it isn't unexpected that when teenage girls become unhappy that everyone else will slowly start to follow them. It is quite likely that it i
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> social media mis-use is a symptom of young people having a lack of things like "third spaces" to go to to socialize at I see all kinds of active third spaces, but never any young people in them. I get that it is hard to boo
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by 9rx 7mo ago
Except the biggest drop was among teenage girls. Housing affordability and cost of living isn't usually yet a concern to most teenagers, and to the extent that it is a concern, it is equally a concern to teenage boys who haven't f
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by 9rx 7mo ago
> It is absolutely possible to be happy without deep social connection. Well, of course it is. No matter what you think it is that brings happiness to the general population, there will be at least someone who doesn't find happine

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