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541.
by greesil 4y ago
What has Bitcoin fixed other than the ease of my buying a rocket launcher on the dark web?
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by greesil 4y ago
Protecting private property is a necessary part of a market economy. I wouldn't call it a safety net. The whole point of a safety net is when your livelihood goes poof you don't freefall into the abyss. Should you sell your home w
543.
by greesil 4y ago
Piecemeal or possibly never. Ugh
544.
by greesil 4y ago
That's what a tool is. I plowed my field with a diesel engine pushing my tractor. Clearly I pay the tractor an hourly rate.
545.
by greesil 4y ago
You're serious?
546.
by greesil 4y ago
I can produce more articles, or legal filings, more SEO spam, faster. That seems like a productivity gain.
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by greesil 4y ago
You could probably say this about anything that improves productivity. FWIW it would be nice if there was a safety net in place to help people recover from having their jobs automated out of existence.
548.
by greesil 4y ago
Okay Clippy, kill all humans. The robot moves itself over to the knife drawer.
549.
by greesil 4y ago
False dichotomy
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by greesil 4y ago
When AI is outlawed then only outlaws will have GPUs or something
551.
by greesil 4y ago
So far, it's doing better than Tay. I'd call that progress. https://www.theverge.com/2016/3/24/11297050/tay-microsoft-ch...
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by greesil 4y ago
I'm terrified that somewhere, someone is having a good time.
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by greesil 4y ago
Manifold zoning is definitely better in principle, but it's hard to compare neighborhoods that are farther apart.
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by greesil 4y ago
So did they store their passwords in plain text? No? Did they salt their hashes?
555.
by greesil 4y ago
Can't speak for all of tech, but the amount of design, skills, and technology that goes into a consumer electronics device like a smart phone is truly astonishing. Now release several of these every year. And a laptop or two. And some
556.
by greesil 4y ago
Information like this is why I stay on this site. This explains so many things.
557.
by greesil 4y ago
At least you know what got broken
558.
by greesil 4y ago
Could be refactored if someone bothered to write unit tests
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by greesil 4y ago
It's probably so they can't be sued for age discrimination
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by greesil 4y ago
SELECT * FROM employees WHERE title NOT LIKE '%VP%' ORDER BY salary DESC limit 12000
561.
by greesil 4y ago
I leaned this from a text book in class. Please ask be about the adiabatic flame temperature.
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by greesil 4y ago
It's not selfish if their carbon footprint is lower because they created an energy efficient home instead of wearing a parka indoors. Maybe their house is powered by carbon neutral power generation, too. It's not always zero sum.
563.
by greesil 4y ago
I don't understand this. LH2/LOX typically burns on the rich side to increase exhaust velocity. This means more momentum for less mass, which is what you want from a rocket. This is the opposite.
564.
by greesil 4y ago
Also, the doctor's office or pharmacy may not exist.
565.
by greesil 4y ago
It seems like duck and cover is still good advice. Possibly lying down is better.
566.
by greesil 4y ago
Space-based I think.
567.
by greesil 4y ago
No more steak, that's for sure.
568.
by greesil 4y ago
Maybe it's time for a re-brand with a new name. This worked for Joe Camel. Also, Christianity.
569.
by greesil 4y ago
The term "bomb throwing anarchist" has been around a lot longer than the cookbook. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haymarket_affair
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by greesil 4y ago
Well, this was the app that was originally called Vigilante, no?

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