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by ARandumGuy 1y ago
Tesla's stock price has always seemed completely irrational to me. Tesla's market cap is over double Toyota, BMW, Mercedes, VW, GM, and Ford combined. All while selling far fewer cars then any of those manufacturers. For this mark
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by ARandumGuy 1y ago
In general, the people who like EVs hate Elon's politics, and the people who like Elon's politics hate EVs. This significantly reduces the amount of people who want to buy a Tesla. This is the risk when you tie your brand to a sin
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by ARandumGuy 1y ago
Ziz did leave the rationalist movement, but to imply there's no link is simply dishonest. Ziz spent a lot of time in the Bay area Rationalist scene, and a lot of her belief system has clear Rationalist origins (such as timeless decisio
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by ARandumGuy 1y ago
At least one cult originates from the Rationalist movement, the Zizians [1]. A cult that straight up murdered at least four people. And while the Zizian belief system is certainly more extreme then mainstream Rationalist beliefs, it's
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by ARandumGuy 1y ago
The accessibility for this design is pretty terrible. There's a reason the gold standard for closed captions is still white text with solid black background. That way, regardless of what's going on in the background, the text is s
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by ARandumGuy 1y ago
It's used because, despite the fact that race doesn't really match with genetic ancestry, it still has impacts on people's lives and health. For example, a study indicating that "black people in the US are X% more likely
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by ARandumGuy 1y ago
Most research is funded through grants. Many different federal agencies provide grants, as well as private organizations. When applying for a grant, you have to indicate what you're going to spend the money on. And your grant may be re
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by ARandumGuy 1y ago
I guess it depends on how you define "using google", but as I've progressed as a developer, I've found myself spending less time googling problems, and more time just looking at official documentation (maybe GitHub issue
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by ARandumGuy 1y ago
Is this the same Grok that started inserting talking points about "white genocide in South Africa" on completely unrelated queries? Even if you wanted some AI chatbot integrated with your chat app (which I personally don't),
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by ARandumGuy 1y ago
For stuff that people need and will buy at heavily inflated prices, sure. But there are a lot of non-essential items that people probably won't buy if the price increases significantly. And for those items, I suspect a lot of stores wi
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by ARandumGuy 1y ago
I believe most people don't want AI because I read the Pew Research report linked by the parent comment, which indicated most non-experts don't want AI. That report has a pretty large sample size, the methodology seems sound, and
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by ARandumGuy 1y ago
I find it interesting how a lot of other comments are saying how "HN users are a bubble, the public is actually really excited about AI", when the research indicates that the general public is even less interested in AI then HN is
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by ARandumGuy 1y ago
I'm in this boat as well. From my perspective, I'd only bother keeping a tab open for a long period of time if it meets the following criteria: 1) It's something I'd actually want to go and view later (most stuff fails t
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by ARandumGuy 1y ago
How would an AI know if "2pm at Shake Shake" works for me? I still need to read the original email and make a decision. The actual writing out the response takes me basically no time whatsoever.
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by ARandumGuy 1y ago
Shorter emails are better 99% of the time. No one's going to read a long email, so you should keep your email to just the most important points. Expanding out these points to a longer email is just a waste of time for everyone involved
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by ARandumGuy 1y ago
I've seen stuff that echoes this sentiment before, and I have to say I don't understand this desire at all. Why would I need a computer to show me what something in a book looks like? I already have an imagination for that! Books
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by ARandumGuy 2y ago
It's possible . The wealthy are a lot better positioned to make a lot of money during a bear market then the average person, as they can afford to buy a lot of stocks when they're cheap. Just look how much money billionaires like
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by ARandumGuy 2y ago
There's a lot here, and it's more complicated then "the government should never use Signal". First off, I 100% agree that the bombing of civilian buildings in Yemen should be a bigger controversy. I don't really hav
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by ARandumGuy 2y ago
It's actually fairly common. Other sibling comments have a lot of examples, but one I'd like to focus on is the swimsuit arms race in competitive swimming. It really got started with Speedo's LZR Racer suit at the 2008 Olympi
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by ARandumGuy 2y ago
While home runs are exciting, there are limits to that. For several years the MLB has been dealing with "three true outcomes", where a large percentage of at bats end in either a strikeout, walk, or home run. While this can be exc
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by ARandumGuy 2y ago
That's true enough. We don't know what we don't know, and there's always the potential for some groundbreaking idea to shake things up. That's why it's important to fund research, even if that research doesn&#x
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by ARandumGuy 2y ago
Sometimes something is a "solved" problem. There hasn't been a lot of innovation in say, firearms, because we pretty much figured out the best way to make a gun ~100 years ago and there isn't much to improve. Not everyth
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by ARandumGuy 2y ago
For sure, but do you think a complete ban on car traffic in Manhattan would ever get passed? Let's not let perfect be the enemy of good.
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by ARandumGuy 2y ago
Being uncomfortable != being unsafe. It's not wrong to feel uncomfortable around, say, drug users or homeless people. And it's valid to complain about that! But that does not mean you're actually unsafe, and conflating that j
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by ARandumGuy 2y ago
Humans are not perfectly rational actors, and will often make the "wrong" decision when better options are available. Especially when a given decision may not be bad individually, but adds up when a bunch of people make the same d
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by ARandumGuy 2y ago
If it was solely up to the opposing party, then they'd strike down every single expert. The judge still is the ultimate decider on what evidence (including expert testimony) is admissible.
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by ARandumGuy 2y ago
Stocks have always been influenced by stuff outside of company performance. This is why you should look at other metrics to see how successful a company actually is. Also, companies don't exist in a vacuum. Every US company is impacted
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by ARandumGuy 2y ago
That's why the phrase "don't try and catch a falling knife" exists. We have no idea if prices will rebound shortly, or continue to take a nose-dive. Trying to time the market is a gambling strategy, not an investment str
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by ARandumGuy 2y ago
Even if the underlying code is "bad", who cares? There are far more important skills in indie game development then programming ability. I'd much rather play an interesting, well-designed game with a few bugs and messy code o
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by ARandumGuy 2y ago
No matter how high you set a maximum limit for interactions on social media (followers, friends, posts, etc), someone will reach the limit and complain about it. I can see why Bluesky would prefer a "soft limit", where going abo

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