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by ericmay 3mo ago
The "colonizer" rhetoric is just part of it, but it's more so as a piece of the puzzle that shows of an overall change in how we perceive ourselves and how we report on things in the public sphere. It's unquestionable th
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by ericmay 3mo ago
> It's a market response where everyone needs to (or feels the need to) pick up and move at a moment's notice. Yes, but it's deeper than that. Two broad reasons, though your point here is a good one. 1. We don't, part
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> If israel's nuclear program isn't a "bad action", then Iran's nuclear program isn't a "bad action", either. If there is no bad action there, then there's nothing to excuse, and we're le
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by ericmay 3mo ago
> It's even simpler than that: all countries do have equal rights. The fact that russia or israel or the USA feel differently, and violate those rights, is immaterial. You forgot some countries (Venezuela, Iran, &c.) but this ve
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by ericmay 3mo ago
I agree and upvoted you for a good comment with a good source. In my mind I was thinking about how humans have to actually go back to the land. In Ukraine we’ve seen what amount to drone enforced no-man’s lands where no human can really sei
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by ericmay 3mo ago
> - All countries have equal rights. It’s even more simple. All countries don’t have equal rights. The strong make the rules and the weak suffer what they must. That’s how the world actually functions. But if you want to argue that cou
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by ericmay 3mo ago
That’s wrong. The US and UK airlifted anti-tank and anti-aircraft missiles among other things to Ukraine while telling the world Russia was about to invade (which Europeans refused to believe). You may be confusing European support and thei
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by ericmay 3mo ago
Thanks yes. You can read about Germany shedding 10,000 manufacturing jobs a month for yourself here: https://www.wsj.com/economy/china-is-devastating-the-last-st... And let’s not forget China’s helping of Russia to pro
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Iran routinely denied inspectors access to facilities. American intelligence isn’t 100% accurate. And why should we have to effectively pay off Iran or have some special deal where they hold the world hostage less they build a nuclear bomb?
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> Ukraine is proving that the "big bombs" are useless Depends on the application. The drones have to be manufactured somewhere. You need electricity. Running water. Industrial facilities. The big bomb still matters there. >
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by ericmay 3mo ago
What diplomatic means should the United States (why the US and not others) take to stop Russia in Ukraine, stop Iran in the Middle East, stop North Korea, and stop China and its support for Russia or insistence of attacking Taiwan? Certainl
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by ericmay 3mo ago
There are a lot of differences. One of the chief differences was that during World War II the United States continental homeland was pretty much untouchable, which allowed the United States and the allies access to a secure and resource ric
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by ericmay 3mo ago
Credit certainly that Russian logistics failed, but was it Ukrainian logistics that beat them back or was it Ukrainian logistics and heroism alongside American and British support, intelligence, and 24/7 airlifts of critical weapons an
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You're straying away from the analogy though. If the LLM is more like the processor in the phone then you'd just compare the Apple series chips to the low cost chips in the low cost phone. > I will choose the cheapest/fast
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by ericmay 3mo ago
It's called slang in the United States. Someone might say "dang they absolutely murdered that slice (I'm watching Wimbledon right now)". Nobody thinks well murdering is a crime, I need to go and comment on how the word m
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by ericmay 3mo ago
The OP is using the terms incentive and bribe interchangeably. People do that in the US all the time. I don't think anyone really thinks it is wrong or morally disagreeable what the Netherlands is doing nor are they using the term in t
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by ericmay 3mo ago
In the US we sometimes use the term “bribe” in morally neutral or even positive situations. It just means giving someone money or a different incentive to convince them to do something they weren’t going to do or were undecided but consider
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It doesn’t mean that. Low-cost models will still enter the market because China isn’t the only country capable of creating them. If you want to do the manufacturing comparison then it’s like the latest iPhone versus the cheap Android phone
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by ericmay 4mo ago
No, I don’t think you’re being harsh, I think you’re spot-on. What Microsoft generally lacks is taste . It’s evident across most product lines. Some will point to “MBA types” but that’s a red herring. The engineers don’t have taste either.
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India expels migrants in dead of night(ft.com)
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In neighbouring Assam, BJP chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said the state “has been waging a relentless war against illegal infiltration of Bangladeshi Muslims” whose “very presence threatens to alter the demographic fabric of our nation
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by ericmay 4mo ago
Nope. Capitalism == private ownership of the means of production. There is no definition that exists or is taken seriously that defines capitalism in a major or minor way as a system in which "capital controls everything".
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by ericmay 4mo ago
You should comment less on my mindset and comment more on your proposal. "It'll just work" isn't convincing (if not taxes and tolls then what?), and withdrawing from the conversation because your idea was challenged is n
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by ericmay 4mo ago
Sure but this wouldn't be an argument against capitalism, it's an argument for reform of government. If you think that regulation is extremely flawed and prone to corruption, then governmental systems including socialism and commu
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by ericmay 4mo ago
> capitalism, i.e. not putting power solely in the hands of the wealthiest. This critique doesn't make sense. Capitalism is the private ownership of the means of production. You're actually a capitalist whether you know it or n
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by ericmay 4mo ago
> I did not say a system that benefits everyone. Ok then the US can just ignore all this stuff and do what we want. > I also dont understand why you keep bringing up tax and tolls. I can tell - I think you’re having a hard time here d
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by ericmay 4mo ago
Ok but that's not what I asked... You're just saying "we should have some system that benefits everyone". Ok sure that sounds nice, but you compared it to a specific framework with an off-hand "we've solved thi
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by ericmay 4mo ago
And how did the Dutch collect the toll and who received the tax benefits for it? I’m interested in understanding your comparison here and how it would be applicable to space and how you envision it working based on your comparison.
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by ericmay 4mo ago
I guess the central point here is that many view this as a race and one in which if you are ahead the competitor can undercut you and being in the lead doesn't matter and instead cost matters - China's model can do XYZ at X% the c
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by ericmay 4mo ago
Needs access to American capital markets, contracts, governance structures, and jurisdiction (applicable law).

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