I’m m sure the worst racism is telling Native Americans (First Nations here in Canada) to go back to their country. North America was their country before those white folk fetched up on shore.
The nature of things is not always correctly labeled. There were internal power struggles culminating in the night of the long knives that eliminated various rival factions enabling the party to develop as we know it. The end result was a subordination of workers and industrialists to the interests of the state. And money was not able to defend itself against political power.
With the internet and now Ai I would think that all languages other than mandarin and English are at risk of being swamped. Like Fortran, there will be something called English but there’s no guarantee we’d recognize it. Maybe Hindi-Urdu would fight mandarin for the non English language but they need more economic growth to be fully successful.
I’ve been downvoted by people tired of hearing the same comments (of a centre left style). Ok, but it sure seems like people love themselves some Fox News. Business doesn’t mean crushing workers, particularly in the areas of interest to HN. Without good, motivated workers, these startups and their bigger cousins won’t fly. And with less open, quiet environments the pool of candidates will be smaller.
The annoying thing about this setup is that people outside the us pay tariffs going both ways. They must pay the us tariffs to send into the us and then they must pay their countries tariffs receiving goods coming from the us. I read that the EU is ending de minimus in 2026. This is going to really put a hurt on small businesses like crafters, used bookstores, antique dealers, …
Yeah, it’s what they voted for, but having the world get into the tariff act is a real pain.
I still find it baffling that Trump managed to convince people that, somehow, "China" is paying these tariffs, despite the fact that that makes no fucking sense. These companies in China aren't charities; even if the exporter were the ones directly paying the tariffs, it would simply be baked into the price of the good being sold.
This really isn't hard. It's literally something I learned on the first day of high school economics.
> I still find it baffling that Trump managed to convince people that, somehow, "China" is paying these tariffs, despite the fact that that makes no fucking sense.
Right. In one forum where someone said that, I posted a U.S. Customs and Border Protection tariff bill. There really is a tax bill, and it has to be paid before you get the stuff.
Usually, there are customs brokers, and shippers acting as customs brokers, to buffer the end user from dealing with CBP directly on small shipments. You still pay.
Its scary how many things Trump says, claims that are roughly equivalent to, "1 + 2 = 4", which people just eat up as truth!
It feels like all the deficets in our education system (going back decades) are finally coming to roost... so many people lack critical thinking skills and media savvy/awareness. I think its too late to fix it, now that a sufficient majority of people are susceptible to this deception, and a sufficient chunk of politicians are willing to deceive them... there is too much motivation to keep them dumb. The hatred towards the "Intellectual Elite" is scary, and really is reminicent of Pol Pot.
Education isn't the problem with Trump voters, stupidity is.
Remember that this is his second term. Every American voter had the benefit of four years of "education" regarding Trump's character and competence. A majority of them responded by freely and enthusiastically demanding four more such years.
There's an outright attack on education as well though.
The fact that you can become a teacher in Florida without a degree just by being a veteran [1] comes as a result of an exodus of teachers because there has been an outright attack on education institutions. The reasons "why" have been debated but ultimately it is abundantly clear that the issue isn't just stupidity, but also the very act of education itself.
There has been a concerted effort by conservatives to tell the public that modern universities are giant "woke propaganda" factories. I was an adjunct in 2022 and 2023, and I must have missed the memo where I was told to instruct every student to get a sex change, but this didn't stop my idiotic grandmother from saying that "even computer science students get woke indoctrination".
But of course, this isn't a recent thing. I remember when I was younger, conservatives would spend a lot of time taking scientific studies out of context to talk about how we're wasting grant money [2].
The "treadmills for shrimp" is a good example: anyone who spent ten seconds actually doing research on this would see that the "treadmills" actually aren't stupid and they're measuring metabolism, and I am quite confident that the people who started spreading this propaganda knew this, so it's an active lie. I'm sure they think they're doing it for good reasons, but this isn't about "stupidity" at this point, it is an outright attack on research and science.
The fact that you can become a teacher in Florida without a degree just by being a veteran [1] comes as a result of an exodus of teachers because there has been an outright attack on education institutions. The reasons "why" have been debated but ultimately it is abundantly clear that the issue isn't just stupidity, but also the very act of education itself.
Very true, and just another example of the inspiration the Republicans draw from Russia and other tyrant states.
There's a horrifying story in WSJ today that I hope gets more traction, about how soldiers returning from duty on the Ukraine front are being recruited to teach in public schools. The subjects in question range from flagrantly-bogus Russian history to drone piloting to Kalashnikov and Dragunov rifle skills, and the kids in question are as young as eight. According to a quote from Putin in the article, "Wars aren't won by generals, they're won by schoolteachers." He's got a point there.
Still, even the best-intended education can only plant seeds. If the ground is barren, then the effort will be wasted at best and counterproductive at worst. We are slouching towards Moscow, Tehran, and Kabul.
One thing a lot of people fail to learn early (if at all) is to have a work-life balance. It's all well and good to train to win 61 duels, but then what? At some point, the process will lose its allure and if you've never cultivated some sense of self outside dueling you'll be lost. And progress through the world is easier if you have help.
Life is a balance. When you must work, work hard and well. When you do not need to work, cultivate yourself, your relations, and what you feel on the wind or see out the window. And just don't go through life being an asshole - help others as someday you'll need help.
Didn’t they used to have multiple paths through pre-uni education back then? Where did they go, budget cuts, parental pressure, societal pressure, …? There’s a whole lot of tasks that have to be carried out to make things work, and somebody somewhere has to train people for them. Especially if the companies expect their new workers to be able to “hit the ground running”.
The uni’s aren’t helping if they want to be profit centres or worse, have to be centres to have the funding to survive. All sorts of groups are stakeholders in the education pipeline. If society wants “a certain educational product”, it should provide adequate funds, enforce standards and tier or track the process as needed. Make it a utility rather than a profit centres.
They talking copyrights or all ip? I would think Musk has some appreciation for patents since his companies, y’know, actually make stuff. Without patents, the cars could be cloned and sold without Tesla’s involvement.
My hunch is - neither. "Delete all IP" is a clown show and they know it. It doesn't help to bring some sanity to the grotesquely overextended "IP" extravaganza.
I thought such “friends” are dependent on the particular version or training set of the ai engine? So when they’re updated, the char partner is altered or lost.
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