Zamaamiro

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by Zamaamiro 2y ago
... while simultaneously adding trillions to the deficit to finance tax cuts for the rich.
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by Zamaamiro 2y ago
Actually very unlikely unless Congress passes a bill.
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by Zamaamiro 2y ago
There's nothing in the definition of inflation that says it needs to be driven by consumer demand.
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by Zamaamiro 2y ago
I don't see how "but that's the way we used to do things" is an argument in favor of conversational interfaces. The whole point is that we currently have better , more efficient ways of doing those things, so why would
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by Zamaamiro 2y ago
Trump has net negative approval rating. https://www.natesilver.net/p/trump-approval-ratings-nate-sil...
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by Zamaamiro 2y ago
As somebody whose work is closely involved with the US military, particularly INDOPACOM and SPACECOM, I can assure you you don't have the full picture. China is plenty capable of competing with us in a high-intensity conflict, especial
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by Zamaamiro 2y ago
Americans enjoy their current (highly subsidized) standard of living in large part because we produce a surplus of goods and services that we export to the rest of the world. If a good chunk of the world turns against the US, such that they
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by Zamaamiro 2y ago
The majority of people thought they were voting for cheaper groceries, not for undoing our entire system of alliances and global trade. Also, the President is not a King, so just because people voted for him it doesn't mean opposition
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by Zamaamiro 2y ago
This is an odd non-sequitur.
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by Zamaamiro 2y ago
It's not at all unreasonable for consumers to demand vendors--especially those with as much market power as Amazon--to take steps to foster trust that, though they may not rise to the level of "proving a negative," still go s
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by Zamaamiro 2y ago
Never mind "proving", there are plenty of low-effort steps they could take to foster trust (as outlined elsewhere in this thread) that they choose not to do. They choose not to meet even the bare minimum. We are in a thread that i
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by Zamaamiro 2y ago
The extraordinary claim requiring extraordinary evidence is the idea that Big Tech companies are not spying on you any time they can.
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by Zamaamiro 2y ago
ProPublica does outstanding investigative reporting, to include among many more examples their investigative reporting on the nation's stillbirth crisis [1], our broken healthcare insurance system [2], and how the rich and wealthy avoi
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by Zamaamiro 2y ago
As with plenty of other things he is doing, this is illegal. The President of the United States is engaging in flagrantly illegal behavior on a daily basis as 30% of the country cheers him on.
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by Zamaamiro 2y ago
A plain reading of the Constitution as well as the 1974 Impoundment Control Act should both be enough to debunk that legal theory, but alas here we are. [1] https://www.stevevladeck.com/p/120-the-impoundment-crisis-of..
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by Zamaamiro 2y ago
We don't when said President illegally fires the inspectors general responsible for independent oversight. [1] https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/fired-inspecto...
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by Zamaamiro 2y ago
I would not fire staff responsible for safeguarding nuclear material, and I wouldn't be trying to avoid transparency. [1] https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-02-14/elon-m...
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by Zamaamiro 2y ago
That's a definition of "vetting" that nobody else but you seems to have proposed. Feels like a strawman.
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by Zamaamiro 2y ago
Why would I trust a serial liar with anything? Also, just because he was duly elected it does not give him carte blanche to do whatever he wants, especially when he's running afoul of the law and firing all of the inspectors general an
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by Zamaamiro 2y ago
People did not vote to give Elon Musk absolute, unaccountable access to the most sensitive machineries of government. They've fired and hobbled all of the inspectors general and parties that are supposed to monitor and hold them accoun
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by Zamaamiro 2y ago
I don't like using the Hitler comparison because it makes people have a kneejerk reaction and tune you out, but it is plainly undeniable that Trump makes many statements that could be attributed, word for word, to any number of authori
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by Zamaamiro 2y ago
The chairman of the Federal Reserve is accountable to Congress. The chairman must regularly report to and testify before Congress. This is established in the Federal Reserve Act of 1913.
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by Zamaamiro 2y ago
Rather than gesturing generally at all of these "irrational" and "hyperbolic" comments, why not take the time to thoughtfully rebut any specific comment that you believe is engaging in irrationality and hyperbole? I woul
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by Zamaamiro 2y ago
That "essentially" is doing a lot of heavy lifting. Please point me to a specific Executive Order issued during Biden's administration that resulted in "forced speech." On the other hand, the current administration
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by Zamaamiro 2y ago
This EO, combined with his proclamation that "He who saves the country does not violate any law" paint a very concerning picture. This has, historically speaking, been the language of tyrants. No President is above the law, nor do
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by Zamaamiro 4y ago
“We’ll I didn’t see anything” is a terribly unscientific methodology.
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by Zamaamiro 4y ago
What about the freedom of speech of all those they harass and dox?
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by Zamaamiro 4y ago
Yup. You need to make a lot of assumptions arrive at this strained conclusion. Why not apply Occam’s razor?
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by Zamaamiro 4y ago
I’m curious why this strikes you as a more reasonable explanation. It seems to me that you would need to make more assumptions to arrive at this conclusion than to arrive at other alternative conclusions.
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by Zamaamiro 5y ago
Start ups are (ideally) based on ideas for solving existing problems. Programming languages are just a tool to solve a problem, not the solution in and of itself.

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