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451.
by tomp 3y ago
This is actually something I 100% support. As long as degrowth or similar non-sensical ideologies ("luxury beliefs") are practices within free-market capitalism. The obvious problem, of course, is that 99% of people won't
452.
by tomp 3y ago
How so?
453.
by tomp 3y ago
The problem is you swallowed the “capitalism is evil” pill and now you’re confusing everything. But it’s not complicated. GDP is literally ”the total sum of what humans value” (per year). GDP growth is “creating more of what humans valu
454.
by tomp 3y ago
Technology literally means getting more value from the same amount of inputs. Earth has essentially unlimited resources in its crust, and with better technology we'll have access to more and more of them. Not to mention offworld resour
455.
by tomp 3y ago
Well if we built more nuclear, we’d have more power to run more A/C. Actually even with solar we can do that (it’s night power that would remain a problem). No solution that requires degrowth, less energy, lower GDP or lower human qual
456.
by tomp 3y ago
Because “equity” (communism) requires violence. Taking away from those who create more and giving to those who create less. Something that is non-consensual and requires violence is by definition unfair (unless you’ve a wicked moral compass
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by tomp 3y ago
The world will not end, just change. Maybe for the better? E.g. Siberia becoming fertile. Maybe even Sahara becoming green again! We know what needs to be done. Build nuclear! But unfortunately anti-growth “green” parties and activists (lik
458.
by tomp 3y ago
I like the default view. I don’t find 24 icons overwhelming or confusing. The most frequently used ones, I remember where they are spacially.
459.
by tomp 3y ago
indeed :D
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by tomp 3y ago
short code review: - the `tokens` method returning a variable-length tuple is a very bad idea; modern Python supports the `datatype` decorator which should be used in this case - I'd strongly recommend using a regex for lexing; much ea
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by tomp 3y ago
> Harvard, and many other colleges, has a big base of "legacy" admissions, […] Since black people were under-represented in this category, people came up with the idea of putting a thumb on the other side of the scale and arti
462.
by tomp 3y ago
Yes? The positive externalities created by trucks shipping food into cities massively outweigh almost all passenger traffic. So charging by weight/road damage makes no sense.
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by tomp 3y ago
That is 100% false. I pay less tax in Switzerland, including health insurance (which is paid privately, not via taxes or by employer), than I did in the UK, and get much better service. (Conversely I pay more for a bank account and get w
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by tomp 3y ago
I disagree. Roads are a public good. Having a road available to use, is worth almost as much as actually using it. Not to mention all the positive externalities of a better connected country (more trade, business, economic growth).
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by tomp 3y ago
> everyone will fine-tune their own models
466.
by tomp 3y ago
Still ridiculous. If you forbid parties after midnight, people will party before midnight (have you been to London?). If you forbid parties, people will still gather ("you're seriously calling our chess playing night a party ?!&q
467.
by tomp 3y ago
> By ceding economic power to the public to kickstart their economy, authoritarian regimes would be ceding political power. China has figured it out so it's clearly possible. Something like: - strict one-party rule - tight competi
468.
by tomp 3y ago
Is it realistic though? If I set "max price" to 4k in Cupertino (random SV place) and 3+ bedrooms (2 kids), there's literally 8 results on Zillow.
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by tomp 3y ago
It’s 100% ridiculous. The virus doesn’t care when the gathering is happening. So why would you forbid live music, or gatherings, but only after midnight?!
470.
by tomp 3y ago
How are you gonna use a robot hand if you don’t know how to program?
471.
by tomp 3y ago
What about median programmer salary?
472.
by tomp 3y ago
It’s just normally expensive, not really really expensive. You can get a robot arm for as cheap as 4k (comparable to 2 MacBooks or 1 GPU)
473.
by tomp 3y ago
Robots becoming 100x cheaper, or humans becoming 100x more expensive.
474.
by tomp 3y ago
What's the difference between carrying an extra replaceable battery with you, vs carrying an external battery you can use to charge the phone?
475.
by tomp 3y ago
Attention is linear, so I doubt it can be Turing complete
476.
by tomp 3y ago
You've created a false memory. Even back then, there weren't any good counter-arguments against the "lab leak" theory (except "it's racist" because somehow "the Chinese are so filthy their food market
477.
by tomp 3y ago
Nah, HFTs have moved on a while back. Now you've a 18 month notice period . You're paid salary, bonus etc.
478.
by tomp 3y ago
This is US-only data.
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by tomp 3y ago
You literally couldn't be more wrong. Fertility rate is inversely correlated with income. https://www.statista.com/statistics/241530/birth-rate-by-fam...
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by tomp 3y ago
I'm guessing you've never actually spent 8 hours or so in a stuffy office doing hard/stressful work with people who also take walks (e.g. to go get lunch and get back to the office in 30 allotted minutes). Also some people we

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