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This is why Small Modular Reactors have me excited for the future. Small reactors of a single design can be centrally manufactured and shipped to what's basically a concrete hole in the ground, easing regulation requirements and lessening the burden of manufacturing skill onsite.

The difference now is the risk of tribalism becoming sectarianism, which is where anyone who doesn't agree with you is an enemy not to be trusted. The transition between those two is the determining factor on if civil war and widespread violence becomes likely. Sectarianism isn't common and hasn't happened en masse since the 1860s.

I disagree. Part of what I love about the Linux culture is that it gives me the freedom to tinker. The Ubuntu installer makes it absolutely clear that ZFS is still experimental, but it still lets me play with it. Granted, I swiftly broke my OS and moved away from ZFS when I tried it, but I like that it let me do that.

Agree. Some drugs like meth, heroin, fentanyl, PCP can cause permanent brain damage at common recreational doses and hurt society overall. Those shouldn't be legal IMO

> when is it correct?

People differ in their opinions. It's clear that some media should be suppressed, like violent calls to action by powerful people. It's clear that some media shouldn't be suppressed, like videos of puppies. In between lies a vast gray area where it's less clear.

> Who makes that judgement?

People do, particularly influential people who make judgements and have the capacity to illicit the change required. Currently it's set by corporations, but the bounds of that are heavily influenced by and can be superseded by governments. That's why after the 2016 elections, you had all the hearings of the owners and managers of big social media sites.

In my opinion, we are in a bubble now. In stocks, P/E ratios are extremely high, and many companies are IPOing, many more than two years ago. All asset pricing is going through the roof, and money is chasing money. Speculative assets have become trendy again with cryptocurrencies, ARK, and memes like dogecoin.

We're all flush with cash and either terrified of inflation or riding a euphoria of asset inflation.

My wife's a respiratory therapist and she went through a similar experience. We have to remember though that the medical systems of parts of both China and Italy were overrun, leading to a spike in deaths because they couldn't get care, and we had no idea if it would happen in the US. Our goal with the lockdowns and everything else was to lower the maximum number of people in the hospital at any one time. Well the other end of that was to maximize hospital capacity. That necessitated maximizing labor and minimizing waste of things like masks which experienced global shortages.

Note too that covid workers were highly compensated for their work, at least where I live. Our annual income doubled last year because of her work in the covid units. The issue isn't a financial one, but from dealing first-hand with so much death, suffering, and stress on a daily basis.

I would agree with you if YouTube had started as a platform that from the beginning publicly promoted videos that were advertiser-friendly, but that's not what they did. For years, their algorithms were tailored only to show users the content that they liked, regardless of advertiser status. They had the goofiest, weirdest stuff perfectly suited to my weird personality. They showed lectures and political discussions that I liked discussing.

Then they made the algorithm changes. Instead of showing me videos I like, they suggest videos they like. Those videos often clash with my values or beliefs, but because they are mainstream, they get pushed anyway ad nauseum.

The change of state in the algorithm could be considered suppression. Another way of looking at it would be just the viewer counts of certain categories of videos has plummeted. Alt-right speakers and lecturers, flat-earthers, trump supporters, racial identitarians, and so on have seen a massive drop in viewers. Right or wrong, that algorithmic change that led to a drop in viewers is a form of suppression.

I want to emphasize that suppression isn't always wrong. A massive site like YouTube has to monitor for violent social contagion and contain that. But I don't think they should then use their suppression as an example of free expression, because it's not.

Edit: also to be absolutely clear here, the definition of "suppression" I'm using is the intentional attempt by YouTube to reduce the viewership and engagement in something.

What is listed at /pool? I haven't seen that one.

Edit: found it, it's probably the second chance pool: https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented#second...

What's interesting is that the majority of her speech is discussing the suppression of free expression, saying how "authoritative" sources are given priority, advertiser-friendly videos are rewarded and given priority, and others are suppressed.

You can argue the necessity of those actions, but trying to call those actions examples of free expression is the kind of corporate double-speak that erodes trust.

In America, guilt beyond reasonable doubt must be determined for someone to be found guilty. Both sides get the opportunity to state their case, and above is their list of why there is potential doubt in guilt. It's our legal system working.

You can definitely be downvoted for ideas here. Comments that go significantly against the political norms of the site seem particularly prone to this.

This is a touchy subject in the US so I don't want to get too into it, its a bit off topic. The shortest and most neutral answer I can give is that minority political groups in the US use identity as a tool to push for political change.

Latino isn't a language, it's an identity. That makes it political.

I'm sorry, I don't understand. How would increased state rights reverse gerrymandering within those states?

> The democracy is still in a good shape despite some challenges.

What political pathways do you see for correcting both our two-party system and increased gerrymandering? It seems to me like those two factors are large contributors to our increasing political polarization, and fixing them would require the political parties to behave irrationally from a game theory perspective.

Globalization combined with a strong dollar(due to our reserve currency status, which gives us power over other countries but at a cost) led to the export of millions upon millions of manufacturing jobs and businesses, causing a decline in manufacturing, mostly in rural areas.

When rephrased as "Rust introduced to me a number of new concepts, like match for control flow, enums as algebraic types," it's much more clear what he means. We all learn somehow.

Mental illness isn't an excuse for socially damaging behavior. People who can be coaxed so easily into attempted murder of so many people are a threat to society and should be arrested.

With their algorithmic feeds designed to maximize engagement, they're just Skinner Boxes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operant_conditioning_chamber

On my phone, I moved from Firefox to Brave. The overall experience is much better.

I don't know about democratic compensation, but I don't regularly hear about Brave making political statements or picking sides, which matters to me. I still get ads blocked, and I experience far fewer issues.

Those who know the rules of a game and can play it well are often best suited to make good changes as long as incentives align.

They're already facing anticompetitive scrutiny. Retaliation would have tipped the political scales.

Collective bargaining lets the employees push back against issues that would otherwise risk their career. For example, an individual speaking up against horrible working conditions, metric-focused managers, and ignorance of unsafe practices would risk getting fired, so the issues would persist. A union would have the leverage required to push back against such issues.

Why do semiconductor fabs cost so much? Billions of dollars seems kind of overkill.

Of relevance is this video[1] discussing a demographic crisis in China caused from their one-child policy that will lead to significant economic issues in the coming decades, much like how Japan is having issues. There's a good chance this will limit their growth.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTbILK0fxDY

A protest that was larger than expected and overran the existing security isn't exactly an organized attempt.

Cool! Looks fun. What exactly is open source on the site? Is it the recipes? If so, then what license do they use? Is there any disclaimer of that on submission?

I'm not dissing, just making sure your ducks are in a row. It's a fun idea!

If they make reasonable attempts to keep out Americans, requiring IP proxies and checking a box saying "I am not an American," then is it really their fault when Americans end up using it?

I disagree with you there. In Computer Science, you learn the science(determined truth) of computation(the act of mathematical calculation). The names of most degree programs are pretty accurate when you really parse the jargon.