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hermannj314

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About hermannj314

Software developer and statistician.

Residence: Iowa. Luxembourg. Pennsylvania (currently).

The opinions I express are my own, but I accept the possibility I might be a Manchurian candidate sent by the algorithm.

Recent public activity

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    It is hard to find actual data that supports the claim that calling your congressperson matters, mostly the internet is full of anecdata and wishful thinking. Effective altruism ha…

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    Comment #48905523

    AI will also make us faster as exploitation, genocide, and weapons manufacturing. Our technology has long since surpassed our capacity to understand its impact or to morally restra…

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    Comment #48878372

    I think it is a wonderful time to start a business. Owner-run businesses tend to have great customer service. As consumers, we have some choice to give our attention to businesses …

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    Comment #48583687

    You don't need to build a perfect med spa, you only need to control the patents of the key pieces of a med spa. This is nothing more thab a prophylactic patent grab to stifle compe…

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    Comment #48269824

    I don't think a person saying Eastern European are observed doing something more than expected is inherently racist. It is a claim he either does or doesn't have evidence for. If h…

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    Comment #48244704

    From what I could understand from the 6-page memorandum, (my paraphrase) "the law allows us to be nice and convenient, but doesn't require us to be nice and convenient, so we decid…

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    Comment #48243484

    Back in my day, when people were too lazy to put in effort they would want you to google for them, read results, interpret the data, and tell them what you found out. Lmgtfy. Well …

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    Comment #48211532

    Most people would spend 40 days in jail for $800k. Why wouldn't police collude together to arrest one another? This feels like a free money glitch. I agree without accountability t…

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    Comment #48206895

    "After my speech for the troops about how we are losing in Iran, my speech to children with cancer about how we've gutted research, sure I can then give a speech to people entering…

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    Comment #48128203

    On a technicality, America has won every war it has declared to be a war.

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    Comment #47997250

    The topic of AI surveillance pricing is almost exclusively covered by left-leaning media sources according to ground news and party affiliation largely predicted the vote with no 1…

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    Comment #47996176

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    Comment #47833970

    What would that guarantee look like and would it be legal to sell a product that made that guarantee? "Prioritizing my life over every other concern" looks like plowing over pedest…

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    Comment #47745520

    I'd suggest just watching the YouTube video and supporting the content creator with likes and subscribes and not reading the ad-laden summary paraphrasing it.

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    Comment #47735632

    From NASA >> Under Artemis, NASA will send astronauts on increasingly difficult missions to explore more of the Moon for *scientific discovery*, economic benefits, and to build on …

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    Comment #47729909

    A diverse and inclusive crew, a publically-funded mission, an emphasis on science and discovery, and government investment in a long-term strategy, not a quick politcal win. This c…

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    Comment #47718178

    Craigslist invented prostitution, Facebook invented suicide, and OpenAI invented terrorism. Ask any trial lawyer in America! The world was perfect in the 1990s without any of these…

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    Comment #47684727

    I have friends in the US that want the US government destroyed, there are people in the southern US that think the south won the civil war. Who cares? Every government in all of hu…

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    Comment #47660913

    A piece of contract toilet paper is still better than a bare hand shake agreement.

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    Comment #47660545

    Well, whenever my city has to vote on extending the Xfinity/Comcast monopoly, coincidently Xfinity/Comcast is giving $5 off pizza coupons at my local pizza place. Bet they don't ha…

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    Comment #47639531

    Proving the Earth is flat is not one of the stated goals of the Artemis program which is to establish a permanent base on the moon to prepare for deep space exploration. https://en…

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    Comment #47637454

    One of the objectives of the Artemis missions is to prepare for Mars travel, none of the objectives of Artemis are to view Earth as the only planet we have nor to preserve it.