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plemer

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    Comment #48693001

    You’re saying it’s not regulatory capture because it’s not enforced globally?

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    Comment #48332491

    Have you ever taught?

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    Comment #48231777

    But who will protect the interests of capital??

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    Comment #47943702

    Altman is an idealist? I read this as: I know ads are likely if not inevitable but I can’t say that while I’m trying to gain users and inspire trust but I’ll start to float even in…

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    Comment #47896158

    That may be the point. Simple inflation adjustment gives us x but the real price is more or less than x. Why is that?

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    Comment #47885286

    You’d have to go company-wide to sync schedules and norms. Not just opt in. Many would not like a 20% pay cut. The best talent would disproportionately leave. Also, theoretically M…

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    Comment #47759344

    Isn’t it both - ROI must exceed whatever cost benchmark?

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    Comment #47758615

    Not if the actual vs stated reasons for the layoffs have nothing to do with AI.

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    Comment #47025086

    As you note, most people aren’t power users. That core functionality is enough for 80%+ of users. Even I, a definite though intermittent power user, am fine with the Google version…

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    Comment #46596813

    They let others run that costly costly costly race. It's not where Apple is most competitive.

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    Comment #46580698

    We in the US can't hide forever.

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    Comment #45277316

    I read this as: how you can motivate yourself to do something you're currently not motivated to do but "ultimately" believe is worth doing.

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    Comment #45082559

    I’m not in those communities anymore, but is stem separation not legit useful?

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    Comment #44986451

    I must be missing something - didn’t we all learn how to apologize and take responsibility in kindergarten? Granted, easier said than done.

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    Comment #44927580

    Brilliant! Looks like you’ve recently started shipping, too. How are your unit economics?

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    Comment #44865354

    About a quarter of dogs in the US are adopted. Their alternative to apartment life is often death. Large, high-energy dogs definitely need space. Smaller and lower-energy dogs can …

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    Comment #44864142

    > You probably shouldn't have a dog if you are living in an apartment building in the first place. Why?

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    Comment #44791665

    > In the absence of more reliable indicators This is half the answer, though we'd also need those indicators to be plentiful and compelling. > we know very well how personal behavi…

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    Comment #44766138

    My doctor buddy told of a room in the hospital called the Cabbage Patch, full of braindead people who absolutely will die but can’t be let to die yet. Who is that room full of? Con…

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    Comment #44766075

    Do you really imagine anyone here is convinced by your petty deceptions? We know what words mean.

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    Comment #44765992

    Where do you see anything remotely comparable to the Little Rock 9 at UCLA? Edit: Incidentally, Trump absolutely gutted the Department of Education, including the Office of Civil R…

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    Comment #44756442

    3 day old account, four comments, all political.

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    Comment #44756423

    Allowing people to speak out against overt genocide committed by a foreign government = anti-semitism. Isn’t that self-evident? /s Tbh, this standard argument is itself anti-Jewish…

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    Comment #44700875

    While I find your counter argument vague, it did prompt me to dig in and find that human hunting is arguably still the bigger suppressor of elk population. However, that’s been goi…