miguelazo

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by miguelazo 2y ago
>The great culture wars of 2020 meant people, especially in tech, weren’t comfortable sharing their views in public lest they get various online mobs after them. I don’t think this was a primary motivation. Further, left out Enshittifica
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by miguelazo 2y ago
Now you can.
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Why are America's elite universities so afraid of this scholar's paper?(theguardian.com)
9 points by miguelazo 2y ago|5 comments
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by miguelazo 2y ago
James Bamford has written extensively on this. Pathetic that the FBI doesn’t arrest any of them as acting as unregistered foreign agents, but not surprising given the cowardice of DC officials in the face of AIPAC.
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A physicist runs the math on direct air capture and warns it's a distraction(wired.com)
35 points by miguelazo 2y ago|41 comments
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The Hidden Life of Google's Secret (Legal) Weapon(wsj.com)
2 points by miguelazo 2y ago|0 comments
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by miguelazo 2y ago
Please explain how it’s “untrue”, using actual examples from the article. Also, that’s the ORIGINAL title of the article. Or are you just an aggrieved Airbnb booster?
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Airbnb's Secret Weapon to Fight State Laws: Its Hosts(wsj.com)
1 points by miguelazo 2y ago|3 comments
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Fauci aide triggers deeper concerns about hidden emails on Covid origins(usrtk.org)
2 points by miguelazo 2y ago|0 comments
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What Goes Up: Does the rise of index funds spell catastrophe?(harpers.org)
6 points by miguelazo 2y ago|0 comments
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by miguelazo 2y ago
>it isn't really possible to have a Google maps interface with neatly labeled bounding boxes of "don't worry the bad guys aren't allowed to go inside these buildings, only the civilians". This is literally what t
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by miguelazo 2y ago
I was thinking the same, but it’s easy to do so when it’s not your life’s work— especially something that took so much time and dedication. The quote about the Lolita film was pretty damning, and imagine the shame of accepting that you ha
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by miguelazo 2y ago
Yes. What is your point, other than trying to justify the bloated budget of the security state? As if we couldn't get better outcomes by investing directly in primary research and education without spook middlemen.
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by miguelazo 2y ago
Is the new product funded by In-q-tel as well?
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by miguelazo 2y ago
Very suspicious ending, which calls into question the real origin story.
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by miguelazo 2y ago
That was probably the only "cheap stunt" of the entire series. They still had to consider the average viewer, I suppose. But I know a few people I recommended it to were turned off by that exact early scene and never got past it.
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Wall Street Has Spent Billions Buying Homes. A Crackdown Is Looming(wsj.com)
4 points by miguelazo 2y ago|0 comments
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by miguelazo 2y ago
Their fat margins can easily afford them. And in a lot of cases, they can pass the cost along right to the ratepayers! There are some bills looking to outlaw the funding mechanism, at least. But a lot of these utilities are part of a larger
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by miguelazo 2y ago
Like ERCOT is much better. Good luck with the next freeze. And what’s your property tax rate?
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by miguelazo 2y ago
They tell you whatever platitudes you want to hear, just like what they say to the CPUC. That doesn’t make it true. The rates have gone way up, far faster than inflation or undergrounding can justify. Also, who is to say undergrounding is e
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The reason PG&E rates are skyrocketing in California(sfchronicle.com)
31 points by miguelazo 2y ago|35 comments
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by miguelazo 2y ago
Exactly! I live in a major city and there are vacancies everywhere . It’s especially frustrating to see how many houses that sell sit empty for like a year or more before the speculators manage to flip them into a short term rental or what
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by miguelazo 2y ago
Oh god, spare us the YIMBY talking points. Just like this article completely ignores how many vacant homes there are, how many have been converted to short term rentals, etc. There are plenty of luxury condos and McMansions being built, not
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by miguelazo 2y ago
> Meanwhile new media is full of new names making money and pleasing audiences who are wondering why Old media got so stuffy and boring. Wow, that’s quite a stretch.
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The Life and Death of Hollywood(harpers.org)
2 points by miguelazo 2y ago|2 comments
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by miguelazo 3y ago
Exactly. The West dictated these same sourcing rules to their critical infrastructure providers years ago.
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by miguelazo 3y ago
Many databrokers make it very difficult to remove your info, on purpose, of course. That is why the legit removal providers have to rely on manual labor for some. I'd love to see it fully automated, but I'll believe it when I see
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The False Promise of Carbon Capture as a Climate Solution(scientificamerican.com)
7 points by miguelazo 3y ago|0 comments
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by miguelazo 3y ago
Exactly-- they're all built around standard protocols and technologies that should be mostly interoperable.
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by miguelazo 3y ago
Who? Also, this was a debate competition-- hardly the forum for settling a scientific question.

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