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jacksilver

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  • U.S. Senate votes 50-46 to nullify Trump tariffs on Canada, with four Republicans crossing aisle

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  • It only matters if the house actually comes back from it's prolonged recess (most likely to avoid voting on Epstein files).

    Even then, it's unlikely for the house to pass this as Republicans have a much larger majority there.

  • Trump Hit With Devastating All-Time Low Approval Ratings

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  • It really never changes does it.

  • I ditched Linux for Windows 11 for one week - and found 9 big problems

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  • The only real options for the average user are Mac or Windows. Linux just isn't as user friendly, and a lot of the customization and flexibility of Linux is actually a determinant for non technical people.

    I'm a technical person and I can't stand Linux as a main driver. Love it for development and as a server, but it can be very janky for UI things.

  • The GOP expected Democrats to relent on the shutdown by now. That isn't happening.

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  • Who likes him?

  • Decompiling Binary Code with Large Language Models

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  • I can't speak for this specific approach/system, but no. LLMs never really guarantee anything, and for translation roles like this, it's hard to say how much help they provide. The main issue being that you now have to understand what the LLM generated before you can start fixing it and/or debugging it.

  • Trump can’t let go of Nobel Peace Prize despite epic snub

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  • Snub usually has a negative connotation for the one doing the snubbing. Additionally they didn't ignore him, they just called out his bad behavior.

  • What is your favorite version of FTL in science fiction?

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  • The game Outer Worlds uses this as a main plot device.

  • I’ve Seen Epstein’s Photos of Trump With Topless Girls: Author

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  • When I hear this kinda response, it just makes me find the claims more believable.

    Like whenever this admin comes out with this kind of rhetoric, it usually means the accusation is true.

  • Senate votes down war powers resolution aimed at blocking Trump's strikes on alleged drug boats

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  • You had all democrats vote for it, with a couple Republicans flipping (the typical bunch with Rand Paul and Murkowski). Then you have all the Republican voting against.

    The only notable exceptions are Ted Cruz not voting (don't know why) and Fetterman voting with Republicans. But at this point Fetterman might as well switch parties.

    Note: Rand Paul pretty much always votes against anything not isolationist (the one true libertarian), so this is typical. Alaska/Murkowski is always a bit odd and her voting with Democrats happens fairly frequently.

  • How it feels

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  • That's such a cheap shot at my point.

    1. People chose to take out these loans, this isn't like cancer or slavery.
    2. Someone has to pay for the loans. When forgiven that means every tax payer is taking on that burden. So yes a good thing happening to you can be a bad thing for other people.
    3. Most importantly, forgiving current loans doesn't prevent more people from falling into the same pitfalls. Meaning you're just perpetuating the problem

    My point is don't forgive loans if you haven't fixed the problem because all your doing then is perpetuating the broken system and burdening everyone with student debt.

  • Trump calls for JD Pritzker and Chicago mayor to be imprisoned in morning rant

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  • I agree that Biden is going to go down in history as a bad president for not doing more to prevent the current state of things, but when half the country keeps voting for facisim the problem isn't just the politicians.

  • How it feels

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  • I think the real answer is to find ways to make state schools free (or with set affordable loan programs). That would provide massive pressure for private schools to lower there prices and hopefully have a deflationary effect.

  • How it feels

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  • Too big to fail means that the failure of a business or industry would take the country down with it. The college industry (as it's more an industry than anything else) has effectively become "too big to fail". But what's so insidious about it is that rather than all these schools carrying the debt, they've literally pushed it onto the students.

    Forgiving student loans without a plan is a bailout for colleges and only accelerates the broken system.

    As for screwing people over with changes to forgiveness plans (or making them too rigid in structure) is an example of something that needs to be fixed because it's clearly not working.

  • Trump calls for JD Pritzker and Chicago mayor to be imprisoned in morning rant

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  • I mean, not really. We keep waffling between 45/55% of our government being controlled by fascists.

    If 45% of the governing body is still fascist, that makes it kinda hard to actually do anything when most of our government requires more than a simple majority to get things done.

    Just look at Trumps approval rating right now. It's still not below 40%.

  • How it feels

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  • I think there are three problems with loan forgiveness:

    1. We can't just keep bailing people out. If you're going to forgive loans, you need to actually address the root cause first.
    2. Why do the people who did the right thing by paying back the loans get shafted? They made sure they could pay back their loans and made sacrifices to do so, and now youre letting people unprepared for the loans leap frog them?
    • It's almost like "too big to fail" but for people.

  • Disney Is Officially Shutting Down Hulu After 20 Years

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  • What form of social organization doesn't when not corrected over time?

  • Stephen Miller Melts Down as MAGA Is Blamed for Fire at Judge’s House

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  • I understand what you mean, but my criticism is with the news/reporting.

    Weve had multiple democratic politicians be attacked and murdered whose whole time in the spotlight doesn't cover the media attention that Kirk got.

    Hell, we still don't really know why Kirk was shot.

    In this political climate, a judge's house going up in flames should be a huge story. Sure it could end up being nothing, but so did the story with Kirk.

  • What's the status on Wikipedia donations?

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  • I don't know why you're being downvoted, it doesn't.

    This doesn't say if wikimedia foundation is using it's money well, just that it is using its money (which is sorta what a non-profit has to do).

    Also, if we boil all donations down to "who needs it most" then most non-profits and charities wouldn't exist.

  • Stephen Miller Melts Down as MAGA Is Blamed for Fire at Judge’s House

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  • How is this not bigger news!

    I have to listen to weeks about some random podcaster getting shot, but a judge whose made judgements against trump has their house burned down and everyone is all quite?