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by nickpp 3y ago
Shouldn’t ethical concerns stop the usage of a technology, not its creation? Otherwise we risk never gaining the upside of said technology.
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by nickpp 3y ago
Not so easy money anymore after omnipresent AIs come into play.
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by nickpp 3y ago
Interesting. I stand corrected, then.
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by nickpp 3y ago
Everything East of the Iron Wall (German Divide) was under USSR control.
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by nickpp 3y ago
> had to pay bribes to the hospital staff to get things done This is still common. Patients are routinely ignored (and if elderly often abused) unless throwing bribes around. Countless cases of deceased friends and relatives in the media
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by nickpp 3y ago
Differences between countries, cultures and people do exist. These differences will manifest themselves as variations in productivity, ultimately leading to unequal growth rates.
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by nickpp 3y ago
I live in Europe. Just not in the nice, posh Western side that benefitted from all those cheap but well trained doctors and nurses who emigrated after their country got accepted in the EU. Here in the East we thank God for private health ca
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by nickpp 3y ago
As someone who lived the horrors of communism through my teen years and thus read Ayn Rand in my middle age, I find her books logical, rational and real-world validated. Attributes utterly lacking from her detractors, strangely enough.
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by nickpp 3y ago
That is exactly what Dow Chemical did at the beginning of the 20th century to break the German bromine cartel. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Henry_Dow#Breaking_a_m... No government intervention necessary!
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by nickpp 3y ago
And still countless competitors do exist. They must find some other ways to compete, because your point is valid. It's almost like the human ingenuity knows no bounds...
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by nickpp 3y ago
Dupe?! https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37704859
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by nickpp 3y ago
> buying a sewing machine and making your own clothing But why stop there?! Cultivate your own cotton, make your own cloth. Mine and smelt your own iron. Cut the woods and build your tools, then build your sewing needles from scratch. Fu
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by nickpp 3y ago
> here is no magic to capitalism, only greed It certainly was magical after the fall of communism in Eastern Europe to be able to visit capitalist countries and wonder at the shelves full of products and the countless affordable offers.
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by nickpp 3y ago
> And what if 1000s more people fly the airline and it becomes so wealthy it buys up all the other airlines? Then there is gonna be a gold rush of airline startups leading to amazing innovation, offers and low prices for consumers. Unles
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by nickpp 3y ago
I'm curious: what was the message you took from it? Who should you trust when all the media, politicians, President, scientists, billionaires - they all tell you something. And only a couple of disgruntled, cancelled ex-scientists on Y
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by nickpp 3y ago
> Yeah, I suggesting that at the very least it could be, if it means more Americans have access to an airport and airlines served a larger percentage of the country as opposed to only the areas that generated the most profit for them. Th
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by nickpp 3y ago
Didn’t that movie push conspiracy theorists as the only ones to believe and trust? If I remember well the media, government and scientific establishment were all onboard the “don’t look up” train. Only two crazy mistrusted psychos running a
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by nickpp 3y ago
Actually it turns out that was a baseless claim made by alarmist legacy media. Florida Bay is a very shallow estuary basically inside Florida, not “the ocean”. https://philip.greenspun.com/blog/2023/08/06&#x
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by nickpp 3y ago
Aren't XML child elements pretty much the most verbose way you can represent an array though?
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by nickpp 3y ago
Unions help politicians get elected. Said politicians repay the favor.
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by nickpp 3y ago
From Putin himself. His speeches in the last 20 years. He was quite upfront with his ambitions: restauration of the last Russian Empire, the Soviet Union. Eastern Europe and ex-USSR republics have been trying to warn the world for quite a w
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by nickpp 3y ago
> buys That is the key word, clearly showing you where the value resides. Lots of countries (in Africa for one) with resources in the ground and starving.
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by nickpp 3y ago
Europe's mistake was considering Russia part of Europe. Russia is an imperial power part of only the past...
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by nickpp 3y ago
Japan completely destroys your thesis. Resources in the ground are worth exactly ZERO. The technology and people to extract and transform those resources are the most valuable thing on this planet. Both are most abundant in US and slightl
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by nickpp 3y ago
That is a fascinating article, thanks!
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by nickpp 3y ago
We certainly hope so. It was a bad joke last year that the fighters protecting the whole Europe from fascist hordes were mostly equipped by the USA. Germany's initial offer of 5000 helmets will live in infamy... However, there are cert
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by nickpp 3y ago
What’s the hold up on designer babies though? I grew up thinking this is the future, choosing and customizing the genetic makeup of your children but I had to create my own kids the old fashioned way, fearing at every checkup for whatever d
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by nickpp 3y ago
When buying lunch are you paying the (fixed) price asked by its creator or are you sharing (some of) the future value that hamburger is providing you in nourishment and work energy for the rest of the afternoon?
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by nickpp 3y ago
Lack of a big corporate backer is my best guess.
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by nickpp 3y ago
I recently discovered (and used) the eSIM + Airalo app combo for international travel. I love it! Prepaid data eSIMs you can buy and install in the comfort of your home, before even going out the door. 5$ gets you 1Gb and 1 week in almost a

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