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by rat87 2y ago
> but now even just running the software is much more demanding and expensive. Never mind the fact that the UI has to be slick or people will be put off, because the bar is much higher now. I'm skeptical of this. There's likely
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by rat87 2y ago
It's not redundant because regular python parameters without a / in the list can be called by name even if they don't have default values. The author may intend them to be positional only but some callers might call them by n
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by rat87 2y ago
It's pretty complicated especially since it's been changing significantly since 2022 and even 2014 but most Ukranians understand and speak russian and a large minority have or had it as a primary language. People also spoke both.
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by rat87 2y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anarchist_communism Vs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anarcho-capitalism > While the earliest extant attestation of "anarchocapitalism" [sic] is in Karl H
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by rat87 2y ago
Immigration is core to American identity and America's success. It's one of our core defining values The American that was originally convinced was imperfect and much worse then the America we have today. We literally had slavery
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by rat87 2y ago
They are reliant on it. The US is still the currency used for trade. The world economy is tied to the dollar and outside of countries we've sanctioned no country has made large steps towards using something else because using somethin
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by rat87 2y ago
Intangible products are very real Manufacturing plastic one use sponge bob toys are also real. Real and not particularly useful and perhaps not what most people imagine when they vastly overstate the importance of manufacturing to an econom
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by rat87 2y ago
India despite flaws is a democracy same as the US. It's a very different country then China. Plenty of immigrants from tyrannical countries are as if not more committed to democracy as those born here And just because someone was born
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by rat87 2y ago
At least the vast majority of sane economist rejected it long ago. That's why people who preach it are called goldbugs. The US and *every other country jumped from it because it didn't work well and caused frequent instability*. T
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by rat87 2y ago
Democrats put up the only candidate likely to unify the party at that stage. I'm not defending a campaign which lost to Trump. But at some point we also have to blame ourselves and the voting population at large. As well as a media way
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by rat87 2y ago
It's doubtful that there is one piece of software that does anything non trivial that has bugs, even short command line programs. The best we can hope for is that bugs don't seem to cause too many problems.
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by rat87 2y ago
Right but this is a new thing. For decades working from the office was the overwhelming norm. It was just assumed. So I doubt there's many incentives right now. I imagine it's much more about being upset at your expensive rent bui
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by rat87 2y ago
Biden supported our allies while also pressing for a path to peace. Jill Stein had a terrible foreign policy especially with regards to russia. Anyone who thought Trump would do better ... Inflation had largely been contained, and top inclu
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by rat87 2y ago
Reminds me of Roosevelt Island NYC pneumatic island trash shute https://www.npr.org/2017/07/26/539304811/how-new-york-s-roos...
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by rat87 2y ago
hey some of us like meat aspics nothing wrong with some Kholodets/P'tcha with some horseradish
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by rat87 2y ago
Are you saying the world isn't better for the collapse of the soviet union?
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by rat87 2y ago
> There’s something about talking to an AI that just always feels wrong. That the potential for scams and emotional manipulation seem much higher than any "positive" use cases
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by rat87 2y ago
I dont think they are walking anything back. They seem a lot more positive about self driving cars then a lot of people. The controversial part of the article for most would be the suggestion to an allow organ market The article is part of
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by rat87 2y ago
From the article you linked > We’re all for saving lives—we aren’t saying that we should stop self-driving cars so we can preserve a source of organ donation. But we also need to start thinking now about how to address this coming proble
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by rat87 2y ago
> What do you call the illegal coup in 2014? It removed the representation of everyone in Crimea and Donbas right? What about NATO expansionism? The aggressor isn’t very clear. I would argue that the 2014 coup and efforts to suppress Rus
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by rat87 2y ago
Could you expand on that? I can understand why someone mighy not like Harris but I cant see why voting her is stupider then voting to fuck up the country.
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by rat87 2y ago
This is a fundamental misunderstanding. At most our debt is mildly concerning its not some sort of catastrophe unless we do something stupid tp sabotage ourselves(see DODGE) and most of the debt is owned by americans not foreigners. Also Ch
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by rat87 2y ago
Voting for Trump is stupid. Im sure there are plenty of people with lots of schooling that voted for Trump. They made a stupid choice. Even if you agree with some policies Trump is the height of incompetence fraud corruption and abuse of po
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Thats not a consensus take. These groups put out incredibly useful reports. Which politicians often ignore. The current administration doesnt care about waste or corruption. I can think of few things more wasteful or corrupt then "The
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> None of them have been successful in any capacity over the last 20 years. Citation needed. They do their jobs, problem is politians also do theirs. Making sure military doesnt cut spending in their district even if military leaders thi
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Trump has also attacked parts of the goverment doing anaylsis/oversight of the budget as well as hobbling prosecution of corrupt politicans
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by rat87 2y ago
Generally I think most american military/state department people dont want China as an enemy but see a high chance of conflict if they invade Taiwan. Though under Trump I'm not sure we would defend Taiwan, we seem to be betraying
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by rat87 2y ago
Generally some of the worst things come from defering to the states. From slavery to jim crow. Not to forget federal workers safety and minimum wage laws which protect people even if their state goverments suck And you still have to worry a
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by rat87 2y ago
Its not inevitable at least at scale. You can build a good goverment with transperancy and minimal corruption. Its just hard.
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Trump has zero intrest in stopping waste or corruption. He is firmly pro corruption https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-fcpa-anti-bribery-law-exe...

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