jpadkins

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by jpadkins 2y ago
you didn't state what the actual problem is...
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by jpadkins 2y ago
The accusation doesn't offend me at all. Please send me the sources for Yuri Shvets and Sergei Zhyrnov (either credible journalists or first hand sources that I can dig through are fine). I am interested in facts, not propaganda echo c
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LOL that was the source? It was a random guy saying he recruited Donald Trump in the 1980s (possibly true), and then a bunch of conjecture based on appearances? No collaborating evidence? No details on what he recruited Donald Trump for o
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Thank you. That memo is not a treaty, ratified by our Senate. Second, Russia clearly broke the agreement. Third it only states that the US is obligated to provide assistance if a threat or act of aggression where nuclear weapons are use
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Do you have sources that don't take funding from US Intel (USAID)?
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That's incorrect. Gender was a larger predictor in the last election (and then married status, interestingly enough). Trump gained in both black and latino voter share. https://apnews.com/article/election-harris
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by jpadkins 2y ago
Could you please implement Sander's socialist paradise in Vermont first? I'd really like to see how it works out before you try and subject the rest of us to your ideas. thanks!
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The analogy breaks down because physical property and intellectual property are different. When we input creative works into training sets, we do not withhold those works from someone else! Digital copies are different than scarce resou
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https://budgetmodel.wharton.upenn.edu/issues/2023/10/6/when-...
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by jpadkins 2y ago
good article on the general defense of public funding of science, but does not address the current policy changes that well. It avoids questions like: - should we borrow money (from future tax payers) to fund basic research now? Given the
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by jpadkins 2y ago
> it makes sense that the federal branch that manages interest rates is independent of the president. You left out who the federal reserve is controlled by. It's not completely independent right? In its current form, it is owned and
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how do you store chat inputs without collecting personal data?
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you should hang out with some far right people.
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> What we are talking about now is a fundamental shift from that Agreed. And you arguing that a democracy (or constitutional republic) cannot make a fundamental shift in policy via elections. That administrations have to be bound to de
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> How can people trust a law if it can become null and void upon the next admin coming in? The law is not null and void with the next admin. The law specifies the exec branch can determine who gets the grants and how much. So everyone
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by jpadkins 2y ago
Your statements are correct and I generally agree. Let the courts sort it out. I was replying to this statement "USAID funding is controlled by Congress. Trump cannot just order them to redirect funds on a whim." which is clearly
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by jpadkins 2y ago
Thank you for the thoughtful reply. Note that all the citations are USAID funded media orgs and have deep ties to the CIA or the IC. Also note that their sources are all basically IC sources + DOJ allegations. This supports my original sta
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by jpadkins 2y ago
Do you have any facts to support your assertion? The executive order named Rubio as the interim admin. Rubio did a press interview stating that the agency went rogue and he fired all but 300 of them.
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by jpadkins 2y ago
What here is disinformation? > The guy had secret meetings with Russian spies > when Trump gave away nuclear secrets > there were obvious spies from our adversaries working in top government positions > Russian sources "di
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AGI / human overlords that cater to AGI won't need earth resources for more than a few decades. There will be a bootstrapping period, reliant on earth resources but soon it will be much cleaner to have solar/nuclear in space
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x.com and app haven't been buggy for me. I also haven't seen an increase in neo-nazi content. Maybe this is true for the people you follow?
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Foreign policy is under the control of the executive branch. The President can order a pause on foreign aid to allow the new administration to review all foreign aid. Once those orders were ignored, the administration had to take more dras
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by jpadkins 2y ago
wait, you actually believe all this dis-info? The CIA doesn't control Trump. They have been passively and actively subverting him since 2015. It's sad to see someone fall for their psy-ops.
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he promised to free Ross at the libertarian national convention. promises made, promises kept. https://x.com/CroissantEth/status/1856551964156342303
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eugenics != "cull the population of the unfavorable" eugenics includes positions like "unfavorable should reproduce less than the favorable"
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if the movement stopped at the level of consciousness, then there wouldn't have been as much backlash. It went way beyond consciousness. You are admonished if you aren't actively anti-racist.
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100% agreed on "innovative for consumers". carry on :-)
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So your basis for saying "one of the best word processing products at the time." is that a different company made a different product inspired by it (and WordPerfect)? I don't think that is a persuasive argument. If you sai
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How do you measure best? Based on usage, sales, or fraction of published text created - Wordperfect or Wordstar were way ahead of MacWrite. MacWrite was the best in a niche market of personal newsletters that wanted graphical elements. Mo
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I was talking to a sales person at Research in Motion back when Blackberry and mobile enterprise email were hot; asked him how things are. He replied it was like selling oxygen, he would walk in and take an order for how many they wanted.

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