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by simonh 6mo ago
If someone founds a company, grows it and owns $1bn of its stock, they don’t have $1bn in cash to distribute. They have a degree of control over the economic activity of that company. Should that control be taken away from them? Who should
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by simonh 6mo ago
It’s done some pretty decent ones as well. Western Europe including West Germany, Japan, arguably South Korea although they went through a period of dictatorship, but all are staunch US allies. There have been failures too for sure. Over al
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by simonh 6mo ago
Also ships are still transiting the Strait of Hormuz to and from Iranian ports taking goods in from China, with who knows what on board. They are also exporting more oil now than they were before the war. I mean special military operation,
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by simonh 6mo ago
Menu bar icons overflowing. The notch just makes it a problem quicker, and in an exciting new way.
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by simonh 6mo ago
Houston, we have a problem!
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by simonh 6mo ago
We have the testimony of many eye witnesses in Iran, and at least dozens that have come out of Iran.
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by simonh 6mo ago
Yes, true, but the IDF took 2 years, the IRGC/Basij did their work in a few weeks. Hamas is a few thousand people and the IDF are still fighting them after 2 years. There are about a million in the IRGC/Basij/Army in Iran.
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by simonh 6mo ago
Right, because in the training set, text like that is often followed by the text “this is a known issue!”. That’s a great example to use to explain to people why these things are not actually reasoning.
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by simonh 6mo ago
There’s nobody who knows how to fool you better than yourself.
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by simonh 7mo ago
The problem is that internal communications inside these companies raised concerns about the manipulativeness, and even deceptiveness of the algorithms and tactics they were using. They weren't just consciously creating an attractive p
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by simonh 7mo ago
Not forgetting Trump personally ordering the withdrawal of all US forces in Northern Syria in his first term, on a weekend so none of the generals were around to talk him out of it. This resulted in the Turks moving in, massacring all the K
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by simonh 7mo ago
The Chinese system is hyper conservative, essentially fascist, it’s not actually socialist in any way, shape or form. It’s also hyper capitalist, with minimal regulation or consumer rights. The top levels of the ‘communist’ party is now pac
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by simonh 7mo ago
The nitrogen in generated fertiliser comes from the air, it’s the hydrogen in the process that comes from natural gas. You can theoretically get it from water instead, but the energy cost is something like 3-4 times as high. It may be feasi
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by simonh 7mo ago
Also they’re only the cheapest at the point of generation, you then need to transfer that energy where it’s needed, and when it’s needed (storage). Also manufacturing capacity for renewables infrastructure, vehicles, batteries, etc, etc, is
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by simonh 7mo ago
Was X11 any different in practice? Apart from ancient legacy stuff like XTerm. It would be like writing a Mac application in Quartz directly.
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by simonh 7mo ago
Also Apple are masters of the up-sell. Someone who knows $600 windows laptops are crap might just buy a cheaper Chromebook because crap is crap, but they might spring for another few hundred bucks for something they have confidence is actua
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by simonh 7mo ago
To a new customer it doesn’t matter how Tahoe compares to previous MacOS, it matters how it compares to current Windows.
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by simonh 7mo ago
Same in the UK. In the USA the government health programs for people in low incomes, children and pensioners cost about as much as a typical European single payer health system. Then tax payers get to pay to be gouged by health insurance co
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by simonh 7mo ago
New studies show that research is a leading cause of cancer in rats.
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by simonh 7mo ago
I suspect a major problem is the quality and consistency of the propellant and getting a symmetric burn.
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by simonh 7mo ago
Cheap systems are certainly a game changer, but I don't think they completely deprecate high performance, high end systems like this. Cheap drones by definition lack powerful long range sensor suites and associated power systems, becau
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by simonh 7mo ago
I think there’s a very great difference in degree, but sure. Especially under this administration.
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by simonh 7mo ago
I didn’t say anything about anyone being the good guys. I didn’t say anything about what China is planning, I pointed out things they are doing right now.
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by simonh 7mo ago
It’s tricky. It started out by disassembling the commercial binaries. There may not be any original code left, but it’s certainly not a clean room project.
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by simonh 7mo ago
They are supporting and encouraging Russia’s war against Ukraine. They also provide diplomatic cover and economic support for the Iranian regime. They promote nationalist radicalism and harassment of nonconformists on foreign campuses. They
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by simonh 7mo ago
If the options are play it on a Neo or not play it at all? (Well, for several years, I suppose waiting until you have a beefier machine is an option)
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by simonh 7mo ago
I take it's repairability slightly differently. That's because it is highly modular, and I think the reason for that is longevity. They put a lot of engineering effort into this thing, and so at this price point that has to pay ba
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by simonh 7mo ago
I’d disable major OS updates and stay on Tahoe, and only upgrade if other Neo owners report it’s ok to do so. Ive been burned by iOS updates that made the phone sluggish enough times. Not necessarily a reason to avoid the Neo, for the right
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by simonh 7mo ago
Very true. In a way this is demonstrating the tradeoff between cost, repairability and size/weight. The Neo is getting a lot of praise because it's all modular and screwed together. That should make it very easy to repair and also
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by simonh 7mo ago
The Neo actually has similar dimensions to the 12” overall, though not as tapered. That’s possible because it has a much slimmer bezel. The Neo is about a third heavier though.

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