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jacksilver

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  • ‘It’s Recession Day’: Hakeem Jeffries Hammers Donald Trump’s ‘Liberation Day,’ Warns Economy About to Crater

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  • I don't think it's been a bull market, but I think everyone has been bullish in that they don't think Trump will follow through with blowing up the economy. But given he just announced 10% tarrifs on everything I think the market has been foolish.

    Honestly if the markets would realize he's serious they might have avoided this. A huge drop earlier on given his tariff talk might have helped avoid this.

  • ‘It’s Recession Day’: Hakeem Jeffries Hammers Donald Trump’s ‘Liberation Day,’ Warns Economy About to Crater

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  • I think it's still to early for that. The market seems to still be quite bullish that things will play out in a good way. However, everything I'm seeing will have years long cascading effects on the economy that we can't begin to forecast.

  • GenAI website goes dark after explicit fakes exposed

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  • Definitely, and that's why hard/strict laws or rules can be dangerous. Much like the famous "I know it when I see it" judgment on obscenity.

  • Liberal candidate wins Wisconsin Supreme Court race in blow to Trump, Musk

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  • Another thing is, I believe, that it wasn't dems showing up to vote, the shift in margin was Republicans voting for democrats. If that's really the case that's huge, cause it doesn't mean Republicans are disengaged, they're starting to work against the current admin.

  • The Futurama Episode That Hit Even Harder Than Jurassic Bark S3E4

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  • Another hard hitter was "Game of Tones". It's in the seventh season, so a bit later on. But the mom/son relationship hits hard.

  • GenAI website goes dark after explicit fakes exposed

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  • The biggest issue with this line of thinking is, how do you prove it's CP without a victim. I suppose at a certain threshold it becomes obvious, but that can be a very blurry line (there was a famous case where a porn star had to be flown to a court case to prove the video wasn't CP, but can't find the link right now).

    So your left with a crime that was committed with no victim and no proof, which can be really easy to abuse.

    Edit: This is the case I was thinking of - https://nypost.com/2010/04/24/a-trial-star-is-porn/

  • DOGE Descends on the Institute for Museum and Library Services

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  • The way they're gutting these agencies they aren't able to fufill their congressional appointed duties, so they're already breaking the law, but the courts are slow and seem non-plussed and congress has been coopted.

  • The average college student today

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  • I understand what you see wrong with my comment and hopefully can explain a bit better.

    Basically the entire article is based on anecdotal evidence. I found that the root of each of their arguments really fell into a couple different areas. One being a misunderstanding on the long term impacts of Covid, the second being that the author is a bit behind the times (cost/use of textbooks was an easy example as it has been a major critique in college for over a decade), and the last calling out that the "average" student he interacts with may be getting pulled down by higher enrollment numbers.

    For the most part my hope was to introduce some potential alternative interpretations to the things the author is seeing, that have some backing in statistics and research (although I know I did not provide them in my comment).

  • Republican booed during fiery town hall while mentioning DOGE

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  • Some are doing republican only town halls ಠ_ಠ

  • Man Detained by ICE for Autism Awareness Tattoo Sent to Prison

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  • Yeah, I try not to make my posts too long. One person cleared him, but then still was flagged for El Salvador. Sounds like they're not being too careful about how they're processing people, which is just sad and terrifying.

  • Man Detained by ICE for Autism Awareness Tattoo Sent to Prison

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  • Read the article, he isn't jailed in the US, he's in jail in El Salvador. He has no connection to El Salvador, so he's being incorrectly incarcerated.

    His family expected him in Venezuela where he is originally from. However much you might dislike someone in a country illegally, he shouldn't be sent to a random prison in a random country.

    Edit: This is the issue with not following due process. He was incorrectly identified as a gang member.

  • The average college student today

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  • To me the authors critiques break down into three categories:

    • Impacts of Covid: in academia we are still very much seeing some impacts from covid. Students are behind in a lot of ways and that gap is never going to be made back up in a single class.
    • "Old man yelling at clouds": he mentions his text books range from $40-100 for a class, but for all classes that can get up over $500. Additionally, many students know some books will be used once (I had classes that never used some of the "Required" texts.
    • College as a employment pipeline: given they're Gen they are prime for the group of students where college was sold as a pipeline to good jobs. This has pumped up enrollment numbers (meaning it drags down the average). Lower-mid schools will be most impacted by lowering standards driven by increased demand.

    He's not wrong that it feels like students are less engaged, but I'm not sure if not as convinced it is a shift in the populace as much as a shift in the average college student (both due to covid and increased enrollment).

  • DOGE Plans to Rebuild SSA Codebase in Months, Risking Benefits and System Collapse

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  • Oh yeah, definitely.

  • Trump White House might flip the script on tax cuts for the rich

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  • With all the job cuts tied to the Republicans, I don't think most care about tax rates right now.

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    How bad did I fuck up?

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  • There are a couple of benefits to credit cards (in the US at least).

    • Protection: If some steals my credit card info, I can fight the charges with the credit card company (and am not out any money while sorting it out) . With debit cards the money is gone and you're fighting to get it back.
    • Rewards: most offer good cash back or point rewards. It means I save 2-3% on average compared to using a debit card
    • Persk: Many cards will add coverage for car rentals or discounts just for using them for the purchase.

    If you pay off the card each month you get all of those persk at zero cost. While technically credit card companies charge stores 2-3% for each swipe, in the US at least there is no price difference for the customer for cash/debit/credit.

    Edit/TLDR: In the US it's cheaper and safer to use a credit card (if you can pay the balance every month).

  • DOGE Plans to Rebuild SSA Codebase in Months, Risking Benefits and System Collapse

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  • Refactoring a code base is kinda like general maintenance for the application. Over time deprecated features, temp fixes, etc. start to be a lot of the code base. By cleaning things up you can make it more maintainable, efficient, etc.

    That being said, for systems this large you usually fix up parts of it and iterate over time. Trying to do the whole code base is hard cause it's like replacing the engine while the car is in motion.

  • Microsoft Announces Open-Source "Hyperlight Wasm" Project

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  • I think the parent comment is calling out some concerns that wasm may enable some of the same shenanigans that silver light did. By being compiled code and operating somewhat outside the browser it could be used to lock down more of the browser.

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  • Make a fake account and just post random things so the government doesn't think your lame when they check your social media.

  • Trump signs executive order that will upend US voter registration processes

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  • Yeah that's why I called out it costs money.

    Its also kinda similar to taxes, the US pretty much already knows all this info already, yet somehow we can't manage to make elections easy and free.