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by fakedang 4d ago
Satellite tech like Starlinks need either very visible dishes, or in Starlink's case, local ground stations, to operate. I'm sure there are Iranian ground stations though, just that they're configured to mine crypto or obscur
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by fakedang 4d ago
Gavin Newsom vs Gavin Belsom. The tax is just Gavin positioning before the 2028 elections. Even taxing 1% of wealth annually makes more sense than this. And oh yeah, let's fund healthcare, but let's also sleep on the housing crisi
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by fakedang 4d ago
But at that point in time, there's 19k in money. And future repayments of that loan back to the bank are less valuable to it than that current value figure. Because a bank can do a lot more shenanigans with that loan figure than it can
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by fakedang 6d ago
More like the vulture PE for startups. It's a solid business model though - get another team to take the risk and develop the app and user base, then when times are tough, buy them out, wring them dry and suck out all the value. In the
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by fakedang 7d ago
Not to mention, more abrasive - every process engineer's nightmare.
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by fakedang 7d ago
Basically Apple had Samsung et al validate the use case for a flip phone before executing their move. The others proved there is a market for this, hence Apple jumped on the bandwagon. This is not like the iPhone mini, where they were compe
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by fakedang 8d ago
Saw this firsthand when Deepseek's thinking model referenced Claude and Open AI guidelines in separate chats as part of the thinking process notes.
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by fakedang 8d ago
Sakoku law, Murrica style.
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by fakedang 8d ago
Maybe watch some movies or indulge in some internet phraseology first?
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by fakedang 9d ago
The problem with the US is Americans treating their Constitution like some kind of Bible, untouchable and beyond reproach, when in reality it should have been a constantly evolving document. South Africa has one of the best constitutions in
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by fakedang 9d ago
It was a different time and age, which is why I'll excuse her. Today, I would go full retard even on my own parents if they did that with my children (and rightly so).
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by fakedang 10d ago
Most (literate, educated) Indians have been trained the same, and it has very little to do with religion. When you do accidentally step on a book though, each religion has their own format - Hindus touch the book then touch their head then
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by fakedang 11d ago
And fax machines. Don't forget the fax machines.
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by fakedang 12d ago
Elect a clown, become a circus.
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by fakedang 12d ago
Duh, it's so obvious. With water from the moon! Or even better, dumping them in Uranus! /s
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by fakedang 12d ago
I'd say Gemini over Anthropic. Google's overcaution literally hamstrung its own AI progression efforts. Anthropic is just all talk, no bluster, when it comes to safety and ethics. If they were ah so concerned about AI safety, they
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by fakedang 14d ago
Fair point, and explains why I was downvoted. My focus was on mostly the usual slew of companies that don't reward their employees in stock options, but handsomely reward their CEOs - O&G, pharma and biotech, advanced manufacturing
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by fakedang 14d ago
Lol, I'm not American.
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by fakedang 14d ago
Currently equity appreciation is desirable for HNWIs because wealth isn't taxed, only income realized is. The more their wealth appreciates, the more viable it becomes as collateral they can borrow against, raising their borrowing capa
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by fakedang 15d ago
A wealth tax would also be beneficial in reducing wasteful stock buybacks. Without any benefits from high stock prices, boards and shareholders will be less inclined to impose those price targets on CEOs, CEOs will be less incentivised to &
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by fakedang 16d ago
Every time China visits, we get a hospital; every time the West visits, we get a lecture. - some African dude. Honestly I don't mind the Chinese approach - at least you don't get bullied, unlike dealing with America. Of course, ex
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by fakedang 16d ago
Are we still fooling ourselves thinking that China is such a benevolent manufacturing partner? I don't mind China - heck, I've even had dinner with some CCP honchos and would gladly partner with the Chinese given the right opportu
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by fakedang 16d ago
Memory chip shortage lasting *until China floods the market with their cheaper but rigged chips. FTFY. At the rate China's moving on this, it won't be long till they get a stranglehold on the consumer chip market.
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by fakedang 16d ago
This is plain obvious, I don't know why this isn't mainstream everywhere. The new cars with white lights are often blinding.
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by fakedang 17d ago
Not in the Alps, but mid summer looked like the start of autumn. At this rate, it won't be long until we don't even have an autumn like the tropics. Swiss Tourism Agency will have to work overtime now promoting Tiktok clips and In
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by fakedang 19d ago
Given that America selects its cops like I select my cheeseburgers at my local joint, I don't think any framework will suffice. Frameworks only work when there are consequences for not following them.
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by fakedang 19d ago
Regardless, better that they're the ones who spend the money for these reactors, and better that they use nuclear instead of coal or gas plants. One option is to also mandatorily lock the powerplants to the municipal grid, and provide
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by fakedang 22d ago
Quintessentially French.
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by fakedang 23d ago
As Supreme overlord of Saturn, I soundly dispute your assertion.
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by fakedang 23d ago
> If I run out of tokens on ChatGPT of course I will try Claude. More like the other way around - Claude burns tokens faster than any other LLM.

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