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absrd

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    Comment #38077442

    What could possibly ground your faith in the Israeli government, given the intelligence failure of massive proportions we all witnessed on 10/7? How can you believe that the same g…

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    Comment #37848852

    It's now being confirmed by US official and reported in BBC https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-67082047

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    Comment #36536622

    Unless you fall into protected categories such as "business owner" or "bank"

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    Comment #35640146

    It's also precisely the kind of thing that no one needs to be in an office to do

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    Comment #35439561

    If they're both the most talented and also don't want to work for you, what makes you think they'd stay?

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    Comment #35429853

    how did your friend feel it when they had a good quarter?

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    Comment #34815599

    As we know everything congress does is good and in accordance with the will of the voters

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    Comment #34704340

    I wonder if you'd apply this same standard to those who criticize politicians.

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    Comment #34513471

    If you're upset that you spend your days fighting rats and not making insane money, I think you should target your anger at your boss who keeps you in that situation, rather than a…

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    Comment #34480800

    > it seems insensitive to tell 100k+ ppl Google or Amazon fired them because "well everyone is doing it!" Is that any more insensitive than CEOs and C-suites telling laid off worke…

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    Comment #34443017

    Do you think then, that they deserve to be mentally scarred without any support and paid less than the minimum wage for a receptionist, on the basis that they are not "equal" to us…

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    Comment #34442898

    This is just false, if you read the article Sama also collected explicit, illegal images on behalf of OpenAI -- this was the reason the contract was cancelled.

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    Comment #34442793

    If a company acts unethically that is bad, even if it's in the company's rational self-interest. It rings especially hollow when the company's supposed mission is to "ensure AI ben…

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    Comment #34359391

    The maintenance funding being gutted by 40% seems like the bigger contributing factor here

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    Comment #34086351

    Yes, this was exactly what I meant. Poorly worded the question haha

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    Ask HN: Is there evidence that layoffs work?

    layoffs are often presented as a cost-cutting measure to save the business. I'm curious what research has to say on the efficacy of this, as opposed to other methods

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    Comment #34009647

    Which is exactly the position that Musk is supposedly fighting against -- it's almost like he has no actual principles and is at best no different than the people he's replacing

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    Comment #34009574

    > rather than on the overall system that makes this kind of censorship possible What do you think this system is?

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    Comment #34009553

    Listen to yourself... the guy literally risked his life saving children who were trapped in a cave, and you think the mere fact that he criticized Musk means that he deserved to be…

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    Comment #33662660

    the reports are up > 20x from baseline, twitter traffic is nowhere close to that multiple

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    Comment #33662608

    "burning cash" in this context doesn't refer to the literal burn rate, it's more that he's spending a great deal of money without presenting any clear vision or direction for the c…

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    Comment #33376897

    I think he's actually said both of these things.