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by xvector 2y ago
How many people really would abuse the return policy like that? I can't imagine it's that many.
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by xvector 2y ago
This is amazing
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by xvector 2y ago
$1.3M. Paying $600k in federal+state. Then sales tax is another ~10% on what's left. That brings me to earning 48c on every dollar, so not a 60% tax but a 52% tax which is still damn egregious given that I had better roads and most p
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by xvector 2y ago
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by xvector 2y ago
Congressional budgetary oversight has been a complete and utter failure for anything budget related for the past few decades. It is truly a broken and non-functional system that cannot be repaired. I and most other Americans have totally, c
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Any good resources on Vulnerability Management?
2 points by xvector 2y ago|1 comments
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by xvector 2y ago
Blame your regulators.
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by xvector 2y ago
Let's not pretend that AR wearables aren't the future of personal computing.
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by xvector 2y ago
What are you talking about? Insane YoY rev growth. Still on a hockey stick growth curve. Lower PE than Apple. Best FCF in the biz. Well positioned to take over VR if it becomes a thing. WhatsApp is ripe for monetization. Talk to any staff+
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by xvector 2y ago
I don't really care about those fancy music theory terms. All that really matters is whether users like what the generator generates
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by xvector 2y ago
In the future we may have music gen models that dynamically generate a soundtrack to our life, based off of ongoing events, emotions, etc. as well as our preferences. If this happens, main character syndrome may get a bit worse :)
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by xvector 2y ago
I pay about 50% in taxes. These agencies are a net positive at an unjustifiably high cost. Most tax dollars are wasted/grifted. Have you ever worked at a government contractor? Those that have will laugh at your statements here. $80 sc
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by xvector 2y ago
I 100% agree. Anyone can use the Sagan quote to justify why they lost. The quote is just used as a fancy way of calling people with different views stupid. "Society is failing because people are dumber, and thats why they voted for X,
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by xvector 2y ago
The ratio is what matters. Easily 95%+ of r/all is far-left content, typically with "rage-bait" headlines that fail to expose the nuance of the situation. This can't be healthy, for two reasons: (1) The health of the com
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by xvector 2y ago
Nah, what we are seeing is that they just leave the site, and the site becomes more radicalized overall. Banning the_donald was the beginning of the end for Reddit, at least as far as balanced discourse went. At that time, the r/all wa
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by xvector 2y ago
It is scary that one platform has so much control over people's lives. If LinkedIn were to ban me for whatever reason tomorrow, finding a job would become virtually impossible.
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by xvector 2y ago
Yes, and military contracting as well. There is immense waste in all of these programs.
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by xvector 2y ago
I'd ballpark USAID at maybe half a percent? It's an easy win. A few more of these and Elon will have made a meaningful dent in the wastage of my tax dollars. I'd consider even a 3% reduction in spend a massive success. The pe
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by xvector 2y ago
I am thrilled that Elon is doing this. Our government doesn't get anything done. Taxes are a fucking scam with how much gets wasted. Finally someone with a "just ship it" mindset has entered the govt and is getting shit done
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by xvector 2y ago
> you can at least optimize for goals other than profit. The goal should be providing the service I want for the least tax dollars possible. The government is horrendous at doing this. There is no performance or competitive incentive.
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by xvector 2y ago
I would argue it is you that has not seen the balance sheets, absurdly high line items, or worked for a government contractor - else you would 100% agree with his stance on taxation. A huge chunk of government spending is a horrendous waste
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by xvector 2y ago
The only QALYs that should matter to the US Gov't are American QALYs. I don't need to be funding $50M worth of condoms to be sent to Gaza. That's a "them" problem, and while there might be second order effects to a
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by xvector 2y ago
No, you are the one that pointed out the "19 year old" bit as if it mattered.
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by xvector 2y ago
Will you eat your words and admit you are wrong if Musk frees up a significant fraction of the budget?
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by xvector 2y ago
Reddit needs to be taken down. The aggressive censorship on default subs of any opinion that isn't far-left should be prohibited by law. By allowing bots to astroturf at this scale, Reddit is certainly abusing its position of power to
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by xvector 2y ago
The "in prod" is implicit, no one is trying to stop you from learning things.
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by xvector 2y ago
It isn't arrogant or elitist to suggest that no one person should be rolling their own crypto, even if they have taken a grad level cryptography class. For instance, you don't expect an aviation engineer to build a brand new plane
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by xvector 2y ago
Yes, most of us have likely taken a grad level cryptography course. Still, that's not enough to securely roll your own crypto. You want many years of experience and a community of experts working with you. If you don't have that -
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by xvector 2y ago
If you're having to constantly remind your security engineers about "degrees of security," they may be trying to tell you that your threat model is unsustainably/nonsensically/dangerously lax.
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by xvector 2y ago
No, you can not competently roll your own crypto because you took an algorithms class in college. Even the assumption you could is absurd.

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