dheera

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by dheera 2mo ago
I don't actually hate Musk. Although he has done bad, I think he has done far more good than bad. He has, for one, directly improved my quality of life on the transportation front.
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by dheera 2mo ago
You can synthetic short if you have options level 4
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by dheera 2mo ago
Rule changes like this create market inefficiencies that can be exploited by retail; if everything plays by constant rules, the vast majority of alpha gets concentrated in the institutions. I love shaking up the firms. Gives normal people a
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by dheera 2mo ago
On the other hand, reducing supplementation solved my sleep issues. I was taking Magnesium at night, and D+C+Fish+CoQ10+Iron+B12 in the morning. I don't know what the hell I was taking too much of, but I didn't have a good way to
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by dheera 2mo ago
You won't be able to see a doctor when you're sick. You won't be able to open a bank account to receive your salary. You won't be able to buy train or plane tickets. My point is I am most worried that these kind of &quot
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by dheera 2mo ago
Probably in the future nobody will be able to figure out how these things are written, because studying math doesn't make as much money as vibe coding.
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by dheera 2mo ago
I see your concern. The mirrors could be deliberately manufactured to have enough imperfections, or slight reverse curvature, to prevent this. It's possible with properly-designed optics to prevent the mirror from being able to focus o
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by dheera 2mo ago
... and then there are the actual planet-threatening astronomical events that humanity should think about ways to mitigate but I'm worried that human lifespans and capitalism prevent us from working towards mitigations. Everyone will j
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by dheera 2mo ago
I don't think 50000 60-ft mirrors at the height they intend to fly would cause that to happen. Not enough light gathering power. 50000 60-ft mirrors is about the same area as a single mirror 2.5 miles across. So the area of the mirrors
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by dheera 2mo ago
Nope, because I don't get to keep much of the money that I get from my work.
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by dheera 2mo ago
Exactly. My point is the price of everything has gone up, and the authentic "original" brands are no longer affordable. The knockoffs are still affordable, and with them I'm doing great. I have no incentive to change anythi
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by dheera 2mo ago
I have work to do. I'd probably get PIP if I did that every day.
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by dheera 2mo ago
Reality: A few years ago this would have been relevant. Most people can only afford the knockoffs now. My Chipotle meal cost $17 yesterday. It used to cost $8. The $9 difference is going to come out of my budget to buy authentic brands and
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by dheera 2mo ago
For most businesses, yes. If you're the national railway and your ticket purchase website doesn't work for 2% of the population, that's kind of shitty to those people. This is sadly very common across many public infrastructu
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by dheera 2mo ago
> No dual citizenship at all, most probably no citizenship. Citizenship is basically impossible unless you are born to Chinese parents, but work visas in China are lightyears easier to get than the US H1B shitshow. In China all you need
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by dheera 2mo ago
Awesome project! Lots of negativity in the comments but I think this is an awesome way to interact with an LLM. A lot of people seem to be hating on that it was an evil diary in the novel but that doesn't mean there can't be a goo
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by dheera 2mo ago
It's not hard to restructure it at all. 1. Ban overworking. Make it a federal offense. Actually jail CEOs if their employees work >50 hours a week 2. These exercise tracking apps should pay people for the exercise they do. The money
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by dheera 2mo ago
> Well, then any insurance is also gambling It literally is. You're buying a YES token on a black swan event that pays you if that event happens. The entire American system is built on gambling, and that's my point. If you want
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by dheera 2mo ago
> there are plenty of over-the-counter everyday goods Yep, that's how you've been sucked into the system. Oh, you didn't spend as much as you planned? We'll steal the rest of the budget unless you go buy some name-bra
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by dheera 2mo ago
The non-gambling way of doing this would be to just tax deduct all of that stuff at tax time based on what you ACTUALLY spend. Being forced to plan it and "lose it if you don't spend it" IS gambling, in my book.
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by dheera 2mo ago
> We can (and should) try and regulate away this kind of gambling No, instead we should tackle the actual root of the problem, and fix the economy. If everyone can make a living, afford housing, find jobs, and find something they love to
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by dheera 2mo ago
I'm not conflating anything here. Nobody should be asked to make bets on their medical needs. They should just be allowed to tax deduct everything when the need arises. You ARE almost-guaranteed to lose the FSA game, basically. You&#x2
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by dheera 2mo ago
> discrepancy between paper and physical crude prices If you see mispricing, trade the hell out of it and pocket the cash before some hedge fund does. The system is rigged against us normal folk and given any opportunity to take money le
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by dheera 2mo ago
I mean, it's instilled into society at every level in the US. If your company offers an FSA, it's asking to make a gamble on how much medical needs you'll have in the next 1 year. The "smart" way to write the tax la
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by dheera 2mo ago
Most passenger US rail systems have APIs with realtime positions but I don't know of a single map that includes all of them in the whole country. Here's a live one for Boston: https://tmap.live/ Here's a live
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by dheera 2mo ago
Nice! Might be worth extrapolating positions based on train velocity between updates, would make for a more attractive UI
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by dheera 2mo ago
Why didn't they just build railings and fences so that horses don't fall into canals?
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by dheera 3mo ago
And those consequences are happening
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by dheera 3mo ago
On the contrary, if democracy works, then there is no point in protesting, as you would just vote (or campaign and run for office) instead. Most large scale protests are in fact because democracy failed to give the people a voice, and decis
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by dheera 3mo ago
No, it doesn't. Voters decide very little in the United States. People with money decide almost everything. They have better lawyers and better lobbyists than you do.

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