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by buzzert 2y ago
Generally, countries with expanding economies and a lot of physical space do not have issues with immigration. The US has its problems, but the argument generally has been over the extent of immigration, and not against immigration entirely
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by buzzert 2y ago
WIRED still does this in each issue!
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by buzzert 2y ago
Every quantum leap in technology looks that way. It's so unbelievable/magic that people can't even comprehend it.
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by buzzert 2y ago
Love the book title!
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by buzzert 2y ago
This line of thinking is really beneficial to politicians, since every year the problem doesn't get solved is another vote for them.
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by buzzert 2y ago
> there is ample evidence that homelessness can be solved if there is sufficient political will to implement a structural solution The unresolvable problem of homelessness is this: how do you house these people without concentrating pove
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by buzzert 2y ago
Is it exploitation if it's completely voluntary? I don't think you and I have the same definition for that word.
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by buzzert 2y ago
I don't think anybody's really being "forced" to do anything here. There are very affordable spots in the East Bay, some even along the BART.
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by buzzert 2y ago
Does Paul still live in the United States?
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by buzzert 2y ago
They're called "Fleet Response Agents". I'm not sure it's honest necessarily to say that it's 0%: https://waymo.com/blog/2024/05/fleet-response/
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by buzzert 2y ago
> can buy this thing and be on their phone when the car could potentially turn into oncoming traffic is mind boggling This is incorrect. Teslas have driver monitoring software, and if the driver is detected using a phone while driving, w
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by buzzert 2y ago
> I treat every Tesla driver as a drunk driver, steering away whenever I see them on highways. Would you rather drive near a drunk driver using Tesla's FSD, or one without FSD?
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by buzzert 2y ago
So, Musk was working on it?
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by buzzert 2y ago
> improving public transport with buses and tunnels Who is working on this?
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by buzzert 2y ago
Start by frying ShotSpotter instead of this fun little project.
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by buzzert 2y ago
I don't think it was a "complete failure" since we are talking about it here. I remember the whole thing quite vividly from elementary school, and it really scared me away from drugs, even as an adult to this day.
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by buzzert 2y ago
Just make sure you're paying taxes.
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by buzzert 2y ago
Arizona actually has a lot of water because of several successful and ambitious irrigation projects in the last century. So much so, that it has become an agricultural region for growing notoriously water intensive crops like alfalfa and pi
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by buzzert 2y ago
I think the other factor to consider is that once you try to sell $200B worth of Bitcoin, the value of Bitcoin suddenly drops to near zero (due to supply/demand).
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by buzzert 2y ago
And yet, despite that, most people seem to agree that it beats living in Canada[0], especially on Hacker News it seems. [0]: https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canadians-moving-to-the-us-...
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by buzzert 2y ago
> no healthcare Just a reminder, 92% of Americans have health insurance. California has universal healthcare, and there are more people in California than in Canada.
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by buzzert 2y ago
The Verge had a great YouTube video about this recently: https://youtu.be/Mc9XaeEyZ8M
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by buzzert 2y ago
But can the grid handle every lamp-post charging an EV at the same time?
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by buzzert 2y ago
Don't expect the government to do anything about this. The Five Eyes intelligence agencies are absolutely salivating over the fact that all of the data they have to collect is now colocated into a single area/feature.
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by buzzert 2y ago
Not a judgement or anything, but pointing out that you are interacting with people in a social capacity online right now.
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by buzzert 2y ago
An important detail that makes this possible: in Japan, the postal worker is allowed to enter your house. Every Japanese home has a little square area near the front door called a "genkan", where guests are supposed to remove thei
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by buzzert 2y ago
The first order effects may be extremely positive, but what about the second and third order effects?
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by buzzert 2y ago
Seattle is great, but have you been to Newport Beach? I wouldn’t want to leave either.
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by buzzert 2y ago
There is an extensive network of Greyhound busses, most people just prefer to take their own cars.
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by buzzert 2y ago
If that’s true, we should petition them and ask to please lower the cost of housing! Would you happen to have their phone number or email address?

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