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Comment on Amazon tells staff to get back in the office in ~tech
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Comment on PS5 Pro technical presentation hosted by Mark Cerny - Out November 7th for $699.99 in ~games
koopa Link ParentYeah, you can blow almost the entire $700 budget on just a better than entry level graphics card.Yeah, you can blow almost the entire $700 budget on just a better than entry level graphics card.
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Comment on Thinking out loud: A US service to help you move to where your vote will count the most in ~talk
koopa Link ParentI think it’s definitely worth a shot, but find it hard to believe the current Supreme Court would find it constitutional.I think it’s definitely worth a shot, but find it hard to believe the current Supreme Court would find it constitutional.
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Comment on Thinking out loud: A US service to help you move to where your vote will count the most in ~talk
koopa Link ParentI doubt there are many people willing to actually move purely for a marginal political impact. But the best way to get electoral college reform is probably getting enough solidly blue states to a...I doubt there are many people willing to actually move purely for a marginal political impact.
But the best way to get electoral college reform is probably getting enough solidly blue states to a point where the EC is biased towards Democrats instead of Republicans. Otherwise I can’t see Republicans ever being on board for reform.
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Comment on Intel honesty in ~tech
koopa Link ParentThe latest reports are that their productivity in the US is on par with Taiwan https://finance.yahoo.com/news/tsmc-arizona-trials-put-plant-125235880.html The initial comments were likely...The latest reports are that their productivity in the US is on par with Taiwan https://finance.yahoo.com/news/tsmc-arizona-trials-put-plant-125235880.html
The initial comments were likely strategic to make sure the CHIPS Act funding actually came through.
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Comment on Consider SQLite in ~comp
koopa Link ParentThe thing I’ve run into with SQLite is if you have a lot of writes (I was using SQLite to store logs, so hundreds to thousands of small writes every second) is you need to put them all in a...The thing I’ve run into with SQLite is if you have a lot of writes (I was using SQLite to store logs, so hundreds to thousands of small writes every second) is you need to put them all in a transaction that commits every second or so.
Doing that got good enough performance in my case.
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Comment on Donald Trump vs Kamala Harris: Who is leading in the US presidential election polls? in ~misc
koopa Link ParentAnd the electoral college in recent elections has had a 2ish percentage point bias towards Republicans in the tipping point state. So in order for the electoral college to be “tied” Harris needs...And the electoral college in recent elections has had a 2ish percentage point bias towards Republicans in the tipping point state.
So in order for the electoral college to be “tied” Harris needs to be up by at least 2% in national polls and you have to hope those polls are not systematically off like they were in 2016.
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Comment on Gamblers are dumping stocks to bet on sports, new study says in ~finance
koopa Link ParentUnless you’re a Wall Street stock picker that needs quarterly results, just buy index funds and don’t sweat the volatility. If I could get everyone in America to read one book it would be JL...Unless you’re a Wall Street stock picker that needs quarterly results, just buy index funds and don’t sweat the volatility.
If I could get everyone in America to read one book it would be JL Collins’ Simple Path to Wealth
You can beat 80% of hedge funds by just buying the index and holding it until you retire.
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Comment on Japanese stocks rebound after global sell-off; US futures edge up in ~finance
koopa Link ParentThere is nothing more normal than stock market volatility. Panic selling is always the wrong move. But a house down payment needed in less than 5 years should never be in the market.There is nothing more normal than stock market volatility.
Panic selling is always the wrong move.
But a house down payment needed in less than 5 years should never be in the market.
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Comment on Dow Jones drops 864 points, and Japanese stocks suffer worst crash since 1987 amid US economy worries in ~finance
koopa LinkImportant to note that beyond the overhyped doom and gloom pushed by headlines, the US stock market is still up 13.6% this year even after this decline. That’s better than the 9-10% average...Important to note that beyond the overhyped doom and gloom pushed by headlines, the US stock market is still up 13.6% this year even after this decline.
That’s better than the 9-10% average historical yearly return.
We haven’t seen “lows” like this since May 2024 (3 months ago)
But on completely selfish note, as someone who has been sitting on the sidelines for mortgage rates to drop. Hopefully this pushes the Fed to finally cut rates. So I’ll support this bit of dooming for my sake lol.
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Comment on San Francisco becomes first US city to ban automated rent-fixing technology in ~life
koopa Link ParentExactly this. San Francisco will do literally anything other than actually build housing.Exactly this. San Francisco will do literally anything other than actually build housing.
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Comment on Girl, so confusing: Will the “Brat” memes help or hurt Kamala Harris? in ~misc
koopa Link ParentThat’s not how it works. Democrats had 50 votes in the senate including Joe Manchin who is far from the rest of the party. You cannot pass Roe v Wade without 60 votes. You can pass a budget...Democrats had full control at the beginning of Biden's term and failed to pass Roe v Wade or a number of other items he campaigned on.
That’s not how it works. Democrats had 50 votes in the senate including Joe Manchin who is far from the rest of the party. You cannot pass Roe v Wade without 60 votes.
You can pass a budget reconciliation bill with 50 votes (+ Vice President tie breaker) but that can only change government spending, not do things like set abortion policy.
The news was filled with how many superdelegates Clinton had secured before primaries even started.
Superdelegates don’t vote on the first ballot at the convention so they are irrelevant if you get the most votes. 30 million people voted in the 2016 Democratic primary, 36 million voted in the 2020 primary. That’s not much of a difference.
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Comment on Girl, so confusing: Will the “Brat” memes help or hurt Kamala Harris? in ~misc
koopa Link ParentIf Bernie had gotten the most votes in the primary either time he ran, he would’ve gotten the nomination.If Bernie had gotten the most votes in the primary either time he ran, he would’ve gotten the nomination.
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Comment on Girl, so confusing: Will the “Brat” memes help or hurt Kamala Harris? in ~misc
koopa Link ParentLike I said I voted for the guy twice but he did run on many of those ideas, housing for all, green new deal to completely eliminate emissions, jobs guarantee (which isn’t UBI but it the closest...Like I said I voted for the guy twice but he did run on many of those ideas, housing for all, green new deal to completely eliminate emissions, jobs guarantee (which isn’t UBI but it the closest thing that is actually possible to afford with todays economy and technology)
Bernie had a lot of great ideas, especially on education and healthcare but when you start to add everything up it gets very, very expensive. Which I think a lot of it is worth it but those numbers are terrifying to a lot of voters. Americans hate nothing more than taxes and his programs would require higher taxes on not just billionaires but the middle class as well (I’d argue they get more than enough value to make it worth it but the primary results speak for themselves and our fellow citizens didn’t agree)
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Comment on Girl, so confusing: Will the “Brat” memes help or hurt Kamala Harris? in ~misc
koopa LinkThe Biden administration's Inflation Reduction Act is the largest climate bill passed anywhere in the world and puts the US within striking distance of meeting the commitments of the Paris Climate...- Exemplary
Democrats are not the climate collapse preventing, morally good, democratic option : they're the (fine, far) lesser evil, but they are still evil. Our youth know this more so than us.
The Biden administration's Inflation Reduction Act is the largest climate bill passed anywhere in the world and puts the US within striking distance of meeting the commitments of the Paris Climate agreement. The Democratic party has become a real left wing party in the last 10 years and people need to stop pretending otherwise. No they are not socialist and they never will be. But we are long past the days of Clinton conservative triangulation.
My hope has been, since 2016, that eventually they'll be so desperate they try doing something radical enough for me to drink the kool-aid on. Median Salary level UBI. Guaranteed public housing for all. Complete carbon emissions shut down.
Bernie ran on many of these ideas and lost, twice. I voted for him twice. But at a certain point you have to admit the reality that there is no popular support for these ideas and economically most of them just do not pencil out as possible. There is no mysterious "They" controlling the democratic party, our fellow citizens heard the case and weren't convinced to vote for it.
Overturning money in politics. But of course they wouldn't . They'd rather lose every election from now till eternity than to lose donor dollars.
The only way to overturn the Citizen United Supreme Court decision is either a Constitutional amendment (which is in any practical sense impossible) or the hard generation long fight of getting enough justices on the court to overturn the opinion. You achieve that the same way the ant-abortion advocates took decades to overturn Roe v Wade, you continue to vote for democratic presidents for years and years until you finally break through. And if we aren't willing to do that, we aren't really all that committed to the cause.
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Comment on I worked for Mr. Beast, he’s a fraud in ~tech
koopa Link ParentTo me, if the results are good then I don’t really care about pure intentions. If intentions interfere with good results then they become an issue, but if Gates wants to do good for humanity in...Bill Gates has does a lot of work on curing malaria, which has done extreme harm in Africa. But is it out of pure goodness, or a desire to wipe his record clean and cement his name in history as the guy who wiped out a disease? I know which side I suspect.
To me, if the results are good then I don’t really care about pure intentions. If intentions interfere with good results then they become an issue, but if Gates wants to do good for humanity in the service of his own ego then I’m happy about it. It’s better than a world where he just quietly passes endless wealth down to his generations of descendants even if the intentions are completely selfish.
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Comment on Cheap phone plan with international service? in ~tech
koopa LinkKeep in mind that even if a carrier offers international roaming they’ll probably kick you off if you’re roaming 100% of the time. T-Mobile will start hounding you after 3 months where...Keep in mind that even if a carrier offers international roaming they’ll probably kick you off if you’re roaming 100% of the time.
T-Mobile will start hounding you after 3 months where international data was more than 50% of your data usage.
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Comment on Jack Black ends Tenacious D tour after bandmate’s Donald Trump shooting comment in ~misc
koopa Link ParentRespectfully, this is twitter doomer level hyperbole. Are there real problems with gerrymandering? Yes. Can they be overcome at the state level? Yes. Look at how Wisconsin was able to peacefully...- Exemplary
Respectfully, this is twitter doomer level hyperbole.
Are there real problems with gerrymandering? Yes. Can they be overcome at the state level? Yes. Look at how Wisconsin was able to peacefully and democratically take back control of their gerrymandered state. None of this justifies political violence on any level.
Is Trump a dangerous man to hold the presidency? Yes. That's why you should vote for Democrats.
The United States is a still a country with the rule of law. A justice system that has already convicted Trump of 34 felonies, convicted hundreds of January 6th participants, and even just today convicted a sitting US Senator for corruption.
But to say that any of this justifies political violence is to just preemptively embrace fascism itself. What's the point of beating Trump if you're just going to become worse than him in order to do it.
If Democrats truly believed Trump was truly this country ending threat, they would be replacing Joe Biden on the ticket with someone with better poll numbers. Not preemptively embracing political violence.
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Comment on Jack Black ends Tenacious D tour after bandmate’s Donald Trump shooting comment in ~misc
koopa Link ParentIf you want the rule of law you can’t have competing violent factions that decide to use violence to get their way. Otherwise you just have a piece of paper with some words on it if the state...If you want the rule of law you can’t have competing violent factions that decide to use violence to get their way. Otherwise you just have a piece of paper with some words on it if the state cannot enforce it.
If any random group can get some guys together with guns and use violence to get their way you don’t have a country with laws, stability, or democracy.
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Comment on Jack Black ends Tenacious D tour after bandmate’s Donald Trump shooting comment in ~misc
koopa Link ParentIt is the most common definition of a state. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_(polity) Once a state loses the monopoly on violence they end up like present day Haiti.It is the most common definition of a state.
According to sociologist Max Weber: a "state" is a polity that maintains a monopoly on the legitimate use of violence
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_(polity)
Once a state loses the monopoly on violence they end up like present day Haiti.
3. The people making these decisions are management that sit in meetings all day every day who feel energized by spending all day in rooms with other people. So as the people making the decision they prioritize their own job satisfaction and convenience over everyone else.