cm2012

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by cm2012 5mo ago
Here is some evidence: https://womensenews.org/2002/07/bangladesh-garment-workers-h ... “Ever since I started working in the garment factory, my life has changed. For the first time, I am not being looked upon as a
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by cm2012 5mo ago
Here is some evidence: https://womensenews.org/2002/07/bangladesh-garment-workers-h... “Ever since I started working in the garment factory, my life has changed. For the first time, I am not being looked upon as a
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by cm2012 5mo ago
There is also a lot of evidence that shows the availability of factory jobs in developing countries (not just Africa but also India and Pakistan) is very good for young women. A young woman who gets a job outside of her poor family is much
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by cm2012 5mo ago
The only reason this is upvoted at all is people have an emotional attachment to trees. Note, there is no moral difference between a cultivated tree and a cultivate tulip or corn stalk. Its not like trees have a bigger brain because they ar
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by cm2012 5mo ago
At least in America the working class has the highest inflation adjusted income in history. The bottom quartile of incomes went up 30% in the last 5 years. Its one reason why services have gotten more expensive
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by cm2012 5mo ago
Great example of vibe coding
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by cm2012 5mo ago
I read this book when I was 18 and took it to heart. I love complimenting people. Its such a joy.
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by cm2012 5mo ago
Both Israel and Palestine are blinded by ideology. It is a very common failure mode for people.
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by cm2012 5mo ago
Ad targeting llms continue to improve
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by cm2012 6mo ago
No true Scotsman fallacy
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by cm2012 6mo ago
It will be funny when the AI learns to browse Reddit and watch porn during the work day.
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by cm2012 6mo ago
A lot of big words, but also inaccurate. If you compare the F-35 to basically any plane worldwide with similar capabilities, it's very reasonably priced. You can see that in that it's very popular for export, with pre-sales alread
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by cm2012 6mo ago
Its more like making 800k per year today in India, where a lot of people make much less so you can have servants
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by cm2012 6mo ago
This article is a good example of how ideology can can lead people down irrational paths.
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by cm2012 6mo ago
That's what happens when people abuse a public good.
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by cm2012 6mo ago
Spotify paid out ten billion dollars to artists in 2024. This is not small potatoes - total 2024 music industry merchandise sales was around $14b. These big platform payouts matter a lot.
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by cm2012 6mo ago
Well, Spain was a dictatorship as recently as 1975.
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by cm2012 6mo ago
Every kinship society is dramatically worse off than non-kinship societies across the whole world by a factor of ten.
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by cm2012 6mo ago
This has gotta be the dumbest issue in politics today. By far, the biggest use of data centers right now is on streaming Netflix and YouTube and stuff, but you don't see any protests about that.
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by cm2012 6mo ago
I thought it was going to be an essay on the hero archetype from Earendil to Mario lol.
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by cm2012 6mo ago
This doesn't seem like someone who's miserable at all to me. They seem like someone who has a wide variety of hobbies and is and is intellectually interested in futurism
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by cm2012 6mo ago
Paul made a statement today: https://x.com/paulg/status/2041363640499200353?s=20 It clarifies he did not fire Sam I overall agree with your takeaway, but this is not a criticism of the article itself.
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by cm2012 6mo ago
Paul answers that here: https://x.com/paulg/status/2041363640499200353?s=20
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by cm2012 6mo ago
The other explanation besides profit is that they're true believers that democratic militaries should be stronger than the military of dictators around the world, including AI capabilities.
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by cm2012 6mo ago
False memories are much, much more common than actual recovered memories, unfortunately. OCD is a really common cause of it. People think of OCD as a physical thing, but for many people it presents as emotional rumination and can lead to fa
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by cm2012 6mo ago
I just spent a while reading the article. I really appreciate you writing it. In my case, it made me like Sam Altman a lot more. But I was only able to conclude this because of all the evidence you took the time to put together. It paints t
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by cm2012 6mo ago
I don't see anything bad about Altman in this article that cant be explained by the chaos of growing a billion dollar company in a few years.
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by cm2012 6mo ago
Triple yes! Most of the people buying it have been buying it and using it for years.
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by cm2012 7mo ago
I had a similar idea! https://actuarialfortunetelling.com/ Actuarial fortune telling that uses your info to give you a real predictions about your life. Its powered by real actuarial data in the back end. Also built in repl
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by cm2012 7mo ago
There was an Irish mafia guy who was caught because his anonymous restaurant review profile got linked to him.

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