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newfriendon Using A.I. and machine learning to decode communication of sperm whales

Ocean man, take me by the hand

newfriendon XCancel service is suspended until further notice

Do you consider a login-wall immoral?

newfriendon Due to concerns about malicious applications, GPT2 will not be released (2019)

Wrongthink should be banned!

newfriendon U.S. State Department pauses immigrant visa applications

Native Americans didn't form the United States of America.

newfriendon U.S. State Department pauses immigrant visa applications

> Why do people "break the law" to come to the US

They are economic migrants without the means or desire to immigrate legally.

> how do their coming affect you negatively?

They depress blue-collar wages for my fellow Americans. They increase competition for housing. They increase the burden on services like medical and education. I could go on and on...

newfriendon Itadakimasu: A word you say to the food, not the cook

>big-sky-daddy myth

tips fedora

newfriendon Adults over 65 will outnumber children by 2029

Why would I want to turn the country at the forefront of technology and innovation into a stagnating socialist welfare state like the countries you are holding up as role models?

newfriendon Four simple rules behind Japan's most liveable cities

Honolulu and Atlanta are the most livable cities in the US? Give me a break. It doesn't pass the smell test at all. The methodology is obviously biased. No matter if it has been around for years or not.

newfriendon US strikes $1.2B deal to pay German firm to halt offshore wind projects

That's exactly what this person wanted to start.

newfriendon Four simple rules behind Japan's most liveable cities

Yes, it tells me the methodology is biased.

newfriendon Advertise in ChatGPT

Brought to you by Carl's Jr.

newfriendon Short sellers notch $8.7B profit as SpaceX shares dip to IPO price

Ignorant yet loud opinions are even more unhealthy for civilization.

newfriendon GPT-5.6

>Even at medium reasoning, it beats Fable 5 by 11.4 points at roughly one-quarter the estimated cost.

Sounds great.

Also latency looks very good.

newfriendon U.S. government will decide who gets to use GPT-5.6

I don't need to be spoonfed opinions. I can see millions of illegal aliens living in my country.

newfriendon U.S. government will decide who gets to use GPT-5.6

They are in the US with us, and you want to give them amnesty.

newfriendon The labor share of income in the US is at its lowest post-war level

It's not "absurd"... you're confusing moral value with economic scale.

A $1T founder is rewarded for building a massive system that employs hundreds of thousands of people, moved technological progress forward dramatically, and has positively affected the lives millions.

A doctor provides life-saving care, but they are physically limited to helping one person at a time. A backup NBA forward might not save lives, but their work is broadcast and monetized across millions of screens at once.

Arguing that entertainment is "non-productive" ignores human nature. People gladly pay to be entertained. If sports have no value, do you feel the same way about books, art, and movies?

newfriendon U.S. government will decide who gets to use GPT-5.6

One of the few roles a "small government" should actually take on is defending from invaders.

newfriendon Norway imposes near ban on AI in elementary school

Do you delegate all opinions to only those which have studies?

newfriendon Federal judge blocks H1B visa $100K fee

or DACA?

newfriendon Artificial intelligence is not conscious

The same can be said for humans. Where do thoughts come from?

newfriendon Robinhood now lets your AI agents trade stocks

I want to trade whatever I want. Why would I want them to place limits on my choices? I don't need them to be my parent.

newfriendon Who wins and who loses in prediction markets? Evidence from Polymarket

You could go do A right now at a local level. You don't though, because you don't actually want to live that way. It reeks of virtue signaling despite your protest.

newfriendon Meta to receive $3.3B in tax breaks for its $10B Louisiana data center

There are 50 states in the US and plenty of other locations to build datacenters. "Still needing the datacenter" isn't a reason to build it in this specific location. It's ok to just admit you were wrong.

newfriendon Meta to receive $3.3B in tax breaks for its $10B Louisiana data center

You are assuming the datacenter would be built there without the incentive. That is highly unlikely.

newfriendon Meta to receive $3.3B in tax breaks for its $10B Louisiana data center

But it's not less in local coffers. If the incentive was not given, the datacenter would not be built there. The state government wants it to be built there to increase economic activity in their state.

Residents aren't paying more for anything and no services are being cut.

newfriendon Meta to receive $3.3B in tax breaks for its $10B Louisiana data center

The entire tax code is full of these. For corporations and individuals as well. Are you advocating for a flat tax?

newfriendon Meta to receive $3.3B in tax breaks for its $10B Louisiana data center

A tax break isn't handing anyone money.

newfriendon Princeton mandates proctoring for in-person exams, upending 133 year precedent

Wrong.

  1950 Census
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  Race           Percentage of Total Population
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  White          89.5%
  Black          10.0%
  Other Races    0.5%

Keep in mind the black population was essentially segregated at this point.

newfriendon The tech jobs bust is real. Don't blame AI (yet)

Are you trying to argue that increased supply of labor is responsible for increasing wages?

As others have said, H1-B has been good for companies, and bad for American workers. The same companies who were found to be colluding to keep wages down.

Europe is stagnant because of regulation, not because of immigration.

newfriendon The tech jobs bust is real. Don't blame AI (yet)

The mere presence of H1-B workers depresses wages systemically.