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I still haven't heard any convincing reasoning for banning TikTok besides Western companies being salty that a Chinese product is beating them in the free market.

Ever watched a police interrogation?

No Framework?

Completely disagree. If we compare incarceration rates, surveillance programs, sentencing guidelines, etc. it is very clear that European and American policies are incomparable. Almost half of US discretionary spending goes to the military. The impact of incarceration in the US is estimated at 6% of GDP. And the drug situation speaks for itself.

https://nicic.gov/economic-burden-incarceration-us-2016

Yes, this is the fundamental premise of the simulation hypothesis.

If you read Bostrom's original paper it goes over this.

https://www.simulation-argument.com/simulation

> all inequality is caused by racism, sexism and other -isms

All inequality is caused by... all examples of inequalities? As a class reductionist I dislike wokeism as much as the next guy but this statement is meaningless.

its impossible to actually respond to any of the arguments you're making because Marxism = class war and capitalism = more money displays a complete lack of understanding of basic economics. Its not even clear what you're arguing against.

The funny thing about homelessness is that its a material issue. When you address the material root causes, homelessness disappears. So does mental illness, which is why the correlation between these issues and GINI coefficient is so strong.

> Progressive politics in the US sadly transformed from mostly socially and economically-oriented (Wilson, Roosevelt) to an amalgamation of Marxism (Boudin), capitalism, wokeism and social impotency that satisfies no one.

This sentence is incomprehensible. Progressive politics has turned into Marxism and capitalism?

I've lived in the Bay Area for my entire life and am considering leaving only because it's not progressive enough. The Bay and most of California is only progressive on inconsequential social issues. Housing? Homelessness? Fucking Houston Texas is more progressive than us.

Frankly, I blame the venture capitalists. They have turned what was once a vibrant region I loved into a soulless husk of itself though money. Our local politics have become unbearaable. Anything that would slightly impact a VC donor is immediately shot down.

Out of all the things you can be critical of in sports, why the athletes? The demand for the sport results in athletes no matter what. I don't think HN commenters understand the extraordinary difficulty of becoming a professional athlete. Ignoring the genetic requirements, the amount of work and drive needed is unbelievable, and 99.9% will fail. Athletes are actually underpaid in the US, if you look at the wage to revenue ratios of most professional leagues.

Even if the athletes themselves were the problem, there is no viable solution here. Banning sports?

I think its very funny how you note that you can get rid of half the employees at most companies with no effect and then attack “leftist messaging.” One would imagine that market competition would immediately eliminate such inefficiencies. I suggest you read some Graeber.

Don’t understand this. Paris has the best e-scooter model in the world. Designated parking zones, geofenced speed limits, proper bike/scooter infrastructure. I and my French friends love them and use them frequently.

The problem is there is a quantitative to compare the punishments for each crime. As such we cannot just throw our hands up and say they are incomparable, we have to compare them to the best of our ability.

If the Department of Justice was economically rational it would be the obvious choice to further the intellectual development of the American youth through allowing free access to books and articles. The US just continues to hurt itself.

> The Reddit product has not meaningfully changed or evolved in 10 years

> The Apple product has not meaningfully changed or evolved in 10 years

> The WhatsApp product has not meaningfully changed or evolved in 10 years

> Guy with an MBA tells company to do the only advice guys with MBAs know

Its already been talked about endlessly here but time and time again we see that when MBAs come in, pay decreases but profits don't increase.

https://www.nber.org/system/files/working_papers/w29874/w298...

This is peak private equity mentality stupidity. Why is he even thinking about a problem where he can at most save a few million a year? Twitter is losing $4m a day and is bleeding talent. Providing food is one of the highest benefit to cost ratio expenses for employee satisfaction. At a time when employee morale is at an all time low and Elon is forcing a return to office, I can legitimately see charging for meals as the last straw for any remaining talent at Twitter.

Might have to wait a while. If Karpeles, Mashinsky and Ehrlich are still free men things look pretty good for SBF.

Deleted - Recent developments proved me wrong.

No. I have a 40TB home server running Plex, Nextcloud, etc. but I can’t match the convenience of Spotify.

Step out of the American bubble and you’ll soon see its delusions.

https://apnews.com/article/middle-east-business-cuba-israel-...

He’s not an idiot, it was just functionally impossible for him to liquidate his positions without nuking their values.

More accurately, don’t pick a fight with a real billionaire if you’re a paper billionaire.

Its not a question of abuse of power anymore. The PATRIOT Act has already given them unlimited power with no checks. Might as well have them use some of their power for something that benefits consumers.

Digital privacy is an illusion at this point. Our chips are backdoored, our fiber backbones are tapped, our VPNs are compromised, our forums are honeypots.

I think the benefits of increased government regulation on digital privacy outweigh the potential abuses at this point. What more is there for the government to see? They have everything and more.

“Crazy Like Us: The Globalization of the American Psyche” by Ethan Watters.

I have been chronically depressed since I was 6 years old. I have had suicidal tendencies as long as I can recall being sentient. I would estimate this book singlehandedly cured 90% of my mental “disorders”. If you have ever suffered from depression or any “mental disorder” you will thank me after reading it, trust me.

Imagine if those sanctions had been successful and the “moderate rebels” had taken over Syria. It’s incredulous how atrocious Western foreign policy has become.

AFAIK most Boston schools (even BU which doesn’t even have a defined campus and just exists in the city) have almost no restrictions on entry to academic buildings except libraries. There might be some rules here and there about student access only but nobody checks and nobody cares.

Almost right at the beginning - “Shark skin is really smooth in one direction and it’s like sandpaper in the other.”

Try at least skimming an article before commenting.

Just out of curiosity I have played CS:GO and other competitive FPSs on planes before. I can’t imagine actually playing well on good ping, even briefly on a plane. I didn’t think something like that would ever even be possible in my lifetime.

There needs to be far more criticism of the increasingly closed development of these models in what is essentially becoming an AI arms race. Like Sam Altman and his team at OpenAI (more like ClosedAI) who were more aware of this than anybody yet sold themselves out for the highest bidder. What a joke of a “non-profit.”