halls-940

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by halls-940 2mo ago
You're conflating income and wages. People are working more hours so income increases while wages are flat. And people who aren't full-time aren't counted in that income figure.
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by halls-940 2mo ago
Household income is not wages. If people work more hours income goes up while wages are flat. That series only includes full-time workers. High earners are doing better, that's the k-shaped economy. The upside of going to college is be
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by halls-940 2mo ago
When you look at real wages vs cost of living and the trend line is down and showing no signs of ever going back up, the question will I be able to afford the resources to survive and have a family, will my kids be able to afford a home, th
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by halls-940 7mo ago
Is there a mechanism here that favors a human over a bot? It seems about the same as adding a field to robots.txt
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by halls-940 7mo ago
"Review our targeting algorithm and suggest improvements." Or the mass surveillance bit, "Parse this dataset and come up with a list of people whose emotions are most rapidly shifting towards violence."
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by halls-940 7mo ago
I was thinking the same thing. Why don't we just get a key from the government?
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by halls-940 8mo ago
It's naive to conflate income as a clear signal of what society needs.
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by halls-940 8mo ago
It would be interesting if giving them some "therapy" led to durable changes in their "personality" or "voice", if they became better able to navigate conversations in a healthy and productive way.
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by halls-940 9mo ago
I'm pretty sure humans understood taking advantage of sunlight to warm structures since the earliest structures. Most animals understand the sunlight/shade difference. The aztecs, egyptians, etc..
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by halls-940 9mo ago
I was reprimanded at three different software companies for doing exactly this, and not "staying in my lane" or "trying to do the senior person's job". So it only applies if you're already ahead of schedule on