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codeddesign··on One resignation turned the embers of AI fear into a wildfire
Fake psyop slop. Guy worked there for 6 weeks, almost no X followers when he posted his “I quit” thread, WSJ then posted their story around this post 18 mins later.
codeddesign··on Premier league bans gambling sponsors
But they allow Leveraged Forex Betting like Everton’s sponsor? This decision has absolutely nothing to do with ethics my friend.
codeddesign··on Premier league bans gambling sponsors
“Finance”? Haha Everyone has CMC Markets which has the headline “Trade with leverage..”

What a joke.

codeddesign··on A 77-year-old Republican man is staging a solo protest against Flock cameras
If there was regular prejudice between 76 vs 77 yr olds, then yes. It’s similar to saying “white/black man”. It adds no value beyond sparking a prejudicial emotional response.

It’s CNN/Fox news style sensationalist entertainment writing rather than news/journalism.

codeddesign··on A 77-year-old Republican man is staging a solo protest against Flock cameras
Why “republican” man? Editorials like this piss me off. Just say “Man from Florida”. Why bring party politics into an article that isn’t about party lines?
codeddesign··on Zero roadkill as Amazon canopy bridges secure 15,000 crossings
Do the animals actually understand roads or that these are crossing points? Or a hope that a percentage will stumble upon them?
codeddesign··on DARPA, U.S. Air Force fly AI-controlled F-16
Did it? You mean operational govt fell. The country was fought over for 10 yrs, which the U.S. then backed out.

Israel got a regime change while U.S. tax payers received the bill.

In the end, it’s still a country.

codeddesign··on Astronomers may have found the first exomoon
Outside of the small probability that this may assist us in the future, has looking beyond our moon ever benefitted or even affected humanity in any way?
codeddesign··on Egypt Is Building a New Nile
What are you talking about? This is literally every single major infrastructure project in the world. In the U.S. for example, every major waterway and roadway is built by the govt (local or federal). There is even the “Army Corp of Engineers”.

You can dislike the project, but take your political beaf elsewhere. Your statements are irrational.

codeddesign··on Health insurance claim denial rates range from 13% to 35% by insurer
Dental is completely different than medical in the U.S. and a different insurer/carrier. Sorry, but comparing apples to oranges here.
codeddesign··on Sam Bankman-Fried applies for a pardon from Trump
As I recall, Biden pardoned all of his family members. If you think corruption is a single party issue, your bias itself is corrupted over basic logic
codeddesign··on Pentagon Sees Growing Espionage Threat From Israel
Another psyop. This is being published on purpose. It’s election time in israel and it makes Netanyahu look good to israelis. There is also a lot of media coverage there right now around pro-israel orgs funding and winning U.S. senate seats.
codeddesign··on US House lawmakers release draft bill to prohibit state AI rules
Do you plan on selling the fetuses? This is associated with commerce and inter-state use.

During Covid, their were individual state laws around employment vaccinations.

codeddesign··on AI will consume as much water in 2030 as 1.3B people
So..what you are saying is that the movie Oblivion is a documentary.
codeddesign··on Polymarket apologizes for allowing wagers on fate of U.S. pilots downed in Iran
Does insider trading still routinely happen? YES.

Do athletes, refs, coaches still throw games? YES.

Your argument is that regulation would fix both, and my argument is that regulation has not fixed either. Wall Street is just as shady not with regulation as it was in the 1930’s without. The only major difference now is that the IRS is able to track and tax smaller entities easier.

codeddesign··on Port of LA turns to electric terminal trucks to to slash dwell times
CA has the 2nd highest electricity cost in the country. No where in the article do they mention cost savings, nor end-to-end carbon footprint savings.

This appears to be nothing more than a gimmick under the disguise of “green” that does nothing but waste CA tax payer money.

It’s all so tiring..

codeddesign··on Student disciplined for creating MSU class search tool, Spartan Scheduler
I agree, until I read that he had to write a personal apology to the director in charge of the shitty software the school requires students to use.

While he was in the wrong for scraping, it got blown out of proportion when miss director’s feelings got hurt.

codeddesign··on Polymarket apologizes for allowing wagers on fate of U.S. pilots downed in Iran
Wall Street is heavily regulated, and yet both of your examples still occur.

This happens in sports betting as well, which is also regulated.

Neither of your examples show a material change or resolution due to regulation. The only result would be increased bureaucracy and decreased technology advancement.

codeddesign··on What life looks like on the most remote inhabited island
Outside of mentioning that kids go to school and there was a birthday, personal life isn’t discussed. The article is about manual labor required to live on the island. While 3 woman are introduced, the article mainly revolved around fishing, carrying heavy material long distances, and livestock which is man dominated in every country around the world.

Very likely the woman are caring for the heavy burden and labors required to upkeep their own homestead which deserves an article itself, but obviously outside of the point of this article.

codeddesign··on Kalshi criminally charged in Arizona for operating illegal gambling business
I fail to see the difference between prediction markets and day trading. Both rely on news/events, order books, and sentiment.

Last time I checked the differentiator is whether skill is involved.

codeddesign··on Large US company came after me for releasing a free open-source alternative
Even then, trademark can only be used to prevent impersonation. I can put “better than Google” on my search engine, and as long as there is an obvious disassociation it is not trademark infringement. However, anyone can sue for anything with the goal of bankruptcy.
codeddesign··on IT Staffing Firms (TCS, Cognizant, Infosis Underpay Developers by 80–100%
No, 100% would be equal to paying someone 50% of market rate. If market is $100k and someone was paid $80k, you could say “paid 80% market rate” or “25% less than market rate” (since a 25% pay increase would bring them to market rate)
codeddesign··on FBI 'Asset' Helped Run a Dark Web Site That Sold Fentanyl-Laced Drugs for Years
That would be interesting case law, for a buyer to sue for damages.

Same scenario: If the government was undercover for scammers and in turn scamming people.

While the govt would receive persecution immunity, there is no immunity for damages.

codeddesign··on 14-year-old Miles Wu folded origami pattern that holds 10k times its own weight
This is weight distribution on a flat plain. Think of Roman Arches. On a curved plain, weight distribution of THIS origami falls apart as pressure is added horizontally (not just vertically).
codeddesign··on Iran Turns to Digital Surveillance Tools to Track Down Protesters
I’m not sure what the surprise is here. UK has been doing this for quite some time, along with social media monitoring.

This seems more like a paid shill to move public opinion.

codeddesign··on Washington Post cuts a third of its staff in a blow to a legendary news brand
The financial decisions of WP have nothing to do with democracy, voting, access to representatives, or your personal rights.

People that throw out blanket terms like this kill the actual meaning and reverence.

codeddesign··on PBS News Hour West to go dark after ASU discontinues contract
Well, your democratic right would be to vote. However, as you said we are in a democratic republic where we don’t vote to make the laws but rather vote for representatives.
codeddesign··on Microsoft: "30% of Our Code Is AI." Also Microsoft: "Windows Is Broken."
> Connect the dots. They fired American workers, brought in H1B’s from India while also increasing their offices in India. AI didn’t break Windows, cheaper labor and the effort to increase bottom line did.
codeddesign··on Hospitals Cater to 'Transplant Tourists' as U.S. Patients Wait for Organs
It’s a little amusing that you bring up the current admin, without saying anything about the Biden admin in which the article timeframe occurs or the Obama admin that created a lot of the havoc we have now in personal health care.

Unfortunately, the U.S. has never had the best doctors in the world (outside of cancer treatment). Japan and Russia for example have much better healthcare. However, it has certainly gotten worse now that hospitals are taking advantage of the visa system and bringing over doctors/nurses from other countries to increase their own bottom line.

The regular cost increases are due to immigration (no insurance), medical coding system, and govt subsidies.

You would have to blow up the system and restart to make it affordable, but then that also means millions of jobs gone overnight, a historic market crash, and then no one would want to work in that field as pay would have to be substantially lower.

You also can’t go down the free healthcare route based on the above, along with govt being horrible with everything it touches that we would have a $50 trillion debt in a few years time.

codeddesign··on PBS News Hour West to go dark after ASU discontinues contract
That would be up to the school. After all, it does have a $1.4 billion dollar endowment. (ASU is not struggling at all)

Every university has to decide what is profitable and what is a loss leader. You have to be well rounded to attract students, but also make money.

In this case, the school decided that this studio had less benefit to them than reward. If this studio attracted more students (tuition $$) then it would be a benefit.

People are getting mad at the White House, but in reality the school decided that this studio wasn’t worth keeping.

Just trying to be rational here.

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