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Comment Dr. Donald's cult (Score 4, Insightful) 107

Injecting bleach and putting sunshine in my ass is my god given American right!

The practical problem is that during a pandemic, the hospitals could end up being flooded by morons when medical resources are already strained. I don't care if morons off themselves in their own backyards, but if they gum up shared resources, it's a problem for non-morons also.

As far as the source of the bleach/light thing, see this hilarious voice-over.

Comment Re:Good idea. (Score 1) 107

While I'm against direct censorship if medical BS, I believe certain disclaimers should be required by law if relevant.

Example:
"The Covid vaccine makes your ears fall off according to Dr. Zim. Disclaimer: Dr. Zim is not a vaccination specialists, and a majority of vaccination specialists many not agree with Dr. Zim's claim. The sponsor of this message has not conducted a formal survey of vaccination specialists."

This allows one to make their claim as long as the claim's relationship to the medical establishment is clear. You might think the medical establishment is rigged, and can publicly say so, but at least establish to the reader it's not "kosher" and/or verified with the establishment.

Comment Why Pop is Slow (Score 4, Interesting) 28

The AI bubble is probably slower to pop than the dot-com bubble because it's mostly large multi-product companies that are receiving the most investor money, and it's hard for outsiders to tell what's really happening inside. Via bundling, freebies, and multiple accounting shell games these companies can doctor their AI revenue to keep investors duped.

And if they lay off staff due to lower general revenue, they can claim it's just AI replacement. Without embedded insiders familiar with inner workings of a co., it's hard to check.

Whenever somebody looks into details, they rarely see good signs.

With dot-com bubble, most the relevant companies were single product/service startups, so it was easier to see if they can support themselves. They couldn't hide bad products behind good products.

After the AI poppage I suspect there will be big investor/shareholder lawsuits over the hiding.

Comment Re:China and India (Score 1) 103

> As people earn more money, you'll see more people wanting cars, air conditioning, etc.

But there can be incentives to keep using public transportation and car pooling.

> They're building up their industry *now*, in an era when it is possible for them to build it cleanly.

As I mentioned elsewhere, they have to rely on coal to a degree because they don't have many oil deposits. During a war or international emergency they could end up fuel starved without coal.

We'd do the same in their position.

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