patchule

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   by patchule 1y ago

   Insolvency and prohibitive costs aren’t a hypothetical but have already arrived when it comes to elder care. And it will get worse. Class warfare is a thing but it is not every thing.
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   by patchule 1y ago

   You do understand that those who paid into it earlier get much more out of it, right? So it is a Ponzi in that sense. We can agree to call it something else, but Ponzi is much easier than typing out “a system whereby those who got in early
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   by patchule 1y ago

   I don’t disagree. But it’s also true that this will set precedent for future entitlement cuts. Younger people are not served by having entitlements treated as a sacred cow. I am in the opposite camp, cuts will and already have hurt me. I ju
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   by patchule 1y ago

   “knowledgeable friend who you can ask questions” A friend who will randomly lie and mislead you in ways you can’t detect. Might be better to use ai for stuff like writing tests, summarizing data, and other low level stuff one can effectivel
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   by patchule 1y ago

   Like a fly in my Chardonnay.
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   by patchule 1y ago

   Don’t they want a weaker dollar to bring manufacturing back to the US? If manufacturing jobs were up while service sector hiring fell, would that be proof that they are succeeding? Not good for the middle class, perhaps intentionally, but i