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Comment on Who’s buying SpaceX and Anthropic? in ~finance
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Comment on Who’s buying SpaceX and Anthropic? in ~finance
mild_takes Link ParentI was under the impression that it was closer to profitable once it was all wrapped together. This might crash and burn hard enough to cause the bubble to pop.I was under the impression that it was closer to profitable once it was all wrapped together.
This might crash and burn hard enough to cause the bubble to pop.
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Comment on US FBI says Google engineer used internal search data to win $1.2M on Polymarket in ~tech
mild_takes Link ParentPolymarket already looks and feels like illegal gambling to me. This feels like a drug dealer coming up with some app and saying they're not selling drugs... its an *experience marketplace*, and...Polymarket already looks and feels like illegal gambling to me. This feels like a drug dealer coming up with some app and saying they're not selling drugs... its an *experience marketplace*, and then the government coming after
a selleran experience trader for market manipulation. -
Comment on US FBI says Google engineer used internal search data to win $1.2M on Polymarket in ~tech
mild_takes Link ParentI agree. If polymarket itself is legal then I fail to see why they suddenly care about laws now.I agree. If polymarket itself is legal then I fail to see why they suddenly care about laws now.
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Comment on US military launches strikes on southern Iran amid talks in Qatar in ~society
mild_takes Link ParentI am aware of that and yes I can afford that. I do worry more about the impact to grocery prices for everyone it affects.I am aware of that and yes I can afford that. I do worry more about the impact to grocery prices for everyone it affects.
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Comment on US military launches strikes on southern Iran amid talks in Qatar in ~society
mild_takes Link ParentAt the end of the day I think you're right. The ones responsible either aren't the ones affected or are too dumb or brainwashed to understand why they're getting screwed. To defend my point...At the end of the day I think you're right. The ones responsible either aren't the ones affected or are too dumb or brainwashed to understand why they're getting screwed.
To defend my point though, America is rotting away. Americans will either suffer acutely now and hopefully change the system/their ways or else (I believe) they will suffer a prolonged decline into a slow collapse. Which causes more suffering? Also, the rest of the world... we're all addicted to cheap oil as well and we're over-reliant on US tech. This hurt now will hopefully highlight how over-reliant we are on gas/diesel and spur some change.
You can afford and EV and extra gas. Good for you. You're extraordinarily privileged compared to most people, even in your own country.
I am aware of the privilege which is why I bring it up. I'm not REALLY struggling like other people are; I have to acknowledge that to some degree.
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Comment on Ferrari unveils its first all-electric car, the four-door Luce in ~transport
mild_takes Link ParentThe interior is the best part for sure but I keep looking at the dash and thinking it looks like my wife's ioniq5 if someone modified it to look better. The totally flat dash, flat floor, flat...The interior is the best part for sure but I keep looking at the dash and thinking it looks like my wife's ioniq5 if someone modified it to look better. The totally flat dash, flat floor, flat door panels... its all so flat but with textured pieces put on top of that flat canvas. It feels like a dull box covered in expensive leather.
Regarding the exterior... I get the color choice to excentuate the style but I think it would look so much better without the 2 tone paint job.
And of course with the world careening headlong back toward fossil fuels I’m not inclined to pooh-pooh any new electrification efforts. More, please.
I guess so. I like EV's but I feel like with EV's we need to redefine how to make a cool car and this Ferrari really isn't it. It's an expensive handbag.
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Comment on US military launches strikes on southern Iran amid talks in Qatar in ~society
mild_takes (edited )Link ParentAs not a not an american and also someone who has one EV and make enough money to afford the extra money for gas in the other vehicle... I wanted to see gas increase further because I don't...As not a
Canadiannot an american and also someone who has one EV and make enough money to afford the extra money for gas in the other vehicle... I wanted to see gas increase further because I don't believe America has felt this enough yet. Maybe this is the really mean me. -
Comment on Any tips for stopping long term SSRIs? in ~health.mental
mild_takes Link ParentI can't claim to have much knowledge of this other than second/third hand... my wife is on some SSRI's and told me that her research on it suggests it could take a few years to get off of it at...I can't claim to have much knowledge of this other than second/third hand... my wife is on some SSRI's and told me that her research on it suggests it could take a few years to get off of it at her current dose. If she misses a day or two there are definitely some physical withdraw effects as well as the mental effects. Obviously that's going cold turkey vs a taper down over a month or two, but some of these drugs are pretty serious and of course the mental changes should probably not be done quickly either.
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Comment on I made my own Reddit alternative in ~tech
mild_takes LinkAre we not on a reddit alternative right now?Are we not on a reddit alternative right now?
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Comment on Bolt CEO says he let go of his entire HR team for creating problems that didn’t exist: ‘Those problems disappeared when I let them go’ in ~tech
mild_takes Link ParentI've seen certain managers do that at a local level by HEAVILY suppressing injury claims and trying to make deals with people where an injury isnt recorded but they just pay the person to do light..."We have eliminated all workplace injury incidents after we stopped keeping an accident log!"
I've seen certain managers do that at a local level by HEAVILY suppressing injury claims and trying to make deals with people where an injury isnt recorded but they just pay the person to do light duties but not record it as such.
Every time I see a company newsletter mention some terminal/department hitting some injury free milestone all I can think is that someone swept every injury under the rug.
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Comment on A random sci-fi question for you in ~talk
mild_takes Link ParentThis was my thought as well. In reality you couldn't come back to earth unless you kept yourself in incredible shape. Maybe in this thought experiment there are special drugs or medical procedures...This was my thought as well. In reality you couldn't come back to earth unless you kept yourself in incredible shape. Maybe in this thought experiment there are special drugs or medical procedures to fix your body.
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Comment on Excerpts from actual one-star Amazon.com reviews of books from Time’s list of the 100 best novels from 1923 to the present in ~books
mild_takes LinkTropic of Cancer by Henry Miller (1934) I can't say I'm familiar with the book but only getting to page 3 or 4? Dayum.Tropic of Cancer by Henry Miller (1934)
This book is one of the worst books I have ever read. I got to about page 3-4.
I can't say I'm familiar with the book but only getting to page 3 or 4? Dayum.
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Comment on Electric ships are slowly starting to make sense in ~transport
mild_takes Link ParentLol. But actually they're currently putting different kinds of sail/blades or kites on freight ships right now.One day, maybe we will even create wind powered ships.
Lol.
But actually they're currently putting different kinds of sail/blades or kites on freight ships right now.
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Comment on Railway solar project turns unused track space into energy in ~enviro
mild_takes Link Parent@unkz points out that this specific railway had 28,000 km of track so let's say you can get 1 panel installed for every meter of that (idk how big a real panel is) thats 28 million panels. There...@unkz points out that this specific railway had 28,000 km of track so let's say you can get 1 panel installed for every meter of that (idk how big a real panel is) thats 28 million panels. There are 69 million people in France so if every person (not household) could install 1 solar panel on their roof, balcony, awning, whatever... that would be double the amount of solar that you'd be able to install on that entire railway.
I know that not everyone had the ability to put solar up, but if the goal is to install a bunch of solar then maybe just incentivise people to install it on their homes. Increase electricity rates slightly and then put all that new money into solar subsidies. Raising the cost of electricity and lowering the cost of making your own would create more incentive.
Railways are a dumb spot for solar. There's no argument you can make about available space that changes the fact that it's a really bad spot for panels.
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Comment on Railway solar project turns unused track space into energy in ~enviro
mild_takes LinkI just can't see this being a good idea especially if they're hauling any freight instead of just passengers. Trains are dirty, they sometimes leak fluids, they haul dirty things, they blow dirt...I just can't see this being a good idea especially if they're hauling any freight instead of just passengers.
Trains are dirty, they sometimes leak fluids, they haul dirty things, they blow dirt and debris around, and they vibrate and move the track. This last point... go watch the actual rail and ties when a train goes by; sometimes its pretty stable, sometimes it moves a lot, but trains always cause some amount of movement in the track. That can't be good for the panels.
I don't think this is solar freeking roadways tier dumb (not even close) but I feel like we have a million other places/things we could plaster with solar panels before doing railways. For example I saw an article about doing panels above parking lots for example. Its probably a better idea to put panels on the SIDES of buildings before we do railway tracks.
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Comment on Business idea and feedback thread in ~talk
mild_takes Link ParentSometimes that's the most important thing. If you didn't learn then it would have been a real failure. Learn now, succeed better in the future.and I've learned a ton
Sometimes that's the most important thing. If you didn't learn then it would have been a real failure.
Learn now, succeed better in the future.
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Comment on US trade court rules against Donald Trump’s 10% global tariffs in ~society
mild_takes LinkI don't want to go quoting half the article so I'll just paraphrase... Trump also is now threatening to jack up the EU tarrifs because the EU is slow to implement parts of the deal they signed...I don't want to go quoting half the article so I'll just paraphrase... Trump also is now threatening to jack up the EU tarrifs because the EU is slow to implement parts of the deal they signed last summer.
Is the EU intentionally kicking the can down there road here or is Trump impatient? Or maybe both things are true.
Also, as an observation, we're less than halfway into this term and Trump making wild tarrif threats isnt the headline. It feels like he's becoming less and less relevant every day and we (non Americans) care less and less about what fit he's currently throwing.
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Comment on Why so many people are going "no contact" with their parents in ~life
mild_takes Link ParentI don't have a ton of time right now to make a super well thought out comment and I didn't even get a chance to read the article (paywall)... I feel like I didn't exhaust all options with my...It's always the parents who are failing to do the work of understanding their children and building the relationship. I have never seen an instance of a person of any age not trying their best to make the relationship work.
I don't have a ton of time right now to make a super well thought out comment and I didn't even get a chance to read the article (paywall)...
I feel like I didn't exhaust all options with my parents. They weren't abusuve. It actually cost me next to nothing in my personal life when I estranged them. When my brother found out he was kind of upset about it and while he didn't really support it he understood. My sister I already haven't talked to in years I just still have never talked to. For close to a year it's something I thought about every day thinking, did I do the right thing. It took over a year for my wife to come to terms with it and cut all ties as well.
I bring this up because I feel like an outlier as far as estangements go. I will always feel like I could have done better. I could have kept the relationship going but I felt like every interaction with them involved a giant let down; I just couldn't do it anymore. Also they had effectivley become strangers to me at some point so when I did make the decision to cut them out... it wasn't that hard.
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Comment on Reddit reports 69% jump in revenue, topping analyst estimates in ~tech
mild_takes Link ParentBrowsing /r/all is pretty much useless to me now and actually I've noticed its worse now than the start of the year for example. Also the level of moderation/censorship has started to become...Browsing /r/all is pretty much useless to me now and actually I've noticed its worse now than the start of the year for example. Also the level of moderation/censorship has started to become noticable.
That said, the super niche subs are still decent.
You kind of highlighted something here; these numbers have become meaningless. Hype is the difference between a 0.2T and 2T valuation in a world where 100B is already an absurd amount of money let alone 1.8T.
This is all nonsense.