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stretchwithme··on Sam Altman goes before US Congress to propose licenses for building AI
Controls over AI just help those not subject to those controls.
stretchwithme··on AI is in danger of being swallowed up by copyright law
I'm sure once AI understand copyright law, this will cease to be an issue. :-)
stretchwithme··on Ruby on Jets: Like Rails but serverless
maybe this will eventually have an algorithm for deciding when to deploy separately and when not to, based on cost, performance, etc.
stretchwithme··on If You Want This Job, We Must Interview You Forever
I thought for sure Mr. Rex was going to end up being the actual CEO.
stretchwithme··on TikTok videos leave teens thinking they have rare mental disorders (2021)
I heard that Obamacare changed the way insurers are paid to more of a cost plus model. So they actually have an incentive to not push back against anything.

Don't know if that's true. But if it is, who is pushing back against treatments? Doctors? Insurance companies? Government? Parents?

stretchwithme··on Price shocks in formative years scar consumption for life
It can simply mean being able to work on your own terms. Being able to walk away from undesirable situations, even if you still enjoy working.
stretchwithme··on Former U.S. congressman, operative pleads guilty to election fraud charges
How did she fix it?
stretchwithme··on There is no reason to cross the U.S. by train but I did it anyway (2019)
I did it in November, 1993. From Albany thru Chicago. Then to LA and up to San Jose.

It was great. Fantastic scenery. Private room once I got to Chicago. Met a lot of great people, because you share tables in the dining car.

Even had a friend visit met at the station in Albuquerque.

I was moving and they let me bring 60 pounds of stuff.

stretchwithme··on Equality is prevented by the misperception that it harms advantaged groups
There's no proof that the 1960s was the peak.
stretchwithme··on How to feel engaged at work: a software engineer's guide
Something that might is timing WHEN you start drinking coffee in the morning.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bjxFnAIAiI

stretchwithme··on Equality is prevented by the misperception that it harms advantaged groups
Dis NASA use intelligence when deciding on its goals in the 1960s? Are there reasons it decided to land on the Moon instead of on the Sun?

Why didn't the US make that a goal in 1793?

stretchwithme··on Equality is prevented by the misperception that it harms advantaged groups
Is that saying that grit is less important?
stretchwithme··on Twitter bans ads that contradict science on climate change
Why wouldn't their careers be dependent on preserving the current consensus? Who do you think would be controlling the money?
stretchwithme··on Ask HN: Is Ruby on Rails still relevant?
My company uses it for multiple web apps and uses ActiveRecord for scripts too.
stretchwithme··on Twitter bans ads that contradict science on climate change
Every generally accepted theory starts out as a theory held by one. And sometimes directly contradicting the consensus.

We think independently for a reason. Not submitting to the PERCEIVED consensus is a good thing. It means we can have different deeply committed people investigating different theories at the same time, rather than waiting for a central authority, financed with other people's money, to give up on one and pick up the next when it finally gets over its ego.

stretchwithme··on Twitter bans ads that contradict science on climate change
Unfortunately, two of those countries aren't allowed to vote so we don't know what they agree on.
stretchwithme··on What I learned as a hired consultant to autodidact physicists (2016)
Sabine is on Youtube.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw

stretchwithme··on Fast (2019)
But it could be tofu-dreg construction and be more likely to fall over.
stretchwithme··on Fast (2019)
No, but Apollo was part of a competition with a nuclear enemy that got to space first.
stretchwithme··on The smallest and worst HDMI display
I think we claimed it was an upgrade because it saved wear and tear on her rods and cones.
stretchwithme··on Lebanese turn to cryptocurrency as economy tanks
Don't they mean "as the currency is used to take their resources"?
stretchwithme··on I'm a scam prevention expert and I got scammed
Why would an expert on scam prevention answer the phone?
stretchwithme··on The smallest and worst HDMI display
20 years ago, we came across this tiny CRT display. I think it 4 X 5 inches. We pranked a coworker with it, replacing her large display with this tiny thing.

And left a note explaining how the black and white display was an upgrade. :-)

stretchwithme··on Filing taxes could be free & simple. H&R Block & Intuit lobby against it (2017)
Yes, people's interests don't all align. But they'd actually be better represented with proportional representation than one representing people solely by geography.

Because geography is just one thing that matters.

stretchwithme··on Developers spend most of their time figuring the system out
You can't imagine how difficult that is to read when you check your code into github like that.
stretchwithme··on Developers spend most of their time figuring the system out
I naturally prefer to do things on my own but I also find interaction with others satisfying. And I'm glad when it's over :-)

In my current job, everybody is remote and you can't even play foosball with people on your team.

stretchwithme··on Developers spend most of their time figuring the system out
You mean it's not like TV, where the code flows out of my fingertips for many lines and then magic happens?
stretchwithme··on Filing taxes could be free & simple. H&R Block & Intuit lobby against it (2017)
Those who get their interest represented say they're represented well.

Those who don't get their interests represented well disagree.

stretchwithme··on Filing taxes could be free & simple. H&R Block & Intuit lobby against it (2017)
Your elected representative could represent your interests too, if you could hire and fire your representative as easily as you can a tax preparer.
stretchwithme··on The illusion of evidence based medicine
"Even $20 meals can sway doctors, study finds"

https://www.sfgate.com/health/article/Fancy-meals-can-sway-d...

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