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if you think missing self-imposed deadlines is "many lies"

"Across the U.S., nearly 24 million people—a little over 15% of the workforce—are involved in military, public, and national service at the local, state and federal levels. Of this number, approximately 16 million are employed in state and local governments. The federal government numbers include active duty military personnel and U.S. Postal Service workers. The U.S. military has about 1.4 million active duty service members and another 800,000 reserve forces. There are approximately 800,000 postal workers. Beyond the military and the postal service, 2 million people—just over 1% of the U.S. workforce or 0.6% of the total population—are permanently employed by the federal government. More than 70% of the federal workforce serves in defense and security agencies like the Department of Defense, the intelligence community agencies, and NASA.

Contrary to popular belief in the bloated growth of the U.S. public sector, the size of the federal government proportionate to the total U.S. population has significantly decreased over the last 50 years. It has also shrunk in absolute numbers in terms of both the full-time and part-time workforce. If we compare the size of the U.S. public sector as a percentage of the total workforce with other advanced countries, the U.S. is often smaller than its European counterparts, including the United Kingdom, although larger than Japan, which has one of the smallest public sectors internationally. In stark contrast, 40% of the workforce in Russia is employed in the public sector. In Europe, the optimal size of government is equally hotly debated, while in Russia, the size of the government and the dependency that this generates within the workforce tends to mute critical commentary." https://www.brookings.edu/policy2020/votervital/public-servi...

the problem is managers who know a little about programming thinking everything is "easy" and declaring as much to marketing

https://twitter.com/QTRResearch/status/1017914936289349635 sounds kinda rude, but not worth a reply

https://www.gq.com/story/musk-submarine-where-it-hurts seems kinda rude, or just british /jk!

Do the people that work there know it's a troll company I wonder? Maybe like working at an MLM company, you've rationalized it in your own mind as protecting inventors and creative people! https://www.linkedin.com/company/ip-edge-llc

do employees get equity?

There are park and reverse buttons on the center console too. (not just the screen)

While Buffett acknowledged that the world is "moving away from" fossil fuels he said "that could change."

I wonder what the context of that comment is?

They don't make quantified predictions on human consequences of air pollution?

Did they sell their remaining 1 billion in bitcoin? I saw they sold 100m a few months ago.

More like, it adds another use for solar energy surplus besides storing in a battery or selling back to the grid.

https://wintonark.medium.com/bitcoin-mining-impact-on-renewa...

https://github.com/ARKInvest/SolarBatteryBitcoin

True! We need to demand accountability from platforms for amplifying messages without transparent traceability of information.

or increase transparency and demand accountability from platforms amplifying messages without transparent traceability of information.

I agree that censorship of science is bad.

Giving powerful people a free megaphone for their opinions and anecdotal bs is also bad.

Nobody believes there is one right answer, but amplifying stupid is a recipe for disaster.

need a big truck to draft behind for max efficiency :)

profit motive for recommendation/amplification is probably what damages humans at scale

maybe we could have a system where if the company is open source/transparent with their recommendation engine and data they are free from liability, but if they profit off the recommendation/notification content they are liable.

profit motive for recommendation/amplification is probably what damages humans at scale

No recommendations or notifications without liability.

While I agree you shouldn't be able to sue service providers, I think it is different because Twitter and Facebook recommend things for you to read and amplify the message. The recommendation/amplification aspect is what needs liability.

Here he comments on his reasoning around not submitting: TLDR; why submit a document criticizing an agency to the agency itself for censorship? https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/edward-snowden-h...

Does anyone actually know what Alameda re-opening criteria the Tesla plan doesn't satisfy?

https://www.tesla.com/sites/default/files/blog_attachments/T...

Make no mistake: USA owns that other factory!

lidar isn't cheap or small (yet), and you need cameras either way, can add lidar to the sensor suite later if it gets cheaper

I like how the article doesn't mention Tesla once! I wonder if that is part of the agreement.

Programming is more a meta-profession, it tries to automate and eliminate the boring or repetitive part of all professions.

I don't think we can ever standardize programming any more than we can standardize humanity's collective goals and ambitions.

Or guns? /jk

Well the British diver guy, Vernon Unsworth, did start with the innuendo attacks first, telling Musk "he can stick it where it hurts", referring to the sub.

That's what Musk was responding to I think.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-07-15/thai-cave-rescue-diver...

WSJ uses Tesla articles to keep their old money media play alive, news at 11. Hackers need not attend.

Profitable or not is kinda meaningless since they just reinvest it all anyway, I think revenue growth is more important at this point. https://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/tsla/financials?query=income-s... a la amazon: http://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-revenue-vs-profit-2016...