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by iab 5y ago
I'm going to ahead and ignore this, although I appreciate the post and fully appreciate the magnitude of the climate-based disaster we are steaming into. It's just too much to get bad news on a weekly scale now.
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by iab 5y ago
Reading this is so bizarre - take on China? The US is so fractured we couldn’t take on Zimbabwe right now. Remember “rather be a Russian than a democrat”? The post- cold-war era of dominance is way in the rear view mirror.
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by iab 5y ago
I would love to know as well, although I think the answer will paint a terrifying/depressing picture of how most people view this existential threat
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by iab 5y ago
> How can we reduce emissions from the rich? How can we reduce the hunger of the spider? - the fly
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by iab 5y ago
How is it looking for the climate-specific portions of the bill
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by iab 5y ago
That's a good point. My counter to this (not saying I endorse this) is that Tesla has redefined what people's expectations of a SDC are, both in terms of safety and capability (neither in a positive sense IMO). So "self-drivi
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by iab 5y ago
Technology probably, but product I would say no. I prefer the cautious option, but the general perception (dangerous word to use in this context) of an autonomy product is driven by Tesla, not Waymo.
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by iab 5y ago
Total supply is like 40B, so this wallet owns 12%?? Also this was back in April - the google-trend search is interesting: https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?geo=FI&q=Shiba%20In...
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by iab 5y ago
In a perverse way, I wonder if there is a first-mover disadvantage for Tesla. Wonder if someone could draft in the wake of their approach, and come out without so many scars.
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by iab 5y ago
I enjoy Lex, although I have been listening less over time. However, the Wolfram/fridman combination makes me envy the deaf.
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by iab 5y ago
I think it’s probably more that Facebook is an insatiable force that will end up bringing an end to western liberal democracy. That and the “smoking meats” video.
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by iab 5y ago
> "He kept telling me, 'Don't take it. Don't take it.' And I said, 'Really?' And I kept questioning it, and He kept coming back with, 'Yeah, don't take it,'" she says. Not at all how
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by iab 5y ago
> It is impossible to test all hardware configs in all conditions with internal QA, hence public beta. 10k to be a beta tester
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by iab 5y ago
This was surprising to me, in that SF is such a large participant.
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by iab 5y ago
Just such a unique, rare name though.
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by iab 5y ago
Admirable, and about 40years too late
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by iab 5y ago
What are the chances of finding someone with the name Brandon though??
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by iab 5y ago
This article is fascinating, and surprising: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2017/dec/...
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by iab 5y ago
> Ms. Hart said she gets the flu shot every year and is up-to-date on all her other vaccines. This is why you cannot argue with/convince these people. Logic is not required, and hypocrisy actively encouraged. > She submitted what
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by iab 5y ago
This was actually illuminating
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by iab 5y ago
Ok - can someone explain to me how this is funny? Use small words please, I want to understand
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by iab 5y ago
That’s a pretty good line IMO
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by iab 5y ago
anyone who thinks this is planned can never have been involved in any form of government
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by iab 5y ago
Where is law/government involved here?
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by iab 5y ago
Not sure about you, but I definitely have morals
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by iab 5y ago
Consider yourself lucky, soon they will be charging for pop ups
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by iab 5y ago
Emphasis here on “bit”
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by iab 5y ago
Um, not just heroin, also digital ownership of URLs as well
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by iab 5y ago
I wouldn’t classify floating point computation as deterministic
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by iab 5y ago
It must be the drivers responsibility, surely? As the captain of the vehicle, you are responsible for its safety via the actions you (or it) takes. (Mechanical/electrical failure is of course different). If you don’t like this, don’t e

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