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by robocat 1y ago
Thanks. I'm no fan of the article, and likely for the reason you mention: trying to write down how to perform social interactions is extremely weird (although I don't think it is "sociopathic"). I do admire people that a
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by robocat 1y ago
> Tax comes from profit This idea leads to ungood thinking. If true it would be equally true to senselessly say that expenses/wages come from profit? This is clearest when you think of the variety of cases where an employee pays the
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by robocat 1y ago
To compare with the US you would need to adjust for hours worked (Americans work more hours per year) and pick some numbers for the employer paid health plan, and employee paid unemployment insurance (to get equivalent cover as the dole in
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by robocat 1y ago
> literally has a thick salt crust inside of the holes. It is hard to take you seriously when you spread misinformation. The Calcium lactate crystals are technically a salt, but not what we would commonly refer to as salt (sodium chl
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by robocat 1y ago
Modern America doesn't seem to have much of a culture of cheese. I've just visited New Orleans, and the selection of cheese available in supermarkets was extremely limited. I recall the same issue from past visits elsewhere in the
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by robocat 1y ago
You are just being judgy. Dong think of it as rules, think of it as someone explaining etiquette. That is hard to write down without sounding weird. I bet you are oversimplifying how good parties are created in your own culture. If you trie
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by robocat 1y ago
FAQ: The College's graduation rate is normally 98 percent https://college.harvard.edu/resources/faq/what-harvards-grad... They filter at admission, they don't filter by exam.
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by robocat 1y ago
> They are good at repeating their training data, not thinking about it Sounds like most people too! My favourite part of LLMs is noticing the faults of people that LLMs also have!
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by robocat 1y ago
If you're a native English speaker, then you would lack the cultural context. Most everything in Spain was dubbed, which lead to common cultural outcomes that are very different from English dubbing. I'm sure they had a lot of aw
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by robocat 1y ago
Stock is financial - fairness is irrelevant. Never expect fairness in business deals. VCs stack the cards against common stock holders - high risk for perhaps $0 return (even though preferential shareholders might make bank).
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by robocat 1y ago
My only issue with a personal Wise account is that it was unobvious to me that they charge 1.75% on ATM withdrawals (over NZD350). I'm not sure if using Wise actually saves money otherwise - but it mostly works fine. The one technical
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by robocat 1y ago
I've had good interactions with Wise twice. I couldn't log on, got the problem escalated, then they got me to create a logged session in their app, and from that they diagnosed the problem was due to larger text on a smaller scree
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by robocat 1y ago
My Spanish friend was explaining how some dubs can be better than the original - because the voice actors are good. I think anything with Jeff Goldblum could be easily improved. The voice actors become well known and some were popular . . .
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by robocat 1y ago
It is often the case that a "good" word is used, and then the derogatory secondary meanings grow. Years ago special needs was a fairly safe term, yet now "speshul" definitely has different tone. I'm sure you know if
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by robocat 1y ago
Weird that the article uses so many statistical averages, while trying to discuss outliers. Edit: average is the wrong word - measuring outliers is hard.
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by robocat 1y ago
A shame the article is partisan/biased, when it is a game that can be and will be played by others too. I observed a pattern during the summer of 2016 in which Russian accounts would flood social media platforms with content in the
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by robocat 1y ago
> But the rich will be rich If you're in a developed country, you are the rich.
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by robocat 1y ago
But they may well be overreporting suicidal ideation... I was asking a silly question about the toxicity of eating a pellet of Uranium, and ChatGPT responded with "... you don't have to go through this alone. You can find supporti
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by robocat 1y ago
FYI: the primary hazard from acute, high-dose uranium ingestion is chemical toxicity leading to acute kidney failure (nephrotoxicity), not radiation.
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by robocat 1y ago
Someone just posted "Noam Chomsky Slams ŽIžek and Lacan: Empty 'Posturing' (2013)" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45708442 I've tried to listen to ŽIžek, but he sounds like nonsense to me. Lik
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by robocat 1y ago
Too one-sided to be a useful article. Negatives need to be balanced against positives. B2B SaaS can have some really great advantages for clients. It is best if the market is somewhat competitive (say payroll) to help prevent vendors from u
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by robocat 1y ago
You are ignoring why people play the game: reading people and avoiding being read (lies, misdirection). I would predict your job is technical rather than people oriented. There's plenty of other card games where learning the odds matte
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by robocat 1y ago
Most under 30's can get a working holiday VISA for either NZ or Australia. You're allowed to work if the purpose of your visit is to earn extra cash to travel the country, within fairly reasonably conditions. That's the best
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by robocat 1y ago
Edit: Please resend. I looked at iMessage settings and I needed to also enable my US number for iMessage. Not sure that was the problem but it seems like a reasonable guess. Was: Didn't get any SMS or iMessage and I've got no idea
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by robocat 1y ago
I'd love to meet for a morning or midday coffee. I've got a temp number here - which I've put in my HN profile. Personally I like coffee from Marzocco espresso machines - my local cafe here is Cherry Coffee Roasters in Gretna
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by robocat 1y ago
Small sample, but in New Orleans, the US isn't even capable of maintenance. I'm a tourist at the moment and everything looks like it is falling apart. The existing roading infrastructure is crumbling (apparently there's an In
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by robocat 1y ago
Failing fast is easier when lives are valued cheaply. “If it’s not failing, you’re not pushing hard enough.” You are selecting goalposts that suit your team, and being disrespectful of the USSR (presumably because you don't want to ack
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by robocat 1y ago
Good point. #2 has poor implications (I had been trying to respond to the inane comment - I should learn better than to add my own inanity!)
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by robocat 1y ago
People focus on the wrong issue so most quotes about evolution are highly misleading: the keyword should be about reproducing. Survival is almost irrelevant. Darwin awards in particular should never be given to anyone with kids (unless they
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by robocat 1y ago
In my limited experience, successful women find it difficult to find a partner with similar success: 1. Many men struggle to deal with a women that is doing better than they are (see article) 2. Successful men are extremely sought after, so

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