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dismalaf

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    Comment #49223081

    Yes, when demand spikes prices rise.

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    Comment #49222646

    > always let Russian attacks though The article doesn't say anything of the sort. Literally just said to put a halt on OFFENSIVE operations. If I were to guess I'd say it was an ov…

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    Comment #49218344

    Well, look at AI. It sure looks like a bubble, why wouldn't every fab just profiteer now?

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    Comment #49214242

    I never thought it was "just like" the US. It's worse. It has all the downsides of both the US and EU with none of the upsides of either. We get taxed like EU for healthcare that i…

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    Comment #49211864

    > so pay for police and firemen and a ton of other stuff I’ve never used. But I’m happy my community gets that safety net, and it will be there if I ever need it. That's what you t…

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    Comment #49210994

    It has nothing to do with economics being an imperfect science and all to do with the nature of collecting real time data. Anyone who can collect accurate real time data can make $…

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    Comment #49210942

    Yeah, our unemployment rate is still higher though with basically no productivity growth since 2015 (see link). Maybe 2 years straight of these job gains and then we can talk. http…

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    Comment #49206337

    > Also really odd you’ve gone so hard on healthcare when that was just one of the many points that differentiates Canada from the us. Maybe because 34% of ALL government money in C…

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    Comment #49204910

    How is a service like Shopify, where any non-technical person can open a store and sell things not an open marketplace? You don't buy through Shopify anymore than you're buying thr…

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    Comment #49204869

    https://www.cma.ca/healthcare-for-real/how-many-canadians-go... https://thehub.ca/2026/01/21/over-105000-patients-left-canad... https://www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/article/4600-atlanti…

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    Comment #49203146

    > Every single person in Canada has healthcare If you're ok waiting 6-18 months for basically everything that's not life threatening. The reality is that people either suffer in ou…

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    Comment #49202844

    Do you? It shows a ton of brands that aren't Shopify or Shopify stores. And of course they gatekeep. Google also gatekeeps. The point is the integration is open and has been for aw…

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    Comment #49200182

    Understanding how bacteria contaminates food in the first place is the first step. In the case of steaks, bacteria is only on the outside (they can't penetrate the muscle) so the s…

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    Comment #49200105

    https://openai.com/index/buy-it-in-chatgpt/ No, this feature has been open for nearly a year. Shopify integrated it and makes it easy for their customers (the stores) to sell on Ch…

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    Comment #49170432

    They're ubiquitous because everyone else fucked up during the 80's and 90's charging too much for everything. MS was affordable. It's really just Apple gaining economy of scale by …

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    Comment #49167881

    No all your examples are of dev tool companies. The successful business model is more like make tool, give away tool, make random project management/accounting/tool that devs would…

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    Comment #49167820

    > But the "actual thing" is presumably software too? Why is it any different to a dev tool? Dev tools are a tougher sell because other devs can make them. Your normie SP500 manager…

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    Comment #49162828

    The answer is you don't sell the tool. You release the tool, others help you make it better, then you use the tool to build the actual thing.

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    Comment #49159293

    Really? Software engineer and you just started making personalized tools recently? Emacs has been customizable probably longer than I've been alive. Apart from tinkering with Basic…

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    Comment #49116650

    > The other question I have is how do human players adapt to GTO play now? By playing PLO. Seriously, at high stakes live cash games, no one's playing NLHE. Everyone's playing PLO …

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    Comment #49114458

    Who better to recognize corruption?

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    Comment #49111824

    It's a prisoners dilemma. No country can risk de-growth or not develop because some countries either DGAF or actively want climate change to happen (Russia) and will gladly take ad…

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    Comment #49110743

    Yes but he also wrote this when describing the language: > In addition to the facilities for describing S-functions, there are facilities for using S-functions in programs written …

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    Comment #49105758

    The construction business is all boom and bust and always has been...

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    Comment #49100429

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