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by thankyoufriend 3mo ago
If you ever find out, let me know. My department at work has been renamed so many times, I don't even know our current name.
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by thankyoufriend 4mo ago
Great interview, thanks for sharing. Minor pedantic correction: same publisher, different lawyer
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by thankyoufriend 4mo ago
I think there's an argument that it could be cheaper and better for morale to let employees upskill while working on the thing that makes money.
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by thankyoufriend 5mo ago
I'd even call it a delusional mindset. For context, CBP and ICE were both formed in 2003. Jenn Budd has several books on this topic if you want to understand why a growing number of people want to abolish CBP, ICE, and even the entire
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by thankyoufriend 6mo ago
> While it is obvious that the fact that except for the commander, the crew was composed of a woman, a Canadian and an African-Caribbean-American, cannot have happened by chance Why is this obvious?
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by thankyoufriend 6mo ago
1. This is not enough on it's own for social uprising, but it may be the straw that breaks the camel's back. I feel a lot of the general vibe in the US is summed up in this excerpt from "All Hail" by The Devil Makes Thre
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by thankyoufriend 6mo ago
Actually it was 7 years of physical training that deformed their bodies: "But the work left the body callused, bent, and molded. You could tell a cropper by his enormous forearms and by the “hoof” of callused skin that built up on his
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by thankyoufriend 6mo ago
> The loom (...) did not cause "captains of industry" to publicly salivate over anticipating being able to fire their knowledge workers who invested time, money, and effort into becoming qualified for the jobs they're now
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by thankyoufriend 6mo ago
> We work salary because it means we can focus on the enjoyable parts of the business, letting someone else deal with the crap. I can understand why a specialist would feel this way. Personally, I believe that most people who work salary
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by thankyoufriend 7mo ago
If someone doesn't care enough to suck at something (in this case, video creation) then why should we bother consuming their output? We all have our own streams of mental diarrhea already, so there's no need to drink from the tsun
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by thankyoufriend 7mo ago
The "edge cases" make a simple task like this more difficult. What if the nuts are stripped? What if the terrain under/around the car is uneven or not solid ground? What if it's raining or snowing or hailing? What if the
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by thankyoufriend 7mo ago
You might be reading into that too much. It's more likely that this person's definition of what is "fun" has changed since they were younger. Spending time with family/friends or engaging with new hobbies might be h
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by thankyoufriend 8mo ago
You have given an example of a group which affected change on a $10+ billion estimated valuation company, in a ~$43 billion PC gaming market. You then insinuated that it was connected to age verification in the UK because it happened in the
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by thankyoufriend 8mo ago
Do you really believe that "women/DEI" folks have ever had more political power than white males? Seems weird to me to put blame on them instead of the wealthy and ruling class.
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by thankyoufriend 10mo ago
AI isn't solving the problems that our society needs to solve, and its potentially making some of them worse. If you can't understand why people feel that way by now, then you are out of touch with their struggle. Instead of being
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by thankyoufriend 11mo ago
Washington State Housing Finance Committee has worked with residents to help them buy the land and turn it into a housing co-op, in partnership with ROC Northwest. That company also helps private businesses convert to worker-owned businesse
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by thankyoufriend 11mo ago
In my original comment I was asking people to follow me into an imaginary future where there are less artists. Artists reveal something about the world that speaks to us, which they do through critically breaking down and reforming what the
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by thankyoufriend 11mo ago
So I guess you don't read books/comics, watch TV/Movies/plays, play video games or listen to music? People aren't born skilled artists, that takes time and effort. Being able to prompt GenAI well just makes you a sk
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by thankyoufriend 11mo ago
Why doesn't Mike Johnson call the House back in session so they can negotiate?
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by thankyoufriend 11mo ago
Which party has control of the government right now?
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by thankyoufriend 11mo ago
I think myself and the other poster are mainly taking issue in your use of a specific term "socialism." I think you could argue that if the US owned 51% stake in Intel, you could argue that would be socialism. I've heard the
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by thankyoufriend 1y ago
How do you define socialism? I don't believe that we the people or the state collectively own the means of production in any major industry. Private ownership by capitalists is still the dominant economic system in the US.
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by thankyoufriend 1y ago
I just want people to be open to try things. One thing that this administration has proved is that you can actually make parts of the government move faster, for better or for worse. We stopped innovating on democratic ideals, and the world
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by thankyoufriend 1y ago
No disagreement from me. I just think that the argument that the state shouldn't offer Healthcare because the president could cancel it is interesting to think about. Maybe I misunderstood you, but that's how I interpreted it. As
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by thankyoufriend 1y ago
Why would we allow the president to do that? The power of the purse rests in the hands of our elected representatives. Something to think about.
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by thankyoufriend 1y ago
It's crazy to me that many of the people who are so proud to be American don't seem to realize that they are actually at odds with the spirit of America. They latch onto superficial anti-gubbermint thinking while surrendering thei
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by thankyoufriend 1y ago
Agreed, we seem to both be operating with a common goal of materially improving people's lives.
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by thankyoufriend 1y ago
I love this take, thank you. In my reading, I came across the term "Mixed economy" which I think aligns with what you're saying. Nobody is arguing in good faith that socialism/communism would have 100% coverage of the ec
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by thankyoufriend 1y ago
This administration is the most anti-American thing I've ever seen. If we don't impeach them soon, our republic may not make it to 2028.
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by thankyoufriend 1y ago
> Do you want a few large corporations to have to have absolute and total control of all AI? Is this not what we currently have? Large corporations own the data centers, and there will never be a collectively-owned data center unless our

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