carefulfungi

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by carefulfungi 25d ago
Being able to read the smaller text on smartwatches and smaller phones, for many of us was a luxury of youth. I'd rather carry a larger phone than a smaller phone and a pair of reading glasses.
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by carefulfungi 28d ago
In the sense that the law is expansive... probably? But... There is a federal law requiring government officials provide "honest services" (the searchable phrase to learn more). The supreme court ruled it was too vague to be const
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by carefulfungi 1mo ago
https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/06/anthropic-destroyed-milli...
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by carefulfungi 1mo ago
McSweeneys is of course a satire site. A list of destroyed books would require leaking proprietary information from the AI companies, unless one of them volunteered the list (or disclosed it in a court filing). They have admitted to destroy
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by carefulfungi 1mo ago
The US president is head of the executive branch, one co-equal third of the entire government, also including the courts (article III of the constitution), and congress (article I).
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by carefulfungi 1mo ago
As an American, I don't see see how you can separate this trade talk from the constant, explicit threats to Canadian sovereignty by Trump - threats he's carried out in reality against Iran, Venezuela, and Cuba. And now economicall
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by carefulfungi 1mo ago
Sorry for assuming you were European in expressing what I see as ironic. Perhaps itself ironic as a mistake. My bad. I think Europe and the Americas are differently heterogeneous and differently homogeneous. Certainly the Europeans have mad
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by carefulfungi 1mo ago
It's amusing to see a European cite the linguistic result of European colonialism (assuming your three languages are Spanish, English, French - or maybe Portuguese) - and the destruction of thousands of spoken languages - as an argumen
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by carefulfungi 1mo ago
Why is this ironic? I see this point a lot but don’t understand the underlying reasoning for why it is a meaningful rebuttal? It’s insane that the US administration (said as an American) doesn’t continue to treasure a values-aligned, peace
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by carefulfungi 2mo ago
https://www.aclu.org/news/privacy-technology/can-border-agen...
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by carefulfungi 2mo ago
I still miss rdio. Part of my halcyon internet.
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by carefulfungi 2mo ago
A warrant isn't an effective safe guard unless you trust the government to only prosecute actual crimes. The US federal government has demonstrated, explicitly, that it is willing to use law enforcement for political ends and will char
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by carefulfungi 2mo ago
Because, often, that's how they became the richest, most powerful humans. If your goal is to have money and power, and you have more today than yesterday, the world for you didn't get worse.
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by carefulfungi 2mo ago
Adversarial advocacy is core to most (western?) societies. Weird to call out the NGO here while ignoring the opposing industry groups on the other side. It's exhausting that _everything_ is litigated. But I still prefer it to authorita
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by carefulfungi 2mo ago
The previous agreement ended with the US killing the Ayatollah and other senior leaders, promoting regime change, and demanding unconditional surrender. Venezuela capitulated to the US and is now under US control. If Iran's leadership&
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by carefulfungi 2mo ago
That's not even enough though. Ask the Canadians who signed the USMCA ( https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefings-statements/pr... ). There's zero foundation for trust to uphold an international agreement
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by carefulfungi 3mo ago
Future (and current) presidents seem unlikely to be encumbered by laws. They can spend or not spend the budget. They can fire and effectively disable lawful commissions. They are immune from criminal proceedings. They can have any personal
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by carefulfungi 3mo ago
Is it common in other states that you only need a test for a license. Where I live (in the US) if you are a new driver (under 18) you need 30 hours of classroom instruction, 18 hours of trainer-driving time, a 6 month learner permit period
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by carefulfungi 4mo ago
I admittedly did not RTFM to learn "how to replace the windshield fluid." Lesson learned. Lol.
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by carefulfungi 4mo ago
Owned a BMW. Had the audacity to use non-BMW windshield washer fluid. The fluid sensor broke; because in a BMW it’s a fancy sensor that is only compatible with specific washing fluids. Sums up my experience with that car. It was nice to sit
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by carefulfungi 4mo ago
If the parent comment is true, it seems the problematic aspect is the leverage created by the P/E ratio more than the percentage of ownership. What a weird situation.
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by carefulfungi 4mo ago
The problem described isn't companies buying goods and services. It's buying from an entity they partially own and then profiting as that entity becomes more valuable because of the purchase.
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by carefulfungi 4mo ago
I doubt VCs have different distribution of personal character from other professional groups. In my experience, a more interesting friction is that VCs are pursuing a diversification strategy while founders are pursing a singleton strategy.
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by carefulfungi 4mo ago
This situation is changing in the US but isn't well reported, in my opinion. We haven't regained traditional apprenticeship roles (perhaps because we so weakened unions?) but 30 (of 50) States have free or heavily subsidized two-y
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by carefulfungi 4mo ago
If you care to read about this, google/search/internet for "torts section 344". Here's an example: https://www.mbm-law.net/insights/premises-liability-for-thir... Here's a more nuanced ex
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by carefulfungi 4mo ago
I didn't mean to imply there's a single all-encompassing metric or silver bullet, but re-reading, I did kinda write it that way. When you find someone whose code persists a long time, that's often a strong signal of quality c
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by carefulfungi 4mo ago
The administration has attacked, as they promised when running for election, all of the perceived power centers of its opposition: the arts, individuals, educational institutions, selected law firms, science and researchers, civil servants,
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by carefulfungi 4mo ago
In the case of Meta, X, et. al., the conversation is an integral part of the product. It isn't incidental "around their premises". You're also wrong though - a corporation is absolutely liable for threats and various typ
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by carefulfungi 4mo ago
I prefer an alternate measure - great developers write code with a long half life relative to the rest of the product. (An idea I learned from a hiring reference check ... of all places.)
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by carefulfungi 4mo ago
Counterpoint - Businesses are generally liable in the physical world for harms caused on their premises by a foreseeable hazard. Whether as simple as a pothole in a parking lot that causes injury or an unstable shelf that collapses, … The m

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