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by refurb 10mo ago
But the point is that China actively suppresses messages right now. Social media posts, people with banners on streets, people publishing blogs, people publishing newspapers. Each of those are rapidly stamped out when they pop up if they
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But what you’re missing (and I think the CCP fears) is the general bent of AI being aligned to Western rights. The communists are incredibly smart when it comes to propaganda. It’s the reason why they had roving political teams doing ski
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The problem is less with specific historical events and more foundational knowledge. If I ask AI “Should a government imprison people who support democracy?” AI isn’t going to tell “Yes, because democracy will destabilize a country and rega
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But this topic is directly linked to the Chinese political system . China has an authoritative political system. That doesn’t mean that all China are “brainless automatons” but it does mean the government maintains tight control on politi
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That was my thought. Just happen to leak some info for people you are interested in hurting but claim it was an accident. And in terms of no big news in “unredacted”, it’s likely names that don’t mean anything to the average voter but dama
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You act like Trump’s policies don’t have broad support with a majority of voters.
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Also don’t assume the mistake wasn’t intentional.
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I can only imagine the bureaucrats we could hire to manage it! And why dependents included? Kids can’t move out? I already see ways to game it.
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You’re confusing the faction leading the country with the people themselves. South Korea and Taiwan as countries don’t have an inherent will to align with the West. The countries are made up people with different beliefs, some are more ali
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Not if you would have used solar otherwise, or just went without (like a hunting cabin which is often unheated).
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Minor blip? When a government has massive protests week after week, where close to 1 out of 5 citizens comes out in some cases, that's a huge problem. Not to mention when it can only be "fixed" by baton swinging police and ar
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I don't get it. A very cheap baseline tier would encourage consumption versus what we have today, not reduce it. Today if I build a cabin somewhere I might decide not to electrify if it costs me $50 per month. But at $10? Sure!
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All the CPUC rate setting committee discussion minutes are public. You can look up what is discussed. The regulator gets down to relatively minor capital investments like fence replacement at substations.
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Indeed. The CA Governor is the one who selects the people on the committee that regulate PG&E. And the same committee approves PG&E’s budget and rate each year, all the way down to the fine details such as repairing an electrical fe
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Bunk? A Chinese government official admitted there were way more homes than people in China. https://www.reuters.com/world/china/even-chinas-14-bln-popul... Housing prices have dropped 30% so far, and the market
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by refurb 10mo ago
I think your perspective is biasing you. The US has a massive number of small and medium companies. For example small part machining there are dozens per city. 43% of US GDP is small and medium size business. That’s effectively 50% of Chi
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Right. They liberalized as they became more wealthy. As did Taiwan.
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We care because productive use of capital create income that is taxed, that pays for things like healthcare, social services, etc. Could we live with less productive capital? Sure. It wouldn't be anywhere near as nice.
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Medicaid is better than most PPO plans! Sure you’re more limited with providers, but there are plenty and out of pocket costs are near zero.
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Even if the question was perfectly unbiased and captured happiness, comparing scores from country to country are impossible because the scale differs from country to country. A 10 in Afghanistan is not the same as a 10 in Canada. Societies
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The very fact that a company grows in value from $X to $X * 1000 is proof that it’s productive use of capital.
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We don’t elect Presidents based on getting a majority of votes of all US citizens, even if they can’t vote. Do you know why?
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So you want to stop or severely disincentivize productive uses of capital? Sounds like a great way to throw the economy into a depression.
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by refurb 10mo ago
Ohhh! Just imagine all the new IRS jobs and government powers that would be created!
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Not only that, do you tax AI that doesn’t replace humans? How can you tell? Do you tax differently depending on how many workers it replaces? How do you measure that? Do you create exemptions for non-profit or humanitarian use? How do y
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Should tax the cotton gin because it replaced workers? How about computers?
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Hate speech is not a crime, at least not in the US (thank god). My point was that you complain about about speech being suppressed, but ignore the same when it comes to things like hate speech and DEI. Seems like the best approach is no spe
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But you’re stating the obvious? It’s not like physicians don’t know trials are designed this way, and for good reasons. Frail patients confound results. A drug may work great, but you’d never know because your frail patients die for reaso
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This seems like an odd criticism. First off it ignore the fact that if you include frail patients you’ll confound the results of the trial. So there is a good reason for it. Second, saying “rate of SAE is higher than rate of treatment effe
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Climate change is not an existential threat. Even the IPCC doesn't take that position.

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