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by htag 3y ago
FIRE is obviously nice. I do think "bank the extra" is significantly more attainable, while providing a lot of extra security. 1. He doesn't have to change his spending habits at all. He just needs to direct the extra incom
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by htag 3y ago
People seem to be failing the Turing Test in all sorts of new and exciting ways.
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by htag 3y ago
Generally the social platforms can offer one or more of these three things better than AOL ever did. 1. Recommendation engines, and other clever ways to drive up engagements. 2. Marketing. AOL's marketing was generally ahead of other t
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by htag 3y ago
It's still super illegal to transport cannabis across state borders. This is true even when transporting between legal states that share borders. It's mostly unenforced on the individual basis, but it is a huge aspect of the lega
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by htag 3y ago
> The opacity of it all made me a little worried. What similar models exist, trained on actually private information, for more nefarious purposes? What do you mean by 'nefarious purposes'? If you have illicit access to private
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by htag 3y ago
> If you asked someone if they wanted $1billion to go to health research or space research the answer would be obvious. Honestly this depends. If we have 1000 billion going into health research, but 1 billion doing into space research,
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by htag 3y ago
I should buy a kettle for boiling noodles?
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by htag 3y ago
I don't imagine that's the case for boiling things, which is 90% of my stove use.
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by htag 3y ago
Weekly hangs are real. I have started and participated in several. I think a key to a good group hang is to have an activity that serves as a base narrative for why everyone is together. The activity should be easy enough for newcomers t
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by htag 3y ago
Microsoft has always been a shark in the water. Maybe it was slightly less capable of killing blows during the Ballmer days.
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by htag 3y ago
> But now, with the AI integration, even when I tried it and left disappointed, Bing is starting to sound interesting. When I try a new feature, and am disappointed, I think marketing overhyped it and lose interest. Why do you think Cha
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by htag 3y ago
I'm confused. As an American consumer I thought I was suppose to spend money to fuel the economy. Now this article says I am ruining the economy by causing inflation and I should be selective about how I spend my money. This seems cr
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by htag 3y ago
My impression of cognitive science is that it is a branch of psychology/neuroscience and is largely focused of stimulus -> response, and studying what happens in between. There is a lot to learn here, but I would be surprised if it
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by htag 3y ago
Are there any brands that are specifically known for having highly compatible parts of long lifespans of products?
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by htag 3y ago
I think you are making a generalized statement, but it is in response to a personal tidbit so the generalization feels personal. I'll just say, I don't think including taxation as a consideration when relocating is irresponsible o
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by htag 3y ago
I don't dispute the economic importance of boomers retiring. However, millennials are the largest generation. https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/04/28/millennials...
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by htag 3y ago
I would be considered a "high earner" according to Portland tax law. I recently moved. Portland originally was in my top 5 choice of cities to move to, but the tax liability deterred me from moving.
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by htag 3y ago
How many functional Ritalin/Adderall/Desoxyn users are injecting?
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by htag 3y ago
1. You can buy shopping carts full of alcohol at one time if you want. I've watched people purchase thousands of cigarettes in one purchase. Having essentially unlimited access to addictive drugs wouldn't be out of the social no
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by htag 3y ago
In 2023 Meta will fire about 20,000 people, and Zukerberg will pull about $30,000,000 from the company. If Zukerberg took 0 it would save about 1500 per laid off person. Tech is generally cutting costs at a large enough number that C-suite
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by htag 3y ago
1. Less than a handful. $25k brings several options. 2. To effectively be a $20k car EVs have an advantage because of their tax subsidies. {Base Price} - {Tax Credit} < $20,000 is plausible. It's impossible to say who will qualify
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by htag 3y ago
There is value in industry rumors and speculation, but come on even official Tesla product announcements are basically rumors.
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by htag 3y ago
I think the software as language/literacy metaphor is taken too far. A lot of this is because Chomsky was such an influential thinker, and people take it too far. There's a lot of language in formal math and science that isn&#x27
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by htag 3y ago
“And any man who must say 'I am king' is no true king at all.” ― George R.R. Martin I wonder if saying "I am the next big thing" has any impact on the probability of being relevant in 15 years.
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by htag 3y ago
> install an Android on it for a nice OOTB experience Would you really call the OOTB experience on these nice?
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by htag 3y ago
This is interesting. Honestly if all it did was provide a simple OSD display for input selection or basic settings like color/contrast I'd flash my TV just to get rid of all the bloatware on it.
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by htag 3y ago
There are other attack vectors of a TV. For example, most TVs have a usb. Imagine an attack in which an attacker gains physical access to your TV and loads malware onto your TV via USB. Now the infected TV is communicating with a nearby W
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by htag 3y ago
> It used to feel like the people in power had a certain set of beliefs, good or bad, but at least predictable. Now it feels like nobody believes in anything except inasmuch as it helps them win. I think logical consistency was never rea
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by htag 3y ago
The loss of societies's expectations to support a claim with an argument is dangerous . Constructing an argument to defend this statement is left as an exercise for the reader.
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by htag 3y ago
> what dumb people think smart people are like What do dumb people think smart people are like? Is this a trope, or common idiom? I've never heard this before.

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