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by nicoffeine 5y ago
I found a pretty interesting theory reading about Germany, since their property values are extremely stable: 'Local German officials, like local leaders everywhere, seek bigger budgets to provide more and better services to their const
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by nicoffeine 5y ago
You have been misinformed, or you didn't do any research. Germany's coal usage was 407 million tons in 1991, and today it's 257 million tons.[1] The last new coal plant was finished last year. "What is expected to be the
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by nicoffeine 5y ago
The comic is confidently patronizing and either very old or poorly researched. It assumes that isolated atoms are the only way to interact with superposition, which is not true and not where any of the next generation designs for quantum co
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by nicoffeine 5y ago
> But nothing of what you quoted of the article has anything to do with qubits, let alone entangled ones? Again, even if it's accurate and useful, it would be a way to provide space (and maybe energy?) efficient storage, not quantum
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by nicoffeine 5y ago
Because the current approach to AGI depends on absolutely nothing happening inside the membrane of the neuron. If there are 5,000 intercommunicating structures with quantum properties * 80 billion classically connected neurons instead of ju
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by nicoffeine 5y ago
Anirban Bandyopadhyay, who has published a lot of research on the topic, has presented good evidence that microtubules have quantum properties. From one published paper: "We demonstrate that a single brain-neuron-extracted microtubule
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by nicoffeine 5y ago
You know who else is tied to organized crime? Major financial institutions.[1] Corruption happens everywhere, including every major corporation and every government. Singling out unions for the same problems is a smearing tactic, not a mora
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by nicoffeine 5y ago
What scientists, economists, and historians are concerned about is that the last 10,000 years of climate stability is what has enabled our current civilization. "In southern Iraq, farmers work much the same land as the Sumerians, the c
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by nicoffeine 5y ago
(This got long, I'm not directing this at you or trying to needle you. I hope this will help you or someone else understand what some of the homeless are facing) I think we see someone peeing on a car as less of an anti-social behavior
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The article points out that Airbnb is constantly trying to undermine local laws that are trying to provide affordable housing. A couple of links in you'll find this quote from the NY City Council: "Airbnb consistently undermines t
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by nicoffeine 5y ago
Millions of people have died in less than two years, 650,000 where I live in the US. More specifically here in Florida, ICU capacity is at 93%, and cases/hospitalizations/deaths are at record highs for the entire duration of the p
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by nicoffeine 5y ago
I think ML is fantastic, and combined with LiDAR, inter-vehicle mesh networking, and geofenced areas where humans take over, we could quickly arrive at mostly automated driving without trying to reinvent the human brain. We should also be m
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by nicoffeine 5y ago
The endless treadmill of tech fads is brutal, and I agree that the current state of affairs has a lot of dystopian elements. Remember that there are lots of SMBs who need talented IT, and some startups that are trying to tackle real issues
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by nicoffeine 5y ago
> i object to those methods but not the concept of appropriate thresholds What's the difference? Why does Amazon have the right to direct observation of their work and bathroom breaks, but your employers/clients don't have
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by nicoffeine 5y ago
> there has to be a line somewhere. is 8 frequent? 10? there is some threshold X, what we care about most is the response to crossing it Are you okay with your employee or client installing screen tracking software on your computer so so
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by nicoffeine 5y ago
> You think the economy benefits because lots of doctors, nurse, undertakers and whatnot get business out of it. But you are wrong. The country that spends the most GDP per capita has the worst outcome for life expectancy of any industri
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by nicoffeine 5y ago
Through 2050, the cost could be closer to 6.5 trillion in interest alone for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. This is the first set of wars that were not funded by raising the top tax rate. Our grandchildren will be paying for for these mi
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by nicoffeine 5y ago
If you’re going to arbitrate etiquette, lead by example. Following part of it when it suits you defeats the point of bringing it up.
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by nicoffeine 5y ago
> Be kind. Don't be snarky. Have curious conversation; don't cross-examine. Please don't fulminate. Please don't sneer, including at the rest of the community.
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by nicoffeine 5y ago
For the downvoters: "The single most important question in investing this year is whether the rampant inflation of the moment is temporary, as the Federal Reserve believes, or marks a historic shift. I argued last week that we are on t
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by nicoffeine 5y ago
Growth only means that there is more economic activity. If you reduce the quality of houses and cars but increase the price and your profit, that's also growth. If you cure cancers, that's bad for growth if you made more profit on
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by nicoffeine 5y ago
Modern capitalism depends on fiat currency and investment from those with capital. Currency loses value over time to inflation, so investors are always trying to get better returns against a baseline. Even at 3% per year, consumption has to
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by nicoffeine 5y ago
Disinformation is a legitimate problem, and it's causing more harm than you realize. My step-father has gone from a middle of the road Republican to being objectively disconnected from reality. Before vaccines were available, he refuse
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by nicoffeine 5y ago
> We have to be careful not to be confused with the common conspiracy theory that the US wanted to steal Iraqi oil Under Saddam, Iraq's oil was nationalized, and most of the profits went to Iraq's government, with Chinese and R
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by nicoffeine 5y ago
The US had no problem providing Saddam with money, arms, and biological weapons in the 80s[1], even after he used them against Iranians. And of course, the US been involved in Iran since 1953[2] when they overthrew their first and only demo
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by nicoffeine 5y ago
It’s worse than that. The US offered cash equivalent to several years wages for turning in suspected terrorists. People immediately started reporting any tribal or personal enemy to collect a check and rid themselves of a rival. The first s
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by nicoffeine 5y ago
> What has changed is that the press used to maintain certain boundaries in the relationship, observing the incest taboo. It kept its pants zipped, at least in public. It didn’t hire ex-CIA directors, top FBI men, NSA brass, or other pas
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by nicoffeine 5y ago
I believe there should be criticism on the current withdrawal. It is definitely a catastrophe in many ways. However, I remember the chorus of opposition when the Bush administration decided to send half a million troops to Iraq instead of A
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by nicoffeine 5y ago
That's the industry classification with the largest number of "Software Developers, Applications" occupations from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics[1]. As far as I'm aware, there isn't a comprehensive analysis of o
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by nicoffeine 5y ago
The median age of the entire US labor force is 42.5, construction is 42.9, and "Computer systems design and related services" is 40.6 according to the BLS.[1] In other words, on the scale of human life expectancy, the difference i

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