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by csa 19d ago
I hope you realize that your comments are those of a “doom and gloom” person. It’s a fairly extreme take on things that makes some pretty wild assumptions about humanity that don’t really seem to hold (e.g., assuming a complete lack of adap
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by csa 20d ago
> Even if we just have AI that can do every job that can be remote that would be hugely disruptive. This will not happen in my lifetime. It may do some. It may even do a lot. It will certainly augment close to 100% the remote jobs. AI wi
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by csa 1mo ago
> I'm confused why americans don't do literally anything more than vote That has been enough for a couple of centuries, and it still may be the path. Sadly, skewed voter participation rates mean that even voting isn’t necessari
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by csa 1mo ago
> Until recently you would not be correct; the covert way that elite schools did AA would disqualify lots of Asian applicants who DIDN'T have extraordinary test scores and coursework. Please don’t spread propaganda. I’ve seen admiss
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by csa 1mo ago
> Grinding grades and academics is absolutely a path the top tier universities like Berkeley or UCLA, even if you won't get in the S tier private schools. Yeah. We are talking about different types of schools. For one, Cal and UCLA
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by csa 1mo ago
> The catch is that it is harder to brute force being truly exceptional in one thing. That often requires talent and predisposition. That’s true for sports, music, and academics, but I think “grinding” exceptional leadership can be a thi
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by csa 1mo ago
Not only that, but there are specific JuCos that specifically feed into these schools with an incredibly high acceptance rate.
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by csa 1mo ago
> Anyone who lives in a neighborhood with a high proportion of kids making it to the Ivy league and other top schools knows exactly what this guy is talking about. The person whose view you endorse supports what many parents believe. I’v
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by csa 1mo ago
> Once you cross a certain threshold, it's luck of the draw if you're selected. For most schools, it’s the opposite. For folks qualified to get in, they will be selected. For folks at the marginal threshold, it’s luck of the dr
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by csa 1mo ago
> Mary Sue'ing normies Thank you for this gift. This combo has entered my lexicon.
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by csa 2mo ago
> So, assuming all 3 kids go to a $100K/year type school, and we pay cash, that is $12 MILLION dollars over the next decade I will be paying You forgot a decimal there. If you want to fund your kids’ elite education and you can’t fr
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by csa 2mo ago
> can anyone here think of some better ways where we could decouple the education process from the work process? The excessive education requirements for jobs came about mainly to provide easy legal ways to cull a large pool of applicant
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by csa 2mo ago
Try HN “classic” mode: https://news.ycombinator.com/classic Not completely free of AI, but it’s probably more of what you are looking for.
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by csa 3mo ago
> AI really isn't a skill that needs to be taught Given how much time I spend teaching people how to use AI effectively, I humbly disagree. AI slop is not using AI effectively. > like adults didn't need to take a semester in
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by csa 3mo ago
> marginal tax rates reached 94% in 1944 on income over 200k in the US. Tell me you’re young without saying you’re young. Those headline rates were not the rates actually paid. The quantity and scope of tax write offs at that time were s
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by csa 3mo ago
> I personally wish Waymo have a 399$ per month subscription that give 2 free ride per day Assuming $20 for a typical paid trip, I’m guessing $800 would be closer to what they would charge for 2 free rides a day within SF. $400 might be
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by csa 4mo ago
When people read these links, I encourage them to assume that the author/creator left out part of the story for convenience or due to lack of knowledge (specifically the language and customs around legal issues in Japan). Her story doe
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by csa 4mo ago
> Anthropic will be coming after every job that can be done by a computer - including yours and mine It’s not something I worry about. What I, and many of my peers, excel at is taking vague inputs from end users and putting them into act
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by csa 4mo ago
> 1. Figma (in progress) Hmmm… maybe. I think not. It really depends on your other claims below, with which I mostly disagree. 2. Most entry level jobs for current graduates in white collar fields. (See hiring rates for these positions)
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by csa 4mo ago
> Also, clever and lazy at the very top? I don't get it. Simple example… they get others to do the work while they reap the rewards. That’s clever and lazy.
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by csa 4mo ago
> Why payment processors do it? Short answer — there are lots of chargebacks and (sometimes) fraud around this content. Vanilla payment processors don’t like high rates of chargebacks and fraud. > Also why PornHub and OnlyFans are imm
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by csa 4mo ago
> The output is not enjoyable to consume, the people who rely on it are not cool, and the effects of using it are unpleasant and hard to defend on aesthetic, intellectual, or moral grounds. The AI output you are referring to mostly seems
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by csa 4mo ago
> Is this actually true or just fearmongering? Mostly fear mongering or law breaking that is commonly punished throughout the world. In order: - nonsense, unless heated argument includes assault or disturbing the peace - stealing… yes, i
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by csa 4mo ago
> Seems like the system is heavily stacked against detainees, regardless of whether they are actually innocent or guilty. The vast majority of folks who get detained in Japan either did something particularly obvious (DUI, violence with
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by csa 4mo ago
I will bet dollars to doughnuts that she had been warned multiple times about “risky” behavior. I’m guessing either she didn’t understand the warnings, or she didn’t follow their guidance. Simple example, they may have asked her to follow a
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by csa 4mo ago
> You don't need to buy the membership with cash. Credit card, pay off $3-5 a week with your food savings, you'll barely pay any interest. I’m guessing you don’t know many lower income people. Not only are credit cards generall
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by csa 4mo ago
> Are BYD cars specifically banned or do they just not comply with all the US regulations? Whatever the stated reasons are is one thing. The biggest issue is that a network of BYDs in the US would be a massive intelligence coup. It will
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by csa 4mo ago
> I just don't see why everyone seems to not be cheering that perhaps we are not going to go back to the days where all those kids are going to be re charged. It almost feels like everyone wants to go back to labels carpet bombing s
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by csa 5mo ago
> It's the fact that they kept the employee around as a toxic asset/reminder that I think really puts it into "mistake" territory. This is the exact line of inquiry that I took. I asked why they didn’t just offer the
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by csa 5mo ago
> what's going to happen when companies figure out how to inject ads into the model? In certain domains, this has already happened.

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