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by nielsbot 4mo ago
> When the borders were open When was that exactly? And what's changed?
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by nielsbot 4mo ago
Also: Farm bankruptcies are sharply up--I'm sure the big guys will be able to buy up the little guys for cheap.
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by nielsbot 4mo ago
I know. “Make it rain!” I was referring to the current budget which is already disgustingly large.
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by nielsbot 4mo ago
honestly, who gives a shit? the US spends AT LEAST $1T/year on military—and a lot of that is used to murder a lot of innocent people just minding their own business. Cut the military budget in half to start and then complain about reck
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by nielsbot 4mo ago
There’s also the deluded cynics who profit from fossil fuels. Why mess up their good time??
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by nielsbot 5mo ago
US wait time for many: infinity. why? because current system is profitable.
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by nielsbot 5mo ago
don’t forget cachet among well off people.
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by nielsbot 5mo ago
that is what i’m accusing the dems of. just as well you can say the wealthy people our government caters to also have a clientele mentality. and they get most of what they want. populists are running for more seats these days and they’re wi
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by nielsbot 5mo ago
May I propose an alternative for our politicians? Rather that saying “you better take your medicine like a grown up and be responsible and vote for our side” try being _actually compelling_ for a change. That’s it. Just offer the people wha
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by nielsbot 5mo ago
I know grants are important. You know grants are important. When I say “academic” I mean not immediately relevant to most ordinary people who are trying to lay their mortgage etc. That’s a different group that the MAGA cult people who belie
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by nielsbot 5mo ago
non voters were the largest bloc and its understandable since lawmakers are largely unresponsive to their material needs. (bigger military budget every year, no universal healthcare plan, etc)
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by nielsbot 5mo ago
it’s making the news a tiny bit more than before but we’re saying the same thing I think. i also think the importance of grants is a bit academic, so not a day to day concern.
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by nielsbot 5mo ago
people in america have low political involvement after years of politicians ignoring their material needs. non-voters are the biggest group of voters. i think it’s by design.
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by nielsbot 5mo ago
Nothing like the collapse of the global hegemon to spur you into action...
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by nielsbot 5mo ago
Republicans in power and the capitalist political class, sure. But the average American on the street? They don't want this.
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by nielsbot 5mo ago
Why don't JITs preserve previous work across runs of the same code? If you encounter code with the same hash as last time, load up the previously generated binary and run that... or is that already happening?
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by nielsbot 5mo ago
if models exhibit emergent traits, then this is true in a way
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by nielsbot 5mo ago
So are we going to regulate these things or what? See also: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/24/us/how-prediction-markets...
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by nielsbot 5mo ago
You can long press on the notification (or swipe left?) and pick "Turn Off..." among other options https://support.apple.com/en-us/108781#manage-alerts
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by nielsbot 5mo ago
> SimCity 3000 is the best SimCity I disagree! SimCity 2K FTW. :) Best balance of complexity IMO and ran pretty well on my old Mac. I'd love a retro-futuristic reboot.
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by nielsbot 5mo ago
surely this is sarcasm
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by nielsbot 5mo ago
saturated fat is bad however: > A 2020 Cochrane meta-analysis of roughly 59,000 participants across 15 randomized controlled trials found that replacing saturated fat with polyunsaturated fat reduced combined cardiovascular events by 21%
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by nielsbot 5mo ago
FTA: > There’s something else worth knowing about beef tallow that isn’t making it into the wellness content: It contains ruminant trans fats. > The administration that declared it is “ending the war on saturated fat” has found a cook
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by nielsbot 5mo ago
Immigration is a net positive for social services, housing, childcare, healthcare, etc. over the long term. This country was built by immigrants. There can be negative effects with large inflows locally, but that's a policy failure tha
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by nielsbot 5mo ago
Don't assume incompetence at this point--Miller (and Trump) are anti-immigrant, full stop.
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by nielsbot 5mo ago
I don’t see how congress taking control is better if you’re opposed to regulation. Except maybe congress is even more captured than regulators. The government is good and does good things. We need more of it not less.
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by nielsbot 5mo ago
Money out of politics
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by nielsbot 5mo ago
The current path is replacing bureaucratic power with unchecked executive power which is the opposite of what you want. Bureaucrats who must follow the rule of law is what you want.
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by nielsbot 5mo ago
> always be on very very good terms with leadership Not a guarantee either.. just a hope
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by nielsbot 5mo ago
I disagree. You can feel a job has been worthwhile, lucrative, satisfying… (mutually beneficial) But feeling gratitude to an _entity_ that puts profits before your well-being is misplaced. Maybe there are exceptions, but not in big tech.

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