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Smoofer··on GLP-1 Weight-Loss Drugs Will Be Covered for Fewer US Employees
Your moral judgment of this drug doesn’t make companies choosing to spend less on employee health a “wonderful thing”
Smoofer··on Errors in the Research of Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman
Can we get an "Errors in the Errors in the Research of Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman"? Maybe using a jury of 4 LLMs this time

/s

Smoofer··on Using thousands of AI agents to uncover new leads in biological data
Would love to know what you do that’s more complex than say mathematics research
Smoofer··on Choreographic Programming in Rust
multiparty session types are relevant to this: https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1007/978-3-030-50029-0_8
Smoofer··on A statement on the Tor Project's relationship with Mullvad
“there’s only one region of the world where civilian mass killings are regularly taking place at the moment, and it’s not the US”

It’s literally being done using US weaponry with the full backing of the US…

Smoofer··on Show HN: Faplex – like `Claude agents` but all machines and harnesses
Faplex ?
Smoofer··on Iranian campaign planted fake articles in real U.S. publications using ChatGPT
“These days, newspapers will collaborate to not acknowledge that a killer was a transwoman and not actually a woman.”

Assuming you’re taking about Tumbler Ridge due to the new FBI charges…

Nearly every article I saw about the new FBI charges mentioned the shooter and collaborator being trans.

Then it took me 2 seconds to find the NYT article from the week of the shooting which also mentions the shooter being trans. Obviously all the right wing outlets mentioned it… so what are you on about?

I’m with you on the point about putting state media out there to let people make their own decisions, but you lost the plot with the trans conspiracy theory nonsense

https://archive.is/6Us4N

Smoofer··on The technology to eradicate mosquito-borne disease exists
“A mosquito laser is a proposed device[…]”
Smoofer··on Microsoft director: AI scraping 'the largest theft of labor in human history'
what’s to stop Microsoft from attempting to improve their competitive advantage by surreptitiously using their role as a MiTM between end user Corporations and Model servers

Massive lawsuits from companies that have enterprise data protection contracts with them?

Smoofer··on Global warming will exceed 1.5-degree limit, UN says
Uhh a lot of people need trucks for their work
Smoofer··on Grok and the Naked King: The Ultimate Argument Against AI Alignment
The article explicitly describes the ways in which others mandate/control changes?
Smoofer··on The Coffee Warehouse
Place an online order ahead of time?
Smoofer··on Jack Dorsey’s $2.9M NFT dropped 99% in value
> a bored ape is pleasant to look at

Subjective of course, but couldn't disagree more. These things are hideous and frankly epitomize, to me, that hype and not artistic value is driving value here

Smoofer··on Kinesis Advantage 360
Yeah, I was very close to buying an Advantage 2 in the last week. Saw this, got super excited, then realized it wouldn’t be in my hands for another 5 months
Smoofer··on At SpaceX, I couldn't stop getting sexually harassed
That seems a lot like a work event, where people are there in a professional capacity.
Smoofer··on At SpaceX, I couldn't stop getting sexually harassed
This seems like a positive to me?
Smoofer··on At SpaceX, I couldn't stop getting sexually harassed
Not sure what you're trying to imply with this comment. Outside of the workplace, I don't think anyone considers it inappropriate to get chatting with someone (read: NOT a coworker, especially not one you have power over) and later ask them out on a date. This happens probably millions of times in various settings every single night.
Smoofer··on Defund the Police meets the crime wave
Similar propaganda being pushed by LAPD union leader: https://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2021/12/07/we-cant-guarantee...
Smoofer··on The genius of John von Neumann
Good thing we were able to avoid billions of deaths without nuking every major USSR city?
Smoofer··on macOS Monterey
This is the _biggest_ thing holding MacOS back?
Smoofer··on Woman sues L.A. after being struck by car on a street where tents block sidewalk
Re: " Looking back in time, any plan that doesn't involve being mean to some of them won't work.", History and Public Policy researchers at UCLA seem to disagree with you:

https://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/history-homelessness-new-...

Smoofer··on AI Camera Ruins Soccer Game After Mistaking Referee's Bald Head for Ball
Bro people need money
Smoofer··on The Akrasia Effect: Why We Don’t Follow Through on What We Set Out to Do
What I've found in using the technique is that anything lost in focus is more than made up for by insights gained during the break.

Taking your eyes off of a problem for a short time can often help you return to it with a different mindset / approach.

Smoofer··on Waymo’s autonomous vehicles are driving 25,000 miles every day
Care to expand on what you mean by risk vs. return of caffeine?
Smoofer··on Making an emperor bed
I liked the writeup + seeing it come together, but this project struck me as pretty wasteful.

How big of a bed do you really need? (even if "you" is two people).

Smoofer··on With more students boasting flashy GPAs, academic honors lose their luster
I'm unsure whether this is exactly grade inflation, but both of those graphs can be explained by increased access to information.

Obviously people studied before, but our collective information about these standardized tests has become readily accessible.

Now, general test taking tips, test-specific guides, and even full courses on tests are available to everyone rather than those who could afford a book or a private tutor.

Smoofer··on Elon Musk hires 2 Newfoundland interns who solved problems at Tesla factory
Ever hear of the Highway of Tears? Canada has its own racial issues.
Smoofer··on US cell carriers are selling access to real-time phone location data
Whether or not they live up to that purpose is another discussion, but at a base level the government exists to serve the people while (for-profit) corporations exist to make money. Regardless of cultural differences.
Smoofer··on WhatsApp's CEO Is Suddenly Leaving Facebook. It Could Cost Him $1B
Two of your anecdotal experiences don't speak for the overall effectiveness of charity organizations.
Smoofer··on [dead]
Protest is just another form of expressing free speech - besides that, I fail to see what Milo being a "gay Jew who only dates black men" has to do with anything?
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