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by bean469 9mo ago
Because most people don't care enough to protest
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by bean469 9mo ago
Not true in case of NATO. NATO does not have a military, but it's member states do, each contributing in ways that are unique to their geopolitical and strategic situation (see Estonia leading NATO's Cyber Defense Centre, Norway&#
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by bean469 9mo ago
High GDP per capita does not immediately mean that people are rich. As one other commenter noted, Ireland has a very high GDP per capita, but your average Irish person is not living rich
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by bean469 9mo ago
When the shareholders want infinite growth no matter the cost, this is what you get
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by bean469 9mo ago
> We can see that with clothing and appearance: people started to dress slovenly, preferring comfort to being presentable and well-put together. I know a 21 year old dude who dresses like he's from the 50s, suit, hat and all. He loo
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by bean469 9mo ago
Now that you mention it, I indeed cannot remember a single strip where unionization would be mentioned, despite it always being a relevant topic in the critique of office jobs
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by bean469 9mo ago
I think that the President has too much power and should have only a symbolic role, limited to soft-powers
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by bean469 9mo ago
> Modern cars break down less than older cars Could be a coincidence, but I seem to hear the opposite from almost every single car mechanic I have ever talked to
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by bean469 9mo ago
> I could. My wife couldn't. Many women can, though. So I don't see how that's an argument
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by bean469 9mo ago
> How is it possible that beef, dairy, and chicken are front and center while Lentils, Tofu (or even just soy), Chickpeas, Nutritional Yeast, Broccoli, etc are all left off? Possibly because those foods are culturally un-American or some
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by bean469 9mo ago
> But at the same time technofeudalism, dystopia, etc. You could run LLMs locally to mitigate this. Of course, running large models like GLM-4.6 is not feasible for most people, but smaller models can run even on Macbooks and sometimes p
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by bean469 9mo ago
> While the author doesn't seem to be aware of state of the art in the field The blog post is from 2022, though
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by bean469 9mo ago
I suppose you could argue that it is a great book in terms of style and prose, which is why kids should be introduced to the work. I did not grow up in the US, so I have only first read it as a young adult and I vividly remember that the bo
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by bean469 9mo ago
Love this comment [1] under the post > $1.8 billion? So do those of us who contribute get any of that? 1. https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/408138/what-will-ha...
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by bean469 9mo ago
> Maduro was smuggling drugs in USA Do you have sources for this not including the official White House position?
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by bean469 9mo ago
> Gifts do not confer obligation. Technically not, but giving back is a nice thing to do
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by bean469 10mo ago
> The US government is a democracy and can be replaced should it exceed people’s limits In theory, yes, but why do you think that it would be possible to forcefully replace in practice?
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by bean469 10mo ago
> "communistiquesque" countries never (seemingly) have the will or sheer talent for. I don't have the data to back it up, but I think that there is actually the same amount of will and talent in China as in the West
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by bean469 10mo ago
> The Netflix one worked Did it, though? User frustration seems to be growing, people are already seeking out alternatives
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by bean469 10mo ago
> There’s not much of a market, so leaving makes sense. Let's be honest, most people who have trucks don't use them for work and towing
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by bean469 10mo ago
> Apple's RAM is faster than PC RAM Are you sure about that? The M5 memory has a max bandwidth of ~150 GB/s, meanwhile there is PC memory that reaches 200 GB/s
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by bean469 10mo ago
> Have a sales guy drive you down the freeway in that Ram 1500 Lonestar Edition. Observe how quiet your conversation can be at 80mph. I have been driven in luxury murdertrucks before, but none have come close in terms of sound isolation
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by bean469 10mo ago
Companies must grow fast and large at all costs due to shareholder pressure, competitiveness and many other factors. This means that short-term profits naturally have priority. It makes much sense, from a short-term profits perspective, to
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by bean469 10mo ago
> Is anyone in Europe really believing the USA still has our back? Can't speak for my whole country, but the opinion among the people in my age group at least is that the US would expect a ROI on military interventions in Europe
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by bean469 10mo ago
Not all of those are free software, though, so comparing them might not be correct
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by bean469 11mo ago
> How many times a day / week / month do you launch your browser from scratch ? Personally, around 5 times per day, every day. When I don't browse, I close the browser
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by bean469 11mo ago
There's a popular saying about correlation and causation
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by bean469 11mo ago
Where did you get these facts? Some are extremely cherrypicked, and some are outright false. > The Titanic was built for that purpose. It was built to compete with Cunard's Lusitania/Mauretania. While immigrants did board it, e
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by bean469 11mo ago
Totally unrelated, but awesome username!
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by bean469 11mo ago
> If you let your kids run around in giant parking lots I would argue you are a bad parent. > Ever heard of parks? I remember being bored as hell when my parents used to take me to the city park. Many other kids thought the same, too.

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