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kodyoon Satya Nadella: "We need to find something useful for AI"

That's not even the point, though. Those smart-but-not-techy people are not going to grow GDP at the pace that Satya Nadella needs them to in order to keep his KPIs going up and to the right, and he's getting pissed.

That's the problem.

kodyoon Satya Nadella: "We need to find something useful for AI"

"Quick, guys, find something useful" coming from a CEO who's bet his company on an idea should be a market top signal, right?

And no, I'm not saying the technology is bad. The business isn't going swimmingly, though.

kodyoon 40% of Kids Can't Read and Teachers Are Quitting [video]

That would be harmful to their self esteem.

kodyoon Purdue blocks admission of many Chinese grad students in unwritten policy

The empire has vassals, not allies.

kodyoon Using AI generated images to get refunds

The honor system is a remnant of a high-trust society. Living in a place where you can generally trust your neighbors is neat.

kodyoon Ask HN: Any example of successful vibe-coded product?

OpenAI is in no way "commercially successful."

kodyoon Aspartame sweetener to be declared possible cancer risk by WHO, say reports

It's impossible for a layman to know because most people in accredited positions of authority lie without cessation.

Identify people you trust on a subject, filter their claims through your own ideas about what is reasonable, and hope for the best.

You might still get it wrong. Such is life.

kodyoon Ask HN: How do I keep my elderly father safe on the internet?

I try to discourage people from using the internet. I work in infosec.

kodyoon Patriot Act on steroids: anti-TikTok Trojan horse for censorship, surveillance

OK, fed.

kodyoon For the first time, the Fed is losing money

"Debt creation also gives value to the dollar"

Only because enough people believe that's true, and then only because there are aircraft carriers that convince people in other countries that it's in their best interest to use them.

Dollars are not worth anything.

kodyoon For the first time, the Fed is losing money

Inflation is value confiscation. It's a tax. It reduces the burden of the greatest debtor (government) at the expense of everybody who holds dollars and produces value.

What do I get out of it?

kodyoon For the first time, the Fed is losing money

The US has been in a risky economic situation since it went off the gold standard. Possibly since it created the Federal Reserve Act.

Slow-moving train wrecks are still train wrecks.

kodyoon Rising seas will cut off many properties before they’re flooded

OK: I believe authoritarians should be laughed at early and often. If anybody happens construe the people I mistakenly described as authoritarians as fucking authoritarian, please mock the motherfuckers.

kodyoon Rising seas will cut off many properties before they’re flooded

I agree with you. More power. More houses. More roads. More bridges. More freedom to build it all.

But back to the story at hand: a few motivated people can shore up Old Town Road. All they need is an economic reason to do it.

kodyoon Rising seas will cut off many properties before they’re flooded

I'm not trying to convince anybody. Humiliation and mockery are how you deal with authoritarians.

kodyoon Rising seas will cut off many properties before they’re flooded

Yep. Been reading variations of the same article for decades. Captain Planet up there says building bridges and moving dirt around causes inequity, though, so I guess we have to live with it.

kodyoon Rising seas will cut off many properties before they’re flooded

There's the authoritarian collectivist power differential take! I knew you were coming, you little rascal!

Massive amounts of resources are being wasted on bad climate ideas now. Poor people have bigger problems. That certain patches of land might be squishier in 100 years isn't in their top 10.

kodyoon Rising seas will cut off many properties before they’re flooded

People will adapt to change. Calm down.

kodyoon Rising seas will cut off many properties before they’re flooded

Hey now. We should probably implement some kind of centralized global authority before we get too hasty with "solving problems."

kodyoon Cloudflare disables access to ‘pirated’ content on its IPFS gateway

When you knowingly break the law, you're taking a risk.

It may be a stupid law, it may be an unjust law, but it's still a law and people with guns who enforce the stupid laws might show up some day.

Only individuals can decide whether or not the risk is worth it.

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If they were "errors" the balance of the errors should be evenly distributed between overstating and understating the severity.

When more than 80% of the "errors" favor an agenda, they aren't mistakes. They are propaganda.

Mask up, citizens. Comply.

kodyoon Stanford’s war against its own students

Commissars gonna commissar. No reason to submit to people like that.

kodyoon How to Understand the Well-Being Gap Between Liberals and Conservatives

That's a fine justification for ignoring something if you don't want to think about the implications too much.

kodyoon Unchecked corporate pricing power is a factor in US inflation

You're free to be stupid. The probability that there will be less water available than there could be will be higher there than places that are less idiotic.

kodyoon Unchecked corporate pricing power is a factor in US inflation

Economic ideas that embrace human freedom and human flourishing are likely to consider truth a virtue.

You won't find it in Marx, Keynes, etc.

kodyoon Unchecked corporate pricing power is a factor in US inflation

High prices for a product means there is an incentive to produce more of it.

Obfuscating the true value of something discourages new production, so California remains stupid.

kodyoon Unchecked corporate pricing power is a factor in US inflation

Water is worth more after an earthquake. Is this not obvious?

kodyoon Unchecked corporate pricing power is a factor in US inflation

Sellers have a moral imperative to figure out how much their stuff is worth by charging as much as they can.

When people stop buying what they’re selling, we know the product or service isn’t worth it, so the price comes back down.