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by xibalba 5y ago
Over regulation is a big part of how this mess was created in the first place. Go read about Stockholm’s housing U̶t̶o̶p̶i̶a̶ hellscape to see the future you’d create.
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by xibalba 5y ago
Between developments like this (and Copilot [Is there a general accepted word for this class of things e.g. "AI Coders"?) and the move toward fully remote, I predict the mean software engineering salary in the United States will b
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by xibalba 5y ago
> Often the Negro does not even want what he takes Riiiiight. I guess that’s why it’s mostly big box consumer stores being looted and not, say, an industrial supply company like a Grainger or even a hardware store like Home Depot. Reads
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by xibalba 5y ago
> anytime someone says china doesn't steal technology Does anyone believe that any non-CCP actors are disputing China’s ongoing, massive, organized trade secret theft?
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by xibalba 5y ago
This is a tradition for many across the United States. I have lived in 4 major metros and the theaters are always packed (excepting 2020) on Christmas day. Anecdotally, many of my friends tell me they have family traditions of opening prese
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by xibalba 5y ago
This entire comment needs citation, but especially: > "heading towards a direction to suit activist investor demands" and > "This guy has a toxic history of narcissistic behavior"
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by xibalba 5y ago
I imagine some number of them endured brain damage as part of the increasingly acrobatic nature of that "challenge". So maybe they will be downstream beneficiaries to the extent this drug's development advances the field of n
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by xibalba 5y ago
To play devil's advocate, don't some of these bullet points indicate that it was not a good plan to from the beginning? For example, if a plan's success hinges on building renewable generation in areas where it isn't wan
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by xibalba 5y ago
Yeesh, no! I've edited to show the rate inclusive of delivery charges, taxes, and fees.
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by xibalba 5y ago
My most recent monthly bill was $̶0̶.̶0̶4̶6̶/̶k̶W̶h̶ $0.092/kWh Edited to show fully burdened rate, inclusive of delivery charges and other fees and taxes.
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by xibalba 5y ago
In a few minutes of Googling, I can't seem to find a decent time series of average German electricity prices (€ct/kWh) by month. What has the increase been? [1] reports 54% (!!!) increase since 2020. Why? [1] https://ww
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by xibalba 5y ago
I agree with this the most: > 19. Death is a disease that can be cured. Seems pretty obvious, if poorly formulated (“disease”) And disagree with this the most: > 20. Eating animals should be outlawed and illegal. It’s a luxury belief
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by xibalba 5y ago
I just don’t buy it. Here’s why: I personally know several people who received sizable pandemic aid and have said, explicitly, that they are not bothering to look for work until their savings from the received aid runs low. This is just ver
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by xibalba 5y ago
A former boss of mine said something similar: "People don't quit a company, they quit their manager."
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by xibalba 5y ago
Beautiful. I remember hearing it said that if you're not willing to walk away completely from a negotiation, you have zero actual leverage. Bravo!
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by xibalba 5y ago
The implication is that your property (aka your wealth, in whatever asset form it lives) is not yours to dispose of as you choose. Rather, the GP thinks it should either be seized or managed someone else (which is really just seizure under
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by xibalba 5y ago
> usually involves screwing over aforesaid people. So take a high profile example, say, Elon Musk: explain to me how he is "screwing over" the "aforesaid people". Because, from my perspective, he has produced massive
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by xibalba 5y ago
No. He was Tesla's primary funder at founding and then stepped into the CEO role when he determined the founder wasn't getting it done. 99% of the amazing engineering, design, and, most importantly, sales, occurred after Elon took
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by xibalba 5y ago
> Whether one person should have the financial resources to make that decision by himself is a different question This implies 1) a belief that wealth accumulation is zero sum, which is false, and 2) a scary conception of how property ri
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by xibalba 5y ago
Facebook shutting down M in 2018 should have been a pretty clear sign that the prospects for good chatbots are grim. Even with their massive resources and top talent, they concluded it was a bad bet.
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by xibalba 5y ago
I really, really like Mr. Comeau's "Me" avatar. In fact, his whole site is quite beautiful and pleasing.
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by xibalba 5y ago
Of course, belief in "God" also requires the belief in the supernatural and random acts of magic. In other words, the opposite of science and rationality. Belief in "God"/Jesus Christ (as a supernatural being) is no
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by xibalba 5y ago
That figure is an estimate of the production budget only. In order to know the estimated gross profit, we'd have to have some sense of the promotional and distribution costs. For a tentpole like Tenet, those are usually pegged at pre
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by xibalba 5y ago
This is crazy. As far as I can tell, responsibility for payment/refund should fall to: 1) The entity ordering and accepting the work 2) The entity coordinating payment In the case of 1), the work was performed and the output appr
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by xibalba 5y ago
We're taking the author at his word: > "Let us consider the following fictitious example in which Larry the analyst of the internet company Nozama" Nozama is Amazon backwards.
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by xibalba 5y ago
Wouldn't a 270% increase indicate a huge demand spike?
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by xibalba 5y ago
You're summary is incorrect. Rather, these are simulated data for a fictitious company. The author is demonstrating a scenario in which a purely frequentist approach to A/B testing can result in erroneous conclusions, whereas a Ba
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by xibalba 5y ago
Wow. That twitter feed is eye opening. It definitely goes to the credibility of the accuser and I encourage others to take a look.
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by xibalba 5y ago
Really? Can you quote a few of the statements that are conspiratorial but that are lacking evidence?
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by xibalba 5y ago
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