Mechanical9

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by Mechanical9 9mo ago
IMO reading code is usually harder than writing code.
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by Mechanical9 2y ago
His policies were terrible. He broke off several key international treaties. He instituted the family separation policy. He broke down federal institutions that could have helped fight COVID. In what way was he better on spending? He manage
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by Mechanical9 2y ago
Why is it always Tesla vs. ICE? Seems like a false dichotomy.
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by Mechanical9 3y ago
There have been significant changes in culture and (at least perceived) job stability in the past two years specifically. See the significant layoffs in early 2023 and the surprising and completely unnecessary layoffs that just happened a w
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by Mechanical9 3y ago
Tesla's stock probably shouldn't be taken seriously.
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by Mechanical9 3y ago
I understand your perspective, but I'm going to disagree with what I think you mean, which is that /only/ parents should be responsible for their kids, and that nobody else should have to do anything at all for them. I know t
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by Mechanical9 3y ago
I think some of the blame towards Texas is due to many of their politicians denying that climate change exists. Texas is a major oil producer, and is on the higher end of CO2 emissions per capita. They should probably realize that their onc
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by Mechanical9 3y ago
I have observed the same thing w.r.t the people who always seem to lead "new city" projects. I think there's a lot of elite projection when a billionaire seeks funding from other billionaires. These guys ride in limos to work
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by Mechanical9 3y ago
I don't really see what aspect of this situation involves a false sense of victimhood, unless you are referring to the multimillionaire founder who is unwilling to add age verification to their website.
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by Mechanical9 3y ago
It's a defensive reaction to the fact the US has vague, crappy, outdated laws about everything. Litigation is needed absolutely everywhere because every situation falls through the cracks of the law, which obviously overwhelms the cour
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by Mechanical9 3y ago
I disagree. Courts aren't the only places where decisions can be made. In fact, courts rely in information found and published in reports like this to make their decisions. I feel I have a right to make my decisions based on such infor
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by Mechanical9 3y ago
Doesn't the price per impression still get adjusted based on performance?
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by Mechanical9 3y ago
Americans also don't know how much their taxes are. Retailers often use taxes to hide extra charges by bundling both into a "taxes and fees" section, which if enumerable always includes more fees than taxes. Uber Eats, GrubHu
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by Mechanical9 3y ago
VAT has other benefits though that would fix a lot of weirdness that traditional sales tax has. Taxing the value added makes a lot more sense than taxing the "sale", IMO. It distributes the tax fairly among all businesses in the s
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by Mechanical9 3y ago
Is it even remotely possible that a Mars colony could become self-sustaining within the next 100 years? It seems like surviving the loss of Earth is a long way off regardless.
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by Mechanical9 3y ago
Counterpoint: You can't fund a news organization with private money and expect them to hold private organizations' feet to the fire. Any time they are critical of a major business, they lose advertisers. Personally, I have a probl
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by Mechanical9 3y ago
I think the question is more why should an individual's salary be private? Personally, I think money is power, and I want to know about power disparities to better protect myself. But I understand there are factors to consider.
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by Mechanical9 3y ago
I think the idea is those roads and sewers have the same capacity downtown whether next to an apartment building or a surface-level parking lot. There will be the same number of lanes, street lamps, sidewalks, etc. I would go further and ac
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by Mechanical9 3y ago
There's a necessity in society for some form of advertising. People and businesses want to communicate what products and services are available. If a random person wants the ability to start their own business, they're going to ne
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by Mechanical9 3y ago
Honestly how is it even possible to name a company or a product after a single letter? That shouldn't even be trademarkable.
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by Mechanical9 3y ago
People get way too hung up on what current copyright law is and whether it supports or condemns LLMs trained on copyrighted material. IMO, who cares what the current law is? Existing laws were made for past technologies and for the current
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by Mechanical9 3y ago
While you can make this argument about literally anything, it seems apt to make it about a multi-billion dollar company chasing a trillion dollar company. It's fine to support them while they are the underdog and are saying and doing t
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by Mechanical9 3y ago
I feel like the single words referenced in the title are taken way out of context. The actual texts of these trainings unambiguously tell workers to not break the law, why the law is important, and what Google's philosophy is instead.
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by Mechanical9 3y ago
Capitalism doesn't have to be concerned with power for it to result in those with capital holding the most power. 'Rights' that are only available to those with capital aren't really rights at all.
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by Mechanical9 3y ago
In defense of your job, make sure you are constantly communicating how much uptime / how stable / reliable your services are. One reason why the people with lots of downtime are hailed as "heroes" is because they get mor
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by Mechanical9 3y ago
This website is also ad-supported.
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by Mechanical9 3y ago
My guess is that we've reached a peak in the amount of new investment that can be made annually, based on tech nearing total proliferation throughout society. The tech can sort of only advance as fast as tech companies can grow, and th
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by Mechanical9 3y ago
I've seen that too. IMO, neither "direction" is what matters here. Both cases are failures to apply justice appropriately. It's tiring that efforts to reform always seem to be led by people who are either "tough&quo
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by Mechanical9 3y ago
I'd say the valuation is related to its services in that Apple's good reputation is based on consistent services. But it's certainly not proportional. Number goes up because everyone who sells demands to make a profit, just l
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by Mechanical9 3y ago
Pushing cases into the future was always the stated goal of lockdowns. That was what "flatten the curve" meant. The idea was to accept some temporary consequences in order to prevent deaths until vaccines could be made. I also don

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