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by robocat 4mo ago
Things I won't work with: printers.
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by robocat 4mo ago
Perhaps think of how variable hourly wages and salaries are. You might be able to employ someone at minimum wage. For higher skills you pay more. Is that a better way to think of Anthropic's pricing structure?
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by robocat 4mo ago
Tax the fuck out of people and do they stop working, or quiet-quit reduce hours/effort? There are many highly paid essential jobs that society needs. Good luck finding a doctor. How long would transportation or infrastructure last wit
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by robocat 4mo ago
A quick check showed it is estimated that Apple gets about 18% of it's profits from China but only maybe 7% from EU countries (ignore Apple's definition of Europe!). Maybe China is easier to work with - perhaps their rules are mad
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by robocat 4mo ago
Both New Zealand and Australia have about 30% of the population born overseas. Immigration does lead to some stresses but it also has bonuses. Immigration seems to clearly help in the short term. But yes, immigration doesn't solve the
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by robocat 4mo ago
Disclaimer: Past performance is not indicative of future results
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by robocat 4mo ago
Everything has horrific side effects - as per your two examples. What really matters is the prevalence...
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by robocat 4mo ago
> Shorting is the best mechanism for exposing scams and frauds in public markets That societal benefit is mostly worthless to investors. Investors need to capture a good return (risk adjusted) to have any incentive to expose frauds or sc
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by robocat 4mo ago
> I will darn make sure to win as much as I can. Nicely demonstrating the root cause of late stage capitalism - us. Perhaps we should blame the players. I see so many comments trying to blame others or blame systems. Blaming billionaires
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by robocat 5mo ago
The taste for perfect imperfection. I only just learnt about https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wabi-sabi Perhaps "artisinal" encompasses the idea? Ira Glass is imperfect perfectionism.
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by robocat 5mo ago
> late stage capitalism versus > crunching the numbers I could have retired years ago How do you reconcile the apparent hypocrisy of your wealthiness? The stereotype is a boomer taking their winnings and then complaining about the sys
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by robocat 5mo ago
20% of boomers are already dead and only 5% expected to be last another 30 years (AI). The world isn't likely to change much over that time, so my guess is we'll collective find new victims to blame for everything rather than boom
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by robocat 5mo ago
Twinax: https://fs.com/blog/what-is-twinax-cable-1928.html
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by robocat 5mo ago
Looks like Zerodium shut down last year
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by robocat 5mo ago
Irrelevant... They need to stick within limits to avoid liability (and avoid arseholes blaming them on forums). Someone would get a problem with their computer or TV, and then blame Raspberry Pi (or create a problem).
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by robocat 5mo ago
The train driver saw a man on the track ahead holding a cell phone to one ear and cupping his hand to the other ear to block the noise. https://darwinawards.com/darwin/darwin2002-24.html
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by robocat 5mo ago
Sounds like custom CSS could do that for you. Maybe easiest to use one of the plugins that allow you to change the CSS for a website. The HTML used by HN is simple. After you discover how to do it with tooling, you'll apply the same t
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by robocat 5mo ago
"1% of luck" is so meaningless. Did you have to be born to the right parents at the right time, or just avoid a car accident? And the ability or desire to work hard has some very soft dependencies.
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by robocat 5mo ago
Flat surfaces seem like such a modern obsession. I feel the attraction, but defiantly try to oppose the gravity. At least you limited yourself to human scale hand-y work. An engineer type can go down some dark yak holes trying to find solut
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by robocat 5mo ago
You might enjoy: https://americanaffairsjournal.org/2026/05/the-appreciation-... A book review, but contains enough information to be an interesting read.
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by robocat 5mo ago
Experimentally probe: say you "fixed" something when you haven't touched anything and see what responses you get. Obviously only if your honey is the type that enjoys being experimented upon (So long as it isn't mean, I
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by robocat 5mo ago
New Zealand had car assembly which isn't a car industry. Although my friend was working at an injection moulding company in Christchurch that did some parts for Holden (GM) in Australia.
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by robocat 5mo ago
In the seventies, the view was often expressed to me by lay audiences that there was no point in stopping smoking, since everything was a carcinogen and so ubiquitous as to be unavoidable. This view was certainly pushed by the tobacco
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by robocat 5mo ago
I am imagining some sort of regulations that enforce the creation and installation of appropriate safety systems upon all similar sites in the affected jurisdiction. And a standard to prevent similar danger elsewhere in the world. Or is tha
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by robocat 5mo ago
Yeah boss. Wise up. Get confident. Learn to set good boundaries. Meekness is weakness. Don't be beta'd into submission.
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by robocat 5mo ago
Because I find it interesting how people make judgements: I found the comments enlightening. I hoped to avoid anyone wasting effort trying to help me. But yes, you can always be unaware of being a jerk.
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by robocat 5mo ago
That is a version anglicisée meme. I prefer the original: « Le contexte réel s’effondre au moment même où l’on me cite. »
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by robocat 5mo ago
Riiight. That is exactly what I was thinking.
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by robocat 5mo ago
Are you being glib or unrealistic? You're going to find many red flags for any job, perhaps severe flags. But you need a job. Or you have to roll the dice because you have deep knowledge of the red flags for your current job. Who finds
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by robocat 5mo ago
That is active. Something passive could be submerging the tank in a pool of water (also good for proving spill containment won't leak).

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