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by afpx 7mo ago
Why was this flagged? And, there's no vouch option Yes, Thiel openly says surveillance tech is the anti-Christ. Then, he goes on to build the tech. The frustrating thing is seeing it happen in real-time and knowing you can't infor
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by afpx 7mo ago
Thank you so much for sharing this in a delightful blog post. One of the more enjoyable things I've read in a while. Very motivating!
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by afpx 7mo ago
Was the the "Russian criminal network" the Chabad network?
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by afpx 7mo ago
Wait until you see these "YIGBY" bills that are being passed across the country
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by afpx 8mo ago
We actually have a glut of PhDs, which has been a factor in increased fraud and corruption
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by afpx 8mo ago
I'm trying to follow this but unclear of the root of the problem. Is it beacause building roads in L.A. is inherantly more expensive than elsewhere? I thought one of the selling points of cities was scale: costs are spread over more pe
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by afpx 8mo ago
deanonymizing the people who deanonymize people at scale
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by afpx 8mo ago
Doing the investigations is a whole industry in itself. If it's true that security is only as strong as the weakest link, and they grant people like Jared Kushner top security clearance, then it's all theater at this point.
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by afpx 8mo ago
I thought this was what Larry meant when he said surveillance will keep citizens on their best behavior. If one’s reputation score is low, sorry no money. Also, if anyone in one’s network has bad behavior, no money and no friends. Maybe th
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by afpx 8mo ago
I'd like a semi-anonymous private network. Something like: I go to local post office and purchase a sealed token. I use the token to generate a reusable “verified human credential” with limited reuses. The credential allows me to conne
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by afpx 8mo ago
My wife manages 70 software developers. Her boss, the CIO, who has no practical programming experiece, is demanding her and her peers cut 50% of their staff in the next year.
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by afpx 8mo ago
We're literally animals, evolved for dominance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_dominance_hierarchy_sp... One could try to argue that some of us are special exceptions. But, there's no evidence for that.
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by afpx 8mo ago
That is absolutely against the evidence, but yes people do like to think they are naturally righteous and good.
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by afpx 8mo ago
Necessity is the mother of invention. Americans like to invent things - we'll be fine.
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by afpx 8mo ago
History contains abundant, well-documented cases of ordinary people participating in atrocities without coercion. Most people will act decently in low-pressure environments and will act badly under certain incentives, authority structures,
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by afpx 8mo ago
What I mean is that for some people , the Gospel toggle some previously unknown bits in the brain that activates and transforms them. And, worship just becomes what they do. It's the freedom of it - they become unshackled. I really do
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by afpx 8mo ago
exactly - the worship part is essential, having obedience to good
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by afpx 8mo ago
I can understand your POV. My parents were atheists. Then, in college, it was just assumed everyone was one. So, I just accepted that as truth. I went on to read all the philosophy and religions. I always avoided Jesus though because honest
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by afpx 8mo ago
What about Pershing Square? in 2008 Bill Ackman gave a presentation on how to crash the housing market and profit from it. Looks like he's still out there destroying peoples' lives.
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by afpx 8mo ago
I've been using my credit card at restaurants for 30 years. I've used it probably 5000 times, and I've only had the number stolen once (from a grocery store). Where are these low-trust areas of the US? I want to visit and che
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by afpx 8mo ago
Who are the antisemites? Are you implying people are born antisemite? If so, please pray for better eyes and ears. The vast majority of people have never seen or interacted with a rabbinic Jew. People only see the country of Israel, which a
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by afpx 9mo ago
There would have to be a very long period of peace, first. Periods of government instability, as we have now, actually cause American citizens to want to reaffirm their rights, not relinquish them. And, the 2nd amendment represents somethin
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by afpx 9mo ago
The vast majority of Humans are also descended from the Jewish people of the Torah. In fact, half of the people I know have an Ashkenazi Grandfather or Great-grandfather. So, why can't we all be part of the state of Israel, too? Isn&#x
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by afpx 9mo ago
> So, how long until my Airpods can read my mind? Or explode in your ear
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by afpx 9mo ago
Therefore what to do? I have seen these Hacker News vitamin D ads appear every few months for the past 15 years, or so. I always seem to have a vitamin D deficiency, so it reminds me to take supplements. I take them for a few months, hoping
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by afpx 9mo ago
404 for me so here's the archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20260128171743/https://developer...
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by afpx 9mo ago
I accidently worked for a shady government black-ops contractor once, and they somehow would routinely get dubious references to their 'data analysis' in NYT and Washington Post articles. Their executives knew a lot of executives.
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by afpx 9mo ago
I talk to enough people to tell me when something is important enough to know. I assume that's how news used to be transferred.
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by afpx 9mo ago
I saw the writing on the wall the first day in the office. Microsoft was already dumping loads of R&D money into software development automation. They were very motivated. Everyone hated software developers because we made too much mone
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by afpx 9mo ago
In the 90s, I remember explaining to my college econ professor that the cost of developing software would decrease to zero within 30 years. He kind of got it but then kept encouraging kids to study computer science for the money.

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