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by robswc 10d ago
Yep. A lot of thriller and mystery can get you on the first couple of pages. My now (probably all time) favorite book, Anathem by Neal Stephenson, took me three times to really get into. It started with a ton of exposition... and I guess
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by robswc 9mo ago
People have been claiming "this is the end" of the US, for some reason or another, ever since I've been on the internet (since 2005). This same sentiment was going around in 2016 when Trump was doing those ridiculous "ba
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by robswc 9mo ago
Then it's subjective, what they define as a waste of money, this is par for the course when it comes to choosing what to fund. You do not trust the current administration to be objective when it comes to cutting funding. I don't
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by robswc 9mo ago
> "diversity related topics" included things like biodiversity which is an important area of research and should be apolitical. Not because of a shift in focus, but because of top-down orders to not fund anything related to &qu
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by robswc 9mo ago
Personally, as someone that has heard non-stop about how horrible the US is from Europeans ever since I was on the internet, I don't give statements from EU officials much weight. It isn't anything new. I have family that has mig
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by robswc 9mo ago
What is US losing, relative to Europe/other countries? I can't really think of many notable things to come out of Europe as of late... besides maybe covid vaccines but its hard to really say that when 90% of the wikipedia page for
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by robswc 9mo ago
I'm OOTL, but there _is_ a ton of waste when it comes to money we give out. The article itself even says here: > [...] the US government has cut scientific grants to academics working on diversity-related topics, halted biomedical g
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by robswc 1y ago
I'll hold my breath, but this would be fantastic. We need to automate away the boring/hard jobs.
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by robswc 1y ago
AFAIK, downloading or watching pirated stuff isn't something you'll get in trouble for. Hosting and distributing it is what will get you.
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by robswc 1y ago
I don't know if I can ever buy a non-Tesla car again (unless its a truck). I'll check out Rivian next time though, as those look pretty damn good. Like you, I don't know of any other brands that are competitive enough for me
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by robswc 1y ago
I have gotten so many malicious pop ups on news sites and nobody likes ads. They will have to pivot.
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by robswc 1y ago
Well, sure. I'm not afraid I'll get stabbed but I'm not a fan of some dude staring daggers at my wife and I while he laughs and talks to himself. When I've traveled alone I've seen fights, peeing, groping and all s
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by robswc 1y ago
I think the biggest issue is the _vast_ majority of news is noise. It won't effect you. Maybe you could argue we should be "aware" of certain events happening but I'd argue most only complicate your life. I would subsc
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by robswc 1y ago
Mozilla is the problem, not FireFox. I just don't really feel like using FireFox while Mozilla has a hand in it.
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by robswc 1y ago
Makes sense. The problem I have with it is that there's no way they could have determined if an API key was stolen or not, even to this day. Basically, their docs (which seemed auto-generated) pointed to a domain they did not own (veri
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by robswc 1y ago
Reminds me of a time I found a serious issue with mailgun. Messaged them, no reply. Had to spam their twitter to get a response. Basically you could have stolen tons of API keys from users without their knowledge and mailgun never disclo
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by robswc 1y ago
Thankfully I don't know of any of these types first hand, but I totally believe you. I tried it the "companion" and it was a fantastic work of technology but the idea that there is _nothing_ behind the screen just makes me no
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by robswc 1y ago
This is actually not a bad idea. I think the only problem would be we truly don't know if that is what a figure would think. I can't imagine how many people would invoke the "George Washington's AI agrees with me"
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by robswc 1y ago
Yea. I don't even know what to do tbh. I'm right between GenZ and Millennial. There is something crazy going on with GenZ IMO. It is like pulling teeth to go out and do anything with GenZ friends. Maybe my millennial friends ar
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by robswc 1y ago
You'd be _very_ surprised. This isn't reddit so I probably don't have to write a disclaimer about generalizations... but just in case, I'm speaking in general terms. Just look at who buys/consumes most written roma
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by robswc 1y ago
Did he just lie and say he wasn't working at those places? Or did the question never come up? When I used to interview I always had to check a box that said I wasn't currently employed, or they would ask at some point.
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by robswc 1y ago
To add to this. It would be great to see which companies he interviewed at but didn't get the job. Would argue those companies have better BS-detectors conducting the interviews.
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by robswc 1y ago
This is my question too. I'm no longer job searching but every interview involved multiple steps and "background checks." I'm seeing the dude's resume has him working half a dozen jobs in a year which even to me is
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by robswc 2y ago
Wow... that's really tragic. It certainly makes sense though. I was shocked at how many people thought there was something suspicious or that police were lying. When a couple that old live alone, if one of them goes the other is usua
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by robswc 2y ago
Yea, that absolutely checks out. Being able to apply your work to something you enjoy is a discipline and motivation multiplier.
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by robswc 2y ago
That's subjective. I'll make it objective. --- Everyone, please encourage NYU to expel Barron Trump as the Trump family is terrible. Here is where he goes to school. https://apnews.com/article/barron-trump-nyu
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by robswc 2y ago
> If they posted his kid's school address, I think they would. Have I, and the AP just doxxed? https://apnews.com/article/barron-trump-nyu-stern-business-s...
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by robswc 2y ago
Do the math on the execution rate. You do _not_ want to be a criminal in Singapore. You especially do not want to be a criminal involved with drugs (which is the highest % offense of prisoners in the US). > Singapore doesn’t have a hom
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by robswc 2y ago
> The US incarcerates 3.5 times more of it's population than Singapore. And Singapore executes ~3.5 times more of it's population than the US. Singapore is a heavily policed state. They still cane people there. https:/&
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by robswc 2y ago
It could simply be that more people in China and Singapore are afraid to commit crimes. Their prison sentences and punishments are much worse. In 2022, they executed 11 people, the US executed 18. The US has a ~50x larger population. I&#

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