for large companies, i think you’re probably right… but there are plenty of transactions that happen cash. i think it’s a case of not letting perfect be the enemy of better. some people might lie, and if they get caught that should have some punishment… but we hope that most people don’t lie, because the risk just isn’t worth it
quick estimate because i’ve seen this a few times:
australia spends ~$279b/y on health (~$190b usd)
australia is roughly the population of texas at 27.6m
us population is 340m
so all things being equal that’s $2.2t usd for the us population
so after 6y at war you could have had 1y of healthcare
ngl i was really hoping it’d be closer :(
(but of course this is bullshit anyway because yall already pay for healthcare, and lives extinguished vs lives saved etc etc… thus the “all things being equal” like circular cow in a vacuum)
what’s stripping these companies lying about their financial data to tax authorities?
there are lots of self-report mechanisms that we use… it’s just not worth the blowback of non-disclosure to lie about it. some people do, and sometimes they get caught; not always, but overall it’s a net benefit to transparency
% is % is %… absolutes are completely irrelevant… 1m people uninstalling facebook is less relevant than 100 people uninstalling <insert your favourite indie game>
a large % change is always relevant no matter the company size. that’s the whole point
it’s enough to be indicative
ENS runs on Etherium which no longer uses POW, thus doesn’t waste power in the same way as eg bitcoin
also I2P and onion don’t have name systems per se, so that doesn’t actually address the problem… AA could just use an IP address or something, but they require (for human usability) well known domain names
I2P and onion still require systems for discovery. they solve different problems to name systems
but it’s not a 1000000x return!
i took the phrase
You don’t need to understand why they struggle, just accept that they do.
to mean that you shouldn’t assume someone is lying. they just might have different circumstance or needs. that doesn’t invalidate their experience, just that you’re solving different problems.
if you’re trying to solve their problems, then sure that’s a discussing… but 99% of tech conversations on the internet like this are people berating others for “not understanding” the “simple” way it’s done because it works fine for them
slight disagree: proud version is actually when you become so disillusioned with your old code that you throw it all out and start again
i moved one of those 8x2 cube storage shelves from next to my front door (where it didn’t get used) to my bedroom where i use it for “worn but not dirty” clothes
pile of clothes on the floor instantly fixed because now putting clothes “away” is the same effort as dropping them on the floor
sell at $100… got it! thanks future me! will do!
someone elsewhere in the thread mentioned that this is the requirement, and the hooks are an “if not possible” compromise
that as the case may be, sending signals is still good. you don’t have to continue for very long, but a flood of support after making a moral decision will make it more likely that they, and others will make similar decisions in the future
the worst thing would be for google for example to see the fallout from this and think “well we don’t want to be them! better start building autonomous weapons”
the cost of having a child is more than just childcare
imo still very plausible… the key thing is deleted… accounts are rarely deleted, especially when they contain purchases and things like fortnight accounts do. more often than not, they’re suspended or just inactive which means the public ID remains used
it’s a very common security issue. it’s usually not a problem because deletions aren’t very common: usually accounts are just inactive, and it’s not a problem that really effects the company itself so there’s no really big reason to focus on fixing it
i’m not arguing either way on this specific case; i’d not heard about it until right now… but it’s pretty plausible from a software and security standpoint
one of the things i love about australian taxes: by law the displayed price must include all taxes… the price on the label/menu/sign/website/whatever is the price you pay… by law
always catches me out in the US adding tax and tip 😓 i end up spending way more than i’d intended and having a far worse experience because of it
One thing that is correct that many people posting here seem not to understand is that there is no current residency requirement to open a bank account in the US
okay… but… why is that a problem?
that solver would be tool use though… i’m talking about just the “thinking” LLMs. it’s fascinating to read the thinking block, because it breaks the problem down into basic chunks, solves the basic chunks (which it would have been in its training data, so easy), and solves them with multiple methods and then compares to check itself
yeah i completely agree with that part… just i think in terms of costs i wanted to know for real if its a good argument, and figured id document it
yall have some of the highest per capita healthcare costs in the world, and some of the worst health outcomes among peer economies. “too expensive” and “better quality” are both terrible arguments based on the reality of the situation (lol reality… because that matters)
… but it’s also interesting to put into perspective: that $2b/day doesn’t even come close to healthcare costs (although… it’s not an order of magnitude off, so there’s that i guess)