Sabinus

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by Sabinus 2y ago
Resusal to make or use AI-enabled weapons is not "making war slightly expensive for yourself", it's like giving up on the Manhattan project because the product is dangerous. Feels good but will lead to disaster in the long ru
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by Sabinus 2y ago
USA should eliminate first-past-the-post voting, and replace it with something like ranked choice voting. Allows for more brands in the election, as people can preference minor parties and not 'throw away their vote' if they didnt
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by Sabinus 2y ago
The elites running the show failed to either sufficiently explain why the country is doing what it is, or deliver enough bread and circuses to the population for that not to matter. Will they course correct before the system breaks? Only ti
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by Sabinus 2y ago
It would also require Congress to actually pass more legislation. A lot of the 'ruling by executive order' culture came as a result of the increasing polarisation of the legislature and subsequent lack of compromise.
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by Sabinus 2y ago
>no thanks, Podcasts are terrible. If I wanted to hear idiots laughing at each other I'd listen to the Radio DJs I agree this format of podcast is terrible, but there are many podcasts that are more like one or a couple of people ea
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by Sabinus 2y ago
What does the approach matter? OpenAI censors for civil legal reasons. Deepseek censors because of government restrictions on speech .
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by Sabinus 2y ago
25 a year due to 'Anchorage' according to the image in your source. That's once every 14.6 days, worldwide.
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by Sabinus 2y ago
And, as per the article, the Biden admin did order reinvestigations.
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by Sabinus 2y ago
>because labs have papertrails and witnesses If you have access to the labs. Second hand information and extremely delayed visits to labs in a one party state are a whole other matter.
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by Sabinus 2y ago
Sometimes they don't even need to get paid. Chinese online patriotic outrage can be very strong.
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by Sabinus 2y ago
My brother in Christ, the US has done more intense things than this in the past and been fine, and will do more intense things in the future, and (probably) be fine.
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by Sabinus 2y ago
Open to open countries. Closed to closed ones. Reciprocity is not hypocrisy.
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by Sabinus 2y ago
I think in 2024, Youtube changed the algo for the front page. Now there is almost always one video in the top two rows with tiny amounts of views. I think it came about when there were lots of complaints about discovery of niche/new st
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by Sabinus 2y ago
The US government is motivated to have their citizens content and productive. The Chinese government is motivated to have US citizens angry and unproductive. While productivity and happiness are not the same thing, I am personally far less
615.
by Sabinus 2y ago
Americans convincing their fellow citizens to do things is a very different proposition to foreign governments convincing American citizens to do things.
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by Sabinus 2y ago
>Meta, X, Google could not come up with a better TikTok. So now they buy or ban what they can't conquer. Talk about free market. What makes you think that, it's just an algo and network effects. >I love the us vs them argume
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by Sabinus 2y ago
Stiff systems like whatever version of Communism the Chinese have now, with Emperor for Life Xi don't do as well with changing circumstances and the buildup their own internal contradictions as well as the flexible democracies so there
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by Sabinus 2y ago
Foreign countries are free to mandate US companies sell or leave their market. Of course, they will not like the results of that process, but they are free and able to copy the US if they like. >USA has showed it is perfectly okay with t
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by Sabinus 2y ago
>It's transitioned the west's image from that of an unchallenged global hegemon to something of a military paper tiger. This has already resulted in a number of countries transitioning out of the western sphere of influence. In
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by Sabinus 2y ago
You think it's possible to put any decent percentage of our GLOBAL food production in greenhouses (remember with less light global temperatures go down) within ~6 months? Billions would perish. If the luckier rich countries did not get
621.
by Sabinus 2y ago
And if the developers can't sell that house because it's uninsurable, then they will stop.
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by Sabinus 2y ago
>people are whispering "managed retreat" without actually being able to say it outloud around polite company, we are starting to see programs like "we'll make you whole in case of a flood, but you aren't allowed
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by Sabinus 2y ago
>they're essentially a way to tax normal people for the faults of governments and major companies But it's a great way to deliver the signal that '(Climate) RISK IS INCREASING' directly to the voters. If the governmen
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by Sabinus 2y ago
>I don't blame some people for wanting to scrap the whole regulatory system after encountering enough of these. Regulation can used to save lives and improve outcomes, but it can also be used to suppress competitors or favor a parti
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by Sabinus 2y ago
Technology can't save you from famines when there isn't enough sunlight to grow crops for a season or two. One good supervolcano and civilization might collapse or at least take such a hit as to be utterly transformed. Billions
626.
by Sabinus 2y ago
After a society brings in universal healthcare coverage, more rules discouraging smoking, overeating, and engaging in risky activities often follow. Which is either a nice way to get the people of the country caring about each other's
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by Sabinus 2y ago
If the market is allowed to price insurance correctly then we can motivate building designs to be more disaster resist. If the McMansion can't get insurance but disaster resistant, modest homes do, then people will adapt.
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by Sabinus 2y ago
Intentions matter. Bombing a hospital with terrorists operating out of it is a very different act to deliberately and directly targeting civilians for murder and hostage taking.
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by Sabinus 2y ago
>This was genocide Please don't abuse this word. If Israel was conducing genocide there wouldn't be Arab Israelis, and the population of Gaza would not grow over time. Ethnic cleansing and insufficient proportionality considera
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by Sabinus 2y ago
In in the modern age ethnostates are distasteful, why can't we all just get along etc, but the Jewish Israelis argue that history has shown they are not safe in other countries and need a state they have political control over.

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