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by krupan 2y ago
Correct! We seem to be in agreement here! I also would recommend that government should stop making regulations and tax breaks that favor one company over another. I think that would be even more effective than just antitrust enforcement.
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by krupan 2y ago
Haha! This little conversation between is getting ridiculous but sure. Let's keep going. Original comment said with my interpretations in brackets: "If your employer [probably referring to the United States System?] or the gove
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by krupan 2y ago
I like that take on boring tech, and a little like Oracle, I don't think X is boring. Wayland definitely isn't either, but I think it has potential.
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by krupan 2y ago
I detested the idea of Wayland and the way it was marketed for years. Then a few months ago, after some frustration with X that I don't remember, I tried Wayland (with sway, since I was an i3 person) for the first time and have been p
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by krupan 2y ago
Sigh. Sorry that I didn't specify "long-term route." Some of those examples are of companies making moves that made them money in the short term but hurt them in the long run. In a free market, customers can easily stop giv
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by krupan 2y ago
If you can't tell the difference between which kinds of rules governments impose then I'm sorry I can't help you. I'm not going to leave this country because it still grants citizens the most freedom of any country.
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by krupan 2y ago
Parent said that if your employer pays for your healthcare (which is pretty much the system in the US) or your government pays (which is the system in several other countries) you'll be less healthy than if you pay yourself. That&#x27
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by krupan 2y ago
That's not at all what was said
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by krupan 2y ago
That's funny because I am disappointed that so many people talk as if socialized healthcare is the miracle cure for all our woes. There are a couple things you just can't get around in any society. The Law of Supply and Demand, a
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by krupan 2y ago
And I would reply that your view is incredibly pessimistic. Making your customers happy is the only route they have. When governments or other third parties get involved then you and I might no longer be the customer, but I can assure yo
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by krupan 2y ago
"profit goals at predefined amounts" ? What are these pre defined amounts? Who sets the amounts? I'm really not sure you know what you are talking about at all. Private industry has no prime directive. There is no supreme
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by krupan 2y ago
Thank you for that explanation, Comrade. In all seriousness, if those are the only choices then it's not people freely organizing. And this forced "free" organization is NOT the only way to solve these problems, and in fact
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by krupan 2y ago
Insurance is supposed to be for rare and expensive occurances. Fires (in most places), windstorms, car accidents, etc. It's essentially a bank account that a large number of people put money into and only a few people ever withdraw f
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by krupan 2y ago
Here's just one idea. Currently the vast majority of us get healthcare through our employers because government heavily incentives that. Because of that, we really aren't the customers of health insurance companies, our employer
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by krupan 2y ago
I agreed that going full government single-payer would improve some things. I just think we can do better by going a different route
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by krupan 2y ago
Government forcing us all to do something a certain way is not people freely organizing. Sorry to break it to you. Please see my other comment in this thread for more of my thoughts on that.
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by krupan 2y ago
Look, our society functions at all because most people are good people. Not everyone is good, so good people who are scared of bad people have given government power over all people. The problem is, power corrupts good people. Government
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by krupan 2y ago
When people say things like this I feel sad that we seem to have no idea what insurance really is, or that people are free to organize help for others and that many many good people would freely choose to do so.
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by krupan 2y ago
Our "insurance" sucks because of all the government involvement. Putting government completely in control would solve some problems, but I personally would like to see how things go if we do the opposite and take government out
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by krupan 2y ago
That would be great if those who are selling the technology described it that way. I, and apparently others, feel like maybe "bullshit" is a better counter to the current marketing for LLMs
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by krupan 2y ago
Those who sell these things as almighty powerful AI, so powerful and dangerous that it should be regulated (so my competition can't keep up with me), are responsible for this overreaction. Yes, not everything LLMs produce is bullshit
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by krupan 2y ago
If not bullshit then what would you call it?
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by krupan 2y ago
It's true that LLMs aren't trained on strings of random words, so in a sense you correct are that they have some "ground truth." They wouldn't generate anything logical at all if not. Does that even need to be stat
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by krupan 2y ago
MS is treating you so badly that you want to switch to Linux, but you still want to use Visual Studio? Hmmm
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by krupan 2y ago
Microsoft has been there before, this is right out of their playbook. On the verge of being deemed a monopoly is right where they like to be
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by krupan 2y ago
You seriously don't understand most computer users.
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by krupan 2y ago
Windows and Intel (Wintel) have had a symbiotic relationship from the dawn of time. Intel is struggling, which means Windows will struggle. I would guess they are working together on this plan to boost sales of both
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by krupan 2y ago
Lol! Of course there's an ulterior motive here! It's Microsoft! (and Intel, the age old Wintel duopoly)
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by krupan 2y ago
I so want to give you credit for referencing Sam Vines, but in all seriousness, people are going to notice that Temu isn't actually cheaper than Amazon or even Walmar, and that the quality sucks, and your doomesday scenario isn't
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by krupan 2y ago
This whole scenario assumes that the majority of people are just plain dumb, and if that's the case then we are screwed as a society no matter what regulations and tariffs you put in place

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