pirate787

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by pirate787 2y ago
Objectively, he's the greatest entrepreneur in American history.
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by pirate787 2y ago
It's amazing I started running 3x a week and my blood pressure dropped 25 points (I also lost about 10 lbs)
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by pirate787 2y ago
The problem is that the institutionalists define "first-order" safeguards. They also often control key relationships like access to the board of directors
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by pirate787 2y ago
I wanted to buy but it requires custom fitted lenses for glasses wearers, and Apple doesn't support my prescription.
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by pirate787 2y ago
What's "outrageous" about Musk's wealth? He built companies that provide breakthrough goods and services. The increasing amounts of envy and malice in American culture is troubling.
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by pirate787 2y ago
They became Greeks before that. The Ptolemaic pharaohs were Macedonians. Alexandria, Egypt, the second greatest city, was founded by Alexander the Great and was 35% Jewish.
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by pirate787 2y ago
Mass immigration plus zoning restrictions and size requirements on housing. The problem isn't complicated.
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by pirate787 2y ago
My concern for the workers is that the bridge traps the particulate matter from the stones and the VOCs from the asphalt. Like working in a mine.
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by pirate787 3y ago
Also seems like the stopped car could emit a signal that self-driving cars could pick up.
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by pirate787 3y ago
The next leg up for Nvidia is sovereign funding for national AI efforts
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by pirate787 3y ago
This is dystopian. The better approach is the "precautionary principle" which requires owners of new tech or chemicals prove they are safe before use
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by pirate787 3y ago
Here's the article on MSN: https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/the-disarray-insid...
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by pirate787 3y ago
The replacement bridge in Tampa famously added "dolphins" which are bumpers in the water to protect the bridge pylons.
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by pirate787 3y ago
Most crypto is Proof of Stake -- how much GPU market is there really for Nvidia?
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by pirate787 3y ago
That's my thought as well. The price is very fair considering all the tech in it, and historically we paid a lot more for less. My crappy 1997 Fujitsu laptop was $3k in today's dollars.
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by pirate787 3y ago
Ironically the increase in interest rates probably bailed them out
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by pirate787 3y ago
I'm old enough to remember this, can confirm that the general public was afraid of the DC 10- the entire model was banned for a time when the FAA pulled its certificate. We're one deadly US crash from the end of the MAX and from
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by pirate787 3y ago
It's a shame Boeing killed 346 people. IT's obvious that Boeing is a bad actor. https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/22/business/boeing-737-max-crime...
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by pirate787 3y ago
People need to live within their means and save emergency funds, and develop marketable skills and positive work ethic.
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by pirate787 3y ago
Also I'd contact your favorite airlines and demand that they retire their MAX planes. https://www.transportation.gov/airconsumer/airline-consumer-...
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by pirate787 3y ago
Your "broadcasting in the public interest" is also "government funded propaganda with limits on free speech"
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by pirate787 3y ago
Actually WWII central planning is what broke the US health care system. Unable to compete on wages because of price controls, employers asked the IRS to make health care deductible. https://www.aei.org/carpe-diem/why-i
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by pirate787 3y ago
It is a form of racism to criticize someone for their beliefs as an "uncle tom" or to demand that all members of a group share the same opinions.
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by pirate787 3y ago
It is a breakdown in US culture and law enforcement, not the lack of treatment options.
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by pirate787 3y ago
The obsession with "Inequality" is misplaced envy. The issue is government policies that enable and support lawbreaking.
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by pirate787 3y ago
You're joking right? North Koreans are literally starving to death. https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/03/asia/north-korea-hunger-famin...
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by pirate787 3y ago
It's auction, what do you mean "below market cost"?
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by pirate787 3y ago
I remember those days, there was no database layer at AWS so we used instances with Elastic Block store for durability.
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by pirate787 3y ago
Python didn't win. PHP adapted and remains the language that powers the Internet.
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by pirate787 3y ago
Your Luddite take is profoundly wrong, and has been consistently proven wrong at every single technological turn in history. We have more robots than even today, and yet a labor SHORTAGE. Eliminating the tedious and dangerous task of drivi

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