starskublue

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by starskublue 6y ago
We have a huge advantage over SF in that we actually let developers build more housing (and also have plenty of space to build more) Im always so confused when I go to the Bay area and realize the density is much less than Utah.
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by starskublue 6y ago
I just unfollowed everyone that wasn't a close friend or family. The addictive draw is pretty much gone as I'll scroll it for 5 min every week or so and be totally caught up
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by starskublue 6y ago
Sad for the Zoox team, but not too surprised. Running out of money was always going to be a huge risk for them (even without am economic downturn) given how ambitious they were.
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by starskublue 6y ago
Awesome work! Whenever people tell me they want to get started with NLP I tell them to play around with your libraries as they're the easiest way to immediately start doing cool things.
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by starskublue 7y ago
They also build houses insanely fast too.
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by starskublue 7y ago
I think the key difference is the Church's system is voluntary and communism is not voluntary.
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by starskublue 7y ago
[1] Yet no one has alleged that anything like that has happened. Also if I was 90 years old and had plenty of money I would much rather live a comfortable retired life than work at the pace he works at.
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by starskublue 7y ago
Do you really think former heart surgeons and company executives are making more money now on the general authority stipend than before?
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by starskublue 7y ago
It's important to note the historical context around this. The LDS church used to be constantly in extreme debt and close to having their religious buildings taken away due to it. Then in the early 1900s they instituted a simple financ