JimtheCoder

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by JimtheCoder 3y ago
And that is why the gov should be using official government channels or Amber alert type systems to disseminate essential information. If a fire is getting close to my home, I want to learn this information from the appropriate authorities,
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by JimtheCoder 3y ago
Why doesn't the gov just use the Amber alert system to share essential info? Why do people even need to read articles on a forest fire. It's a...large fire. In the forest.
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by JimtheCoder 3y ago
I've abandoned it because larger and larger amounts of Reddit users seem to have become more insufferable over the last year or two. That, and the mobile experience sucks.
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by JimtheCoder 3y ago
"Give money for stock" Wouldn't that distort the competitive landscape for the other participants, though? If I were running a business where one of the main customers was the government, shouldn't I be lobbying for the
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by JimtheCoder 3y ago
"What are the tasks they perform to get there?" Meetings. Lots of meetings.
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by JimtheCoder 3y ago
I'm not sure it's a trick. It's just a thing IMO.
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by JimtheCoder 3y ago
I remember watching a documentary on depression. They did catch a jumper on camera. They showed him pacing, hesitating, and then jumping. Would not recommend.
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by JimtheCoder 3y ago
In general, I wouldn't have a problem with this. It was a preplanned stock sale, and the value of Moderna skyrocketed, predictably. But, this... "In a congressional hearing in March, Sanders highlighted that Moderna created its va
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by JimtheCoder 3y ago
Well, if a corporation is technically a person, I would say the owner of the driverless car. Assuming it is owned by a corp...
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by JimtheCoder 3y ago
Are we just making lists of things I'll never do?
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by JimtheCoder 3y ago
This would indicate that you reside there, not that you own the location...
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by JimtheCoder 3y ago
Doesn't the home become a crime scene or something? Can't stuff be confiscated? I don't think you just walk back in and chill as the perps are being led away...
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by JimtheCoder 3y ago
Just curious - do police officers have access to a system that proves home/property ownership?
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by JimtheCoder 3y ago
"I pull off my headset and place it in the “Clean Box,” a small black box that’s supposed to kill bacteria with ultraviolet light. But I can’t help but wonder about all the strangers’ sweat on those non-machine-washable goggles."
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by JimtheCoder 3y ago
We don't even have a generally accepted definition of AGI yet, so...no.
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by JimtheCoder 3y ago
"but how are these "investments"? This money doesn't generate a return or grant equity to the taxpayers." In the same way that we invest in healthcare and invest in education... Just because you cannot easily quanti
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by JimtheCoder 3y ago
Doug Ford haters popping up in random places...
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by JimtheCoder 3y ago
Aren't most of those investments going to be in American companies? Canada doesn't have domestic equivalents...
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by JimtheCoder 3y ago
Organization run by Geohot and no actual product delivered yet...
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by JimtheCoder 3y ago
I am probably 100% wrong, but isn't there something about how your police pension is based on your final three years of work? There is an arrangement where the guys getting ready to retire get a ton of overtime to inflate their final t
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by JimtheCoder 3y ago
A tangential question... If someone is suffering from an incurable mental illness, and they want to commit suicide to absolve themselves from the pain and suffering, should we just be like "Ok, go do it" and be totally fine with i
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by JimtheCoder 3y ago
"climate change denier is denying climate change" He is not a climate change denier... He is saying the hysteria is unnecessary and we may not be following the optimal approach for dealing with the changing climate. It's diff
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by JimtheCoder 3y ago
The more I learn, the more I think I might be in the wrong business...
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by JimtheCoder 3y ago
Because the narrative being developed around him is that he is such a selfless guy, humble midwestern values, wants good for America, yet he structures his affairs in a way that he pays as little tax as possible and would be largely unaffec
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by JimtheCoder 3y ago
I always like how good old Warren Buffett is calling for high earners to be taxed more, yet he never seems to show up on any of these high earner lists...
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by JimtheCoder 3y ago
"the users..."weird"" I would have chosen another word for them...
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by JimtheCoder 3y ago
"1: Do what TCAS is telling you to do. 2: Air Traffic Control does NOT have the final responsibility for your plane, you do." I wonder if there is some human bias that preferences human directions/instruction over technologic
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by JimtheCoder 3y ago
Getting granular data like this on a large scale can be rather difficult. Even knowing things like where the final act was committed (at home, not at home, etc) would be super useful, but that data is hard to come by i'm sure, especial
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by JimtheCoder 3y ago
Getting income data from specific people can be hard...
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by JimtheCoder 3y ago
I like fried Spam and eggs once in a while. I prefer not to know how it's made...

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