otikik

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by otikik 11mo ago
If I didn't do it on purpose, I will never do it, with anyone, including my own family. It does not happen "automatically" for me. I have to be mindful about it. "Force" myself to do it. Do it "on purpose"
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by otikik 11mo ago
Because people who like spicy food should not assume that there's something wrong with people that don't. Some simply don't like it. Human heterogeneity is a beautiful thing.
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by otikik 11mo ago
Whaaaat.
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by otikik 11mo ago
I won't pretend I understand your situation or your circumstances. I sympathize in that raising a son is challenging, I struggle with it quite a lot myself. My personal experience is that I have not seen "You are the problem"
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by otikik 1y ago
I ... don't like this one bit. I hope Slack doesn't start including a text editor.
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by otikik 1y ago
Well if you are concerned about a resource hog, why are you running Windows in the first place?
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by otikik 1y ago
Half-Life 3 confirmed
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by otikik 1y ago
Crypto mining was similar
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by otikik 1y ago
I have seen it done in the past, in a limited way. You would buy a product, and it would give you access to the thing you purchased at that version number plus a number of versions afterwards. Pass that point, you needed to buy it again. I
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by otikik 1y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wealth_inequality_in_the_Unite... The top 1% of the people hold 30% of all the wealth. The top 10% hold 60% of the wealth.
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by otikik 1y ago
$229.95
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by otikik 1y ago
Or people who have incentives to put you in prison will find the felonies for you
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by otikik 1y ago
I meant “most European countries don’t”. I confess I didn’t know about Germany in particular.
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by otikik 1y ago
In the US and Asia, wealth is concentrating in a few individuals. Those don't pay welfare anyway and pay less taxes than me.
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by otikik 1y ago
I was like that when I was growing up. The cultural influence that the US exercises outwards with Hollywood, music, etc cannot be understaded.
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by otikik 1y ago
> undocumented immigrants which function as disposable citizens I am afraid that is not a problem exclusive to the United States. Perhaps it is more prevalent there, I don't have the numbers, but it also happens in Europe. What we d
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by otikik 1y ago
3-5 years is "long term vision" now. People plan quarter to quarter.
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by otikik 1y ago
> it supports your priors. I know my priors. Do you know yours? Here's another hypothetical: "We wanted to limit future soviet influence in Japan and were willing to flatten two cities full of civilians in order to do that&quot
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by otikik 1y ago
The "ground invasion/famine due to blockade" are hypotheticals. They don't have the same weight as 2 real atomic bombs that killed real people. Evidence of plans for those could have been easily fabricated. Even if the p
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by otikik 1y ago
Does it have CarPlay?
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by otikik 1y ago
People actually pay for that? I would rather pay for a phone holder and use the phone in loudspeaker. Or simply not buy the car to begin with
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by otikik 1y ago
Just ask Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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by otikik 1y ago
> price per token, which has fallen. I think that statement is incomplete. It's cheaper because the AI providers are subsidizing the queries by burning cash in order to gain market share. So it's not a price , it's a sub
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by otikik 1y ago
If you put several small motors on each wheel you might get some extra weight gains in the form of less transmission needed. Cables weight less than metal structural bars. But yes you are not going to be 500kg lighter.
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by otikik 1y ago
Don't get too comfortable, history likes oscillation. If it becomes the norm then someone will have a "actually writing imperatively makes things go super fast".
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by otikik 1y ago
I have tried to use GPG several times but the UX got in the way so much. I feel it did a disservice to privacy. It gatekeeps it behind an arcane UX.
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by otikik 1y ago
> for now at least So much in such few words. It sucks immensely.
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by otikik 1y ago
> literally less than nothing to show for it That’s not true! Some guys got really really rich with it. So, working as indented.
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by otikik 1y ago
The private sector is more efficient at extracting a profit. That doesn't mean they will be better at providing a service, however.
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by otikik 1y ago
Jeffrey Bezos: All those jobs will be lost. Like tears in the rain.

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