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by stevenalowe 4mo ago
Nonsense. Most people Don’t understand most technologies. We learn and adapt.
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by stevenalowe 4mo ago
‘US Army spits in faces of those that earned their commissions…’
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by stevenalowe 4mo ago
Flagged - No story, slideshow on crap site
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by stevenalowe 4mo ago
If the Act was named properly would it garner so much popular support? Imaginary wealth tax Unrealized capital gains tax Stocks now houses later tax
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by stevenalowe 4mo ago
Economics is not zero-sum so the ratio is irrelevant
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by stevenalowe 4mo ago
No. Musk’s money affects me no more than yours or anyone else’s. Creating something that people want is giving back to society, in a mutually-beneficial way.
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by stevenalowe 4mo ago
“The Admin” this and “The Admin” that. The Admin giveth, The Admin taketh away. Orwell in King James English?
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by stevenalowe 4mo ago
"This is not an effective way to influence corporations to act in the public interest. In fact, it makes corporate influence on the government more likely." Bingo. The US government should not own stocks, and AFAIK has no authorit
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by stevenalowe 4mo ago
"Hundreds of Kenyans have marched through the streets to oppose a quarantine facility that would be reserved exclusively for American patients." "The police have used tear gas to disperse crowds, and at least three protesters
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by stevenalowe 4mo ago
No
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by stevenalowe 4mo ago
Welcome to micro management
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by stevenalowe 4mo ago
Virtue signal noted
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by stevenalowe 4mo ago
‘Due to the high threat of terrorism’* *not specified
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by stevenalowe 4mo ago
Very cool sim!
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by stevenalowe 4mo ago
“MAHA supporters had been 'treated by MAGA like a convenient group of useful idiots ever since Kennedy joined Trump on the campaign trail.'” They’re all useful idiots, surprise!
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by stevenalowe 4mo ago
Looks great but on mobile the popover covers a quarter of the screen, obscuring the sun
107.
by stevenalowe 4mo ago
How about a pale blue dot on a black background
108.
by stevenalowe 5mo ago
The USA consumes 2 trillion gallons per year in lawn irrigation so what?
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by stevenalowe 5mo ago
“There were already talks about the US and Rusisa splitting up the Donbas resources as part of a deal” The USA is not, nor should it be, an Imperialist conquerer, nor should we collaborate with one. “Bold moves” my ass
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by stevenalowe 5mo ago
Cargo yes, that would make sense - in peacetime with rational allies We have and are none of these at present
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by stevenalowe 5mo ago
I’m happy you shared that moment with us all, so brave!
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by stevenalowe 5mo ago
Why? Not a great place to live or drive, do we do significant trade or will it make the odd invasions easier?
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by stevenalowe 5mo ago
Cannot read paywalled article but lede photo is the lead author of the critical article If they were peacefully handing out copies of an article, the conference runners should get their free-speech suppressing asses sued off
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by stevenalowe 5mo ago
Thanks for this - holography as a theory strikes me as an absurd math trick - if a 3d world is really just a 2d surface, would it not logically follow that said 2d surface is itself merely a projection from 1d, and perhaps that is a project
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by stevenalowe 5mo ago
Well, I read it, but none of it made any sense, so ok gravity is “magic”
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by stevenalowe 5mo ago
“These new protocols ensure that scientists maintain the highest standards of evidence before making announcements to the world.”
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by stevenalowe 5mo ago
That would be great but apparently it doesn’t work like that here (except Alaska)
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by stevenalowe 5mo ago
It’s kinda worse than that - an Orthodox Jew would, by long-standing traditions and teachings, not be expected to touch pork. The same beliefs that make this person object to using AI could easily apply to any cloud-scale service dependent
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by stevenalowe 5mo ago
“Unitarian Universalist, said she proposed the special treatment in April, citing environmental and ethical objections to AI that don't align with her religious beliefs” Ummm… Unitarians in general do not believe in anything specific,
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by stevenalowe 5mo ago
Cool cool can we own half of all of the other industries that benefit from the commons? Oil, gas, gold,…?

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