socrates1998

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by socrates1998 4y ago
Musk was always going to do this. It's amazing how many times Musk lies and people just keep believing anything he says. It's not surprising that Musk likes Trump. Both are pathological liars.
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by socrates1998 4y ago
I deleted twitter around the time Elon's bid got approved. I was thinking about it for a while, as the app is just another way to get pissed off at the world. These moves seem odd given that Elon isn't even the owner yet and still
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by socrates1998 5y ago
I don't have much to add to this, but Facebook couldn't go away faster for me. My account is still active, but I deleted the app on the phone and probably only check my home page once every two weeks. My friends and family just ar
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by socrates1998 5y ago
I am glad she was found guilty, but there are a few concerns. First, she was only convicted of lying to her investors, not the actual patients, which is laughable. Second, she is supposed to get up to 20 years for EACH of the counts (they w
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by socrates1998 5y ago
We kicked out a bunch of traitors from Congress during the Civil War era, so banning a person from twitter who is actively trying to foster a Civil War by promoting lies and misinformation seems pretty mild. Banning her or anyone like her w
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by socrates1998 5y ago
Don't talk to the police. It really isn't in your interests at all. They are there to arrest people, not be your friend. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-7o9xYp7eE
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by socrates1998 5y ago
I guarantee that most of these people didn't watch the special. They are just confirming Dave's message. Oh well. Dave will be fine. Netflix will be fine. I wish their was more uproar over other stuff that's on Netflix that i
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by socrates1998 5y ago
There is a lot going on with this guy. He says a lot of the "right" things and it's pretty clear he has a point with our system being really messed up. The problem with founding a new party is that it has to have a base that
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by socrates1998 5y ago
I know people here are (rightly) worried about censorship by Facebook and other social media companies. The problem is that Trump and other fascists, don't give a shit about being fair or moderate or playing by the rules. Trump and his
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by socrates1998 5y ago
Shit. I have to use Zoom for meeting with clients on an iMac, what should I do to keep my computer safe?
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by socrates1998 6y ago
> This practice meant that trades placed on Robinhood weren’t executed at the best price, costing customer tens of millions of dollars, even after taking into account the savings from not paying a commission This is why I stopped using t
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by socrates1998 6y ago
Yes, I didn't bring that up because I feel like Solar's manufacturing pollution isn't comparable to coal's ongoing and inherently massive pollution. Coal pollutes both in destruction of the physical land (strip mining) a
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by socrates1998 6y ago
You ignored my main point, which is that coal is also subsidized because we don't accurately price in all the pollution. Solar would have been explored much sooner if we factored in the pollution.
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by socrates1998 6y ago
The problem with this idea that we subsidized solar until it was profitable is not accurate. Solar power doesn't pollute and I would argue that all other forms of power that do pollute aren't taxed nearly enough for it, with coal
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by socrates1998 6y ago
Zuck continues to prove what a scumbag he is. Trump has been fear mongering and spreading lies and disinformation for years. Zuck crashed the car and killed a few people, but now acts like he is doing the right thing by selling it for scrap
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by socrates1998 6y ago
Would be great to short-sell right now, but that's almost impossible to do the last I checked.
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by socrates1998 6y ago
Would be nice to be able to do whatever the hell you want, whenever you want. Billionaires play by their own rules, the rest of us plebs need to stay in our place.
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by socrates1998 6y ago
I don't follow the blockchain world very well, but he makes an interesting point about it. Are there any projects, other than a few cryptocurrencies, that have impacted any industries significantly? I feel like we are all still waiting
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by socrates1998 6y ago
No, I wouldn't know. I haven't worked for a company in a long time, big or small. I would imagine there are similar problems at start-ups, but the smaller scale would at least give you the chance at a fair shake. For me, the bigge
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by socrates1998 6y ago
The big tech giants have used this marketing ploy that "older workers don't understand new tech" to undercut them at almost every opportunity. I honestly have no idea why they are allowed to get away with this in the media an
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by socrates1998 6y ago
LinkedIn is one of those things you have and probably only use when you need a job or are desperate for clients. No one is there to get decent information or to genuinely connect with people. It's the digital equivalent of the super fa
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by socrates1998 6y ago
Literally the exact same thing happened when people were allowed to day trade with better internet around 1998-2002. Everyone started day trading, especially during the tech bubble right up to 9/11. About 90% of retail traders lose mon
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by socrates1998 6y ago
The CCP bans so many apps, websites and other western technology, so this seems like a reasonable action just on that alone. And given how bad TikTok is with user data (mostly minors too), I don't see how banning it would be a bad thin
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by socrates1998 6y ago
Didn't sound like he really wanted to study in America. That's fine, but if you don't have to do something, then it's harder to get value from it. I studied abroad because I REALLY wanted to. I was immensely looking forw
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by socrates1998 6y ago
I mean, social media should be more regulated and laws should definitely be enacted to hold those companies more liable for the content that is published on their platforms. The problem is that I definitely do not want Trump deciding on how
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by socrates1998 6y ago
It's amazing to me that this isn't against a US law. An American company is actively helping spread propaganda of a hostile, foreign country. Just insane. Google's new motto should "we do what we want"
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by socrates1998 6y ago
Another example of the people who control the data often can control the narrative that they want. The irony that data is supposed to have more truth to it than narratives is not lost on me. Regardless of the details of this example, it&#x2
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by socrates1998 6y ago
Obviously. I think the CCP has been given a pass the past 15 years. It's high time they conform to the western liberal democratic model of government. I really hope it doesn't get ugly, but it could. We are so different than them,
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by socrates1998 6y ago
I think that attitude of customers is changing as we speak. Before, sure, it was easy to ignore the ramblings of how the CCP was upset at something and a western company just gives into them. Now, anti-CCP sentiment is growing. I think west
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by socrates1998 6y ago
This is a good way to look at it. These investors are supposed to be the smart ones allocating capital to good business ideas. It's insane to me that anyone ever invested any money in WeWork. And I agree with Uber, it's a great id

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