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by parineum 7mo ago
Obama and Bush both regularly bombed weddings where a single target was present. It's a non-sequitur point anyway, these kids weren't families of terrorists.
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by parineum 7mo ago
> But it used to be that the US was respected enough that public saber rattling and behind the scenes diplomatic efforts would avoid conflict. This is isn't true in practice, even if you want to argue it's technically true. Ira
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by parineum 7mo ago
Define "interfere". Be specific.
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by parineum 7mo ago
>The people of the US were converted into functional Putin-subservient Russians It's crazy that you continue to push this narrative despite the entire "Russia-Gate" thing turning out to total bullshit oppo followed by Trum
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by parineum 7mo ago
Their logo appears to be A\ ?
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by parineum 7mo ago
> but there are a lot of new ideas in terms of architecture that may warrant massive training runs I don't think the argument is that isn't true, it's that the gains from those massive training runs is diminishing. Eventua
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by parineum 7mo ago
> I have professionally dealt with these types of people in my career (not these exact 3) in similar settings and I can tell you - they don't care Prejudicial and cynical, nice.
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by parineum 7mo ago
https://x.com/CHPAlerts/status/2034793526043812085 This is crazy.
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by parineum 7mo ago
> They likely bribed someone in the government to get that contract though. No hard evidence of this was provided or is readily available.
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by parineum 7mo ago
> No hard evidence of this was provided or is readily available. That's not their job, that's the governments' job. So much of this (the article and your comment) is putting so much on Palantir when they are just doing the
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by parineum 7mo ago
It was a Kona 2019. Not self driving, requires hands on the wheel but it does lane keeping and adaptive cruise control. If you find a semi going a good speed and set the follow distance to maximum, it's a very easy drive.
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by parineum 7mo ago
I felt the same way as you until I took a few road trips in sn EV. I drove about 20 hours in two days. The thing that struck me is how refreshed I felt when I arrived. Normally I'd be dead on my feet and the travel day would be lost co
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by parineum 7mo ago
Indeed, your chances of needing a seatbelt for a particular car trip are very low but, over many trips, it becomes a safe assumption you'll be in an accident and, therefore, generally good policy to be prepared for that eventuality.
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by parineum 7mo ago
It's safe to assume you won't get in an accident. You _should_ buckle your seatbelt anyway because it's low effort, high reward in the unlikely case you get in an accident.
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by parineum 7mo ago
> People walking around with guns and badges should be held to the highest of standards. Suggesting an equivalence between the burden of proof on a hackernews commenter and individuals authorized by the state Let's take a step back.
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by parineum 7mo ago
It's under the purview of the executive branch to determine drug scheduling > The term "list I chemical" means a chemical specified by regulation of the Attorney General ... until otherwise specified by regulation of the
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by parineum 7mo ago
Which is, apparently, a strategy you wholly endorse.
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by parineum 7mo ago
> Common enough to be a minor plot point in a current cop show... You've reversed cause and effect. Cop shows don't base their plots on what is real, they base them on what people will believe is plausible.
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by parineum 7mo ago
> citing inflation, the housing market, law enforcement corruption, and legalizing marijuana as key campaign issues The first two of those issues were Trump issues in his campaign and Trump rescheduled marijuana to schedule 2.
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by parineum 7mo ago
You understand that white supremacist groups existing as cops doesn't make the majority of cops white supremacists, right? I'd hate to see someone use this kind of bad logic when deciding who is a criminal.
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by parineum 7mo ago
> It doesn't justify the cost when they can just rip you off, charging the same amount for a fraction of the bandwidth... You can start a company right now and lay fiber in these places and start your own telecom. You probably don&#
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by parineum 7mo ago
Rescheduling marijuana and invading Iran are conspicuously missing. You can ignore anything in the category of immigration enforcement, DEI or gender issues in Project 2025 because Trump has been going on about that stuff long before projec
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by parineum 7mo ago
I noticed this scorecard doesn't show things that are done that _aren't_ in project 2025 and things that are directly in opposition. There's no "Did the opposite" status, just "Not started", "In progr
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by parineum 7mo ago
> This is outlined in Project 2025 (which I have not read). Great sentence. Aside from making me completely doubt everything you're stating, I don't understand why people just take it as a given that Project 2025 is something t
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by parineum 8mo ago
No, that's not the point. The point is that such perverse incentives already exist in a lot of places. Polymarket style betting on the scale that it enables is new but it's just that, a difference in scale but not kind. The reason
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by parineum 8mo ago
Life insurance allows people to profit from murder.
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by parineum 8mo ago
How many of those things cost more than 10,000 dollars?
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by parineum 8mo ago
> artificial boost is given to stuff nobody wants, but at a lower price can be convinced to buy. People do want it, clearly, but it's too expensive for them. Sales don't make people want things they otherwise don't.
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by parineum 8mo ago
> Falcon nine is the world's workhorse rocket, but it's just not that remarkable The funniest part of any thread relating to Musk is how hard people go into minimizing his accomplishments. You don't have to like the guy (I
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by parineum 8mo ago
What's an artificial boost? Sounds like you're describing a sale.

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