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Chamale posted:Since 1970, computer speed doubled every two years, but that's no longer the case. A home computer in 1985 had its speed measured in thousands of operations per second, and now it's billions of operations per second. Some graphics cards do a trillion. But the trend is slowing down, so we no longer have exponential growth in computer chips to drive constant growth in the tech sector. and it's the last exponential growth left to fuel the exponential growth of capitalism unless they finally unlock fusion so uhh may you live in interesting times indeed
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Oct 22, 2023 22:48
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Maed posted:and it's the last exponential growth left to fuel the exponential growth of capitalism unless they finally unlock fusion so uhh may you live in interesting times indeed decay and collapse are still exponential growth, just in the opposite direction.
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Oct 22, 2023 22:53
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Sanlav posted:Programmers have to architect things now lol
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Oct 22, 2023 23:03
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SKULL.GIF posted:Is there any civilian benefit aside from small package delivery? poo poo, I offer that service for free…
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Oct 22, 2023 23:17
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https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-acted-little-baby-tesla-terrible-call-kevin-paffrath-2023-10 *Trollface* Problem?
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Oct 22, 2023 23:34
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https://twitter.com/FirstSquawk/status/1716226396337459448?t=gezPSMkYV63lp4yIcZMZsw&s=19
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Oct 22, 2023 23:55
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SKULL.GIF posted:Is there any civilian benefit aside from small package delivery? they use drones carrying lidar to do surveying now, it's really cool and way faster than sending out an airplane a lot of military technology ends up benefiting work like surveying, GPS is the classic example
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Oct 23, 2023 01:38
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the drones can be used by real estate agents to get great aerial photographs of
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Oct 23, 2023 02:50
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19 o'clock posted:the drones can be used by real estate agents to get great aerial photographs of how's your home search going
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Oct 23, 2023 03:23
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loquacius posted:In another thread like a month ago multiple people got mad at me for selling a 2009 model car, because the engine was still good imo it's a complicated topic Like there is nothing wrong with you, personally, getting rid of your old car and buying a new one. However, fourteen years isn't really a good lifespan, either. Cars are wildly complex machines built using parts and processes that are expensive and environmentally damaging and we should all be driving much older vehicles. Certainly there's something wrong with the idea of a car that's only fourteen years old ending up on the scrapheap. Total rebuilds and things like that should honestly be a lot more common. But as with everything else it has nothing to do with individual consumption choices and everything to do with the culture we've built up around cars and everything else.
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Oct 23, 2023 04:52
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Maed posted:and it's the last exponential growth left to fuel the exponential growth of capitalism unless they finally unlock fusion so uhh may you live in interesting times indeed no way they unlock fusion, it would require decades of planning and massive capital investment. unless one of the inertial things works I guess SKULL.GIF posted:Is there any civilian benefit aside from small package delivery? heh. small package delivery. drones coming for goon jobs
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Oct 23, 2023 06:44
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i used the red thermal paste for my cpu, and then i ate the rest to gain its power
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Oct 23, 2023 06:59
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Maybe this isn't obvious but, telling a computer to do a thing is a lot easier than telling it do 32 things and then cobble it together verify all the individual jobs got done, and proceed? it's just a lot of meta programming.
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Oct 23, 2023 09:57
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Taima posted:Where it gets a little strange for me is when people get morally up in arms over people who do buy newer technology. I have a couple of friends like that, the people who derive some sense of moral superiority by using old stuff. It's completely meaningless; the world is being strip mined regardless and nothing will change. It's the most futile moral stance of all time. i dont give a gently caress about moralizing, only for my wallet what i saying is current consumer tech has gotten good enough on the cheap especially when getting them used i did splurge $900 on a S23 ultra but i also don't deny my xiaomi poco F3 delivers 90% of features at 1/5 the price. And i also only mostly bought the samsung because its the only whitelisted android phone brand for workplace IT access
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Oct 23, 2023 10:16
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Taima posted:Where it gets a little strange for me is when people get morally up in arms over people who do buy newer technology. I have a couple of friends like that, the people who derive some sense of moral superiority by using old stuff. It's completely meaningless; the world is being strip mined regardless and nothing will change. It's the most futile moral stance of all time. many, many people do not use a fully consequentialist moral framework and deontology is just a lot simpler. acting in a virtuous manner regardless of systemic outcome is often noble. you could sneer at how futile BDS in the west is, but that's not entirely the point
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Oct 23, 2023 10:34
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so does this mean big money is going to evacuate the economy into safe government bonds leaving the rest of us to starve ?
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Oct 23, 2023 11:28
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Big Oil https://twitter.com/BloombergAsia/status/1716389488245494179 Argentina is heading for a runoff election, after Javier Milei unexpectedly came in 2nd place in the first round. "Left" candidate Sergio Massa will have his work cut out for him though, if he manages to hold onto his lead: https://twitter.com/BrankoMilan/status/1716389745360535955 EU is taking more from their citizens than they are spending, causing the economy to contract: https://twitter.com/DEhnts/status/1716390824538194099
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Oct 23, 2023 11:33
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webcams for christ posted:many, many people do not use a fully consequentialist moral framework and deontology is just a lot simpler. acting in a virtuous manner regardless of systemic outcome is often noble. Reminds me of the debate regarding this year's Harry Potter game. https://twitter.com/ChuckTingle/status/1623377248815566850 https://twitter.com/ChuckTingle/status/1623706001290702848
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Oct 23, 2023 11:41
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fine words but real change comes out of the barrel of a gun unfortunately
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Oct 23, 2023 11:50
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pounded in the rear end by the revolutionary BUTT of a GUN, by chuck tingle
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Oct 23, 2023 11:55
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Jel Shaker posted:so does this mean big money is going to evacuate the economy into safe government bonds leaving the rest of us to starve ? do not worry, the premium consumer remains strong.
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Oct 23, 2023 11:55
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Jel Shaker posted:fine words but real change comes out of the barrel of a gun unfortunately I don't see anyone arguing against materialism itt
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Oct 23, 2023 11:59
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loquacius posted:Nobody knows how to do car repair themselves, good for you if you can but it's nonsensical to expect any given person to apropos of nothing, touch grass Ya lol same I’m utterly useless, I have to pay the mechanic to inflate my tires to the proper pressure (can never remember which way the valve caps turn)
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Oct 23, 2023 12:25
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Sanlav posted:Maybe this isn't obvious but, telling a computer to do a thing is a lot easier than telling it do 32 things and then cobble it together verify all the individual jobs got done, and proceed? it's just a lot of meta programming. My dude, let me introduce you to a little thing called "microservices": you can easily turn that one thing into hundreds and guarantee yourself a job janitoring them! Programmers have correctly realised that the path to growth is to constantly reinvent things and make them worse then invent another one to replace it. The Top G posted:Ya lol same I’m utterly useless, I have to pay the mechanic to inflate my tires to the proper pressure (can never remember which way the valve caps turn) Do you also get stuck behind doors, unable to turn the handle?
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Oct 23, 2023 12:53
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Powerful Two-Hander posted:My dude, let me introduce you to a little thing called "microservices": you can easily turn that one thing into hundreds and guarantee yourself a job janitoring them! I'm convinced the microservices wave was cloud providers pushing on the fact that k8s and serverless had far higher margins. the clients I had in the azure space around then each had one day when their rep called them and I had to spend weeks pushing back on how wasteful and painful rearchitecting their already garbage apps was going to be so they could save $100/mo of their $60M/mo budget
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Oct 23, 2023 13:00
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Powerful Two-Hander posted:Do you also get stuck behind doors, unable to turn the handle? yeah wtf every gas station here has a free air pump where you can set the PSI pressure level, unscrew the air inlet on the tire, put the hose in and it finishes the inflate/deflate in like 5 seconds
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Oct 23, 2023 13:01
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You guys inflate your tires?
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Oct 23, 2023 13:07
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You don't even really need tires. Just let them go flat and kind of shred/slough off over time. You can ride on your rims. They're round, what's the problem?
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Oct 23, 2023 13:10
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Benagain posted:You guys inflate your tires? what? like a rich person?
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Oct 23, 2023 13:12
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i just completely fill my tires with canned fix-a-flat
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Oct 23, 2023 13:12
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Benagain posted:You guys inflate your tires? ikr why use tires when flat steel on hickory works perfectly fine
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Oct 23, 2023 13:13
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The economy understander has logged on https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/1716086280512020588 Anyone else on SA in a tight spot just go work at target, hope that helps
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Oct 23, 2023 14:07
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hey matt who's buying the resold soap what are they gonna do with it matt are they gonna sell it too
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Oct 23, 2023 14:09
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Beached Whale posted:The economy understander has logged on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geY-ydeYb4M
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Oct 23, 2023 14:11
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Beached Whale posted:Anyone else on SA in a tight spot just go work at target, hope that helps this part also sucks and needed its own post. real "let them eat cake" energy freaks like matty would fuckin love if everyone went to work at target because who cares if they still can't make rent and have no healthcare, that employment number would go way the hell down and then matty's outlook would be pretty fuckin sweet!!!!!!
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Oct 23, 2023 14:11
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loquacius posted:hey matt Yeah it's called wash trading
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Oct 23, 2023 14:13
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there's a whole soap economy of unemployed people trading soaps back and forth
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Oct 23, 2023 14:13
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loquacius posted:hey matt This is what money laundering is.
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Oct 23, 2023 14:13
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Also just because job postings exist doesn't mean that the jobs exist. A lot of companies are using job postings as a way to gather data on potential applicants and how desperate they are, and never intend on hiring someone unless they are the fabled unicorn candidate that is an expert in everything but is asking for little money in return.
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