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by nostromo 4y ago
You've missed the legal / regulatory side of things. Apparently this has just recently changed, but telcos are highly regulated in the US and they are legally required to execute calls placed by their customers. This means that t
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by nostromo 4y ago
Ah yes, our annual budget. The perfect place to decide if TikTok can be on government phones, and what online sellers should do to police counterfeit goods. The absurdity of these people passing bills they have never read will never disapp
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by nostromo 4y ago
> "Sure you save some lives but how many will be late!" You make this trade off every day without admitting it in such stark terms. Every time you drive, bike, or fly to a destination you’re choosing speed at an increased risk
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by nostromo 4y ago
Twitter got rid of that right after the Musk takeover. (Although I think a softer version of it reappeared for a short bit…)
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by nostromo 4y ago
YouTube created that problem by incentivizing longer videos. And now we have videos with tons of fluff. Similarly Google incentivizes longer webpages, so now we have recipes that start with a novella about grandma’s cooking before showing
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by nostromo 4y ago
I'd rather politicians sell stupid trading cards to raise cash than to accept bribes from Goldman Sachs via speaking fees. AOC also sells a ton of overpriced merch to raise cash, so it's not unheard of.
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by nostromo 4y ago
This is entirely dependent on what city you live in and who you elect to local leadership positions. My brother's bike was stolen in college when he lived in Logan Utah. As a non-native he was shocked to find that the cops put out a d
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by nostromo 4y ago
It's not so easy -- you have to prove that they know (or should have known) it was stolen, which isn't easy. People like to blame the cops for everything, but the prosecutors are where the current breakdown in law and order is hap
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by nostromo 4y ago
Twitter really needs to move into the longer form video space to give YouTube some competition. YouTube has gotten very lazy with their near monopoly on long form video and now only innovates by increasing the number of ads every quarter t
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by nostromo 4y ago
2.1 megajoules of energy in lasers to make 2.5 megajoules of heat energy. If you turned that heat energy into electricity (our ultimate goal here) you'd have: (2.5 megajoules produced * 50% loss in conversion to electricity) - 2.1 mega
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by nostromo 4y ago
Wait until you see the number of fish: https://considerveganism.com/counter/
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by nostromo 4y ago
I can't figure out why the media is doing such a terrible job covering this (other than Matt Levine, his coverage has been flawless). Is it because SBF gave a bunch of money to politicians? Is it because FTX got investment dollars fro
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by nostromo 4y ago
Absurd. They need to freeze their max mortgage and keep it there for the foreseeable future to stop endless price inflation. And maybe the Fed could start selling some of their almost 3T in mortgages while they’re at it. https:/&#x2F
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by nostromo 4y ago
The average human also has less than two legs.
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by nostromo 4y ago
This is an age-old panic that happens with each new technology. The printing press was seen as dangerous. Then the phone, then TV, and then the internet. And now it's social media. Each time the arguments are the same. People worry
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by nostromo 4y ago
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1597300125243944961
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by nostromo 4y ago
You're cherry picking. Look at Joseph McCarthy and see a counter-example. He used the exact same logic: to prevent a Soviet-style totalitarian government in the US, we had to be intolerant of everyone left of mainstream Democrats. It
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by nostromo 4y ago
This is the exact logic used by Joseph McCarthy, and I think it's safe to say that was a failed experiment. > Therefore the speech of one side must be tolerated and supported; the speech of the other must be squelched and restricted
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by nostromo 4y ago
Most Twitter users, as best I can tell, aren't actually complaining about what they see. They are complaining about what others see. In their view, they have the "correct opinions" and have not been biased by any algorit
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by nostromo 4y ago
People assume it's easier for more senior people to get offers, but it's actually the opposite. The more senior you get, the longer it can take to get a new job. You are much more expensive, so companies are extra cautious hiring
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by nostromo 4y ago
New York City has tens of thousands of cops - they certainly can crack down on theft better than can Amazon.
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by nostromo 4y ago
Receipts and invoices are dead simple to forge. Besides, if I want to sell a used book on Amazon, maybe I don’t have the receipt anymore. No, the easiest solution is to prosecute shoplifters - not to reorganize honest society around them. I
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by nostromo 4y ago
Blaming Amazon is misplaced. Blame the people stealing and the system that refuses to prosecute them.
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by nostromo 4y ago
It's a long weekend in the US -- and a time when a lot of folks buy games on Steam or other platforms.
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by nostromo 4y ago
Yes, exactly. I’m involved with several gay organizations - one professional and one centered around gay athletics. In both cases there are a small group of activists that are trying to erase gay and lesbian identity, and all mentions of ge
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by nostromo 4y ago
How do you think governments force people to do things they otherwise wouldn’t do?
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by nostromo 4y ago
11+ years in jail for possession is vanishingly rare. The median time served is 1 year for possession. The average time served for murder in the US is about 13 years - just a bit longer than Holmes’ sentence. https://bjs.ojp.g
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by nostromo 4y ago
Nobody really cares about clocks being celestially "off" by a minute either. So this isn't a once-a-century thing, it's adding-a-leap-15-minutes-once-a-millenia issue.
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by nostromo 4y ago
It’s social media vs social networks. Facebook, SnapChat and Instagram are social networks. YouTube, TikTok, and Reddit are social media.
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by nostromo 4y ago
Facebook just laid off more than an entire Twitter’s worth of employees.

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