tharmas

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by tharmas 2mo ago
I'm surprised. Usually, the gripes are the compile times or the lack of tooling compared to other languages. For functional programming its quite expressive. ZIO and Typelevel Cats.
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by tharmas 2mo ago
Me too. It's my favorite language by far. So expressive. Although that can be a downside.
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by tharmas 3mo ago
Aren't the AI Datacenters for the Digital Control Grid, so govt contracts?
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by tharmas 3mo ago
Well their choice is as a USA/EU Vassal state or Russian one. I'd say neither is an attractive choice.
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by tharmas 3mo ago
If AI was utilized to eliminate the "shitty" jobs I'd be more enthusiastic about it. AI Robots that clean toilets so humans don't have to? Yes, please. (Yes, I get it that at present its probably still cheaper to employ
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by tharmas 3mo ago
I would argue that it is rent-seeking and asset accumulation that is a big problem. If the wealthy elite invested in production rather than consuming assets that would improve things. I don't share his politics but someone like Elon Mu
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by tharmas 3mo ago
Thanks. You're comment made me laugh.
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by tharmas 3mo ago
Yes, THIS!!!!!!
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by tharmas 3mo ago
Israel IS the USA in the Middle-East. However, in a post-oil world will it still be a thing? For now, there's still the Petro-dollar.
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by tharmas 3mo ago
It depends on what you use for sunscreen. A lot of sunscreens have aluminum in them and there are many that have it but it is not listed as an ingredient. Zinc oxide sunscreen is a much safer sunscreen.
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by tharmas 4mo ago
You have a point, but remember tRump gets to pass himself off as the "good" guy. Also, there is absolutely no way that Israel gets to act autonomously. They are a vassal state beholden to the USA. The USA calls the shots when it c
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by tharmas 4mo ago
People voted this down without any response. Oh wow, what has happened to hacker news?
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by tharmas 4mo ago
In the case of Cuba I imagine it's simply just political control, vassalage, control of the hemisphere. In the case of Venezuela it is Energy Dominance. The USA wants to control Global Energy supplies: oil and [natural] gas. It's
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by tharmas 4mo ago
On the contrary, the goal is energy dominance and it seems to be working. To be clear, I do not support how this is being achieved. In its endeavor the US has made a lot of people furious against it.
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by tharmas 4mo ago
This! And they had to invest the money IN Taiwan.
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by tharmas 4mo ago
>(Secretary of War and former Fox News weekend anchor Pete Hegseth was on the news just this evening saying that the USA has been in control of the Strait the whole time, so I think the USA is arguing against your (correct) characterisat
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by tharmas 4mo ago
There's a theory that BB is the bad cop, USA the good cop. USA lets BB do the dirty work and gets the blame. Every time there's a pending "deal" with Iran, BB skuttles it by attacking Lebanon or Gaza etc. What BB does is
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by tharmas 4mo ago
Its not about nukes. Its about controlling the oil supply to squeeze China. China controls rare earths so they can put the squeeze on the USA. To counter that USA wants to control the world's oil supply. Nordstream (Russia), Venezuela,
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by tharmas 4mo ago
Agreed, which is one reason (there are others) why restaurants are disappearing.
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by tharmas 4mo ago
Excellent post! It's structural. A big problem is the Banks. They would rather lend for asset accumulation (rent seeking) than for production. In Canada, mortgage lending is literally zero risk as the banks are covered via CHMC against
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by tharmas 4mo ago
Agreed. Its not just the size of the pie but how it is sliced up. Canada is on the same footing as Mississippi regarding GDP per capita. But if you look at the economic standard of living of the poorest income earners in Canada verses their
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by tharmas 4mo ago
You forgot neoliberalism, Bank lending to fund asset accumulation by the wealthy with no lending for asset production.
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by tharmas 4mo ago
Absolutely hard Agree here. Thank you.
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by tharmas 4mo ago
Some businesses use that as cover to increase prices even when their costs may not have actually been affected by the price of energy. Never waste an opportunity to put the big squeeze on. Steadily rising prices will be the norm from now on
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by tharmas 5mo ago
I stand with the Pope, also. Sadly, the politicians are all bought off by the powerful and rich elite. And the ones who aren't are soon hounded out. What does the "The West" stand for? They (the Elites and the politicians) sa
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by tharmas 5mo ago
Precisely.
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by tharmas 5mo ago
That's what Canadian oil is for. The USA gets it at a discount price.
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by tharmas 5mo ago
He's trying to control the oil that goes to China. First, take Maduro then close the Straight of Hormuz (to prevent oil going to China). The rest is just collateral damage as far as he's concerned. This is all about keeping China
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by tharmas 5mo ago
Half time break for Coronation Street in the UK saw a power surge due to people putting the kettle on.
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by tharmas 5mo ago
And number 3: To ensure that Germany and Russia never team up to be a world super power that would rival the USA. That's the main reason they are there.

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