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JaimeThompson

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JaimeThompson··on People had to be convinced of the usefulness of electricity
How do the food, livestock, minerals, and wood that grows in rural areas benefit society?
JaimeThompson··on The Fed smothers capitalism in an attempt to save it
>The only thing keeping everything together is folks not panicking.

That applies to a great many things in modern society.

JaimeThompson··on Silicon Valley Bank unmasks the hypocrisy of libertarian tech bros
This rhetoric is based on the GOP platform which he supports. It is acceptable to judge people based on what they support is it not?
JaimeThompson··on Silicon Valley Bank unmasks the hypocrisy of libertarian tech bros
yep. He has donated 10+ million to various anti-gay politicians. He appears to think, most likely correctly, that his money will protect him.
JaimeThompson··on Silicon Valley Bank unmasks the hypocrisy of libertarian tech bros
One can't be friends with a PAC. Thiel has donated 10+ million dollars to people who would treat those like himself as second class citizens as documented in the GOP political platforms.

https://www.politico.com/news/2021/05/17/peter-thiel-senate-...

JaimeThompson··on Silicon Valley Bank unmasks the hypocrisy of libertarian tech bros
>Thiel and friends are very much anti-regulation

Anti-regulation on the business side, their political donations show they are very much into regulations when it comes to people and ideas that aren't "typical" and or "straight".

JaimeThompson··on Amazon is closing its cashierless stores in NYC, San Francisco and Seattle
The coupons, at least for Kroger, are loadable from the website.
JaimeThompson··on Banning words won’t make the world more just
> one political segment of the population has in being forever offended by everything

Which segment is that?

JaimeThompson··on Diabetes drug Mounjaro was available at $25/month, then increased to $1k/month
More than 10.
JaimeThompson··on Diabetes drug Mounjaro was available at $25/month, then increased to $1k/month
>Doctors are prescribing this for people who have medical conditions that make them dramatically overweight

I know multiple people < 150 lbs who have gotten scrips for it with no history of diabetes.

JaimeThompson··on Frankfurt rail work damaged fibre, causes global Lufthansa check-in system fault
They have the legal obligation to have those double/triple redundant systems in their aircraft. Otherwise it is probable they would not have as many safety systems.
JaimeThompson··on Meta Ending Suspension of Trump’s Accounts
Is it okay for me to dislike Trump because of the horrible GOP party platform he supported?
JaimeThompson··on NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test Is a Smashing Success
Lie Mode Who?
JaimeThompson··on Leaked Jan. 6 Committee Report Exposes Twitter’s Post-Insurrection Chaos
>But then when a few yahoos walked around the capital taking selfies for an hour

I suggest you read the reports that detail what all they did as it was a bit more than that.

JaimeThompson··on FAA says computer failure was caused by contractors who introduced data errors
>At a private company a failure like this would see the CTO immediately fired and even the CEO having to beg the board for forgiveness and keeping their job.

If that sort of thing actually happened a lot more C level people would have been fired for over-hiring, but that rarely happens.

JaimeThompson··on Coinbase Lays Off 950 Staff, Cuts Operational Costs by 25%
I'm pretty sure it is stands for Identity and Access Management but could be totally incorrect.
JaimeThompson··on Freenet build 1495: new user experience and performance
How are you using "woke" here?
JaimeThompson··on Twitter applies 7-day suspension to half a dozen journalists
You missed this part.

Build a receiver with a Raspberry Pi

For under USD$100 / EUR€80, build a Raspberry Pi with a USB ADS-B receiver that can run dump1090 and PiAware. View data locally or via FlightAware Users that share data with FlightAware automatically qualify for a free upgrade to an Enterprise Account.

JaimeThompson··on Twitter applies 7-day suspension to half a dozen journalists
Here you go https://flightaware.com/adsb/
JaimeThompson··on You don't need live chat on your website
Why would you exclude so many modern MBAs from using chat? :)
JaimeThompson··on PhilTel is looking to install free payphones in Philadelphia
It's more than just the "leftwing" that does this sort of thing it has been going on for a long time. Keywords for Radicals appears to have first released in 2016. "first published April 12th 2016"
JaimeThompson··on America’s School Districts Are Too Big
How are you using "woke" in this context?
JaimeThompson··on Diagrams about how to negotiate with people around the world
It appears that to Musk anything or anyone who dares question him isn't "real".
JaimeThompson··on An offshore workforce is training Amazon’s warehouse-monitoring algorithms
Those at VP and above levels should subject themselves to the same sort of monitoring as delivery workers so as to lead by example.
JaimeThompson··on Class-action lawsuit filed against US state agency over mobile 'spyware'
Given how much they have fought against clean energy it isn't a given they are behind Soros in that metric.
JaimeThompson··on Peter Thiel Turned a Retirement Account into a $5B Tax-Free Piggy Bank (2021)
It's also, in part, what we pay to have a modern society.
JaimeThompson··on The First Naked Kiss on Camera: Eadweard Muybridge, Sex and Murder
How are you using the word workness here? It seems to have a great many meanings that I can't pin down exactly.
JaimeThompson··on The world has reached 8B people but soon we'll hit a decline we'll never reverse
>half of the forest will be gone because of acid rain.

The wide scale introduction of systems, required by laws and regulations, that drastically reduced the amount of sulfur byproducts released had a lot to do with that same thing regarding CFCs and the ozone layer.

JaimeThompson··on An Existential Threat to Doing Good Science
This sort of "oversensitive" stuff has been going on for decades in the US from most all corners of the political space.

I am curious how you are defining woke here.

JaimeThompson··on Twitter’s mass layoffs have begun
Musk doesn't want others to have the same subsidies that he received. It's a bit telling if you think about it.
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