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  1. Comment on Chegg is on its last legs after ChatGPT sent its stock down 99% in ~tech

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    Really depends on the student. I see 3 tiers of cheaters: super lazy one that just copy-pastes whatever. These tend to be the ones that get caught the most easily (basically what those homework...

    Really depends on the student. I see 3 tiers of cheaters:

    • super lazy one that just copy-pastes whatever. These tend to be the ones that get caught the most easily (basically what those homework check software is made to catch).
    • The wishy-washy ones who minmax on cheating itself. They'd probably do okay and cover their tracks very well, but they clearly didn't master the material and there are more intimate ways to catch the slipping up. But they genrerally benefit "the most" from cheating.
    • validictorian cheaters who "cheat" to go from a 95% to a 100%. Just because the pressure on them is that high and they are minmaxing every aspect of their life. They will probably end up taking more time this way as they either verify they got it correct or take the answer and reword it in their words. If it's not in a live test, it's nearly impossible to catch these people. Especially since they can prove they learned the material if scrutinized.

    These tiers apply pretty well no matter the cheating device. be it a website of answers or LLMs.

    5 votes

  2. Comment on How should Europe build its own Silicon Valley? in ~tech

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    Honestly the bungalow wouldn't be that bad if job interviews weren't a circus and a half as of the last few years. Pretending to exist but instead just data mining candidates, bizarre peronality...

    Honestly the bungalow wouldn't be that bad if

    1. job interviews weren't a circus and a half as of the last few years. Pretending to exist but instead just data mining candidates, bizarre peronality tests, multiple rounds of interviews for even entry level jobs, and tons of ghosting

    2. even a small fraction of those non-government jobs had some sort of steady progression. Instead you're job hopping every few years no matter how good you are. so after that circus, you do your work and are thrown back in for months of trickery.

    the decreased buying power is just a cherry on top. you'd at least know 15 years ago that here was a light at the end of that tunnel we call "entry level". Not so much today.

    6 votes

  3. Comment on Could we get a ~politics.us? in ~tildes

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    we could definitely use a more complex filter. Maybe an allow list that takes priority over the block list so you can get the massive stories but block out most drama. In addition I'm sure most...

    or if they want to see the massive headlines

    we could definitely use a more complex filter. Maybe an allow list that takes priority over the block list so you can get the massive stories but block out most drama.

    In addition I'm sure most users don't want to do that themselves, so it'd be nice to be able to share your list and let them apply it in a few clicks.

    2 votes

  4. Comment on Could we get a ~politics.us? in ~tildes

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    Given the presidency, that sounds like it will filter out most political news period for the next 4 years. That seems to work for what OP wants, but I imagine many users would want to know the...

    Given the presidency, that sounds like it will filter out most political news period for the next 4 years.

    That seems to work for what OP wants, but I imagine many users would want to know the difference between "Trump raises tariffs 60%" and "Trump sang at a rally for 30 minutes". One of those actually affects everyone regardless of politcal affiliation. I'm assuming we don't have complex tag filtering yet, right (e.g. block donald trump, but NOT block u.s. policy. where the latter takes priority)?

    13 votes

  5. Comment on US election results (other than presidential) thread in ~news

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    Yes, being put in prison where we also conveniently said we are okay with what's little more than slave labor. There's still some federal laws preventing the latter, but nothing the red wave can't...

    Now they have something to lose

    Yes, being put in prison where we also conveniently said we are okay with what's little more than slave labor. There's still some federal laws preventing the latter, but nothing the red wave can't fix.

    in my experience, a cornered rat strikes back. They don't just "act good" suddenly just because you make a bigger punishment. Some criminals of convinience will be deterred for shoplifting, but we're making a huge assumption that drug addicted felons are rational actors.

    What's our goal here again with solving the fentanyl crisis? hiding it under the rug?

    just build a fucking shitload of housing please - I don't care if the owners fear for their home values

    Prop 5 seems to be leaning to fail. Close, but we needed 55% instead of a normal majority. I guess voting against our best interests is indeed the theme of 2024.

    Change often needs to come incrementally. That can leave you in an awkward intermediate position

    Yeah, that's why we had 3 props on the ballot trying to correct that. The fact that we still failed one of those show how delayed this can be for... reasons.

    5 votes

  6. Comment on US election results (other than presidential) thread in ~news

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    I wouldn't be sad if prop 33 actually passed. Honestly a bit of the best of both worlds. But this just shows that if you cross landlords they will use the people to smite you while manipulating...

    I wouldn't be sad if prop 33 actually passed. Honestly a bit of the best of both worlds. But this just shows that if you cross landlords they will use the people to smite you while manipulating them to vote against their best interests.

    But yes, I hate enough drama on the internet, I wasn't going to play their games. They can take care of themselves without getting me or the people into their drama.

    They write bad rent control propositions, even by the standards of people who want some rent control.

    I'd love hearing more about this. I'm not going to pretend I'm well versed in rent control, merely spending a lot of time reading the short and long term effects. But we are definitely in a housing crisis where we need short term solutions, so I did indeed vote Yes for it.

  7. Comment on US election results (other than presidential) thread in ~news

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    So we fell for the bait revenge Proposition. Great job California. I bet Prop 33 failed too... yup. And we wonder why the rent is too damn high. I can only sigh. Prop 32 is unsure as well (minimum...

    A third winning measure is Proposition 35, which will shore up funding for Medi-Cal, the public insurance program for lower-income Californians.

    So we fell for the bait revenge Proposition. Great job California. I bet Prop 33 failed too... yup. And we wonder why the rent is too damn high. I can only sigh.

    Prop 32 is unsure as well (minimum wage hike) which is laughable. Really shows who can get out to vote. But at least that one is happening overtime regardless.

  8. Comment on US election results (other than presidential) thread in ~news

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    if you got nothing to lose, then you'll take the heat. Is it a coincidence theft increases as the economy worsens and more people are homeless? We're just punishing the poor for being poor. And...

    As for shop-lifting, IMO if you shop-lift 3 times you've been given more than enough warning that you need to stop.

    if you got nothing to lose, then you'll take the heat. Is it a coincidence theft increases as the economy worsens and more people are homeless?

    We're just punishing the poor for being poor. And with the Fentanyl crisis we're now just further punishing addicts (prescribed from a convicted company) instead of getting them help

    9 votes

  9. Comment on US election results (other than presidential) thread in ~news

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    36 wasn't surprising. "Hard on crime" and "get the homeless off the streets" are the not so quiet parts for Californians as of now. Blame shifting is a universal issue. 6 was stupid. It doesn't...

    36 wasn't surprising. "Hard on crime" and "get the homeless off the streets" are the not so quiet parts for Californians as of now. Blame shifting is a universal issue.

    6 was stupid. It doesn't change anything but it would be nice security for the future (and we could use all the security we could muster). The War on Drugs only got worse with the Fentanyl crisis. So guess who'd make up most of those incarcerated individuals...

    4 votes

  10. Comment on 2024 United States Election Megathread in ~news

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    not sure if a "no-vote" is a flip per se. But I am beyond tired of this country being too lazy to look up a voting booth, a voting ballot, and put a paper in a box. I know the powers that be are...

    not sure if a "no-vote" is a flip per se. But I am beyond tired of this country being too lazy to look up a voting booth, a voting ballot, and put a paper in a box.

    I know the powers that be are making that harder than it needs to be in some areas, but it still isn't "hard". If you can browse social media you have the power to figure out how to vote in your country's elections

    3 votes

  11. Comment on 2024 United States Election Megathread in ~news

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    we've read very different histories. Or otherwise have very diffeernt perceptions on how much "eating" a leader does proportional to the people that preside under it. Even a mere 4 years ago...

    when you're the one in power, you eat the blame.

    we've read very different histories. Or otherwise have very diffeernt perceptions on how much "eating" a leader does proportional to the people that preside under it. Even a mere 4 years ago during unprecedented circumstances.

    But sure, feel free to call me foolish. I deleted most of my social media at this point but I know it's gonna be a lot of that kind of talk for the next years to come

  12. Comment on 2024 United States Election Megathread in ~news

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    Everytime money is bad they blame the immigrants. But Trump has a silver spoon and who do you think wants to keep their cheap illegal labor? You think Musk basically commited fraud just so he can...

    Everytime money is bad they blame the immigrants. But Trump has a silver spoon and who do you think wants to keep their cheap illegal labor? You think Musk basically commited fraud just so he can employ more American people? Of course not. Did they not see how may immigrant policies were bipartisan? Of course they didn't.

    Thinking Trump is going to mass export cheap labor in what's basically a recession shows how easy the American people (as a whole) are to manipulate. Promise everything and do nothing. No critical thinking. No following the money. They just want to hear sweet nothings.

    dream of the next election where they might choose the right candidate.

    Dream is right. Sorry for triggering a flag, but the only solace for 2028 is that I cannot imagine a candidate worse than Trump in 2028, if he lasts that long. But I'm not sure if that will stop the radicalization.

    It needs to unite the poor, working and middle class, people of color and white people — everyone who has barely had a raise in 30 years and who now feels cynical, powerless, and disenfranchised.

    are nice words, but how do we do this? We had decades, even a few centuries to do this? But we see so seprated, and only get more separate by the year despite having better communication.

    It's a societal issue with this need for individualism. But we forgot that villages raise the next generation, not two full time incomes that can barely hire a private nanny.

    10 votes

  13. Comment on 2024 United States Election Megathread in ~news

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    yes, and I apologize for that. But I don't think there's much productive for me to do as of now. It's all theory and I feel getting stuck in theory is part of how we end here. I'm just tired. And...

    I don't think we're really having a productive discussion

    yes, and I apologize for that. But I don't think there's much productive for me to do as of now. It's all theory and I feel getting stuck in theory is part of how we end here. I'm just tired.

    And yes, I believe we're speaking to the choir about ranked choice voting. But I lack any power to do anything on that front. You probably do too, but I don't want to be assumptuous about your postions and aspirations. I wish you the best of luck if that is a road you want to fight for. You 100% have my insignifigant support

    1 vote

  14. Comment on 2024 United States Election Megathread in ~news

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    Yup. I'm in California so I've already seen that happen in real time. At this rate we'll have entire shanty towns within Los Angeles. And San Francisco will be even worse off than LA. It's going...

    Yup. I'm in California so I've already seen that happen in real time. At this rate we'll have entire shanty towns within Los Angeles. And San Francisco will be even worse off than LA. It's going to get a LOT uglier before it gets better, and sadly the ones who can effect change are dragging their boots and being as inefficient with resources as possible, spending billions to sweep the problem under the rug rather than just treating them as human beings down on their life, or luck, or manipulation by the medicinal industry.

    4 votes

  15. Comment on 2024 United States Election Megathread in ~news

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    Of course there is. I wasn't a fan of Romney, but he's leagues more respectable than Trump. Bush definitely passed many things I didn't agree with and others that turned out bad in hindsight, but...

    I think there's significant room between a candidate like Harris and even more moderate republicans, and certainly not trump

    Of course there is. I wasn't a fan of Romney, but he's leagues more respectable than Trump. Bush definitely passed many things I didn't agree with and others that turned out bad in hindsight, but I never had this feeling that he was actively trying to destroy America.

    But that's not how First Past the post works, and what R's chose to put up is so far right that it's frightening. What D's put up are disappointing, but they feel like the least bad option given my alternative.

    In our current system the political candidates need to be representative and appealing to as much of the population as possible, clearly we failed on that front heavily this election.

    And to take it to the extreme: if the "most appealing" take is to bring back slavery (I don't think this will actually happen. It's much more subtle), is that something worth appealing to?

    Mind you, in theory the R's stance should have rounded about 50% of the population to vote against him. But given that he's bound to even win the popular vote, clearly something with that strategy went awry. He chose radicalization and it seems they came out in droves.

    you should be able to vote for the candidate you feel best represents your interests, that's the point of representation and I would never hold that against you.

    Yes I should. But the game theory of our system is very simple (for politics). But no one seems interested in changing that either.

    We don't live in ShouldLand. People are not angry enough to override it. So what can I do?

    , even if that day is never, the lesser of two evils will be our best choice.

    yes, hence my chioce being made for not R.

    2 votes

  16. Comment on 2024 United States Election Megathread in ~news

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    We won't. We can't even bring back third places. And people who may have that drive are getting poorer by the day. I'd love to be proven wrong, but it should be a bipartisan take to suggest that...

    if we realise that local communities is where we can truly make a difference.

    We won't. We can't even bring back third places. And people who may have that drive are getting poorer by the day. I'd love to be proven wrong, but it should be a bipartisan take to suggest that people are more connected but lonlier than ever.

    That theoretically has an easy solution. But it seems like America has done a great job keeping us on that careful edge of "miserable" but not "desperate". At least for the last decade or so

    4 votes

  17. Comment on 2024 United States Election Megathread in ~news

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    Could you elaborate on this? Did democrats somehow "split" or otherwise shift R for some reason?

    The Democratic party is dead. According to the exit polls it's coalition has collapsed and demographic changes it relied on to be competitive in the future will not favor them at all.

    Could you elaborate on this? Did democrats somehow "split" or otherwise shift R for some reason?

    3 votes

  18. Comment on 2024 United States Election Megathread in ~news

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    yeah, that's the "incorrect" part. I don't know where or how they ever got a glimpse of narrative where R supposed looser drug controls. That's one of the "easiest" stances they could take but...

    yeah, that's the "incorrect" part. I don't know where or how they ever got a glimpse of narrative where R supposed looser drug controls. That's one of the "easiest" stances they could take but seemingly don't.

    5 votes

  19. Comment on 2024 United States Election Megathread in ~news

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    win by abandoning all the ideals of a democrat? I don't know. Thats how we get a one party system disguised as 2. I know that's already kind of how it is seen by EU countries, but it's harder to...

    it really all depends on if you want Democrats to win next election.

    win by abandoning all the ideals of a democrat? I don't know. Thats how we get a one party system disguised as 2. I know that's already kind of how it is seen by EU countries, but it's harder to overstate how utterly right the right's gone in the past 8 years. It's just depressing.

    if you want to vote on moral grounds, why vote for a democrat to begin with? There are plenty of great 3rd party candidates who actually represent progressive social change and have been fighting for it

    if you want a full disclosure, I actually did vote Libertarian in 2016. So I'm not opposed to it given my state and my little effect on it.

    I voted D this year and 2020 because I wanted zero room for anymore "surprises". The maths of first pass the poll do indeed suck. History's taught up that when we make a Bull Moose, both those parties fail.

    4 votes

  20. Comment on 2024 United States Election Megathread in ~news

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    Perhaps. As we've seen, hate is a strong motiator to do a lot of stuff in history. I was hoping that would also apply to the women in this election given the hot topic issues, but alas. Maybe it...

    it is this attitude of attributing conservatives' feelings to "lizard brain" and not genuine experiences or thought processes that galvanizes them to vote in such strong numbers.

    Perhaps. As we've seen, hate is a strong motiator to do a lot of stuff in history. I was hoping that would also apply to the women in this election given the hot topic issues, but alas. Maybe it just wasn't quite close to home for enough people as of now.

    So a group that was generally gun avoidant is now pro-2A, and it's disgusting to watch that change in realtime.

    You know, for a long time I always pondered two things.

    • if D supported proper gun control over outright bans (even if I'm okay with bans) they would win many R's in droves
    • If R supported recreational drugs, they would win many D's in droves

    it didn't matter here, but I still think that holds true. There's lots of single issue voters on stuff that isn't really that hard to loosen a stance on while focusing on the important issues congress should focus on. But ideaologies can run strong.

    I hope we spend the upcoming months and years reflecting about what we think we know about the Other Side, which we'll never do if we assume they're just voting out of a knee jerk reaction.

    There's nothing for me and you to reflect on unless you work in policy. except I guess that people would rather hear a sweet lie than an inconvenient truth that needs to be fixed. Is that the direction policy wants to take? I can't say.

    My believes arent fundamentally changed just because some people very angry at the wrong people for the wrong reason reacted with their gut instead of their minds. And I'm also not really someone name calling anywhere either. How am I supposed to change minds on things I diametrically oppose?

    2 votes