parineum

35 ms·

541.
by parineum 9mo ago
That's because, in the places where housing is expensive, it's expensive because a _LOT_ of people want to live there. It's a pipe dream that you can out build demand in these places. Reducing prices of housing in nice places
542.
by parineum 9mo ago
And everyone knows that, if something is codified, it never has any unintended consequences.
543.
by parineum 9mo ago
> It absolutely boggles my mind that it's legal in the US for a deliverer to just leave a package out in the open for anyone to pick up and consider it "delivered". The actual answer to your conundrum here is that the pack
544.
by parineum 9mo ago
You're conflating an actor taking their role seriously to a viewer taking fiction seriously.
545.
by parineum 9mo ago
> if we were able to use AI to generate laws in an objective and logically sound way ... we'd be much better off. A major role of judges is specifically to not do that because there are circumstances that will not have been thought
546.
by parineum 9mo ago
The law isn't a series of "if... then..." statements. It's a collection of vagueries and categorizations that are wholly open to interpretation of when and who they apply to. Add to that, sometimes they are in conflict w
547.
by parineum 9mo ago
The category of words used to describe food to give the impression that it's healthy have been abused beyond recognition for my entire life. I assume that's always been the case (radium!) but I'm less certain.
548.
by parineum 9mo ago
They don't have the rights of human beings. Humans don't lose their rights because they are in a corporation, that is the outcome of Citizens United. "A corporation is people" is the singular of "corporations are pe
549.
by parineum 9mo ago
> Why not Apple and Nvidia fund the next particle collider, and give something back to society instead of letting tax payers fund it so billionaires can privatize the profits? Where do you think that tax money comes from? Apple and Nvidi
550.
by parineum 9mo ago
In the case of Citizens United, it's actually a pretty straightforward case. Without a constitutional amendment, it would take a very unorthodox reading of the first amendment. The "problem" with Citizens United is that it&#x
551.
by parineum 9mo ago
I know it seems like an incredibly dubious claim but the "I forgot" defense actually works here. It's not really that useful for a safe since they aren't _that_ difficult to open and, if you haven't committed a crim
552.
by parineum 9mo ago
> they took in $308bn in premiums and paid out $264bn in medical costs ... they're taking 14% off the top just to exist as a middle-man. In 2023, they had a 0.8% profit margin[0]. 9 billion dollars in a trillion dollar industry. Ig
553.
by parineum 9mo ago
Those old people used to be young and helped pay for their parents and grandparents to live into old age. Part of being young and productive is helping take care of those less able than you, including the elderly. Unless you're volunte
554.
by parineum 9mo ago
You are a person, not the people. I disagree with you on what the Constitution says. Luckily, The Constitution outlines how to resolve that dispute. [0] > ... Abraham Lincoln November 19, 1863 Abraham Lincoln was four score and seven yea
555.
by parineum 9mo ago
That's a good way to stop poor people from trying to sue anyone with better access to lawyers.
556.
by parineum 9mo ago
There's a branch of government who's job is to write laws, who's job is to interpret laws and one who's job is to enforce laws. Which one are you?
557.
by parineum 9mo ago
Not defending the practice but the Mohammed thing has a possible origin that isn't directly racist. The common names among Muslims and their propensity to appear on various watch lists lead to a lot of false alarms on those with those
558.
by parineum 9mo ago
You could immersion cool them and get radiation resistance as a bonus.
559.
by parineum 9mo ago
> once it overwhelms the community’s ability to correct errors. I think the point is that it already has.
560.
by parineum 9mo ago
> I don't think Lockheed Martin or Raytheon are doing this, it's the awful pilots and intercept operators launching missiles into Palestinian homes. Missiles have a lot of legitimate and good uses. They sold to the only entity
561.
by parineum 9mo ago
> 2) “Social media” lumps together very different things: - messaging friends, hobby groups, learning communities, identity-affirming support - infinite-scroll algorithmic feeds + targeted ads + push notifications + autoplay People in th
562.
by parineum 9mo ago
I get where you and parent are coming from. It's social in the way that anti-social behavior is social. The content is generated by users but the consumer of the content is served whatever user content drives engagement. People aren&#x
563.
by parineum 9mo ago
> Multiple humanitarian organizations define mass displacement as genocide and/or ethnic cleansing. You're mixing two things here to your advantage. Genocide is (or can be) ethnic cleansing but ethnic cleansing is not genocide
564.
by parineum 9mo ago
> mass human displacement campaign (a.k.a. Genocide) genocide /jĕn′ə-sīd″/ noun The systematic and widespread extermination or attempted extermination of a national, racial, religious, or ethnic group. The systematic kill
565.
by parineum 9mo ago
> So, let's exclude hitting fixed objects as you suggest (though the incident we'd be excluding might have been anything from a totaled car and huge fire to zero damage) I don't know what data is available but what I reall
566.
by parineum 9mo ago
> Waymo doesn't get as many negative pieces like this. Elon Musk is a divisive figure.
567.
by parineum 9mo ago
> The 3x figure in the title is based on a comparison of the Tesla reports with estimated average human driver miles without an incident, not based on police report data. The comparison with police-report data would lead to a 9x figure i
568.
by parineum 9mo ago
> ...for the sake of legal argument. R&D shouldn't really be included That's an incredibly ridiculous take. R&D is an operating cost and it's an ongoing expense related to the app store existing. > I think the a
569.
by parineum 9mo ago
I didn't state my opinion at all. That's just why it's valued the way it is. People believe that it will be valuable, that's what an investment is. I'm just offering a reasonable explanation for why people value it.
570.
by parineum 9mo ago
Tesla is valued at more than the auto industry because they are doing more than the entire auto industry. Honda is going to come out with a new Civic next year. It's going to look like the old Civic. Tesla is trying to create self driv

More ›