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Totally agree. I'll add as an aging "woke up sore" guy, side-sleeping with a knee pillow (just a regular pillow to prevent your knees from aching from pressure) was an enormous imp…

> They are also "hotshot cowboy coders" whatever that means. Popular public libraries are exactly the place for Hotshot Cowboy Coders. Boring bespoke software is not. A specific: g…

Okay: the car "fully" drives itself, everyday on my 35 minute commute through busy traffic on different routes depending on conditions. Obviously, our disagreement is with Tesla br…

As I mention below, it's Trump news overwhelming everything. If WaPo was publishing 100% more climate news, no one would notice, because... no one would click those articles! It's …

Fox News' influence is greater than its (pathetic by historical standards) geriatric audience share, but it far far less influential than its opponents imagine. What changes if the…

The reason your favorite issue is not the cause celebre: Trump has flooded the zone with shit. He holds the microphone, all day, everyday. The World Cup provides a moment's respite…

> Another factor is that rich oil and gas people figured out they could just buy the media. Who is this "media"? Is this the same "media" that Trump and his dullards claim is so co…

> Of course they don't literally buy votes, but statistically they very much do. Counterpoint: Haley Stevens Brad Daigle Jon Tester Sherrod Brown Tom Steyer Hillary Clinton Michael…

I can vouch for board games. I play DCC (D&D for grognards) and board games with a group I met through a guy at work. It was a little awkward at first, but we've been doing it ever…

Since we're into semantics and definitions, "FULL Self Driving" does not appear as a formal, defined standard. It is a brand. What's more, it is not a lie. The vehicle "fully" self…

Whether it's "true" self-driving, it is unquestionably useful. Everyday, _every_ day, FSD drives me on my commute (down different paths depending on traffic) with the only interven…

Counterpoint: I'm currently employed building many apps for an enterprise you'll never visit. React+Typescript rewrite of our legacy "lean" Javascript has measurably improved the p…

Dig deeper into the expansive definition that led to that "2/3rds".

from teh AI sources: https://www.kff.org/uninsured/key-facts-about-the-uninsured-... https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/releases/20250624.html

And whatever can be said about the US, at least with democracy you get a chance to fire the leadership every four years (or even sooner the closer you to the place you live!).

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I read comments like this, they’re all written in broad language I assume to people already nodding in agreement. The world today is not perfect: the smartphone and social media ha…

My Y has the stalk, but the touchscreen gear selection is no issue. (Ignoring the fact that I rarely manually drive the car) I only touch the screen to put it in gear once, maybe t…

Capitalism also spent the last 10 years burning billions to create affordable electric cars, reliable regular spaceflight, efficient delivery of everything everywhere, and the (wel…

> It's nowhere near the quality of hand-crafted expert human code As of June 25th, 2026. Read your comment in four years, and tell me you believe what you've posted. Maybe one year…

If it makes you feel any better, efforts to "disenfranchise" eg. by requiring ID or "enfranchise" by making it easier to vote with same-day registration/voting, mail-in ballots, ea…

Approval voting is the only workable RCV.

I read the Isaacson biography a few months ago. Quit reading before he buys Twitter.

I don't disagree, and most of what I know about Tesla early history comes from the Isaacson biography, but: it seems pretty clear the "actual" founders would never have been able t…

What astonishes me about singularity skepticism: every argument was, from when it was released, "but it can't do X", "it's impossible/too expensive". The benefits AI -> AGI are sta…