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by cheriot 3y ago
It would be shocking if there weren't dozens of former employees of each working at the others. Employees per employer Meta - 86,482 Google - 156,500 CIA - 21,575 FBI - 35,000 Dept of Defense - 747,809 (civilians) Dept of State - 13,00
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by cheriot 3y ago
There's a "lot of money" and there's "a lot of money to Microsoft/Apple/Google".
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by cheriot 3y ago
Nobody will volunteer their unpaid debts so terms for those a good credit history will suffer.
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by cheriot 3y ago
If you don't like the terms with your current bank, how would you apply for a loan with a different one [that doesn't know you]? People need the ability to shop around.
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by cheriot 3y ago
100% agree on the incentives Similar to why cookie accept/deny interfaces are atrocious. They're intended to be! I think a solution will require more creativity than "have the government do it", but the current system is
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by cheriot 3y ago
oh, good point
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by cheriot 3y ago
> Pollution increases, energy requirements increase The lowest carbon emissions and least pollution per capita are in city centers. Also the lowest water usage per capita. > crime per-capita increases This is not a map of population d
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by cheriot 3y ago
California loves its Reagan era laws https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1978_California_Proposition_13
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by cheriot 3y ago
I have a similar experience in CA. It's become a joy to sit down for an afternoon with a glass of wine, researching all the down ballot races as I fill in bubbles.
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by cheriot 3y ago
Meaningful national value in a holiday for election day imo
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by cheriot 3y ago
I took some of the Wharton first year MBA classes for free on Coursera. Left me incredulous that people take out huge loans for that stuff. It's Wharton, though, so the signaling alone may be worth the price.
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by cheriot 3y ago
"I'm paying to be deceived, but not like that!" - Robert B. Carey probably This is like getting mad that the Ariel you met in Orlando wasn't the same mermaid as the movie. It's an entertainment business; you're
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by cheriot 3y ago
Did Amazon ever explain why they even wanted this acquisition? I don't think iRobot has tech they need for wear house automation. Is it about owning every home device? Maybe they'll turn the vacuum into a security robot to integra
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by cheriot 3y ago
Did Amazon ever explain why they even wanted this acquisition? I don't think iRobot has tech they need for wear house automation. Is it about owning every home device? Maybe they'll turn the vacuum into a security robot to integra
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by cheriot 3y ago
I agree. That was an attempt at reductio ad absurdum.
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by cheriot 3y ago
Generally agree, but unfortunately the EU screwed up informed tracking consent. By giving control of the consent UI to the website owner, it's as painful as possible to use (incentives!). Make the requirement an API so the browser cont
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by cheriot 3y ago
There's a lot of movies available to "rent" or buy for a couple dollars, but more people pay for bundles than a la cart.
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by cheriot 3y ago
> Cities have seen plenty of high-end housing built (afaik), and yet there is still a lack of affordable housing. They permit office space for more workers than bedrooms. A big clue: pandemic aside, commutes get longer every year. > T
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by cheriot 3y ago
We should require two stairs for single family housing as well. The elderly and disabled will also need to get furniture up stairs. Not to mention that the housing shortage forces more people to share a house with strangers.
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by cheriot 3y ago
> Also, which regulations? The entire article is on the prohibition of single stair multi-family residential. > I'm not sure we need more high-end development - those tenants have plenty of options. This is silly. When car makers
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by cheriot 3y ago
This is what's held me back. Unlike a password or account number, I can't undo a data breach (or legal exploitation) of my DNA.
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by cheriot 3y ago
The algorithm hype cycle keeps on turning. Voice assistants, self driving cars, and now LLMs. Each one represents an advancement, but nothing to justify the hopes and dreams people expect them to solve any minute now. Every major company ha
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by cheriot 3y ago
Seems like a misleading headline. Total energy used is at a record low: https://www.energy-charts.info/charts/energy/chart.htm?l=en&... Much of the decline came from gas, presumably because they stopped buying
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by cheriot 3y ago
> This bike share scheme is only possible because the city traded away its outdoor ad space. Yes, it's a trade off. I wish my city had free bike share.
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by cheriot 3y ago
When people invade with their wife and kids it is a migration. Why would we not call it that? Perhaps there was a previous effort to cast anyone invading Rome as a barbarian and it's worth reconsidering that bias. Hence the English wor
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by cheriot 3y ago
Responsibility (and blame) goes to the people that have the power to change the outcome. The municipality controls housing and homeless policy. The state controls the mental healthcare system. The feds allowed the opium epidemic. If we want
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by cheriot 3y ago
The role of tech is no different than any other industry. The problems were created by politicians making bad decisions. Easier to blame tech than fix things.
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by cheriot 3y ago
This is better handled by the phone and app store. Expecting every app and website to figure out a user's age makes this more complicated than necessary.
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by cheriot 3y ago
We disagree on how human nature works and the ability for normal people to become educated on every topic that can harm them. People trust their doctor and don't have the medical training to know if something is riskier than they'
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by cheriot 3y ago
For something more recent, I'd recommend any of the books or documentaries on oxycontin sparking a more recent opium epidemic. As badly as the FDA failed, we'd be worse off if we didn't have one. There's good reasons peo

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