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871karma·659submissions·March 14, 2017
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Any better data source? Only things I found is that job postings are down 30% and number of employees at FAANG is lower than in 2021.
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1) Marketing and PR - people fear self driving cars 2) Politics - loss of jobs and urge to ban them - there needs to be a counterargument 3) Government does mandate a lot of safety features. Just insu…
11d ago·view thread
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> Ultimately, people will vote with their wallet. Nope, you need a regulatory approval, insurance etc. Self driving cars need to be 10x the average driver. So the trillion dollar question is when L…
11d ago·view thread
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we'll be better off - assuming we'll generate revenue on our own. LLMs have opened up an enormous new frontier of micro-SaaS opportunities. One person can now build what used to require a sm…
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Well if us gov would block people from using windows or macos, then it may well be.
1mo ago·view thread
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Unless it's c-corporate which require 25k usd. Money don't have to sit in bank account, you can buy a laptop etc.
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>resistance to air conditioning Where is this meme coming from? I'm in Poland atm. Half of my neighbours have aircon. I dont just because I'm on the ground floor and the max temp is 25.5C…
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Same thing happened in Poland and it was confirmed that Russians did it.
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We stopped burning grass and got ticks infestation. I used work and play in tall grass as a 7 year old in my grapa farm. Never got a tick. 30 years later I found 7 ticks on my cloths after 2 hours wal…
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Have tired ADHD diagnosis?
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"We Have No Moat, And Neither Does OpenAI"
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>gear boxes with ratios like 13:1. you add planetary gears >sprung mass you can integrate all into one hub (breaks, bearings, gears etc) and it weights pretty much the same. what you gain is mor…
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Could be just that USA is trying to reindustrialize and need more people that can do stuff with hands? - the smallest population cohort is entering workforce - Trump and Covid slowed down immigration …
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it's not, they have a good PR. Best intelligence is quiet. >Any man who must say, 'I am the king,' is no true king
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> The unionised Openreach in UK who are really the de facto layer 1 network provider telco build infrastructure to a staggeringly higher quality and it's crap compared to Romanian or Polish wh…
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Meta: Why 1000 votes?
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intern that never sleeps
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pointy is scary
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Palantir delenda est
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Something I read recently really stuck with me: giving people methylphenidate or other stimulants may lower the risk of a second suicide attempt by around 25%.
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Palantir must be destroyed.
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Palantir must be destroyed.
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yep, or call a clinic that does it. Search for MOXO, DIVA 5. The most important part is education. Sure, the medication helps, but understanding the root causes of mood swings, motivation, executive f…
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I could ask LLM to find me "legal" parts that are 1:1 with gun parts or even better find metal parts in craftcloud3d.com or sendcutsend.com. With big enough database it could find right item…
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Due to prolonged stress, which lack of control is the main contributor e.g. you have expectations, you cannot control variable x,y,z, which leads to stress, which over long period of causes burn out.
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>Just like credit cards, the national debt has interest payments the government needs to pay. Something I learned a few years ago: debt is to national debt what a chair is to an electric chair[1]. …
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That's exactly my point! you do set alarms, you seek the solution. You feel bad when running late so you mask or compensate. If you lack empathy or seek attention, you wouldn't do those thin…
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that's not ADHD . People with ADHD would improve - it may take a LOT of time, but it will happen. Quite often they will go to the extreme and come in way too early. My bet would be on Cluster B …
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