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by jpcom 2y ago
Does this remind anyone else of the Pied Piper compression algorithm?
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by jpcom 2y ago
In Colorado I had the pleasure to see two bald eagles flying in a circle recently. It really brightened my day!
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Delving into Japanese Complete Chapter 26(miso.beehiiv.com)
1 points by jpcom 2y ago|0 comments
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by jpcom 2y ago
Saying we shouldn't improve spending oversight because the real problem is at the budgeting level is like saying we shouldn't put security cameras in a store because the owner should have hired more trustworthy employees. Sure, hi
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by jpcom 2y ago
I get that you're frustrated, so let me be specific. One concrete step toward accountability is DOGE worked with the treasury to make the 'reason' field mandatory for payouts. Previously, many transactions had no explanation,
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by jpcom 2y ago
https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1891350795452654076
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by jpcom 2y ago
Does your credit card statement report exactly what you bought or just where you bought it?
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by jpcom 2y ago
First is reduce cost, if it takes more paperwork to reduce costs then so be it.
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by jpcom 2y ago
Bureaucrats revel and rejoice in paperwork
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by jpcom 2y ago
If they need more they can get an increase, what's the issue
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by jpcom 2y ago
It looks like USAID had 4B of the 40B budget actually reach endpoint users, which would make the overhead closer to 90% [1], not 97.5% like I originally estimated. [1] https://chatgpt.com/share/67b7a0c4-bf48-8011-9997-4
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by jpcom 2y ago
It's called the US Agency for International Development. Everyone seems to think "AID" is a word here. It is not, it is an acronym.
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by jpcom 2y ago
If you want accountability someone needs to have root access. If you don't want accountability, you are a politician getting kickbacks through obfuscation.
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by jpcom 2y ago
define "everyone" -- elected officials who are supposed to have oversight and insight into where our tax dollars are going? It's not like they're providing replicas over bittorrent.
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by jpcom 2y ago
Scenario: You give someone $40B to feed people, and $1B actually feeds them while $39B vanishes into overhead and ideological reprogramming. Then they tell you they need more. If this is success, what does failure look like?
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by jpcom 2y ago
Why do you want them to refuse audit requests? There is no upside to hiding egregious government waste other than paying politicians via kickbacks more than what is legally mandated.
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Kurdle: Wordle, but for Kanji(japanesecomplete.com)
1 points by jpcom 2y ago|0 comments
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by jpcom 2y ago
You're all overreacting. This is a poster for a government agency. https://xkcd.com/932/
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by jpcom 2y ago
Minimizing government spending is a good thing. Bloated and inefficacious programs need to be scrapped. Optimistically, programs that do not enrich only the legislative class will spring forth due to the new demand for better audit trails
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by jpcom 2y ago
The domain ends in dot gov
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by jpcom 2y ago
Computer Fraud and Abuse Act makes altering a government database, even if left openly exposed, illegal.
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by jpcom 2y ago
Unauthorized access or modification of any government website, even if it is left openly accessible, is illegal under laws such as the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) in the U.S.
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by jpcom 2y ago
It's just an information page about spending cuts, everyone in the thread is overreacting and embellishing.
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by jpcom 2y ago
It's just an information page about the cuts that have been made, 404 could have reported this to the admins first but needed the clicks...
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by jpcom 2y ago
So you're saying a spec [specification] is the solution to building programs.
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by jpcom 2y ago
Yes I read the parent comment, do you mean the two questions > Is it proposing to ban US citizens from reading research papers written by Chinese citizens? > Or from publishing research in places that might be read by them?
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by jpcom 2y ago
Interesting take. Therefore they needed a bridge between the deflationary BTC and a low-inflationary day-to-day note. Is there an obvious fix, my liege?
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by jpcom 2y ago
How is this confusing? China spies on you. If you use an app that's tied directly to headquarters, headquarters can read what you think.
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by jpcom 2y ago
This is amazing and I applaud your efforts. Perhaps the age of truly owning your peripherals, inside and out, is upon us.
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by jpcom 2y ago
Absolutely understand! Inflation economy and all, it's very helpful to know what suits peoples needs. Let me put some more work into the conversation modules and I'll lower the price starting February.

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