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by text0404 2y ago
but indie films have always existed. there have always been amateurs using film as a medium, since there was film (in high school, we wrote, storyboarded, directed, acted in, and edited our own short films for our final film class projects
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> It's just not true that everyone feels that practicing art is the main point then it's likely that you're discussing people who don't consider themselves artists. i used to know some folks who did graphic design for
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> job boards > activation energy gradient > producing good results > economic reward > build recognition and clout > big advantage > a16z is investing > bootstrap production you're saying a lot of things about c
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yeah but users don't care about technical efficiency, they care about having seamless experiences that aren't interrupted by long downloads, app/context switching, and loading screens.
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yeah you do. or at least, the people who make your comfortable life possible do: https://www.osha.gov/young-workers/real-stories . it's wild that's it's only taken a single generation for people to forget
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then we agree. personally i find the kind of terrorism associated with Christian Nationalism to pose more of an existential threat since i'm in the US and am exposed to a lot of it. despite that, i don't conflate christianity with
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why is terrorism most aligned with Islam? isn't it possible to frame any/every religion as "most likely to commit acts of terrorism" based on subjective interpretations of their tenets?
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then don't make it a platform, just a self-hosted blog. then you can say anything you want.
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so people shouldn't create apps/tools/sites where others can communicate with each other unless they're willing to forgo any moderation? how does that work?
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> The problem is the needless and protectionist laws and regulations. If you want to see the effectiveness of monopoly regulation, look at California's PG&E vs Texas' deregulated electricity provider market. Californians ar
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_involvement_in_r...
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here's some intro material: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/13/us/politics/bolton-iran-p... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953_Iranian_coup_d%27%C3%A9ta... here's a f
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if i come to your house and hold a gun to your head and your option is death or slavery, is that really a "bargain"?
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so it's always been about misinformed white people violently rioting in protest of a perceived invasion by non-whites? we know. those people who are rioting and think they're being invaded - what are their thoughts on europe'
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> That only happens because the govt. in cahoots with NIMBYies restricts new development while we have a rising population. there is plenty of unused housing inventory. the problem is that people can no longer afford rents. > When are
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this only looks like a leak from the IT/infra/"website" org, not the news org which is composed of reporters. it makes sense that they'd have different internal github instances since in media companies those are la
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you only think it's entitled and arrogant because you don't understand that protestors are protesting for people who don't have a voice, who's pleas fall on deaf ears like your own. your conception of protest is somethin
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erm... https://machinelearning.apple.com/
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microsoft's enterprise AI tool isn't a utility though, and they're not banning police on political or moral grounds.
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and the people suing used J&J baby powder their entire lives and put it on their infants. J&J also hid its findings from federal regulators, which doesn't make them seem as innocent as you're making them out to be.
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if the bar also had open-mic nights and the government said "we're going to ban this bar because we don't like the speech they have at open-mic nights" then it would be a first amendment issue for the same reason that ba
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5. tesla share price is down 41% in 2024 6. the WSJ reports that tesla sales are down among democrats, who outnumber republicans 5:2 in EV sales: https://www.wsj.com/business/autos/elon-musk-turned-democrat...
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nice one-liner. now tell me why Iran doesn't like the US.
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> That's why they always seek the government to force cooperation. you're talking about labor cartels, but the article (and op) are talking about real estate cartels. one operates with government involvement, the other does not
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except this isn't the case. there have been many examples of cartels and collusion in the past.
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enough do to make enough of a problem that we're discussing it now.
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landlords should prioritize filling units. if they insist on squeezing people for rent while leaving inventory unfilled, they should be squeezed by regulations.
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it's worse than sweatshops. from the article: > Despite such findings, a new Iowa law signed last year by Gov. Kim Reynolds (R) allows minors in that state to work in jobs previously deemed too hazardous, including in industrial lau
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by text0404 3y ago
there absolutely were deaths on the prior iteration of the same model aircraft from the same company, in two separate incidents, only 5-6 years ago: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lion_Air_Flight_610 - https:/&#
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by text0404 3y ago
this is hardly restricted to the javascript ecosystem. it's a problem with any language where third-party libraries are readily available.

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