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by nielsbot 3d ago
Agree. This is also what Swift uses.
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by nielsbot 4d ago
also—this is public review for data centers not, say, housing.
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by nielsbot 5d ago
Right. But what about the cases it is used for good?
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by nielsbot 6d ago
> worked well for them yeah because they don't care about a top notch user experience.
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by nielsbot 6d ago
When companies can afford to build a native app but instead use a WOSE (write once suck everywhere) toolkit, it’s because they don’t care about the user experience.
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by nielsbot 7d ago
similarly, Einstein's Dreams is a collection of very short stories that explore different flavors of time. For example: time slows as you near the city center - those who approach it end up frozen forever like the event horizon of a bl
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by nielsbot 7d ago
slightly meta, but remember the time SJ got mad on stage and threw his demo camera? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1M4t14s7nSM
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by nielsbot 7d ago
*way
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by nielsbot 7d ago
He maybe didn't present that say but he did rehearse a lot
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by nielsbot 8d ago
I like to ask people who are pro blanket surveillance if they’d be ok with the police putting an Air Tag in their car
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by nielsbot 8d ago
FTA: > “I work with Flock Safety. And I called originally because I’m getting followed,” the installer can be heard telling a dispatcher in the recording of the call obtained by Atlanta News First Investigates. “I was getting harassed, p
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by nielsbot 11d ago
I think there’s a similar deal going on with Venezuelan oil now https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/29/whats-behind-the-us...
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by nielsbot 12d ago
Curious who will be playing and enjoying these
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by nielsbot 12d ago
Should have called it Bob The Builder
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by nielsbot 14d ago
Clinton was a neoliberal. Not an expert, but I thought for a long time the vision of anti-trust being democracy-preserving (or at least preventing corporations from being able to compete with the government for power) was replaced by a view
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by nielsbot 14d ago
> Of course the best laid taxes always get abused or turn into something else entirely. Can you explain this more?
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by nielsbot 18d ago
I do find it disconcerting for a private company to have so much control over what is not essentially a public resource. There should be a government provided alternative.
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by nielsbot 19d ago
It would be nice if every logged in twitter user's viewed tweets were transmitted to a decentralized aggregation service for all to view freely.
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by nielsbot 19d ago
> started from a false premise that "antifascists" are being persecuted because they're against "fascism". Uh… then WTF are they against? Also—terrorism is a vague term and defined by the authorities. I’m curious
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by nielsbot 19d ago
Part of his eugenics-adjacent philosophy: survival of the fittest. Basically the opposite of the mission of the department he leads (public health)
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by nielsbot 19d ago
Not sarcasm. For example: The Senate was originally not directly elected. Furthermore Wyoming and California both get 2 senators each. And there’s the filibuster on top of that.
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by nielsbot 19d ago
define terrorism in this context
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by nielsbot 19d ago
Not sure why these reports always say things like "suggest" instead of "is".
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by nielsbot 20d ago
PACs are an investment. You'd be stupid (principles be damned) not to invest. (Not defending this--this is the system that promotes wealth hoarding and theft of government funds)
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by nielsbot 20d ago
Also: The US government is structured to put checks on democracy thereby ensuring wealth and power inequality. See: The Electoral College, The Senate, and even the Constitution itself among other examples.
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by nielsbot 20d ago
i’m saying the current administration’s anti-immigration efforts are white nationalist and christian nationalist and I oppose it. it’s a eminently reasonable take given their backgrounds. > protect american culture from foreign influence
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by nielsbot 21d ago
Suspicious given the xenophobic nationalist government the US has in place. "But we're just following the rules!" innocent look
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by nielsbot 21d ago
I’d guess Miller is the main driver of this given what we know about that loser (and freak).
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by nielsbot 23d ago
I guess this could be the new greedflation for 2026 (and beyond).
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by nielsbot 25d ago
you know who else lowers spending (at the expense of service)? For profit corps. You’re ignoring that part.

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