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mrtksn
1y ago
>Why could a court favor the interest of the New York Times in a vague accusation versus the interest and right of hundred millions people? Probably because they bothered to pursue such a thing and hundreds of millions people did not. Ho
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1y ago
I don't think the German cars are the concern in this case. The Chinese and the Koreans are.
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mrtksn
1y ago
IMHO you are not supposed to fake your core value proposition when taking money. If the AI part was an implementation detail probably wouldn’t have been a problem.
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1y ago
Eastern European countries are surprisingly nice actually. Those are safe, free, have access to good food and anyone who is living in those is living because they choose to. The only ones that complain are those who want to have the cake an
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1y ago
I'm aware of the state but it's not bad enough. It will be bad enough only when access to US services is just as restricted as in Russia and China. Currently there aren't any restrictions, the political class is worried and p
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1y ago
EU businesses aren't going to switch to EU providers as long as US providers are just as convenient and provide better services. EU providers aren't going to be as convenient and as good as US providers unless they can have simila
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1y ago
Does anybody knows why Google and Microsoft constantly shuffle their communication apps? Both had the opportunity to be the king but instead they seems to choose to throw away their fortunes? I still remember the times when we used Gtalk as
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1y ago
I used to do paragliding and to me the video looks like low effort green screen more than AI. The colons don't behave like that when flying because you have a tension exactly as much as your weight and it will vibrate and jiggle as it
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1y ago
The the evidence on causes is wrong or non-existent. That doesn’t mean that there’s no evidence that Americans should get healthier because there’s plenty of evidence on that, like shorter lifespans or prevalence of health issues that are m
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1y ago
So the spirit is right but the substance is BS? That's the architecture of everything populist. That's how you take on the elites, there's no case where the general population knows it better than the elites. It's a case
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1y ago
looks pretty cool. Is it for creating multiple accounts on online services? I.e. for creating and managing Instagram and Twitter account accounts.
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1y ago
Are the countries with limited Internet better off in regards to the issues that Internet has created? Maybe, but they are also missing out on the progress of the society because despite the issues it also created a lot of opportunities and
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1y ago
It doesn't have anything to do with DOGE, that's just the tax the US importers are paying as a result of Trump tariffs: https://www.cnbc.com/2025/05/12/tariff-receipts-topped-16-bi... It's just
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1y ago
Apparently US collected a record amount of tariffs in April, about $16B. So someone definitely paid that. Maybe for most consumer goods the companies ate that and took a hit until they figure out how to price things because TACO.
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1y ago
What happens in US is heartbreaking. For so many years the US was the place to go if you intend to invent the next stage of humanity and it wasn't like going to a foreign country but instead US was like this magical place where everyon
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1y ago
Its just like nationality based employment rights(need to be citizens or have a visa/permit to work) but more granular. It can have its place, i.e. a way to balance bargaining power with the employer. It’s inherently anti meritocratic
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1y ago
That's all organic artizan voiceover, not like the unhealthy garbage AI voiceover the lesser cool people use.
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1y ago
There's certainly an allotment for the rich and connected(Erdoğan's son studied at Harvard and he is a meme for his brains in Turkey, having trouble to understand his father's commands on leaked police surveillance tape. Turk
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1y ago
The action by itself comes as a punishment which imply that this is indeed great resource but because Harvard was a naughty boy means that can't have it. I want to note that when Brexit happened EU citizens had about 2 years period to
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1y ago
How so humans need to know about all this? Isn’t it the exact use case where the machines write all the code as it is machine to machine protocol and some of the machine involved are supposed to be phd level programmers. The MCP or somethin
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1y ago
Sure its bad but its worse for those who have it good. Also, people don't plan or predict every outcome, they just want change and when that change is denied that's how we have civil wars. It all starts with a peaceful protest or
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1y ago
Good point but I think these are about the choices you make. You can choose to look after your metallurgist who become obsolete as a laborers but I'm sure they are amazing people. You might be worried for becoming communist or welfare
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1y ago
The reserve currency status makes all the difference on how much of all this you can do and under what conditions. That's the difference and that's why US had it so good for so long and now is due for such a large correction. Also
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1y ago
For other countries USD is something they have to work for or sell something to acquire it. If they screw up they may end up in crisis being unable to obtain USD. Borrowing in their own currency will be much more limited and borrowing in US
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US doesn't just get political influence. It gets massive amounts of products and services enabling the US residents live well beyond their means. China for example, sends huge number of electronics and all kind of other consumer goods
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1y ago
Understand and it and celebrate the art when acknowledge the shortcomings of it creator. A lot of great creations, inventions and discoveries are made by otherwise insufferable assholes. Kary Mullis, the inventor of PCR is known to be a pri
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1y ago
French deny this, so I guess is true but more nuanced: https://x.com/francediplo/status/1924129503800127999 Anyway, the election was held and the pro-EU candidate won with a large margin and had one of the highest
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1y ago
I'm not sure there's anything new under the sun except that they tried pushing decade ol videos. I have one fairly popular video on my channel that dropped to less than a hundred views a day and suddenly it was pushed to a lot of
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Every accusation is a confession is my favorite quote lately. Apart for immediately backed by evidence incidents, any projection of wrongdoing is just a way of saying "if I were in your position and had your abilities I would do that&q
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1y ago
It's not what they say on the stage but how voters from different countries behave. UK: 0 points total Cyprus: 12 points from Greece Azerbaijan: 12 points from Turkey San Marino singer: A Turkish guy sings in English Armenia: the song
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