Clubber

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by Clubber 1y ago
>I'm struggling with the CEO being increasingly focussed on investing heavily in AI. I'm not opposed to using this tech at all – it's amazing, and we incorporate a variety of different ML models across our stack where they
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by Clubber 1y ago
I remember when the internet got popular (I'm old) and Windows 98 put hyperlinks in the OS and made a lot of stuff single click instead of double click and BOOM! "Internet ready!"
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by Clubber 1y ago
Selling ads.
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by Clubber 1y ago
I agree. People want to eat well, quit smoking and get in shape, but mostly they eat crap and sit on the sofa in front of the TV (present company included). Which is what they really want?
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by Clubber 1y ago
I'm sure there's coordinated efforts to up/downvote content on HN. The political articles are way up and certain reasonable comments seem to be unreasonably downvoted. It seems like it's ramped up since the election. Eit
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by Clubber 1y ago
>In capitalism, outside a few select industries like journalism, as long as it's legal you can - and should - do anything to maximize profits. Honestly, if you were around watching the news 30+ years ago, you would notice a stark
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by Clubber 1y ago
They're supposed to be trained on it, and they probably get a week maybe, depending on the academy. The rest is how to beat your ass.
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by Clubber 1y ago
In the global search engine market, Google maintains a dominant position. In January 2025, its market share was approximately 89.62% across all devices, and 93.89% in the mobile search market. While Bing, Yandex, and Yahoo! hold a smaller
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by Clubber 1y ago
>Pre the end of the 20th century most people considered knowledge and skill to be the peak of human progression. Now it is money and image. As money and image can easily be given/bestowed whilst knowledge and skill cannot, I believe
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by Clubber 1y ago
It's funny. I was in a waiting room the other day and everyone, young and old were passing the time on their phones. I just sat there relaxed and enjoyed the quiet and the fact that I didn't have any immediate obligations I had to
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by Clubber 1y ago
Being a monopoly is legal, it's using your monopoly status at the expense of the competition is what isn't legal.
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by Clubber 1y ago
Everyone related to the company, from shareholders down to the lowest on the totem pole are incentivized in some way to show quarterly growth, so they will do so at all costs.
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by Clubber 1y ago
>I suspect there was a bit of racism involved Or they wanted access to sell to the Chinese market and they did whatever it took to get it.
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by Clubber 1y ago
Simple google search, first result: https://www.walkfree.org/global-slavery-index/country-studie...
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by Clubber 1y ago
>They were occupied, but they existed. So what's your criteria for existing, dirt in the same place? Their governments were dissolved. That means they don't exist anymore. Does the confederacy exist since the boarders are the s
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by Clubber 1y ago
>I have absolutely no idea what you're talking about when you say the United Kingdom came really close to not existing. Battle of Britain, Battle of France? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Britain http
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by Clubber 1y ago
It certainly was. You think nuclear weapons are less or more likely to have countries not exist anymore? If you believe MAD works, then countries can easily not exist the conventional warfare way. If you think MAD won't work, countries
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by Clubber 1y ago
>such as the United Kingdom, continue to exist They were really close to not existing. France stopped existing, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Denmark, Norway, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, France, Yugoslavia, Greece, all stopp
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by Clubber 1y ago
Yes, the way to do it is to tax investment properties. Many states already do that through the homestead exemption though. https://www.quickenloans.com/learn/homestead-exemption Another problem is everyone wants to liv
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by Clubber 1y ago
>But everybody needs somewhere to live do if you own one home, you don't really come up on top. Versus paying someone rent your whole life? You absolutely do.
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by Clubber 1y ago
GenX deals with lots of shenanigans. Born and raised in the old world and forced to adapt to the new.
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by Clubber 1y ago
I believe XP was when Windows Activation started, so that's a pretty big negative for me. Other than that, XP, 7 and 10 were pretty good, although 10 introduced advertisements if I'm not mistaken.
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by Clubber 1y ago
I predict artists will struggle until the novelty of AI wears off. AI requires existing art to imitate, so I don't think it will last longer than a few years after churning out the same old stuff. Fashion is fleeting. It may last longe
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by Clubber 1y ago
The print industry was dead long before AI came about.
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by Clubber 1y ago
Blogging is typically unidirectional, like TV or radio. You get to hear what someone says, but unless they turn on comments and actually read them, you don't get to have a conversation.
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by Clubber 1y ago
They broke the agreement for the handover by about 25 years. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_country,_two_systems
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by Clubber 1y ago
>Under the current situation China is LESS likely to invade Taiwan BECAUSE they rely on selling stuff to the USA. I mean the took over Hong Kong already. I think that is wishful thinking.
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by Clubber 1y ago
>In that case they could do things like block some or all exports to the US until we, say, stopped escorting cargo ships in and out of Taiwan. But the notion they would "instantly cut off all exports to the US" is nonsense. The
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by Clubber 1y ago
I've had it explained to me that now that manufacturers won't sell to China because of retaliatory tariffs, they're more product to sell domestically which would push down prices. Less demand due to tariffs from China = lower
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by Clubber 1y ago
I see your point. I suppose a counterpoint is now shoes won't be so disposable and professions for cobblers and the like will be in higher demand.

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