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by cscurmudgeon 2y ago
That means we should subsidize local solar/wind/hydro/nuclear more and not allow foreign subsidized companies to decimate local companies.
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by cscurmudgeon 2y ago
I hope we add tariffs and use that to improve public transit and move away from all car dependence.
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by cscurmudgeon 2y ago
Ah, ok. But how many illiquid companies pay out dividends though? The real alternative is to not tax illiquid wealth.
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by cscurmudgeon 2y ago
Still no science though. One exec's views in a large company doesn't equal science. If exec's views are science/truth. Then I bet you would have found execs in tobacco companies who thought they were doing good.
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by cscurmudgeon 2y ago
> Anybody earning a wage pays tax on revenue, not profit Not really though. You do have deductions in the US (though limited). https://www.irs.gov/credits-and-deductions-for-individuals And lots of places don't tax
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by cscurmudgeon 2y ago
Law != justice. Else, you won't have the concept of unjust laws.
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by cscurmudgeon 2y ago
> A few percent of interest is a lot cheaper than 38% Not sure why that is comparable.
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by cscurmudgeon 2y ago
See this is just thing the commenter you are replying to is saying. Just read the comments in your second link tearing apart the study. Given the replication crisis in psychology, the authors make bad choices in the experiment design that a
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by cscurmudgeon 2y ago
There will also be exceptions for any general principle. Remember, Americans still allow TikTok despite mainland China banning almost every major US social network. Citing a few events and calling them "quotidien" doesn't mak
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by cscurmudgeon 2y ago
When you look at data, it is not as bad as you paint it to be. https://www.thebalancemoney.com/the-u-s-is-losing-its-compet... The U.S. placed 16th out of 81 countries in science when testing was last administered in 20
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by cscurmudgeon 2y ago
Being completely lax against shady companies from China for unknown reasons: https://nbcmontana.com/amp/news/nation-world/calls-federal-i...
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by cscurmudgeon 2y ago
> The H1B laws are harder to enforce than most laws -- or so it would seem to me Most laws are like this. Do you know criminality laws require intent and yet we do fine without mind reading devices. Most H1Bs are in software and wages in
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by cscurmudgeon 2y ago
Define “real world” and how it differs from actual data used to compute the prevailing wage.
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by cscurmudgeon 2y ago
Are there any intrinsic dis/advantages of bidirectional models over causal models for in-context learning? It seems that unidirectional model just have been explored and worked on more.
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by cscurmudgeon 2y ago
If that is happening widely, surely there will be some data to support that right? Authorities do enforce H1B provisions proactively. https://www.uscis.gov/scams-fraud-and-misconduct/report-frau... https://c
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by cscurmudgeon 2y ago
Is there any evidence H1B workers in tech have lowered wages? I have only seen anecdotes while the law explicitly states H1Bs should be paid the prevailing wage or above.
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by cscurmudgeon 2y ago
Doesn’t Europe and a lot of Asia rely on US for defense?
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by cscurmudgeon 2y ago
Who do you think elects the govt in Canada?
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by cscurmudgeon 2y ago
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_websites_blocked_in_...
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by cscurmudgeon 2y ago
[Someone from a former socialist country. My parents stood in literal bread lines] Marxist governments have caused exponentially more harm (e.g., genocides) than monopolistic companies. Both are bad but the first one results in harm always.
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by cscurmudgeon 2y ago
Do these books fix the day issue? How do they do it?
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by cscurmudgeon 2y ago
A though: any open-source project which worries about "corporate freeloaders" despite its license is not truly open-source.
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by cscurmudgeon 2y ago
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by cscurmudgeon 2y ago
Why don’t you look at Google, Meta, etc? 1. A simple search would have shown the India is not at the bottom of the Olympics table. 2. Even if it is, what is the evidence it is due to genetics rather than culture?
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by cscurmudgeon 2y ago
The sad thing is the high brow tech crowd on HN accepting this with minimal questions.
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What is that by capita?
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by cscurmudgeon 2y ago
> Should the people of North Dakota be able to take a vote and decide to become a Chinese province? They have the moral right to do so. But the ground reality is that many Chinese are becoming North Dakotans (Americans). https:/&#x
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by cscurmudgeon 2y ago
> The entire problem is that Google has too much absolute power. What is the metric used to quantify this? Should any group be subject to this criteria? Do governments also fall under this? (An aside: If an intelligent alien were to visi
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by cscurmudgeon 2y ago
Shouldn't people of Hong Kong decide that? https://theworld.org/stories/2016/08/30/there-s-movement-tur...

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