VieEnCode

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by VieEnCode 7mo ago
And a great deal of the talking shops/podcasts/keynotes/nonprofits around AI existential risk are all part of this same play. They receive funding from the large AI companies so that the latter can continue to talk their own
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by VieEnCode 9mo ago
If, after all these years, Crypto has not become a stable store of value that can replace a fiat currency and let you buy your groceries with it, why do we suddenly 'need it' to do that now, and what would change that will enable
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by VieEnCode 2y ago
You are missing the mass destruction of assets of the wealthy in WWII and the increase in bargaining power of labour in the post-war years (perhaps driven by loss of life/injury for those of a working age). The post-war public sentimen
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by VieEnCode 2y ago
Unfortunately, they will be replaced with those sympathetic to the nerd reich takeover and thus ultimately reduce friction and for those in charge looking to wield the wrecking ball. It feels like half the goal of DOGE and similar measures
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by VieEnCode 2y ago
'We' being techno-utopian, libertarian startup types I guess. Which isn't that unfair on this site.
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Elon Musk's Business Empire Scores Benefits Under Trump Shake-Up(nytimes.com)
12 points by VieEnCode 2y ago|2 comments
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by VieEnCode 2y ago
I've often wondered why HN so often seems to prefer to prefer to upvote some tangential rabbit hole rather than discuss the topic in the article itself.
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by VieEnCode 2y ago
Surely the same thing could be said about picking up a book or a newspaper first thing in the morning?
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by VieEnCode 2y ago
“Given that 100% tax compliance at the highest rates would not solve any high tax nation’s budget holes“ Can I ask where this claim originated from please?
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by VieEnCode 2y ago
"tax policies subsidize heavier vehicles" Interesting post. Can I ask you/somebody to expand a bit on the quote above please?
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by VieEnCode 2y ago
There are plenty of legitimate points made in the article. It also seems uncontroversial at this point to claim that companies are struggling to justify the expenses and inflated share prices brought about by the rush to implement LLMs in a
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by VieEnCode 2y ago
Very helpful, thanks for sharing the link.
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by VieEnCode 2y ago
What you say makes sense for the kind of business that wants to scale quickly to try and build a moat and dominate a given market (that is, before it frequently goes downhill once the investors and founders have exited and the cheap money e
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by VieEnCode 2y ago
Do you mean VCs work undermine employee-owned businesses in some way? Why would they bother if we're talking about businesses servicing tiny niches?
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Ask HN: Why are employee-owned tech companies so rare?
5 points by VieEnCode 2y ago|11 comments
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by VieEnCode 2y ago
I found this guy's take on the AI safety scene to be quite insightful. In summary, he feels the focus on sci-fi type existential risk to be a deliberate distraction from the AI industry's current and real legal and ethical harms:
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InMusic has fired a large portion of the Moog staff(synthanatomy.com)
3 points by VieEnCode 3y ago|0 comments
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by VieEnCode 4y ago
Ryan Holiday is one of the best examples of the type that seeks to turn these ideas into a kind of prosperity gospel for grindset bros. He has a history of being a BS merchant [1]: he's just found a new angle as a self-help guru. [1]
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The Varieties of Bad Stoicism(figsinwinter.substack.com)
62 points by VieEnCode 4y ago|18 comments
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by VieEnCode 4y ago
100%
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by VieEnCode 4y ago
Finally. For many years, Lisbon and Porto have been rendered totally unaffordable for average local residents by rampant Airbnb fuelled property speculation and general overtourism. And all of this under a supposedly left-wing government.
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by VieEnCode 4y ago
"But many of the structural pressures that sociologists have long identified shape commercial and state sourced news stories just don't apply to independent journalists, who don't have to rely on continued access state contac
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by VieEnCode 4y ago
Cutesy corporate communication in general is just cringe.
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We all play the status game, but who are the real winners?(theguardian.com)
1 points by VieEnCode 4y ago|0 comments
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by VieEnCode 4y ago
Big law (at least outside of the US, in the UK/EU) is very much pyramid shaped. Typically the model is based on getting the maximum number of chargeable hours from the minimum number of associates, for a dim prospect of eventually maki
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Procrastinating linked to health and career problems: things you can do to stop(theconversation.com)
6 points by VieEnCode 4y ago|0 comments
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by VieEnCode 4y ago
Libertarians of that stripe are essentially pro plutocracy, which would end up being massively anti liberty in practice. But just as the winners write the history books, the richest libertarians like Thiel and Koch seem able to define what
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The Paradox of Inequality: Inequality and Belief in Meritocracy Go Hand in Hand [pdf](eprints.lse.ac.uk)
2 points by VieEnCode 4y ago|0 comments
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by VieEnCode 4y ago
Why post an archive link? Nothing from the BBC is behind a paywall.
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More than 90% of rainforest carbon offsets by biggest provider are worthless(theguardian.com)
6 points by VieEnCode 4y ago|0 comments

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