zero_deg_kevin
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4 years ago
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on: HK's Apple Daily raided by 500 officers over national security law
I hope they’re not inviting us to bomb China until representative democracy takes root. We’re not terribly good at that, but we’re far more effective at that than diplomacy.
zero_deg_kevin
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4 years ago
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on: Amazon executives are worried they'll run out of people to employ
Maybe Jeff can succeed where Elon failed. I have doubts.
zero_deg_kevin
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4 years ago
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on: Amazon executives are worried they'll run out of people to employ
They're not running out of people to employ, their product (working in an Amazon warehouse) sucks, the market knows it, and Amazon is stuck with the excess inventory. If they want to solve the problem, they can improve product/market fit.
zero_deg_kevin
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4 years ago
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on: “Great resignation” wave coming for companies
A lot of people were told their jobs are nonessential and the public debate was about whether or not they deserve assistance with basic survival needs. If it were me, I’d be doing everything in my power to never be in that position again. I suspect that’s part of what’s happening.
zero_deg_kevin
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4 years ago
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on: Congress is going to throw the kitchen sink at big tech
If past efforts are any indication, whatever regulatory scheme they come up with will cost these companies a good deal of time and money without doing anything to effectively solve the problem.
zero_deg_kevin
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4 years ago
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on: I am an object of internet ridicule, ask me anything (2013)
You could always disrupt bullying when you see it. A lot of people would be grateful and you're less likely to go to jail.
zero_deg_kevin
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4 years ago
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on: Seasteading Creates RPG
Are Seasteaders fleeing specific laws or do they intend to just sit around contemplating their on-paper freedom?
zero_deg_kevin
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4 years ago
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on: Why Russians do not smile (2002)
The thing that struck me most about this article was the frequent east/west framing. Is that common outside of the US?
zero_deg_kevin
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4 years ago
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on: Radar data confirms: USS Omaha was surrounded by swarm of UFOs
Are there any sources more credible than the US military reporting these phenomena? Until there are, I’m assuming this is just a ploy to get funding for some new asinine weapons system.
zero_deg_kevin
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4 years ago
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on: Mild Covid-19 induces lasting antibody protection
Is there any primary source evidence of this or is this reporters reporting things reported by other reporters? The former would be incredibly compelling, the latter would lead me to question the reporter’s motives.
zero_deg_kevin
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4 years ago
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on: O'Leary: Forced landing in Belarus was 'state-sponsored hijacking'
I suspect insuring planes flying to/from/through Belarus just got a lot more expensive.
zero_deg_kevin
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4 years ago
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on: 2022 Ford F-150 Lightning
I was all for this truck until I saw the range. As someone who has to run the heat in their car 3/4 of the year, I don't consider an EV with a sub 400-mile rated range anything but a toy.
zero_deg_kevin
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4 years ago
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on: Texas gov knew of natural gas shortages days before blackout, blamed wind anyway
What happened in Texas was the sum of all of its past elections and policy decisions. Texas has the government that it wants and rightfully deserves and I’m not about to interfere with that.
zero_deg_kevin
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4 years ago
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on: Elon Musk: Bitcoin's energy usage trend over the past few months is insane
Are we still pretending that EM hasn't been openly using the assets of a publicly-traded company to manipulate cryptocurrency markets?
zero_deg_kevin
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4 years ago
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on: U.S.'s Biggest Gasoline Pipeline Halted After Cyberattack
1/6 looked pretty easy. It also looked like it was pretty easy to catch the most gods-awfully expensive intelligence agencies in the world completely flat-footed.
zero_deg_kevin
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4 years ago
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on: Little Free Library
They keep getting shut down because they cost money to run.
zero_deg_kevin
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4 years ago
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on: The future of work is not threatening your employees
The future of work is whatever employees will tolerate. CEO’s are less than worthless without competent people to boss around.
zero_deg_kevin
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4 years ago
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on: Don't make customers hunt for the Sign In button on your website
I find it hilarious that this article is on a SaaS site's blog and has no sign-in button. Maybe I missed the "why this doesn't apply to this site" portion of TFA, though.
zero_deg_kevin
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4 years ago
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on: YouTube TV removed from Roku channel store amid Google contract dispute
I love being involved in public contract disputes between media licensing companies! May financial ruin visit all parties involved.
zero_deg_kevin
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4 years ago
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on: Linux Foundation’s demands to the University of Minnesota
Maybe we’ll see a UMN clause added to popular open source licenses to combat this sort of behavior. Maybe it’ll be “don’t do this” or it’ll go as far as “don’t do this or your right to legally use this software is terminated immediately.”
