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by mempko 2y ago
You do realize the layoffs in the tech sector were because of Trump's tax cuts right? There was a provision that kicked in 2022 that made engineers more expensive. Companies could no longer expense engineers the way they did before and
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by mempko 2y ago
It's simple incompetence. The whole lot are economically illiterate. Musk is out there talking about the US going bankrupt. Trump is saying other countries will pay for the tariffs. It's mind numbing. This is why you can't ha
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by mempko 2y ago
There are a lot of cool ideas here. Maybe a small observation but the computation is stateful. Each cell has a memory and perception of it's environment. Compare this to say your modern NN which are stateless. Has there been any work o
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by mempko 2y ago
Both parties are. Republicans support Israel and the genocide they are doing for example. So don't have any illusion that Trump and his party are doves.
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by mempko 2y ago
Think about it now, if you are bidding on a house and the other bidders are multi millionaires and billionaires, who do you think will win the bid? House prices are going up because those with a lot of cash are bidding them up. Many of thos
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by mempko 2y ago
Most of that is driven by the top 10%. The top 10% now make up 50% of all consumption in the US. Again demonstrating that inequality matters.
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by mempko 2y ago
You don't build an empire by cutting the federal government and reducing the deficit.
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by mempko 2y ago
This is what a falling empire looks like. America First is a project to dismantle the U.S. empire and reduce it to just another country.
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by mempko 2y ago
Owners typically don't run a business. Those that do pay themselves a salary. If they don't run a business they are called "investors". Investors typically understand they can lose all of their investment and are in a po
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by mempko 2y ago
Immigrants are not why living standards are declining though. Yes, there are obviously logistic problems when populations grow quickly. However the real issue is inequality not immigration.
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by mempko 2y ago
Yes, wealth is constantly being created, however let's look at the facts - Market prices: ~15% annualized increase over the last two years - House prices: 5-7% annualized increase - Gold: 10-12% annualized increase - Compared to GDP gr
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by mempko 2y ago
> I also have the security of a permanent job, paid by someone else to take risks. So you believe, if a company is failing (owners took the risk and are failing), your job is secure? How? You do realize they can fire you at any moment. J
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by mempko 2y ago
Ok, so you agree inequality is growing and but don't recognize it as a problem. Let me ask you something, when you are buying a house, and you are competing with multi-millionaires and billionaires for the bid, who do you think will wi
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by mempko 2y ago
Your link shows inequality growing. There is income inequality and wealth inequality and both have been growing. Incomes rise while everything around you gets much more expensive, especially assets.
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by mempko 2y ago
Look at the accounting equation (assets = liability + equity) and imagine a two entity economy. One is Joe (the government) and the other is Bob (private sector). Joe controls Joe Bucks, which MUST be used by Bob to pay his liabilities (ta
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by mempko 2y ago
This is a great answer, thanks!
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by mempko 2y ago
That's now how you measure inequality. Look here. https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/WFRBSN40188 And https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/WFRBST01134 And https://fred.stlouisfed.org&
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by mempko 2y ago
Why would you need to raise taxes on everyone in that scenario? That's not clear.
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by mempko 2y ago
Inequality continues to rise rapidly. Everyone but the most well off living conditions continue to decline. The wealthy elite need to make stories that distract people from this problem. So they will blame immigrants and "bloated ineff
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by mempko 2y ago
Agreed. Inequality is out of control. Let's tax regular people less, and those making hundreds of millions and billions much more. We must close the gap for the sake of the vast majority of people.
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by mempko 2y ago
As an anarchist, we are for absolute personal liberty. But when we hear "personal liberty " followed by "free markets" pushed by a billionaire, it's clearly right wing propaganda. There are no right wing anarchists.
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by mempko 2y ago
You are right and are being down voted because ideology clouds people's judgement.
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by mempko 2y ago
I am surprised people are comparing what Trump and Musk are doing now to Putin when in reality it's closer to Gorbachev (as you mentioned) and what the Chicago school did under Yeltsin. For those not aware, they cut government programs
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by mempko 2y ago
The deficit hawks don't understand how money works. Everything about DOGE and their mission has a fundamental deep misunderstanding of why governments with their own currency must have deficits. Literal accounting 101. Unfortunately El
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by mempko 2y ago
You do realize one of the first users of private computers was the IRS. You miss the other side of the coin when it comes to efficiency. An efficient bureaucracy is a large bureaucracy. There is no possible way the IRS could do it's wo
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by mempko 2y ago
There was a huge amount of outrage since the Snowden leaks. What are you talking about?
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by mempko 2y ago
I cannot emphasize this enough. Coding is the EASY part of writing software. You can teach someone to code in a couple of months. Interviews that focus on someone's ability to code are just dumb. What you need to do is see how well the
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by mempko 2y ago
At least for now, maybe this is the best way to tell if a text is written by an LLM or a person. An LLM will capitalize!
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by mempko 2y ago
Vim already had lua support no?
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by mempko 2y ago
It's sad that neovim split the community like this. Now efforts are split.

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