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by mdekkers 3y ago
> Google started self censoring “Russian propaganda” and everyone was so distracted with the war itself that nobody seemed to take notice of what gears that type of thing set in motion. I recently found out that all of Russia Today is ba
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*China has entered the chat
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Absolutely. Now all we need is politicians and their constituents around the globe to get on board with this. Again with the George Carlin quotes though (watch the clip “it’s a big club”) most governments are not _that_ interested in a deep
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by mdekkers 3y ago
Correct. As per my edit in my other response in this thread, we would still be at 10+ billion in 2100. It isn’t like “oh, hey, don’t worry, it’s going down guys!” We should absolutely worry.
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by mdekkers 3y ago
Good point. As per wiki: > As of 2020, the total fertility rate for the world is 2.3. The global TFR has declined rapidly since the 1960s, and some forecasters like Sanjeev Sanyal argue that the effective global fertility rate will fall
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I don’t think I should be writing for anything, and I’m surprised I’m allowed to here!
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Global overpopulation is absolutely a part of the equation, and everyone is deeply uncomfortable talking about it because there are no palatable solutions to that specific problem. Humans, as a species, exhibit all the damaging properties o
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The best time to panic was 1980. The next best time is right now.
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Possibly for a Carrera, but for a Cayenne? Despite the Porsche brand, that isn’t anywhere close to a sports car. The platform is shared with the Audi Q7 and the VW Touareg. It’s a tractor with nicer seats. The weight of a battery fitting un
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by mdekkers 3y ago
It’s a content-driven website with user submissions. They don’t even claim copyright or ownership on the content, which is the actual thing that makes up the unique value. Open source what, exactly? You point makes literally zero sense
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The poster I replied to indicated that the “making money” part could come later. It is easy enough to have a volunteering agreement that catches this with clauses. Open sourcing the code won’t help with that scenario anyway.
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why is “somebody wants to make money” a bad thing?
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I stopped going to the cinema because no subs.
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Ah, so “if you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear”, essentially. When they suddenly do know you exist, for example because you started protesting about human rights, or climate change, or excessive governmental investigatory pow
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The German Mittelstand model is indeed successful for those organisations that fit that model. Very often, many of the properties that make the Mittelstand work are not that successful for startups. My personal story is just anecdata, but
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by mdekkers 3y ago
> At this points it looks like Germany is almost allergic to innovation. > Their government introduces more bureaucracy for companies, discouraging investments there. I made the mistake of trying to build a startup in Germany. Not onl
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by mdekkers 3y ago
> The whole thing will fail once they realise how impossible this is to implement. Uhhm…. Brexit? These clowns (and not just this specific bunch, the entire UK political class) did Brexit, do you really think a small thing like the feas
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A certain danger lurks there: how the inventor of the chatbot turned against AI(theguardian.com)
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> Well, some jurisdictions do allow employers to write a letter. This Russia, so whilst they are allowed to write a letter like that, it is highly unlikely to be taken into account. The only that would make a difference would be if the d
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> While it isn’t certain exactly why many people theorize it may have to do with his very controversial manager, Colonel Tom Parker managed Elvis. > Sources say that Parker turned down offers for the singer to perform abroad often. It
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by mdekkers 3y ago
No. No, they don’t. It’s the law. This is dumbest propaganda piece I’ve read in some time.
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by mdekkers 3y ago
Yeah, I really like this initiative, but this is not a technology problem. This is a trust problem. The EUJ actually has a not-terrible framework in place around electronic signatures, and _some_ countries are pushing hard for adoption and
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Understanding who should be promoted to where is a cornerstone of good management. Getting that wrong is literally one of the markers of bad management. There are a variety of mechanisms that can be deployed to ensure the person is right fo
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by mdekkers 3y ago
> Devil's advocate: the flip side is the peter principle. That’s not the only flip side, simply a possible outcome at poorly run organisations.
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Your argument depends entirely on scarcity of life-sustaining resource. We’ve objectively not had that situation for quite a while. What we have had, and still have, is a situation where scarcity of resources is artificially generated or ma
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by mdekkers 3y ago
:) you’re welcome. I’m just taking sides in a silly argument, lead is somewhat acceptable as well.
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> They buried the lead.. Lede. It’s the lede that gets buried. https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/bury-the-lede-... .
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> according to Elon Musk. This doesn’t mean what you think it means…
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The whole “you don’t need a car” discussion again? It is boring, nobody having it ever acknowledges that anyone else has valid arguments, and some of the arguments brought up on both side are ridiculous. Some people can do fine without a ca
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by mdekkers 3y ago
> Sort of. It's also a statement of maturity. And of funding. Some of the hoops such as a 3rd party audit are _not_ cheap

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