I'm sorry, but if you think you have to gather data from every person to have a picture about what a population believes, you're just an idiot. We don't have to poll everyone.

Second, individual freedom doesn't mean there are no groups. Freedom isn't just some silly idea, it's all there is. Karl Popper talks about this in his book An Open Society and Its Enemies. Whether the US lives up to the standard set by itself is a separate question and has nothing to do with the fact that totalitarianism leads to systematic oppression which leads to the very denial of what it is to be human.

First of all, let's ask the people of Tibet and Taiwan if they are a part of China.

Second, wouldn't we be totally justified in criticizing the US government for killing people in the US? In fact, don't people do that all the time?

Strange, strange post.

Nevertheless, the problem with China isn't necessarily that they engage in wars, it's that they are a totalitarian state that doesn't believe in individual freedom.

The colorado river in the western US is not the same colorado river running through Austin, Texas - lol.

This kind of sentiment is useless and stupid. The ad dollars coming in for 'linear TV' -- honestly never heard this term before - are still sky high. It's much more likely that Netflix dies in 5-10 years than 'linear tv'.

There was a incredibly stupid story about YC investing in some fintech company that was an obvious ponzi scheme, promising 5% APY for saving money in their app/bank, as well as 5% cash back on purchases.

No wonder they are running for the hills.

Wow, sounds exciting, what could they possibly do?

>hybrid music streaming / video / VR service

Oh, nothing. They're doing nothing.

It's weird, how virtually every country on Earth is suffering from inflation, yet people choose to criticize domestic policies instead of solve the issues that are causing inflation - namely a supply change crisis exacerbated by COVID lock downs in China, and a war in Eastern Europe.

Goods are increasing in price because of supply and demand - namely demand is increasing at a relatively constant rate and supply is going way, way down.

Politicians and figureheads looking to capitalize on inflation are charlatans. They have no solutions.

Why would you assume that the point is slashdot is some giant influencer and not a small part of a large strategy? Broaden your media horizons.

Garbage in, garbage out.

Yeah, there are two cases

1) You can label the faces - and train a model (useful for autists, but no one else)
2) You can't label the faces - useless model

Tell me, if you can't tell whether someone is bored or engaged by looking at their face, how are you going to label data to train a model to do the same thing?

This is pure nonsense. Maybe it has some edge case for people with autism that really can't read other people's emotions.

You know someone that refers to a Senator in the US Congress as having 'limitless power' is completely off their rocker.

How can a law used to sanction cryto companies be used to suppress political dissidents, you ask? It can't really, unless you're a sanctioned body (that is, the government of the US has already decided via congressional action that you're untrustworthy) that wants to influence an election by using crypto to donate to your PAC of choice.

Utter nonsense.

Working in the Bay Area, forced to commute, forced to pay exorbitant rents, all for what? The chance to work for MAANG? A few stock options?

I feel sorry for people that fall into this trap. You can get experience elsewhere.

Silicon Valley is a place for people with a lot of capital. The rest are suckers.

If the only thing keeping your job from being outsourced is the fact that you're present...

I would find a new job,. because you're going to be outsourced.

Can't imagine what will go wrong.