Aron

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by Aron 9y ago
The embrace of UBI seems entirely too eager for many. It's as if the huge, unpredictable and ambitious nature of it isn't fully felt. Attempts to refactor giant economies according to high modern ideals has been tried to disastrou
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by Aron 9y ago
..and after a shaky start to an essay gets worse and worse we get to the bottom line: "And so the result of this line of thinking is to justify the status quo. A status quo which, right now, is riven with oppression."
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by Aron 9y ago
The article is peppered with condescension and dismissal like 'I shouldn’t have had to write this: I’m busy and a little effort on your part would have made it unnecessary.' Maybe the author is more comfortable role-playing Larry
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by Aron 9y ago
Pretty sure in a critically charged environment this article would fare far worse than the one it is criticizing. And the tone is so snotty and condescending.
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by Aron 9y ago
I believe biological explanations might account partially for the openAI bot outperforming human players.
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by Aron 9y ago
Contrast this to HBO's budget which is ~2B$ I believe and they generally cost 15$+\month. Netflix is just getting started in ripping up the old order.
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by Aron 9y ago
If forced to supply the XX one-word answer for which one Netflix is than it is entertainment. Doubt it's very useful to reduce things to one word in general though. Both entertainment and technology would delineate it from a car compan
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by Aron 9y ago
I guess I'll just have to face it.
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by Aron 9y ago
So simple it might just work. I keep expecting something more dramatic, but they seem to be the opposing dipole of Amazon.
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by Aron 9y ago
Netflix at 10$ is severely underpriced relative to any competition. I've been curious just what their next move is.
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by Aron 9y ago
As information, I had given up on your comment persuading me of anything before the first comma. It's really that easy.
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by Aron 9y ago
(To help clarify the above comment, Singer says the Google CEO did wrong).
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by Aron 9y ago
The tension is building! They've got all this money, they've shown a few of the cars, they've got half a million deposits, but the cars are just dribbling out of the factory right now like pre-ejaculate.
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by Aron 9y ago
Yeah this was just a loan. The first time for them that it wasn't attached in some way to shares.
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by Aron 9y ago
Hey, are you gonna drink that half-empty beer or can I have it?
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by Aron 9y ago
I think people can be vaguely expecting something to happen yet still be entirely surprised when they see what it actually is in practice.
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by Aron 9y ago
I think the transition to self-driving electric cars as a service will be in full force by then, and it will only be slowed down by the sheer number of interlocked changes and requirements to finish that process. The sheer scale of the numb
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by Aron 9y ago
This article is so well written I am left wondering what happens if the tide completely reverses and it becomes overwhelmingly clear that Google should not have fired him.
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by Aron 9y ago
The testable prediction I am making here is that people will exert social force quite similar to the mini-shamings applied to smokers. Your point is that smokers and ICE drivers have different reasons to be those things, and they may color
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by Aron 9y ago
Why not do a leave of absence thing? Am I the only one that's seen the cop shows 'Leave your badge and take some time to cooloff, Riggs'.
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by Aron 9y ago
Hi. Welcome to chatbot/n.
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by Aron 9y ago
while(0) {cout << 'hurr. durr.\n'; sleep(1000);}
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by Aron 9y ago
I don't think it'll be that simple. There will be plenty of people who hold on to ICEs for no good reason but habit. When prompted they will say head-scratching things like 'I like the way it sounds' or 'it's s
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by Aron 9y ago
Sure, but most people will assume the person made the choice to pick an ICE and treat it like a disgusting habit\decision that's ruining their environment, even if many hold off judgement.
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by Aron 9y ago
I have a theory that people will treat gas cars like they treated smokers. There was a stretch of time where smoking was popular in restaurants but the common shtick was the table next to you would go 'ewww!' and wave their hands
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by Aron 9y ago
> Ironically, the same people arguing for freedom of enterprise might be the ones needing worker protection laws for freedom of conscience. Can you spell that out for me? I think you mean that the 'keep business free from government
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by Aron 9y ago
On second thought, it was specifically about measuring Thiel's judgement in leaders specifically, so I guess that is actually a more fair reference class.
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by Aron 9y ago
I wasn't aware of how hard Reed Hastings had come down on Peter Thiel about his Trump support. I've been a fan of Hastings for 15+ years but am marginally less supportive after hearing that. Not because of Trump per se, but that h
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by Aron 9y ago
Netflix's catalog shrunk when they stopped buying fewer large bundles of dross and focused more on exclusivity, both of those efforts cost more per title and thus fewer titles for the same budget.
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by Aron 9y ago
Maybe it's one thing that the more concerning elements of the left are aggregated into certain universities, but it is something else to also exist in the services and companies most everyone relies on (and that has control over their

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