jojobaskins

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by jojobaskins 3y ago
Who says that they're not? Seems all the attention is on Tesla because of a certain someone... In any case telling customers EPA numbers shouldn't be considered a lie.
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by jojobaskins 3y ago
Social media is definitely worse for girls, but most consumers of porn are boys. In any case, setting clear bounds of interactivity is good and it looks like Apple isn't allowing direct porn experiences on Vision Pro because those apps
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by jojobaskins 3y ago
God I hope not... Porn is probably one of the most malicious vices influencing how young people (esp boys) view themselves as shameful and romance as transactional. Technology wise there isn't much to build beyond full games since 360
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by jojobaskins 3y ago
If he's going to die why not give him the option to try medicine that is developed by large players with a good reputation? Weighing historical success into the process seems to make sense to me. Beta programs from Google are usually v
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by jojobaskins 3y ago
I don't think they meant better in the artistic sense but in the sense that they outperform on metrics?
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by jojobaskins 3y ago
I remember a student who doctored his whole CV to get into Harvard (and win awards) was sent to probation: https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2010/12/16/harvard-wheele... Although his case was more egreg
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by jojobaskins 3y ago
I'm not really saying we owe them anything just that (some of) their ideas seem to work. I guess a few monarchies have lasted a while but centralizing all the power and leading with dogma is easier than coming to a group consensus. All
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by jojobaskins 3y ago
You're giving 0 credit where some is due. This is the other side of the extreme. Most government structures don't last that long, the fact that the one they made has lasted relatively in tact for a few hundred years means their id
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by jojobaskins 3y ago
BlazeVox is a publishing company. I guess its still one character away but close enough that it could have just randomly swapped out the character.
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by jojobaskins 3y ago
What exactly would the end game be? resetting the clock to the middle ages? I don't think this is all planned, I think people underestimate the shortsightedness of governments.
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by jojobaskins 3y ago
Same, until they can handle random request spikes twitter/threads will still be necessary. Imagine if the US Govt made an official social media site, shudder...