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by glimshe 2y ago
People take ubiquitous calculating power for granted today. But back in the day, a portable or semi-portable machine able to do math in milliseconds was magical. It was as cutting-edge as ChatGPT, something that came straight from Science F
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by glimshe 2y ago
Lack of term limits is a problem for any democracy. This isn't as much of an issue for parliamentary systems where the head of government is under continuous vigilance and can be quickly removed; that's not what Brazil has as far
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by glimshe 2y ago
I don't know details because I don't ask. I just hear them complaining about how the current administration is contributing to the country's ongoing decline. Not once I heard "things are getting better now". The cur
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by glimshe 2y ago
Literally everybody I know in Brazil - and I know dozens of people there - would disagree with the statement that Brazil is getting more stable.
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by glimshe 2y ago
Not only the headline is misleading but uses a very annoying way of describing the cost drop... "1000x" instead of "by 99.9%".
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by glimshe 2y ago
An equally interesting question would be... "Are the SSDs you are likely to buy more reliable than the HDDs you are likely to buy " ?
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by glimshe 2y ago
If that's true, the tariffs won't be a tax on the poor either.
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by glimshe 2y ago
In theory, tariffs have the potential to bring back jobs to a highly industrialized nation like the US, benefitting the poor with more and better jobs. Income tax can't do that.
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by glimshe 2y ago
Overpromising and underdelivering are the cornerstones of advertising/marketing/sales. "Use this deodorant and a gorgeous woman will want you". Do you know why people do it? Because it works.
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by glimshe 2y ago
Cool! But what prevents Amazon from patching this in a few days?
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by glimshe 2y ago
As a lifetime employee, I don't want better labor protection laws. One of the reasons that America has better job prospects than most of the developed world is exactly because of its flexibility in hiring and firing people. Blue Origin
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by glimshe 2y ago
The advocates of Musk's firings will say that if these people could command a higher salary, they should be in the private industry producing goods and services for the population rather than the inherently wasteful government position
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by glimshe 2y ago
To know the value we'd have to know the benefit from this work. Maybe it's a great deal but we can't know from the average pay alone. It could be a massive net negative if these workers are, in aggregate, making everybody&#x2
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by glimshe 2y ago
And Lotus Notes
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by glimshe 2y ago
Apparently, the pledge was supposed to last only until their first big military project opportunity. Until then, they earned the goodwill at no expense.
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by glimshe 2y ago
I use both of them. My experience is that they are sort of mirror images on opposing ends of the political spectrum. I don't want to see politics at all , so for now Bluesky is inferior because it has way fewer people in my interest a
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by glimshe 2y ago
Many people see AI as a replacement for the human, but current-gen AI is in my view a replacement for the hammer. It's a tool that needs to be wielded with skill for good results... And when that happens, the productivity can be truly
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by glimshe 2y ago
Videos made by random people aren't the same thing. Better in some respects - let's play videos show games comprehensively - but I don't think they properly replace the professionally made magazines which cover many topics an
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by glimshe 2y ago
Do electors of any politician ever understand the full extent of their candidate's powers? They vote on people under the assumption that the person is the best choice (not necessarily a "good" choice) for the job given the sy
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by glimshe 2y ago
People in Latin America rarely call the US "America", although often call people born in the USA "Americano". Brazilians, Mexicans, Argentinans etc are all "Americans" technically. I think the name change was s
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by glimshe 2y ago
The president was given this power by the people. Crowd sourcing this is a particularly bad idea as countries already have working institutions that map and name things. One alternative would be for Congress to create more barriers for name
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by glimshe 2y ago
Speaking of sarcasm, and thinking about your argument, should we start selling them cutting edge GPUs to slow down their research?
863.
by glimshe 2y ago
It's not only potent, but fantastically cost-effective. There is a reason it's popular, or so I've heard.
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by glimshe 2y ago
Dijkstra did much for computing, but an entire generation of developers inspired by and initially taught by BASIC did a LOT more.
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by glimshe 2y ago
I think the EU should do whatever the EU wants to do and accept the consequences of their actions. As an American, I might have opinions but no say in EU's matters. Europe has plenty of very smart people to figure out what's best
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by glimshe 2y ago
I didn't get an interesting video even with the search function. I just couldn't find compelling content on tiktok for my interests. Also, 1 hour without an interesting video is something I've never experienced on YouTube, ev
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by glimshe 2y ago
Genuine question: how can you make a house resist major fires such as the LA Fires? Why aren't multimillionaires doing that?
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by glimshe 2y ago
I must be immune to their algorithm because, even with an account, multiple searches and 1 hour of use, I didn't get a single video I wanted to watch. YouTube works way better for me. I might simply not like short form content.
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by glimshe 2y ago
You can demand whatever you desire from your government. It's your country.
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by glimshe 2y ago
I can no longer send money to the EFF due to their obvious misreading of the situation. They will lose $100s/year from me, I hope it was worth it. Clearly, a naive take that doesn't understand the nuances related to Tiktok's

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