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by wslack 7mo ago
No other administration has used the "supply chain risk" designation against an American company. This is unprecedented.
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by wslack 7mo ago
By that logic we should expect all governments to regress to totalitarianism, which hasn’t happened, and isn’t what’s happening here. The question isn’t if some would attempt these behaviors, but rather if we and our democratic structures e
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by wslack 2y ago
I think aggregators are useful to tell us what actually moved voters in a campaign - the swings are visible even if baseline error is not.
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by wslack 2y ago
It's free as long as Cash.app wants to maintain it. I'd rather there'd be no incentive to complicate the tax code such that many people need to hire accountants to figure it out.
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by wslack 2y ago
We know that. The mainstream discussion, use, and personification of LLMs does not suggest that.
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by wslack 2y ago
Then lawmakers should change the law, instead of a private actor asserting that their need overrides others' rights.
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by wslack 2y ago
It should do that, because it's still not actually an intelligence. It's a tool that is figuring out what to say in response that sounds intelligent - and will often succeed!
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Claiming high user satisfaction, IRS will decide on renewing free tax site(washingtonpost.com)
239 points by wslack 2y ago|276 comments
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by wslack 2y ago
There's an incentive problem here because litigation is so expensive. If the fine is large enough, it becomes more and more worth it for the company to fight it in court - and therefore more expensive to the regulatory agency's le
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by wslack 3y ago
The author of this is presenting their view and you have hours of content to watch about this if you want to dig into it. One problem is that "lab leak," as Peter says, means a bunch of amalgamated theories. It's hard to disc
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by wslack 3y ago
> is it fine to work on open source projects at Meta, or is it bad because Meta is bad? I think OP would say its better to work on open source at Meta than closed source at Meta, and we should celebrate someone being paid to write open s
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by wslack 3y ago
Representatives have elections to determine how long they can serve; career civil servants have strong protections against firing but the downside is a challenging hiring process that can be very slow. USDS's willingness to use term hi
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by wslack 3y ago
> we let them post an RFP that basically says do this thing in this amount of time for this amount of money with payment after we get the “thing” in time. These exist; they are called "firm fixed price" contracts. You still hav
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by wslack 3y ago
Serving at USDS, posting personally. The biggest thing with the gov is the requirements on usajobs are always explained specifically so you know exactly what is needed. Beyond that, you'll want to show in your resume how you've de
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by wslack 3y ago
The pay cap is set in law, but you need people sufficiently invested in the mission to forgo a higher possible salary, which isn't possible for everyone (especially folks who might have to support their parents).
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by wslack 3y ago
FWIW both DC and SF top out at 183,500 now.
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by wslack 3y ago
> the biggest is that you need skilled people in the government who can review bids and oversee work It's also very isolating to be the "one person" who knows the subject area. Having teams of folks is much more sustainabl
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by wslack 3y ago
> I do think an overhaul of the civilian service is worth exploring. There are decades of reports and proposals about this. Unfortunately, we keep learning the same lessons over and over.
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by wslack 3y ago
Current USDSer here posting personally. I hear this and you aren't alone. It's not a decision specifically about USDS, more about the entire White House staff and federal law.
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by wslack 3y ago
As someone who does this sort of work (but posting personally, not officially), you're 100% right. There are groups of already-networked folks you can join like USDS or 18F that are already connected to the problems. The post reminds m
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by wslack 3y ago
I don't think climate action controls majorities in many countries.
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by wslack 3y ago
It's the "permanent" bit. Being an asylee or refugee isn't necessarily a permanent status - like if your home country gets out of a civil war or a coup leader ends the coup and goes into exile, you no longer need to fear
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by wslack 3y ago
Got it - so the scientific community's reaction (trying to replicate) was ok but the initial authors messed up with their pre-print? That's fair.
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by wslack 3y ago
> the government we have is what the founders warned about and did their best to prevent/delay. Can you say more about that? They warned against faction but political parties developed pretty quickly and had the harmful effects Hami
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by wslack 3y ago
Defined here as linked from a study footnote, for things like advocating for violence against civilians: https://transparency.fb.com/policies/community-standards/dan...
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by wslack 3y ago
Fair. I was one of those consultants (experts in software being implemented by the local team), though, and - specifically with teams that needed more help and interventions - going onsite was hugely valuable. I'm not saying remote is
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by wslack 3y ago
I don't know if that's fair. Consultants were flying "on site" for meetings at expense to clients for decades (for hotels, meals, etc) and the money was worth it, because being in person is, for some people, is more effi
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by wslack 4y ago
It's not that she's been given notice many times; its that she's continued to take actions that threaten the health of the community - which have led to those notices.
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by wslack 4y ago
What do you make of the history of corporate actions that led to unions in the first place?
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by wslack 4y ago
This has been the case since 2016 at least, I think.

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