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by squishington 11mo ago
Competition at the $500 per week range is intense, because there are many people who can't afford more than that.
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by squishington 1y ago
I think language does us a disservice here. I'm reminded of Korzybski's work in Science and Sanity. The interpretation of "truth" depends on which level of abstraction you are operating on. "Every statement is true
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by squishington 1y ago
Thanks for your input. I have a similar feeling about general economic matters. I like Gary Stevenson's perspective on this. When the numbers say the economy is doing well, but you talk to "ordinary people" and they say they
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by squishington 1y ago
For what it's worth, one of my uni lecturers in my final uni year told me that over half the cohort for that year would never work in engineering because there weren't enough jobs. He said the uni didn't want him imparting th
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by squishington 1y ago
My feeling is there are often factors which are not captured in job market statistics, which is why it's important to listen to the experience of grads seeking jobs. When I graduated in 2018, it took me a whole year to land a job (grad
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by squishington 1y ago
The left and right have more in common with each other than they realise. Many of the distinctions become irrelevant when you realise it's really workers against the power of massive capital.
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by squishington 1y ago
Sorry, it wasn't my intention to demean the project. I can just see a humorous aspect to it. The human element reminded me of Mancierge https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4WrPkKc2Wg
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by squishington 1y ago
I enjoyed reading fiction until I studied electrical engineering. After that I felt that fiction was a waste of time. On a cognitive level I don't think it is, but I think the feeling comes from having been instilled with a sense that
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by squishington 1y ago
This sounds a bit like a Tim and Eric Cinco product.
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by squishington 1y ago
The official jellyfin android app also provides 'remote' functionality (skip episodes, browse library, change volume etc.). It works well for me most of the time, but occasionally it can't find the remote session until I rest
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by squishington 1y ago
Korzybski claimed that the most significant difference was the human ability of time-binding. https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/Cbqr9NcFDtjvM6zC4/time-bindi...
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by squishington 1y ago
Cool project. I've been using this IMDB interface and really like its simplicity: https://github.com/zyachel/libremdb
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by squishington 1y ago
Please don't spread misinformation like this. It can stop people from seeking professional help. When people seek therapy, they are taking ownership over their emotions and actions, because they want to change their internal state in a
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by squishington 1y ago
This interpretation seems accurate to me. I think the big concern is what happens once the asset and passive wealth class have squeezed the working class dry. And the governments don't have enough wealth for a welfare state solution. W
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by squishington 1y ago
Named buffers combined with helm is so good!
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by squishington 1y ago
Gary Stevenson talks a lot about this. His campaigning for wealth taxes is increasing the public awareness of this issue around the world.
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by squishington 1y ago
The threat of being evicted every 12 months in Melbourne has reduced me to not being able to plan much at all. Rental market is cooked. It's exhausting.
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by squishington 1y ago
People with addictions don't act sensibly because they have unresolved trauma. To dismiss this as simply being unsensible is extremely ignorant, and pretty typical of a lot the conversation I see on HN. Most of us on here have the priv
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by squishington 1y ago
Enron was 25 years too early.
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by squishington 1y ago
I feel like his public disagreement with tulsi gabbard over Iran's armament situation exemplifies the tension between his psychological needs and the stability of his government. These kind of conflicts shouldn't play out in the p
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by squishington 1y ago
No worries man. I'm a bit autistic so I take things too literally sometimes. Can't help it.
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by squishington 1y ago
The scariest aspect to me is trumps unpredictability. He acts based on his psychological needs in the moment, I.e. need for narcissistic supply. He isn't ideological in the way that netanyahu and Putin are, so he is going to react base
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by squishington 1y ago
Hey mate. I don't want to be patronising, but it seems like you're suffering a bit and might benefit from some professional help. I get it, phones can become a stand in attachment figure for people who are experiencing personal di
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by squishington 1y ago
I remember listening to a Robert Anton Wilson talk, where he claimed that he had read letters that Joyce wrote to a lover. These letters were only released many years after Joyce's death. Apparently they revealed that Bloom's Day
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by squishington 1y ago
I agree regarding housing. What I'm sceptical about is whether these potential productivity gains benefit those who work to survive or those who live (or at least derive a substantial income) from passive gains from assets. Have we not
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by squishington 1y ago
Earning potential should be considered in the context of increased wealth disparity though. After all, the rich and the poor are competing for the same resources. I work for a well known chip design company as an embedded software developer
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by squishington 1y ago
Admittedly I struggle with emacs out of the box. My emacs configuration has evolved over the years. It's a personal thing. I couldn't tell you about my key bindings. My hands just know them instinctively. That's what I love a
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by squishington 1y ago
Yes! I found Emacs on a 1997 CD ROM inside a book about VHDL "functional bus models" in my university library in 2014. Over the years it has become an extension of my body. There's always something new coming along in terms o
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by squishington 2y ago
I really don't see AI generating safe code for automotive embedded systems that is maintainable and MISRA and HIS compliant. And there will need to be software engineers who are trained to debug these systems.
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by squishington 2y ago
This guy is worth following for commentary on the situation in the UK economy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeH5UXYEzPE

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