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by basementcat 2y ago
Perhaps if USAID had purchased more Starlinks and/or had a contract with Palantir, then maybe the President's Malaria Initiative might be saved.
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by basementcat 2y ago
Fundamentally transforming the CIA has been a goal of some conservatives. https://newrepublic.com/article/139348/trumps-war-cia-deep-r...
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by basementcat 2y ago
We can but an electoral majority of American voters prefer the current arrangement.
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by basementcat 2y ago
> The 8 month buyout was completely legal, Clinton did the same. The 1995 buyout offer was passed by Congress and signed by Clinton. https://clintonwhitehouse6.archives.gov/1995/04/1995-04-04-p... https:/
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by basementcat 2y ago
Somewhat unrelated but maybe not. https://www.hundredsofbeavers.com
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by basementcat 2y ago
My understanding is an electoral majority of Americans are dissatisfied with the current "globalist" world order in which many parts of the world are gradually converging towards cultural homogeneity. As an example in the past few
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by basementcat 2y ago
Relevant video https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-ImdlZtOU80
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by basementcat 2y ago
Would the outcome depend on they’re Uyghur or Han ethnicity?
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by basementcat 2y ago
I concede that it may be possible to iterate faster if one dis-constrains certain safety regulations (FAA, radiation protection, planetary protection).
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by basementcat 2y ago
Perhaps if USAID found a way to pay Palatir for some data science work or bought ads from Twitter, the current administration might realize the value of the organization.
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by basementcat 2y ago
I’m sure the current Supreme Court (which was selected by elected Presidents and Senators) will have no trouble explaining how recent events have been "reasonable" and 100% followed constitutional procedures.
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by basementcat 2y ago
Congress was elected by the people and in a representative democracy, the voters decide (through their elected representatives) what is a crime.
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by basementcat 2y ago
Kidding aside, my understanding is this sort of thing cannot be microcode patched. But I would be pleased to be proven wrong.
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by basementcat 2y ago
While you’re at it, allow for a few more ulp (units of least place) error for floating point ops.
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by basementcat 2y ago
Should more public servants use these types of nicknames to refer to their colleagues?
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by basementcat 2y ago
I thought every equity incentive program was milestone based. If the business doesn’t do well your shares are worth less. If you don’t perform well you’re fired and some of your options or RSU don’t vest or are repurchased for $0/sh.
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by basementcat 2y ago
Wealthy generally suffer less. Sometimes they may even thrive with new arbitrage opportunities.
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by basementcat 2y ago
I played the violin in my high school orchestra and my instrument had a sticker inside stating it was a "copy of an Antonio Stradivarius Violin". Some years later I visit a museum where they had a beautiful violin. Inside was a st
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by basementcat 2y ago
The human mind is capable of amazing feats of mental gymnastics.
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by basementcat 2y ago
I think it is combination of two factors. 1. A subset of HN readers are uninterested in items outside a narrow range of topics and wish to keep HN focused instead of becoming like other forums that grew to cater to broader audiences. 2. For
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by basementcat 2y ago
Does this take duplicate submissions into account? EDIT: May be interesting to do similar analysis for "paulg"
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by basementcat 2y ago
An interesting theory that a colleague proposed to me recently is that it is indeed consistent with free market principles for monopolistic entities to emerge and influence public policy. Consumers presumably think very hard about every pur
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by basementcat 2y ago
I think it is more complicated than that. I think many of them feel obligated to maintain their professional relationships and not threaten them by allowing too much "counter revolutionary" content to appear on this platform.
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by basementcat 2y ago
The Bellamy Salute was similar but not exactly the same. Im sure that if Elon's "gesture" connotes no special meaning, there would be no problem with you making the gesture before your colleagues and customers.
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by basementcat 2y ago
An electoral majority of voters agree that handing him influence over federal government operations was better than the alternative. I am not aware of any widespread "regret" by voters over this issue; please correct me if I'
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by basementcat 2y ago
Perhaps there exists an internal incentive program in which employees are rewarded if they find new ways to integrate copilot and related technologies into other MS products.
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by basementcat 2y ago
Fortunately the free market takes care of this and there are plenty of other EV's consumers may purchase.
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by basementcat 2y ago
Many Americans no longer believe it is taboo to salute him.
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by basementcat 2y ago
My understanding is they may have been providing assistance to refugees. This type of activity may not be consistent with "America First" rhetoric.
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by basementcat 2y ago
Dang may be in a vulnerable position. My understanding is they serve at the pleasure of paulg. If dang unflags too many of these, their job could be in danger.

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