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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @SimpleStacker 7h \ on: What does “me time” mean to you? meta
Me Time is when I get to do whatever I want. If that involves meeting up with people to socialize or play games, then that's Me Time. But more often than not it means chilling in front of a video game by myself
It's to avoid any kind of public relations disaster. Even if the authorities punished the lowly janitor, it still makes them look bad for hiring him in the first place, and/or creating a culture where something like this could happen. That's why schools go out of their way to cover up bad behavior by teachers, even if the individual teacher is a nobody
I tried this but if anyone subscribes to this tread I think they'll get a notification
Not that I'm suggesting it, but probably the best way to win would be to DOS this thread somehow for 24 hours
34 sats \ 0 replies \ @SimpleStacker 23 Dec \ parent \ on: The Riddle of Luigi Mangione mostly_harmless
Agreed, the influence of the state is felt throughout all the issues mentioned above
This is who you are, according to your own words:
I have been lurking around here for a bit. Now I am ready to make some moves. I see a lot of potential in Stacker News. Stay Humble, Stack Sats
Huh, never heard of btcpolicy.org. What a treasure trove, I'm going to enjoy diving into some of these
shrug
It seems to play out the same way every time. I'm not sure why anyone thought a shutdown would actually have happened.
Would Josh Hendrickson have supported a return to the gold standard? Would he support a Bitcoin standard?
Parents often stress about their kids’ academic performance, worth ethic, and behavior toward others. Those things are clearly important. But according to the Dunedin study, none of them is the best predictor of whether a particular child will grow up to lead a satisfying, financially stable life. Neither is the wealth, education, or socioeconomic status of the parents.
I find this a bit hard to believe. I tried tracking down more info on the study itself, but the links on the Inc.com article just link to more Inc.com articles; and one science.org article that wasn't really a description of the research but an overview of the history of the entire research agenda.
I did manage to glean that the study was done on a cohort of 1,000 babies born in New Zealand 50 years ago. Thus, I'm not sure the results about financial success can extrapolate to other social and economic contexts.
As with anything, you gotta ask "who pays the bills."
I don't know as much about movie/TV journalism, but I do know a bit more about the games industry. And in that industry, it's not the consumers who pay the bills for the reviewers, it's the game publishers and developers. Because they pay the ad revenues and they control who gets access to early review copies and exclusive events.
So if movie/TV critics are anything like that, then their job is to please the Hollywood execs, not provide accurate information to consumers.
192 sats \ 3 replies \ @SimpleStacker 22 Dec \ parent \ on: The Riddle of Luigi Mangione mostly_harmless
What frustrates me most is that I think many people put the blame in the wrong places. They blame the insurance companies because it's who controls access to the money, but few are looking at the cartel-like behavior of the medical associations and hospitals, or the broken patent system, or the misalignment of incentives caused by a system where the consumers don't foot the bill for their own choices.
Until Americans can look at the healthcare system and its flaws more systematically and holistically, I don't think much progress can be made
So the only difference between Cowboy Credits and sats is that I can't withdraw Cowboy Credits?
That's right. That's the only difference.
And thus, you have caught yourself in a blatant lie. Cowboy Credits also cannot be used to obtain a gun
I f***ing hate YouTube Shorts. It's clear that there's no low Google won't sink to, including acting like a whore and a prostitute just to get a piece of that TikTok action. Next up is probably Google's version of OnlyFans
Going to college is worth it if you know what you want to get out of it, and if you avoid certain majors (usually ones that end in the word "studies")
Given your background, I might even recommend an economics degree with the intent of going to law school afterwards (lots of econ majors do that.) You won't get that much woke stuff in econ. Outside of the engineering departments, econ departments are usually the least woke.
Just one thing you said that I'd push back against:
- "LLMs are great at homework"
You won't get as much out of college if you have a mentality of wanting to skip homework. You should think of homework like practice, i.e. guitar practice, football practice, etc. It's how you get better at your craft. If you don't do homework you won't be as skilled as the students who did, and that's going to be reflective in your later job opportunities