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Comment #49224573
Agree. What a strange perspective. Engineering is what is hard, and that includes coding and non-coding activities but doesn’t require customer interrogation.
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Comment #49222404
The cost of energy varies widely based on regional factors, geography, existing energy portfolio makeup, etc. Additionally cost is not just the unit price but the price overtime to…
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Comment #49222377
It’s very hard. But a more direct lever than divestment. Utilities operate in very regulated environments. Changing regulation is the lever that matters. Money can buy influence su…
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Comment #49221766
I think culture and politics is more important than divestment.
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Comment #49221760
It floated into frame like a t-rex on its belly.
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Comment #49218170
Just depends on commitment, time, and scope. Personally I also use the 20$ plans. But people spend 200$ for a gym membership. So shrug.
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Comment #49216162
They certainly have an enterprise plan?
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Comment #49216152
On this planet? They’re not saying they regret doing it, or that it was a mistake. They’re just saying they’ve gained experience and have leveraged the tools to an extent their usa…
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Comment #49199426
Capitalism is an economic system; free enterprise is just a principle or philosophy, which is often used in capitalism. Capitalism is about who owns productive assets (vs socialism…
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Comment #49198027
What does would be mean?
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Comment #49197930
Who is they? Did the poll define it like that or are you projecting into the minds of the populace?
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Comment #49197908
Corruption of what?
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Comment #49178090
It certainly helps as a research assistant for design work. But it can’t do it for you.
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Comment #49145410
Thought-provoking comment thanks. I love the point about other cultural movements. But honestly, I would dispute the starting quote here; who has any evidence that most intellectua…
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Comment #49145343
AI summary: > Nerd culture used to be a stepping stone for many curious people—they might start with science fiction, fantasy, or comics, then branch into philosophy, literature, h…
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Comment #49140272
Ideally a bunch of uncontrollable Demi-gods roam around us?
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Comment #49139887
A lot of this is just talking past each other. AI being good enough to write 99% of your code but then you still complain about it sucking. Glass half full vs half empty.
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Comment #49139880
Good shit, anal reactor.
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Comment #49118447
Dinky stuff I want to be fast like “update the PR with this other JIRA ticket”
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Comment #49104971
I still don’t understand sorry. Wouldn’t detached homes still need electricians and carpenters and their pricing be impacted by their demand elsewhere?
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Comment #49104837
Same, at first, I thought it would be something like Glean for enterprise information joining to follow feature delivery or something and then I saw terminal and I gave up.
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Comment #49101686
It’s also always been private companies doing the building no? Just funding and ownership could be public.
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Comment #49101671
What’s the detachment of the home have to do with it?
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Comment #49091529
It’s human nature.
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Comment #49087466
The US spend like 66% of our federal budget on these things. Hard to imagine significantly increasing it and “hardly noticing”. People notice higher taxes in California; people not…