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neonstatic

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neonstatic
·позавчера·discuss
By that logic, every poor person becomes so by giving to others. Neither statement is true. They equated being rich with being evil, which is plain stupid and I don't understand why you are defending it.
neonstatic
·позавчера·discuss
I agree. I think it has nothing to do with how much a person has and everything with who they choose to be.

Unfortunately, stupid communist ideas are very popular on this website. Say "eat the rich" and they will clap.
neonstatic
·позавчера·discuss
What he spends his money on is none of your business.
neonstatic
·позавчера·discuss
I hope you are writing this from a really poor place, like a Brazilian favela. People there must be really good. Why would you not live with them? I am certain you are not some hypocrite, who lives in an affluent, evil place. That would really disappoint me, because I really want to believe you are not full of BS.
neonstatic
·позавчера·discuss
> He could spend his enormous wealth on supporting real research and proper studies on real diseases that hurt lots of people

There we go again. There's always that one guy in the crowd, who knows better what you should be spending your money on. Also, that guy has the moral right to tell you. He is a really good person, you know! So you should listen! You should also thank him.

> He deserves to be mocked.

Just look how good this guy is.
neonstatic
·3 дня назад·discuss
Thanks for posting your ad?
neonstatic
·3 дня назад·discuss
Quite often they will also learn languages that are very similar (French, Spanish, and Italian), count that as 3 and believe it's always this easy.
neonstatic
·3 дня назад·discuss
> if I dislike what e.g. the department of labour is doing with information it's collecting, I can vote for various representatives up and down the hierarchy of power

How has that been going? Did you manage to elect someone, who made a positive change? Let's be charitable - you can pick an example from your life that goes back up to 50 years.
neonstatic
·4 дня назад·discuss
I am a European. I don't even remember when was the last time I had a conversation about race with someone who isn't American. And with Americans, it was mostly about how I supposedly owe something to other people because my skin is white.
neonstatic
·4 дня назад·discuss
> The finger-pointing by the US about lack of aircon in europe is just a stupid republican talking point.

No, it isn't. It's appalling, that a Philippino riverside shack that's on the verge of falling apart has functioning A/C while a high end home in pick-a-European-country does not. It's a cultural thing. Even now during a brutal heatwave, when I mention to friends in Europe, that things would be better if they had aircon at home, they start talking about planting trees and other "measures". Sometimes I wonder if they know how long does it take for a tree to grow.
neonstatic
·4 дня назад·discuss
> Not going to even mention the obscene difference in racism OR the language barrier, both of which are enormous factors.

Language wise, absolutely. Racism-wise, I think you underestimate how wildly racist the US is. As a European, I am still quite shocked. Everything in that country is viewed through the lens of skin color.
neonstatic
·4 дня назад·discuss
Likely not a problem, especially in Academia. A family member is doing a Phd in Poland, everyone is English speaking and they have lots of students from all over the world. Could be worse in places like France, where English proficiency is historically lower, but I doubt it would be a factor in higher education.
neonstatic
·4 дня назад·discuss
You are right: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.MKTP.CD?location...
neonstatic
·4 дня назад·discuss
> Russia is well on its way.

Including the warmongering angry midget next to the US, EU, and China is funny. Russia's economy, before they decided to shoot themselves in the face, was the size of the Netherlands. Whether they are in a recession or not is irrelevant to anyone but them.
neonstatic
·5 дней назад·discuss
> Zuck is a world class operator.

I think his recent fumbles ironically prove your point. How many people could afford to fail so many times in a row (Remember their crypto coin? VR? Now LLMs?) and still be in the big leagues?
neonstatic
·6 дней назад·discuss
It establishes a clear pattern of embedding US security apparatus within US businesses. I know the quote does not say "Anthropic" or "OpenAI", but I trust you can extrapolate the pattern.
neonstatic
·8 дней назад·discuss
> "Permanent Record" talks about the mass surveillance that he released in 2013. it makes no mention of AI companies sending data to the government. unless you can quote the exact language you're talking about in the book, I call BS on that.

  "Just after I arrived in Japan, Perot Systems was bought by Dell, the personal computer maker, which was trying to expand its business into IT support and corporate and government services. Overnight, my ID badges and paystubs changed, and I became a Dell employee. This meant that the US government was paying Dell for my services, and Dell was taking a cut of that money and passing the rest along to me."
neonstatic
·8 дней назад·discuss
> The likelihood that they work with the government hand in glove is pretty high

It's the same in the US, read Snowden's book.
neonstatic
·9 дней назад·discuss
They were clearly being sarcastic
neonstatic
·9 дней назад·discuss
Californian Communist Party?