omegaworks

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by omegaworks 5mo ago
>Three levers are available, and they require action simultaneously. The article fails to mention the fourth lever: cessation of hostilities, recognition of Iranian sovereignty, reparations for the displaced peoples of the region and cur
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by omegaworks 1y ago
bookslop! get your bookslop here!
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by omegaworks 1y ago
Worth it to keep in mind as well, that Iran was committed under the NPT to limit nuclear development to non-weapons based usage. They were inspected regularly by UN bodies like the IAEA and the conclusions of our own intelligence agencies d
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by omegaworks 1y ago
>its people have the freedom to choose personal transportation. A lot of American choice is an illusion. The national expressway network was created to serve national security purposes. Beloved trolley systems in medium density cities we
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by omegaworks 1y ago
I don't think this is about convincing anyone that she's a good person. She's forthright about her instincts and values and the institutions she worked at that fostered her understanding of the world. She documents in detail
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by omegaworks 2y ago
>i think you should keep in mind that both parties have very smart people in them that care about the country and are trying to do the right thing. I think this is an absurd claim that is not supported by the facts. DOGE staff are young
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by omegaworks 2y ago
> they are preparing for automation. This isn't preparing in the slightest. This is impulse-response. Taking a sledgehammer to our institutions and seeing what happens. A cruel child picking apart the legs of a spider just to see
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by omegaworks 2y ago
Musk just yesterday asserted that it was time to deorbit the ISS.[1] Decommissioning telescopes would not be out of the question. 1. https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1892621691060093254
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by omegaworks 2y ago
This tired trope fails to capture the accelerationism at play. Elon is firing the most ambitious people in government. 8 years in one position, 1 year promoted fired over the person 9 years in one position. This is not the nature of union
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by omegaworks 2y ago
>We have made incredible improvements in alleviating poverty and suffering over the past 50 years We have also made incredible strides at capturing the productivity and free time that would have fed innovation and effectively transferred
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by omegaworks 2y ago
>ACTUAL crisis of HUMAN OVERPOPULATION which is at the root of every problem e.g. climate change False. The rich disproportionately pollute. Climate change isn't a population problem, it is a resource allocation problem. If the poor
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by omegaworks 2y ago
State-run grocery stores[1] are where changes are actually starting. https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/mayor/press_room/press...
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by omegaworks 2y ago
Incredibly important for the comfort and wellbeing of space travelers. Imagine being in an enclosed box compacted as efficiently as possible next to thrusters and life support equipment. The noise must be insane. At the same time, current n
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by omegaworks 2y ago
> a tax on unhealthy food to help fund Medicare and Medicaid. Fully 13% of the population lives in an area with restricted access to grocery stores[1]. Couple that with car-centric anti-pedestrian development[2] and you have a definitive
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by omegaworks 2y ago
>That said, I'd still make the same point that people who value art and the artist will buy from and support the artist. The chances anyone will come across the artist when their marketplace is flooded with increasingly plausible si
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by omegaworks 2y ago
> A majority of homeless people do not have access to even basic healthcare. > The only way to do this is to give the person a place to live. Ensure the person has healthy and decent food. > This will require time and treatment so
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by omegaworks 2y ago
>The concept of a sociological critical mass was first used in the 1960s by Morton Grodzins, a political science professor at the University of Chicago. Grodzins studied racial segregation — in particular, examining why people seemed to
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by omegaworks 2y ago
>But, alas... Please try your best to resist apathy. Contact your representative and let them know your priorities, especially in light of a looming government shutdown that threatens funding to exactly these kinds of initiatives.
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by omegaworks 2y ago
It remains to be seen whether these controls will have an impact on the second-order / emergent effects of rampant social media. Would prohibited words or time-limitations stop the algorithm from making an embarrassing moment viral? Wh
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by omegaworks 2y ago
Why would they unionize when most of their comp is stock? The fear mongering, uncertainty and doubt stoked by their CEO's fully-owned press[1] would tank their stock value. 1. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/2
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by omegaworks 2y ago
EXISTENZ IS PAUSED!
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by omegaworks 2y ago
That would rival the speed of on-die processor caches. Right now the Apple M3 offers 300 GB/s or 2.4 Terabits / sec. A 1 terabit /sec network connection would allow you to basically allow your machine to train and tune arbit
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by omegaworks 2y ago
>the people in SF likes such conditions The people in SF like their million dollar shoeboxes to appreciate in value, with zero regard for the externalities that scheme creates[1]. 1. https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/rese
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by omegaworks 2y ago
Blame the homeless and people trying to help them, take the blame off the real problem: few available homes with high prices[1]. [1] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10574586/#:~:te... .
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by omegaworks 2y ago
This has been one [unintended?] consequence of AI promulgation. A direct disincentive toward the kind of open access that so used to be common and provided a lot of low-hanging fruit for independent developers trying to increase interoperab
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by omegaworks 2y ago
>San Francisco just built a short subway to Chinatown. Not quite clear why. Largely to set the stage for service to the Richmond. >It's mostly a retirement village. A testament to the resilience of the community in the face of an
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by omegaworks 2y ago
"Excuse to delay" is not a cynical read at all. > Musk admitted to his biographer Ashlee Vance that Hyperloop was all about trying to get legislators to cancel plans for high-speed rail in California—even though he had no plans
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by omegaworks 2y ago
There is still concerted effort from both within[1] and outside the party[2] to push back against rushing the process. His fate is by no means guaranteed. 1. https://www.politico.com/news/2024/07/16/pelos
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by omegaworks 2y ago
The original post asked what can you do. Apart from hopelessness, you can put your body on the line. Hold a sign. Be present. Take up space. It's something .
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by omegaworks 2y ago
>if they're blue congressfolk they'll already want to make sure that NOAA survives Even the blues will want to know that their constituents are paying attention. Swing state blues especially tend to lose their spine without sup

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