LesZedCB

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by LesZedCB 9y ago
i wonder if there would be any use in services that don't respond in real-time. I think these digital assistants are nerfed by the real-time response requirement. I'd be happy to ask some of those questions, and get a pop up in a
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by LesZedCB 9y ago
I like vinyl for the same reason I make americanos with my work's espresso machine which makes both espresso and coffee. It's a process. I enjoy the ritual of heating water and pouring it into espresso, even though the machine do
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by LesZedCB 9y ago
honestly i've always assumed people thought vinyl sounds 'warm' because of the crackling, which activates connections to wood fires.
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by LesZedCB 9y ago
Yes, the content of any message must be clear to any external observer.
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by LesZedCB 9y ago
I'm not an artistic musician, but it feels really satisfying to make something that is my own, even if musically it's really simple. Your comment is nothing but unnecessarily elitist.
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by LesZedCB 10y ago
https://xkcd.com/1709/
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by LesZedCB 10y ago
well, if you work at the company that does have a unionized workforce, then you do receive the benefits that a union negotiated. So, sure, you don't have to join the union, but it wouldn't be fair to receive the benefits of the ot
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by LesZedCB 10y ago
in this case, it was the lobbying of the adventure tour businesses that demanded they stay in business, despite the obvious drawbacks of them continuing to pollute the park with noise and fuel waste.
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by LesZedCB 10y ago
what exactly is the difference? If all industries become worker owned, is that not worker control of the means of production? Personally, I don't think worker coops will become widespread under capitalism to be a real threat to big cap
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by LesZedCB 10y ago
> I own two shares of GM stock, so I am one of the enemy? If the amount of ownership gives you a controlling vote, yes. You should give up that level of ownership unless you work there. Control of the company should be directed solely by
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by LesZedCB 10y ago
Business owners are the ones who pay for lobbying to put the line as far as they can. and they are also bankrolling campaigns.
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by LesZedCB 10y ago
unfortunately, it's not a concerted effort. We haven't been well enough organized to create a campaign like that. However, it does provide a really good talking point. We have, however, known that a development like automation was
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by LesZedCB 10y ago
It probably cost way more to employ two people for 40 hours of work than one person working 80 hours. You don't have to provide benefits to both.
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by LesZedCB 10y ago
This article is pretty good, really close to something I would agree with. My only problem is with the conclusion. > If reforms are not enacted — as is likely with President Trump and congressional Republicans in charge — Americans shoul
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by LesZedCB 10y ago
Link for those interested in this piece of history. https://www.aclu.org/other/aclu-history-taking-stand-free-sp...
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by LesZedCB 10y ago
It's a pretty crazy indication of the world we live in that it's affordable to give away free food as advertising for that very restaurant.
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by LesZedCB 10y ago
Imagine if we had the unambiguous source code for our own bodies? AI will be able to have that without any work, and can modify and recompile with little to no effect and all benefit in the matter of seconds, where humans have to wait years
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by LesZedCB 10y ago
AFAIK that's why aircraft still use AM. Unless I'm wrong about aircraft still using AM too. :)
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by LesZedCB 10y ago
Did you change your comment? I can't respond to your point if you respond to mine and then edit your comment to make it look more innocuous. Also, just making the statement that capitalism is the best economic model doesn't make i
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by LesZedCB 10y ago
I think defining social need by linking it to supply and demand for labor is dangerous and dehumanizing, and is in fact exactly what I was trying to point out in my comment. edit: similarly, we need more engineers to rebuild basic infrastru
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by LesZedCB 10y ago
society needs liberal arts just as much as workers which are useful to capitalists.
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by LesZedCB 10y ago
If you are into amateur radio, this [1] does something similar, allowing you to tune into amateur bands across the world in real time. [1] http://websdr.org/
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by LesZedCB 10y ago
Isn't the point that you don't get a chance to demonstrate your value because you are overlooked earlier on in the process where some hiring manager sees how old you are and decides you aren't "a culture fit" for th
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by LesZedCB 10y ago
> Just wanted to note that we're really not doing too badly with advancing technology Tell that to all the people who are doing badly? Jesus, it's like people look at some statistics that say the world is ok, and then continue
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by LesZedCB 10y ago
and income inequality has skyrocketed since then.
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by LesZedCB 10y ago
appealing to individualism won't solve systemic problems. I don't have to house syrian refugee immigrants in my home personally to realize that europe has an ethical problem by refusing them and treating them the way they have bee
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by LesZedCB 10y ago
we bulldoze away houses, we throw away food. meanwhile, people are homeless and hungry. Clearly we already live in a society of overproduction. The difference is that the owners of the capital aren't willing to lose on their investment
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by LesZedCB 10y ago
some of us on the left were not surprised at all. a class program is a strong one, even if it's a right wing program.
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by LesZedCB 10y ago
That would be funny. The difficulty slider changes to "How many hours of playtime" instead of easy, medium, hard. Actually it could even just scale it automatically based on a metric like steam hours played. that would be awesome.
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by LesZedCB 10y ago
capitalism has no morals.

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