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by usednet 4y ago
Thanks for sharing. I read through the sources in the article. > Toward the end of the 45–minute experiment, analysts’ feeds were almost exclusively populated with both accurate and false content related to the war in Ukraine A DoD funde
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by usednet 4y ago
I still haven't heard any convincing reasoning for banning TikTok besides Western companies being salty that a Chinese product is beating them in the free market.
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by usednet 4y ago
Ever watched a police interrogation?
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by usednet 4y ago
No Framework?
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by usednet 4y ago
Completely disagree. If we compare incarceration rates, surveillance programs, sentencing guidelines, etc. it is very clear that European and American policies are incomparable. Almost half of US discretionary spending goes to the military.
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by usednet 4y ago
Yes, this is the fundamental premise of the simulation hypothesis. If you read Bostrom's original paper it goes over this. https://www.simulation-argument.com/simulation
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by usednet 4y ago
> all inequality is caused by racism, sexism and other -isms All inequality is caused by... all examples of inequalities? As a class reductionist I dislike wokeism as much as the next guy but this statement is meaningless. its impossible
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by usednet 4y ago
The funny thing about homelessness is that its a material issue. When you address the material root causes, homelessness disappears. So does mental illness, which is why the correlation between these issues and GINI coefficient is so strong
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by usednet 4y ago
I've lived in the Bay Area for my entire life and am considering leaving only because it's not progressive enough. The Bay and most of California is only progressive on inconsequential social issues. Housing? Homelessness? Fucking
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by usednet 4y ago
Out of all the things you can be critical of in sports, why the athletes? The demand for the sport results in athletes no matter what. I don't think HN commenters understand the extraordinary difficulty of becoming a professional athle
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by usednet 4y ago
I think its very funny how you note that you can get rid of half the employees at most companies with no effect and then attack “leftist messaging.” One would imagine that market competition would immediately eliminate such inefficiencies.
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by usednet 4y ago
Don’t understand this. Paris has the best e-scooter model in the world. Designated parking zones, geofenced speed limits, proper bike/scooter infrastructure. I and my French friends love them and use them frequently.
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by usednet 4y ago
The problem is there is a quantitative to compare the punishments for each crime. As such we cannot just throw our hands up and say they are incomparable, we have to compare them to the best of our ability.
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by usednet 4y ago
If the Department of Justice was economically rational it would be the obvious choice to further the intellectual development of the American youth through allowing free access to books and articles. The US just continues to hurt itself.
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by usednet 4y ago
> The Reddit product has not meaningfully changed or evolved in 10 years > The Apple product has not meaningfully changed or evolved in 10 years > The WhatsApp product has not meaningfully changed or evolved in 10 years
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by usednet 4y ago
> Guy with an MBA tells company to do the only advice guys with MBAs know Its already been talked about endlessly here but time and time again we see that when MBAs come in, pay decreases but profits don't increase. https:/&#x
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by usednet 4y ago
This is peak private equity mentality stupidity. Why is he even thinking about a problem where he can at most save a few million a year? Twitter is losing $4m a day and is bleeding talent. Providing food is one of the highest benefit to cos
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by usednet 4y ago
Might have to wait a while. If Karpeles, Mashinsky and Ehrlich are still free men things look pretty good for SBF.
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by usednet 4y ago
Deleted - Recent developments proved me wrong.
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by usednet 4y ago
No. I have a 40TB home server running Plex, Nextcloud, etc. but I can’t match the convenience of Spotify.
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by usednet 4y ago
Step out of the American bubble and you’ll soon see its delusions. https://apnews.com/article/middle-east-business-cuba-israel-...
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by usednet 4y ago
He’s not an idiot, it was just functionally impossible for him to liquidate his positions without nuking their values.
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by usednet 4y ago
More accurately, don’t pick a fight with a real billionaire if you’re a paper billionaire.
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by usednet 4y ago
Its not a question of abuse of power anymore. The PATRIOT Act has already given them unlimited power with no checks. Might as well have them use some of their power for something that benefits consumers.
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by usednet 4y ago
Digital privacy is an illusion at this point. Our chips are backdoored, our fiber backbones are tapped, our VPNs are compromised, our forums are honeypots. I think the benefits of increased government regulation on digital privacy outweigh
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by usednet 4y ago
“Crazy Like Us: The Globalization of the American Psyche” by Ethan Watters. I have been chronically depressed since I was 6 years old. I have had suicidal tendencies as long as I can recall being sentient. I would estimate this book singleh
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by usednet 4y ago
Imagine if those sanctions had been successful and the “moderate rebels” had taken over Syria. It’s incredulous how atrocious Western foreign policy has become.
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by usednet 4y ago
AFAIK most Boston schools (even BU which doesn’t even have a defined campus and just exists in the city) have almost no restrictions on entry to academic buildings except libraries. There might be some rules here and there about student acc
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by usednet 4y ago
Almost right at the beginning - “Shark skin is really smooth in one direction and it’s like sandpaper in the other.” Try at least skimming an article before commenting.
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by usednet 4y ago
Just out of curiosity I have played CS:GO and other competitive FPSs on planes before. I can’t imagine actually playing well on good ping, even briefly on a plane. I didn’t think something like that would ever even be possible in my lifetim

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