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by saubeidl 1y ago
There is no proof "AGI" is a real thing. Any GDP put towards that goal is a huge gamble and the US is all-in, with potentially ruinous results.
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by saubeidl 1y ago
Why is "against capitalism" == wrong? Maybe it's right because it's against capitalism.
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by saubeidl 1y ago
Crypto isn't money.
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by saubeidl 1y ago
You're making the (imo incorrect) assumption that a revolutionary moment isn't the exact thing the US needs right now. Morality dictates we have to try and force one.
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by saubeidl 1y ago
The EU moves slowly, but is unstoppable once in motion. A written down investment thats four times the size of the mortgage crisis.
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Meta AI adviser spreads disinformation about shootings, vaccines, trans people(theguardian.com)
8 points by saubeidl 1y ago|0 comments
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by saubeidl 1y ago
I read your article. My cynical take is that this is the US committing economic suicide, based on a misguided belief in something that'll never happen. The new superpowers will be the EU, which was smart enough not to make the same gam
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by saubeidl 1y ago
> Trans issues, etc are not something I spend an enormous amount of time thinking about. I am not trans and not impacted by this in any way. Nonetheless, this worries me as trans people are just a small, convenient group to use to normal
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by saubeidl 1y ago
Oh, did the poor spyware maker get their expectation of privacy violated?
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by saubeidl 1y ago
They are building the perfect surveillance state. In previous news: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45441983 Americans, if you don't stand up now, you will have to relearn the lesson Germans had to learn eighty ye
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CBP Enforces Binary Sex Codes and Enhanced US Passport Validation in APIs(gtlaw-insidebusinessimmigration.com)
43 points by saubeidl 1y ago|92 comments
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by saubeidl 1y ago
????
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EU refuses to bow to Trump demands to tear up business rules(politico.eu)
23 points by saubeidl 1y ago|1 comments
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'Not up for discussion': Brussels rejects Washington's pressure on climate rules(euronews.com)
6 points by saubeidl 1y ago|0 comments
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by saubeidl 1y ago
Most countries in the EU seem quite free.
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by saubeidl 1y ago
But plants also come from farms...
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by saubeidl 1y ago
Isn't SWIFT a European payment system already?
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by saubeidl 1y ago
But is it truly a hamburger if it's not from Hamburg?
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by saubeidl 1y ago
This is classic right wing identity politics. They are so obsessed with silly labels - is there nothing more important to deal with?
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by saubeidl 1y ago
I'd call it a net negative. A lot of regulations are straight up good - clean drinking water, food safety, no sketchy chemicals in clothes, electric appliances that don't catch on fire, the GDPR, consumer protections etc etc are a
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by saubeidl 1y ago
> Mark Bray, an historian who published the 2017 book Antifa: the Anti-Fascist Handbook and has taught courses on anti-fascism at the New Jersey university Seems like a pretty apt description, no?
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US anti-fascism expert blocked from flying to Spain at airport(theguardian.com)
13 points by saubeidl 1y ago|3 comments
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by saubeidl 1y ago
The name for said policy is fascism . Lets not mince words.
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by saubeidl 1y ago
A lot of our fellow engineering nerds are far-right racists. Its on clear display on this site as well, ever since the second Trump victory they feel safe to take off their masks. Unfortunately, it's quite hard to avoid their work enti
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Ask HN: How to prepare ones investments for a potential AI bubble burst?
3 points by saubeidl 1y ago|3 comments
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by saubeidl 1y ago
I do not believe the problems are contemporary in nature. We've had the Great Depression, the Long Depression of 1879 - 1899 etc etc. Labor value and market value have been out of sync since the beginning of market capitalism. You migh
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Trump says he 'took the freedom of speech away' on flag burning(usatoday.com)
25 points by saubeidl 1y ago|9 comments
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by saubeidl 1y ago
> Because the main reason the systems are breaking is not because of the systems themselves, but of the people in charge of them I disagree with this assessment. The reason systems are breaking are inherent contradictions in capitalism t
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by saubeidl 1y ago
I like Arch-based distros that make setting it up a bit less of a chore, so on my most recent setup I gave CachyOS a try. It wasn't for me. Too many pre-written config files that make tools work quite differently from their default sta
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by saubeidl 1y ago
We've argued a lot on this platform before, but I fully agree with your post this time. -- a young-ish person flirting with communism.

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