davidw

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by davidw 6mo ago
Especially HOAs.
122.
by davidw 6mo ago
Was it buried under popup advertisements?
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by davidw 6mo ago
Corporate media.
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by davidw 6mo ago
Once you start seeing all the "both sides" and "sanewashing" you can't unsee it. And they lean on both so hard.
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by davidw 6mo ago
Yeah, I don't think I could do a pure 'passive income' thing with no 'soul' to it, but there is something to be said for building a business that runs and makes money even when you are asleep or on vacation. This is
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by davidw 6mo ago
> I’d be concerned about Billy selling homemade GPLs or whatever. Would it be better with a BSD license?
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by davidw 6mo ago
That timeline leaves out the bombs around Coeur d'Alene. https://www.upi.com/Archives/1987/10/01/Coeur-dAlene-bombing... I specifically remember my dad talking to his parents about that one on the p
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by davidw 6mo ago
This is exactly what I'm talking about. My grandparents were no paragon of 'racial justice' but did they ever hate those Nazis. Back then, the Nazis were excluded from 'polite society' and had no hope of gaining pow
129.
by davidw 6mo ago
It's not the plot/story that are racist. It was the slurs and illustrations. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Story_of_Little_Black_Samb...
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by davidw 6mo ago
If people get gender-affirming care for their trucks, that's their own business, but no, no I will not eat in a place with a Confederate flag. I find the idea of venerating an ideology that held that it was ok to hold human beings in b
131.
by davidw 6mo ago
Here it is: https://xcancel.com/elonmusk/status/2030202550259962338 That's just disgusting stuff. Gutter white nationalism.
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by davidw 6mo ago
In the past, most business owners would perhaps quietly donate to a party or candidates, but probably wouldn't hang their ideology out in front of people all day, every day. Think about someone like Warren Buffett. He has political vie
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by davidw 6mo ago
My grandparents were pretty WASPy, conservative people who lived in northern Idaho. And they hated the white supremacist/neonazi groups up there with a burning passion. They were of an age to remember people going off to fight in Ger
134.
by davidw 6mo ago
To me one of the big downsides of LLM's seems to be that you are lashing yourself to a rocket that is under someone else's control. If it goes places you don't want, you can't do much about it.
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by davidw 6mo ago
That sounds specifically like the housing shortage that is afflicting some of the most dynamic, productive parts of the country, like NYC and the California Bay Area. Driven by NIMBYism and some other things, those areas stopped building an
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by davidw 6mo ago
Fair, but these images are going to get a lot of public attention, so making them good ones would be worthwhile.
137.
by davidw 6mo ago
Yeah, if we cut back a bit on the war crimes we could easily fund both more moon missions and cool science, as well as a shit ton of great programs to help people with the basics like food and rent and health care.
138.
by davidw 6mo ago
I wonder why they decided on that timing? If it were better illuminated by the sun, couldn't they get some better photography?
139.
by davidw 6mo ago
It makes me tear up seeing the absolute 'best of us' as humanity striving and exploring in the midst of so much wretched evil and awfulness.
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Iran threatens to attack US tech companies(gizmodo.com)
11 points by davidw 6mo ago|2 comments
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by davidw 6mo ago
I think that Larry's mostly kidding and it's not really some implied threat of violence in person. Just that we're better at politeness and restraint in person because we see a real human in front of us instead of something a
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by davidw 6mo ago
"Well look, I already told you! I deal with the goddamn customers so the engineers don't have to! I have people skills! I am good at dealing with people! Can't you understand that? What the hell is wrong with you people?!&quo
143.
by davidw 6mo ago
> It was incredible to see all of these people with very different backgrounds and interests coming together for one common goal: making the world better with technology. I feel that's been kind of absent for a while. Sure, tech is
144.
by davidw 6mo ago
> I disagree with the premise here. I think the core mechanics of social media, ie instant communication between random strangers about random topics, creates toxic interactions regardless of whether it's manipulated by engagement a
145.
by davidw 7mo ago
If you turn on the thing that shows 'dead' comments, there is a larger than normal number here.
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by davidw 7mo ago
I am kind of considering the idea of changing my LinkedIn profile to one of me with a 'wild rag', checkered shirt, and broad brimmed straw hat and calling myself a robot wrangler and see if I get any takers.
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by davidw 7mo ago
Asking it to find the best deal? Sure, I could totally see that. But I want to double check that myself and actually buy it in order to make sure my flight to Denver from Portland doesn't have a layover in Anchorage or something.
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by davidw 7mo ago
Booking a flight is the kind of thing I want to dedicate my full attention to. It's expensive, and the timing and details matter a lot. I'm happy for the voice assistant to add stuff to my grocery list, though. The consequences
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by davidw 7mo ago
'Hold that thought'
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by davidw 7mo ago
I seem to recall it aired at some kind of weird time too. It didn't seem to be very widely known or watched.

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