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OnlineGladiator
3y ago
Assuming new cryptocurrencies aren't scams is a really tired take. Please provide some substance as to why you think this is a good project instead of just defending it without justification.
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3y ago
Ultimately it boils down to "it should just work" but to be more specific one person said "I shouldn't have to do anything different!" and directed their anger towards me instead of the ads they were previously comp
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3y ago
> We may be at peak consumer tolerance for anti-pattern, in-app purchase, subscription-model, ad-packed, data-siphoning, dopamine driven, gated experiences. As much as I want this to be true, I think this sentiment is really only popular
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3y ago
Almost every response to that tweet is claiming it's false, and some are citing sources.
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3y ago
I found that video incredibly unconvincing. It just feels like pseudoscience telling people what they want to hear, and the data was underwhelming (assuming it's not flawed to begin with). I think a more plausible explanation is that
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3y ago
To each their own, but my recommendation is to not go to the dealer after buying the car (unless it's to fix something expensive covered under warranty). I recommend finding a good mechanic. That said, I'm not pretending this is
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3y ago
For many cars it's relatively straight-forward to disable the cellular modem, and sometimes it won't impact the other functionality of the car at all. Chances are someone in a forum somewhere has done the legwork for you. Do a go
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3y ago
Whoa there cowboy - next you're gonna say something crazy, like we should hold the CEO accountable for his own incompetence. Obviously it's the users who are wrong!
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3y ago
The real irony is not noticing that this is the standard way people use ChatGPT and instead saying "you're using it wrong" - which is a convenient holier-than-thou argument that ignores the negative repercussions of this tech
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3y ago
Sure, but just to provide some context, Zipline has already raised (and spent) hundreds of millions of dollars. Also Zipline has actually been around for over a decade already (they started out as Romotive in 2011). Anyway, cheers.
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3y ago
> Its operation is not subsidized by VCs burning huge amounts of cash. I'm not sure why you think this, but Zipline is running at a loss at the moment and is dependent on VC cash. That doesn't mean it can never be profitable,
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3y ago
You can expect people to have empathy and be self-aware. It doesn't mean your expectations will be met, but it's a sad world we live in where you dismiss this as unrealistic.
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3y ago
> ...pay...less Get this man a raise!
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3y ago
Why do you think Americans suffer from tinnitus more than other nationalities?
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3y ago
> Also, man, quanta feels really rough and popsci-y when it comes to CS. I'm guessing this is just the Gell-Mann Amnesia effect. Why do you think the quality is better for other fields?
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4y ago
I wasn't even claiming my original idea had much substance because it is so obvious. I hardly think I've solved a real-world problem because the real problem is people and politics while we're discussing theory. But if you
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4y ago
> Your hypothetical is "the government taxes everything". Then someone asked, "how would that work?" and your response was "everything we're discussing is a hypothetical!" Because he was mixing reality
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4y ago
> but even they are not going to tax unrealized capital gains You are completely missing the point of the conversation you started. Everything we're discussing is a hypothetical. In this scenario, they would tax that and everythin
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4y ago
This is what the IRS is for. It's one of the only government organizations that actually makes more money than is put into it. So we'd just give them more money and resources to do their job, which would include wealth evaluatio
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4y ago
The simplest solution is a wealth tax. Once you reach a certain amount of wealth, you are taxed for it. So for instance you might be taxed 50% of your wealth above $1 billion, annually. You might be taxed 25% of your wealth above $100 mi
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4y ago
> If Credit Suisse can go down, any bank can go down. Credit Suisse has been fucked for over a decade. Their stock has been tanking for 15 years. They're pretty much the poster child of a bank embroiled in scandals and somehow los
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4y ago
I don't think most people realize the current required reserve ratio is literally zero. https://www.federalreserve.gov/monetarypolicy/reservereq.htm
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4y ago
You're essentially saying Seattle is too expensive for chefs to live in, which means it's too expensive for nice restaurants, which means it's too expensive to function. Now extend your own logic to teachers, service workers,
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4y ago
https://old.reddit.com/r/wallstreetbets/comments/109cswl/inv... The inverse Cramer analyses on WSB are some of my favorite posts there (although it's a cesspool today so that's not much praise)
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4y ago
Do you have any examples to back up your claim? Because I already debunked the examples the author gave.
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4y ago
Harry Markopolos was calling out Madoff for nearly a decade, with accounting-based evidence on why it was impossible and an incredibly simple way to verify if Madoff was lying for the SEC or the DTCC. The SEC never bothered to check if he
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4y ago
> Remember: Red flags are very rarely outright fraud, and when they are, it’s often obvious only in hindsight...Look at Enron! Look at Madoff! The author's two examples of obvious fraud were called out by many people as fraudulent y
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4y ago
Thank you for responding. Do you know if 'Deep Resolve' potentially introduces artifacts? I believe you that it's better. I'm trying to figure out if it's either a) we developed a superior technology that is almos
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4y ago
So why aren't we already aware of what these applications are since ML has already been well-funded and hyped for about a decade? Basically what is the inflection point? Obviously this is subjective, but underwhelmed would be a compli
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4y ago
Only if you're using a broker. You can use a transfer agent and direct register your shares.
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