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by bequanna 3y ago
What am I missing here? Sick, homeless people somehow linked to the gay community? Can you connect these dots for someone who is not in the know?
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by bequanna 3y ago
I think there is a little more to it but housing is certainly one reason.
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by bequanna 3y ago
Sure, I follow you but why would this start killing people in mass? Wet bulb temp is technically “deadly” in Houston every year with relatively few deaths.
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by bequanna 3y ago
This is pretty strong conjecture that is the exact opposite of what is currently happening. If Texas is such a terrible place to live, why are so many people moving there?
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by bequanna 3y ago
Dogs seem to share some things in common to us which are unique. For example, both people and dogs will scan faces in a similar way by looking at the mouth and eyes in the same pattern.
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by bequanna 3y ago
If we collectively decide “yes” then maybe we can finally start devoting more resources to identifying and treating the underlying causes. Let’s get rigorous and start separating snake oil from real science backed treatments.
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by bequanna 3y ago
Hash of the IP would be sufficient for that purpose and would keep location anonymous.
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by bequanna 3y ago
Seems unlikely. We are in a very rural area with only a couple homes per square mile. They typically line the roads where the grass is short and are referenced by settlers when they first came to the area in the 1860s
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by bequanna 3y ago
Where I live roses grow wild and always have. They smell as good as cultivated roses.
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by bequanna 3y ago
Good for who exactly? If you’re referring to investors, tech has done great things!
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by bequanna 3y ago
What’s your point? That we should revert our living standards to the global mean because…?
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by bequanna 3y ago
Saying that the fatality rate is around 1% is pure fear mongering. Maybe 1% for highly at risk populations like elderly and immune compromised people but nowhere near 1% for the general population.
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by bequanna 3y ago
> It doesn't need to be raining locusts for things to be really messed up. Fair enough, but what is the metric for calling something "due to climate change"? Because it seems to me that currently the blame for every drop o
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by bequanna 3y ago
These weather patterns aren’t new or all that strange. This set of conditions periodically occur over time. The difference is that now people have hyper awareness of uncommon but normal weather events. Cue confirmation bias.
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by bequanna 3y ago
I think most people that struggle with work from home aren’t suffering from a bad home environment, rather they require more hands-on management.
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by bequanna 3y ago
30 years is far too low. Most homes built in the US will easily make it 70 years. Heck, I’ve seen many trailer houses that are in decent shape and >30 years old.
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by bequanna 3y ago
Right, but if you're saying that some % of people needs to be in an office to be productive a given company can let those people go, but they have to work in an office somewhere , right?
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by bequanna 3y ago
…right What is the point of inserting politics into an argument like that? You instantly lose 50% of your audience and the only upside is some smug feeling from virtue signaling.
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by bequanna 3y ago
> Imagine Trump or Hitler having better more general , smarter AI systems to what we have today? Umm, Trump had command of the most powerful military in the history of the world. How many wars did he start?
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by bequanna 3y ago
> in concert with utility scale batteries firming renewables and providing grid services Great links, but it seems like you’re papering over the actual issue: energy storage This is nowhere near solved and currently very expensive.
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by bequanna 3y ago
It is easy to imagine that (some) Yelp sales reps are following an unofficial playbook to manufacture negative reviews around the time they engage prospects. If one sales rep is caught, easy for the company to label them a rogue, bad actor.
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by bequanna 3y ago
Seems like it could be enforced like GPDR? I actually don’t have a good idea on how this would be practically enforced. But I think we could start somewhere.
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by bequanna 3y ago
I am generally not very supportive of restricting AI research via regulation. However, I would support a mandatory disclaimer indicating that content was created using LLM. Consider it a “truth in sourcing” rule.
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by bequanna 3y ago
So far, the results aren’t great. People claiming to be able to reliably detect LLM generated content have been found to be selling snake oil.
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by bequanna 3y ago
Jobs are still pretty easy to get if you have actual engineering and/or management skills. Not so much if you’re a recruiter, product manager or have “DEI” in your title.
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by bequanna 3y ago
The business isn’t “buying itself” any more than a house does when you purchase it. The debt is just placed against the assets (real assets and cash flow). The business has owners. It doesn’t “own itself”. I don’t think it is predatory at a
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by bequanna 3y ago
Well, they aren’t really forcing the company to do anything. The original owners agree to the sale which is financed by debt that is secured by the business. The other non-owner stakeholders (employees, customers) may not enjoy this new dea
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by bequanna 3y ago
Maybe white collar gov't workers are less skilled than their private sector counterparts? Alternatively, they could be "true believers"? There has to be some way to explain a pay discrepancy if it exists. How does one justify
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by bequanna 3y ago
> Gee, I wonder if there’s anything that can go wrong here, when it’s handed to unskilled, underpaid employees who don’t care and are used to just following instructions? Since when are Government employees underpaid? The salary is typic
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by bequanna 3y ago
First of all, what do you mean by "Rural living"? Living in a town of 20k people? 10k? 500? Or on an acreage/cabin a half mile from neighbors? All of these are pretty distinct experiences. Let's just say any town <20k

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