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by bruce511 4mo ago
100% correct, but I'll add that companies do use shares in other ways which also matter. For example shares can be used for buying labor. Either as options or as grants, bonuses etc. It ultimately winds up in the public shares pool, bu
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by bruce511 5mo ago
"Marketing never met a communication system they didn't want to co-opt" (I'm reminded of this every time a client want "WhatsApp support" in their (commercial) app, so they can "communicate with customers&
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by bruce511 5mo ago
I don't disagree that AI tools around meetings are cool. But they don't help you to "not attend the meeting". (not yet anyway). Many meetings have 0% content "that applies to you". But that doesn't stop yo
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by bruce511 5mo ago
I get where the writer is coming from, but it misses one very important point. >> If AI is going to 10x our productivity across the board, that means that I should be able to produce the same amount of output by midday on Monday that,
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by bruce511 5mo ago
>> I have _yet_ to hit a time where TSA can make multiple hours disappear. Lucky you :). And I hope you stay lucky! Alas your experience is not universal.
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by bruce511 5mo ago
Yes, ymmv (a lot). But alas buffer time is getting higher, not lower. Yes, TSA is a big part of the problem. It's less "how long it took" and more "how long can it take". I've personally experienced those day
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by bruce511 5mo ago
A .kids domain is not a useful approach. The vast bulk of the internet is child neutral. For example my church a web site, the bakery down the road has one, the local pro sport team has one. They're not designed "for kids", b
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by bruce511 5mo ago
Goods are usually (although not always) inferior when made by a machine. A hand-crafted solid wood table is still superior to something from Ikea. Of course hand made tables are expensive. They service a sliver of the market. Ikea serves th
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by bruce511 5mo ago
SpaceX could easily be a good buy, but it is indeed different to the others. For starters it's two businesses not one. SpaceX is clearly a leader in the field and (including StarLink) has some real profit centers. Mars is a distraction
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by bruce511 5mo ago
Depends on your definition of "immigrants". Sure, you might think of it as "people with citizenship of another nation." But I suspect it's more along the lines of "people who don't look like me." Whit
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by bruce511 5mo ago
>> I also know which code I could write with LLMs but I never check in LLM code. I could, but that would be cheating. I spend the hours writing code by hand. Spoken like someone who charges by the hour.... you are incentivised to do t
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by bruce511 5mo ago
Exactly. If you care about "who" uses the code then Free software certainly helps to limit that. If all you want is to offer "here's some code, knock yourself out" then a license like MIT and BSD is generally more u
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by bruce511 5mo ago
You're not wrong, but the License used is critical here. If the code is indeed Open Source, with an OSS license, then you can use it as-is, or just learn from it and write-your-own. You might even fold it as-is into your app. Keep the
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by bruce511 5mo ago
The value of flight is incalculable. Especially if we see it as a precursor to satellites. A lot of people invested a lot in getting g it to work. Many people died making it better and better. The cost in treasure and lives was substantia
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by bruce511 5mo ago
There will never be a colony on Mars. Not in the way we think about "colonies". For starters it's too cold, too dry, atmosphere is too thin, and there's no reasonably sustainable power source. But all of that is irreleva
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by bruce511 5mo ago
Look, I understand the hate against terms and conditions. They're not a lot of fun. But the alternative is worse. Let's imagine a world where terms and conditions don't apply; Firstly, businesses can do whatever they like. Th
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by bruce511 5mo ago
Your numbers are likely off by about half (in Germany your sunlight is less than 1200w/m2, panels are more like 22% effecient, you'll gave at least some cloudy days, your panels won't be tracking the sun.) But a small system
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by bruce511 5mo ago
The inverter keeps a log of electricity generated, used, battery used, imported and so on. I put that in a spreadsheet which calculates money saved. (Which is reasonably complex because of pricing tiers although fortunately I don't hav
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by bruce511 5mo ago
They could do all those things. But they won't. This administration is all-in on crypto, it's a key mechanism for receiving gift. They're not gonna cut it off. Its also trivial to turn your crypto into yuan and your yuan i
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by bruce511 5mo ago
I guess it depends on what you mean by virtue signaling, and indeed on how much you care about "visible" things. And to what extent the people around you care. Where I stay solar is really common (probably > 1 in 10 has it.) Pl
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by bruce511 5mo ago
You're not supposed to be down-voted simply because folk "agree or not". Honestly, I don't agree with you though. Yes, there are ways for folk to signal virtue, and that happens, but I don't think solar power is one
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by bruce511 5mo ago
I'm in the same camp as you. I'll add that my panels are returning 16% on capital spent, and it's going up as electricity prices go up. So, yes, I could probably get a higher return if I invested that capital elsewhere, but,
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by bruce511 5mo ago
I agree. It's pretty easy to train based on facts, and even experiences. And learners can often take things in unexpected directions. I think it becomes difficult to train the next layer up though, which is a sum-total of life experien
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by bruce511 5mo ago
You think you can make a bureaucrat's life miserable? By fighting a ticket? Man, that's the exciting part of the day they live for. Pay the fine. Move on with your life. Seriously.
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by bruce511 5mo ago
It's easy to look back with nostalgia, but perhaps a reality check is worthwhile. Firstly, at the time (mid to late 90s) most computers were desktop. There were relatively few servers, and the internet was small. During this period Lin
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by bruce511 5mo ago
If economists believe it, it must be true:). More seriously though, it's not as simple as 25% fewer jobs, or an economy that grows 25%. For example the number of elected positions is pretty fixed, and all those octogenarians in the sen
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by bruce511 5mo ago
If you work for 40 years, chances are you will have accumulated some assets. I'm not sure that "sell your house and cars to pay for food" is a policy that will be popular. Equally those same people have paid taxes for 40 year
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by bruce511 5mo ago
The availability of cheap alternatives to oil is completely part of the solution. Convincing Joe Public to understand yesterday switching to those is in their best interest is also necessary and very hard to do. Mission Acomplished.
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by bruce511 5mo ago
Yes I came to say the same thing. It's a truism that people don't care about supply till it stops. Interruptions of supply cause people to get antsy. They start looking for alternatives. A drought leads to a surge in well-points a
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by bruce511 5mo ago
Yry and separate your sense of self worth from your job. You are not defined by your job. A job is primarily a way of adding value - you sell your time and get paid. If your job offers you more than just money that's great. But if you

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