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slowin

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    > 79 years ago the transistor was invented, in less than a century it ended up being the back back of a global surveillance system. Not many people could have foreseen this. George…

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    I’m more worried that this will degrade performance. I want the best results from a model, not the results that fit a constraint that’s not defined by me. Any increased cost or lat…

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    I never signed up to support genocide; it doesn't matter how much money I make, I do not. > you have an overt political bias I never said I didn't. I'm an anti-Zionist.

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    Comment #49129916

    Sadly the tens of thousands of Palestinian children murdered by Israel will never get the chance to dance.

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    Comment #49129913

    He really shouldn't be dancing anywhere given that he imprisoned a male prostitute and beat him with a chain: https://www.newsweek.com/boy-george-imprisonment-assault-cha...

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    > What would we lose? You'd lose the ability to work on and distribute software not approved by your and various other governments. For example, if the UK makes BitTorrent illegal,…

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    Comment #49117820

    I would trade my US "superpower" (aka committing war crimes across the globe) status for free healthcare in the blink of an eye. I currently pay >$1,500 a month for "health insuran…

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    Comment #49101218

    Calling people "useful idiots" is pithy?

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    Comment #49101050

    I'd start with some German guy calling native Canadians who are actively civically engaged "useful idiots" and his suggestion that the unemployed and retried shouldn't have a voice…

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    Comment #49100603

    I'm sure the people who would have their right to vote stripped from them would consider that malicious, and they would be correct. That's not democracy.

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    I don't think "citizens have a right to vote" is anywhere near the realm of ideological purity or "Brooklyn based journalist" thinking. It's literally just democracy. Freedom of sp…

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    Comment #49100398

    Yep, a lot of toxic investors in this. Not touching it with a ten foot pole and lost a lot of respect for Mitchell. A couple of the other investors: * https://x.com/rauchg/status/1…