SlapperKoala

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by SlapperKoala 5y ago
I like the idea but could use some tweaking. I keep getting conservative christian websites for some reason. And foreign language sites
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by SlapperKoala 5y ago
> Hanson says regarding national metrics[... ] The big issue I feel like he underrates is the massive incentive to take control of the agency that's supposed to be doing objective assessments. These are now effectively the most powe
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by SlapperKoala 5y ago
What sinister Atlanticist goals do earthquake updates serve? It's an entirely opt in system. Nothing stopping other bots opting in as well. The only ones who wouldn't would be ones trying to pretend they're not bots
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by SlapperKoala 5y ago
What's your solution to the systemic problems they raise?
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by SlapperKoala 5y ago
The cheapest way to automate something is always poor people.This applies even more so in the developing world. Where the vast majority of new construction is happening. Though it would be interesting to see what the state of construction i
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by SlapperKoala 5y ago
In most major cities the real cost is the land and paperwork to be able to build there. The actual physical materials the building is made of are mostly aesthetic
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by SlapperKoala 5y ago
If you have bugs in an app or website people get mildly annoyed, if you have bugs in a bricklayer a building can fall down. The cost benefit calculation is very different
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by SlapperKoala 5y ago
Pinyin uses English style punctuation, which is different from what is used in other Latin alphabet languages
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by SlapperKoala 5y ago
More labor intensive. Often requires large upfront capital investment and adopting of new skills to implement. Benefits are difficult to quantify.
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by SlapperKoala 5y ago
Yeah and there's a reason people stopped keeping money in cash
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by SlapperKoala 5y ago
A lot of them will be messaging their staff and colleagues. Frequently they get briefings and information sent to them mid debate
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by SlapperKoala 5y ago
In my experience "working for yourself" means in practice "working for your clients." You still need an external party willing to give you money for your work. And they will have requirements about how it is done and whe
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by SlapperKoala 5y ago
> SOME of the 0.1% who can work 18 hours a day nonstop for a decade with extreme natural ability I'm sceptical of whether they actually exist as described tbh. There's an obvious incentive for rich business people to emphasize
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by SlapperKoala 5y ago
I feel like a lot of it is the same stuff that you get in generic self help books, but explained in contemporary techie language and cultural references. Not that that is necessarily bad per se, there can be a lot lot of value to reminding