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by avalys 2y ago
“Criminal use of presidential power” is a bit of an oxymoron, which is why people are getting wrapped up in knots here. The Supreme Court said, if the Constitution authorizes the President to do it, then he can’t be criminally prosecuted. T
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by avalys 2y ago
Are you saying that all regulation is good, and that regulation can’t ever be misguided, harmful, counter-productive, etc.? And that the best solution to any problem is to enact regulation (which doesn’t even have to be good?) If you’re not
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by avalys 2y ago
Yes, and? That very “race to the bottom” is what drives progress. Yes, it’s much messier than having a central authority dictate everything. Such is life. Making a product cheaper to produce without affecting what people care about (or, equ
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by avalys 2y ago
Are you suggesting that the people who could afford $700 for a Humane AI pin last year were not capable of doing research about the company, its history, its prospects? Every one of these people have access to the sum total of all human kno
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by avalys 2y ago
This is a non sequitur. The original comment referred to the $116M HP paid to acquire the assets. None of that was paid to employees. Yes, Humane burned through $200M of investor capital, and some of it was spent on salaries for employees.
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by avalys 2y ago
Regulations are necessary where the harm that we’re protecting against is so severe that avoiding it is worth the cost and lost productivity of administering and complying with the regulation. Food and water safety certainly fall in that ca
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by avalys 2y ago
No one is getting paid. Everyone involved is taking a loss. Humane turned $200M of venture capital into a $100M company. At best, some investors are getting $0.50 on the dollar.
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by avalys 2y ago
Why is this regulation necessary? You can just choose not to buy products whose future you’re skeptical of. In this case, Humane would likely go bankrupt rather than pay out the refunds your regulation would require, so it would still be in
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by avalys 2y ago
10% seems pretty innocuous to me.
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by avalys 2y ago
In what way does this article support the claim that psychologists “experiment on social media users for maximizing their various engagement and click metrics”?
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by avalys 2y ago
Cite that this actually happens? Note that “this person is a psychologist and is employed by Meta working on user research” is not evidence that supports the statement you made.
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by avalys 2y ago
What do you think it is? What do you think is motivating Musk?
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by avalys 2y ago
So what?
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by avalys 2y ago
That's cute, but these measures of "wealth" are misleading in a subtle way. The way articles like this and most popular media portrays it, people like Jeff Bezos are wealthy because they are hoarding money that they somehow e
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by avalys 2y ago
Starting from timestamp A, how do I find the Unix timestamp B corresponding to exactly 6 months in the future from timestamp B?
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by avalys 2y ago
Umm, in 99% of the US, cyclists and pedestrians are definitely the special interest group, and the vast majority of voters and especially taxpayers want to see the transportation infrastructure optimized for cars.
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by avalys 2y ago
If I'm working on a small hobby project by myself, or some open-source stuff, sure! I agree the Jetbrains stuff is great, I've been using them since 2001 with IntelliJ IDEA. But most of the large industrial codebases I've wor
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by avalys 2y ago
I thought this was going to be about tau, which is not pi's evil twin, but rather, the One True Circle Constant. https://tauday.com/tau-manifesto
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by avalys 2y ago
When I'm coding, most of my time is spent thinking about the right structure, organization, or solution. Or, debugging something that isn't acting as expected (which, again, is mostly thinking). I spend comparably little time actu
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by avalys 2y ago
Fair point, although I think it's true that C++ gives you more rope to hang yourself with, and if I had to choose, I'd rather maintain a crusty old codebase written in Java than one written in C++.
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by avalys 2y ago
If you're starting a new project with a talented team that knows how to use modern C++ well, I agree that C++ is great! It's a pleasant and powerful language, delivers great performance and (while complicated) is straightforward t
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by avalys 2y ago
I wouldn't say "extremely rare". Mechanical failures, maintenance errors, ATC errors, bird strikes, incorrect weather forecasts, etc. are all very common accident causes that are not attributed to pilot error. EDIT: This arti
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by avalys 2y ago
I don’t carefully edit any configs. I try to be productive with the default/recommended configuration as much as possible, and be flexible when things change rather than fight to restore the familiar behavior. Otherwise you’re constant
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by avalys 2y ago
It is impossible for a Linux-compatible PC to have a problem with Linux, because if a PC has a problem with Linux, it is obviously not Linux-compatible. Therefore, if you ever have a problem with Linux on your PC, it is your fault for expec
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by avalys 2y ago
I don’t get why people get addicted to drugs. I just decide not to take drugs, and I have no problems! What’s so hard about that?
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by avalys 2y ago
I don’t see it that way. It cost patients $0.20 each to have a competent person running the company. Without a competent person running the company, UHC would go bankrupt and would not be able to provide any healthcare at all. I am not sure
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by avalys 2y ago
Can you elaborate?
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by avalys 2y ago
> Doctors deserve fair compensation for their expertise and time, just like any other skilled professional. What's fair compensation for the skilled professional who administers a $50B organization? Your proposed alternative to corp
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by avalys 2y ago
What's the difference between "profiting off of denying treatment" and "minimizing healthcare spending"? Is minimizing healthcare spending unethical?
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by avalys 2y ago
Is it your belief that UHC could have approved every denied claim and paid for these out of their 6% profit margin? This seems at odds with the numbers I have seen shared here. If not, what do you think would happen if UHC lost money by pay

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