ndsipa_pomu

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by ndsipa_pomu 5d ago
That doesn't seem true to me. Monopolies are the result of failure of competition. There's no "invitation" to compete, but a clear warning that a new entrant will have no chance. This is why profit seeking organisations
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by ndsipa_pomu 8d ago
Yet countries that have strong regulation of firearms have significantly less murders (and accidental shootings) than countries that don't regulate them. That does suggest that along with murderers, the easy accessibility of firearms i
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by ndsipa_pomu 8d ago
Not necessarily as there are methods to redistribute wealth without the consumers having any choice. Recently, there was the example of the SpaceX IPO listed on Nasdaq (after they changed the rules to allow it). Lots of people have pensions
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by ndsipa_pomu 8d ago
Considering that we don't seem able to appropriately tax the biggest corporations, why do you think we'll suddenly be able to redistribute LLM gains? Far more likely is that wealth and power will become even more concentrated into
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by ndsipa_pomu 10d ago
Unfortunately "knowingly act inappropriately" is going to be tough to prove. I think it's better to pin the responsibility onto the top executives unless they can prove that it was a specific bad actor despite systems put in
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by ndsipa_pomu 13d ago
I've long thought that black boxes for drivers can also act to detect various diseases. If someone's smoothness of driving suddenly starts to deteriorate, then it's often a sign of early dementia or eye diseases.
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by ndsipa_pomu 13d ago
They aren't "accidents", but collisions in the vast majority of cases. Using "accident" is a loaded term that implies no fault, no blame and that it's just one of those uncontrollable facts of life. An actual r
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by ndsipa_pomu 13d ago
It's better to use the term "collision" as "accident" is loaded and implies that no-one is at fault or to blame. There's a long history of car industry bodies changing the narrative around traffic collisions in
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by ndsipa_pomu 14d ago
If this is true, why don't I see a flood of high quality AI-written software? All I'm seeing is a bunch of vibe-coded shit that's basically of no use to anyone.
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by ndsipa_pomu 14d ago
On the one hand, I agree that consumers should be better informed, but on the other hand, it may not be considered legal in some jurisdictions to include such a clause. The argument would be that no-one in their right mind would agree to pa
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by ndsipa_pomu 15d ago
> You give workers more power by making sure there's plenty of competition between employers, and plenty of other outside options for workers. In theory that should work, but I have heard of U.S. companies that try to use non-compet
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by ndsipa_pomu 15d ago
> because lawmakers think workers are metaphorical babies. To be fair, there's a long history of abusive employers, so it's wise to try to tilt the law in favour of the employee as otherwise they get exploited even more than us
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by ndsipa_pomu 15d ago
I'll accept south-east. I'm glad we're not describing the relationship between Greenland and Iceland as Greenland is farther east, west, north and south of Iceland.
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by ndsipa_pomu 15d ago
> It's slightly depressing how much better the everyday food is just some 300kms east of London (i.e. in France) Do you mean south of London?
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by ndsipa_pomu 15d ago
I think this is a result of click-bait titles. The title primes you to find out about the "little holes in your bread", so you start reading to find out about that and of course they leave that info to the end. It reminds me of th
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by ndsipa_pomu 15d ago
There's a difference between restricting your freedom and restricting your rights. When you enter an employment contract, you agree to give up some freedom in return for a salary etc. but it doesn't take away any of your rights. Y
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by ndsipa_pomu 16d ago
Yes. If you can manage to get arbitrarily close to the speed of light, the amount of perceived time would get arbitrarily close to zero.
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by ndsipa_pomu 17d ago
> Its not mass surveillance by the state, exclusively. > Its also the potential for mis-use and corruption by criminal networks. But you repeat yourself
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by ndsipa_pomu 17d ago
I thought this was surprisingly well written and seems to stick to simple facts rather than wild propaganda. As it is from 1945, I thought it would be more dramatic.
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Army Talk Orientation Fact Sheet #64 – Fascism(archive.org)
5 points by ndsipa_pomu 17d ago|2 comments
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by ndsipa_pomu 19d ago
The problem with using it as a wallet replacement is if you want to read whilst in public queues etc. and that would be fairly easy for a thief to swipe. If you're just holding the Xteink then you're less of a target.
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by ndsipa_pomu 19d ago
I received my X4 Pro from Xteink themselves about a week ago and there was no problem installing CrossPoint. They do say that they have unlocked firmware, but I think the issue is if you buy them from AliExpress or similar as they seem to h
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by ndsipa_pomu 20d ago
That seems like wishful thinking. Large corporations almost never pay their fair share of taxes and certainly very rich people seem to barely pay any taxes related to their wealth.
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by ndsipa_pomu 20d ago
Dishwashing machines probably have more need to rinse the dishes as they are using more concentrated formulations. I don't know if it's safe to lick dishwasher tablets, but I hope it's safe to lick dishwashing liquid, though
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by ndsipa_pomu 20d ago
I think you misunderstand me. I did not say that golf courses are pollution free, but there is many degrees of magnitude difference between the mere possibility of illnesses becoming more common around golf courses and data centres that h
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by ndsipa_pomu 20d ago
The issue isn't so much about water usage, but water pollution. Golf courses don't usually make the tap water undrinkable.
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by ndsipa_pomu 20d ago
I don't apart from when I'm initially filling the washing up bowl and doing some cups and glasses. My theory is that the washing up water has less surface tension and thus runs off the crockery better when they're draining&#x
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by ndsipa_pomu 21d ago
Not to disagree, but I suspect there wouldn't be such a backlash if the same people were building parks/forests/playgrounds etc. There are valid issues around datacentres although they might be getting bad press because of th
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Pentagon rescinds new testosterone screening policy without explanation(arstechnica.com)
115 points by ndsipa_pomu 21d ago|108 comments
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by ndsipa_pomu 22d ago
Someone running down the road counts as a pedestrian though. But yes, someone driving creates the danger.

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