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by matwood 2y ago
Years before COVID or WFH was a thing, I knew a guy at work who played some MMO literally all day. He was also the main sysadmin and always got all of his work done on time. But yes, people can slack off anywhere. 'Butts in seats'
902.
by matwood 2y ago
> My read on the situation is that Zelensky is willing to make any deal for lasting peace. Yep, but Zelensky/Ukraine needs guarantees that the US will enforce the deal. It's also bs that Trump and crew are putting the lack of p
903.
by matwood 2y ago
Because there's more than direct money and weapons. US soft power matters, though Trump is quickly dismantling that so maybe it won't matter as much.
904.
by matwood 2y ago
You're making an assumption that Trump has any clue what he's doing. He barely understands first order effects, much less second or third order.
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by matwood 2y ago
I think what you're missing is that a peace treaty isn't possible without enforcement. Russia won't agree to any enforcement provisions and Ukraine won't agree without enforcement provisions. Letting Russia take Ukraine
906.
by matwood 2y ago
Russia has broken every ceasefire/treaty so far. Lets assume Ukraine is fine conceding everything they have lost to date, who will then enforce the next treaty? Ukraine, I think correctly, knows any treaty without strong enforcement pr
907.
by matwood 2y ago
I’m hoping the American people don’t require that level of bluster. I think a younger Biden who could have effectively communicated his empathy, accomplishments, challenges with inflation and etc… could have won again. The election really w
908.
by matwood 2y ago
Those are Russian bot talking points. Best to just ignore. Just like saying Ukraine started the current conflict and not so subtly removing all responsibility from Russia.
909.
by matwood 2y ago
Where Biden really failed was messaging, and the failure was at least in part related to his age. Trump does an amazing job messaging. Sure, 99% of what he says is either a lie senile ramblings, but he’s out there all the time. A social med
910.
by matwood 2y ago
IMO, taking personal shots or in this case escorting Zelensky out because he pushed back is folding. That's not strength, it's petulant child energy who didn't get their way. You saw the same thing in the debates over crowd s
911.
by matwood 2y ago
Conservatives no longer exist. It’s MAGAs who replaced their made up god with Trump. Then there’s everyone else.
912.
by matwood 2y ago
The only one who looked strong was zelensky to me. But I’m sure the maga base will eat this up and oddly are pro Russia now.
913.
by matwood 2y ago
I think they did, but they didn’t expect Zelensky to punch back. He’s more of a fighter than either of them will ever be. Trump is the classic bully where all you need to do is push back. Then he folds.
914.
by matwood 2y ago
The genius move by Trump is doing full on corruption out in the open leaves people confused. Full corruption, foreign brides/influence, blatant political favors are the norm now. I remember when the MAGAs complained about Hilary's
915.
by matwood 2y ago
> While I don’t like the way it is handled In concerns such as this, the process matters. If we don't follow it this time, then why follow next time or the time after? Then, if this rule or that law doesn't matter, then do any
916.
by matwood 2y ago
It’s not UBO, but it does work well. Safari is my default browser except for Google sites and development.
917.
by matwood 2y ago
> I use LLMs everyday to proofread and edit my emails. This right here. I used to spend tons of time making sure my emails were perfect. Is it professional enough, am I being too terse, etc…
918.
by matwood 2y ago
When chatGPT corrects my writing, the explanations are actually quite helpful. > IMHO that's not remotely the same thing as figuring out the steps on your own. This is true with pretty much anything, but it doesn't mean we shou
919.
by matwood 2y ago
> this makes me nervous for proper learning of anything in the future I don't really understand this fear, particularly now with the reasoning models that explain why they did something.
920.
by matwood 2y ago
I'm not sure they were as widespread as you think. I was born in the late 70s, and while we did get a ti-99/4a when they hit the bargain bin, I didn't have another computer at home until I started college in the 90s. Until th
921.
by matwood 2y ago
> Who can compete with Tesla BYD says hi.
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by matwood 2y ago
Sounds like a throwback lol https://edition.cnn.com/2019/09/23/tech/apple-mac-pro-united...
923.
by matwood 2y ago
No it won’t. It shows China the US won’t stop expansionism. Further, the US pulling out all over the world leaves a huge power vacuum open for China to step in.
924.
by matwood 2y ago
Not sure how stating a fact is losing the argument. Notice I put a lot of qualifiers on what privilege means. Young people with no assets are getting crushed, good luck ever affording a house. Women are losing rights at an alarming rate. No
925.
by matwood 2y ago
You seem to be speaking from a position of privilege though. A white, straight male who already has accumulated some assets will probably be fine. I'm not so sure about everyone else though. I also think framing this as just a culture
926.
by matwood 2y ago
The problem is when someone becomes that rich, they remove anyone from their circle who tells them no. And for Musk, even all legal consequence has been fully removed now. We all need guardrails otherwise our worst basic instincts start to
927.
by matwood 2y ago
No argument from me around copyright being too long. My point was mainly saying the publishers are working hard to avoid their Napster moment, but missing that it wasn't only about 'free' music, but convenience. The harder pu
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by matwood 2y ago
> DOGE looks amazing and has gotten farther in 1 month Burning down your house because of a leaky faucet I guess is a strategy, but not one I think we should be undertaking.
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by matwood 2y ago
> I spent a few weeks working at a contractor who specialized in VA contracts. As an aside, you're actually making the argument that we need more federal employees. The push to privatize everything has led to higher costs and more
930.
by matwood 2y ago
I think it’s wrong to pirate books, but making it harder and harder to use the thing someone buys will push people to pirate. The onerous DRM from the likes of publishers and Amazon will eventually back fire on them. They are fighting hard

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