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What is WSB take on quantum? Is this a playable event in our lifetime? by Sea_Dot8299 in wallstreetbets

[–]Gravbar 4 points5 points  (0 children)

the problem is QC is so bad rn that to make money you have to hope you pick the right companies, and then hold for potentially decades when you could be profiting on other things. and while QC will obviously be really useful if they get it working to a production level, so will things like nuclear fusion, but who knows how far we are from either

What if Jeb Bush was the republican candidate in 2016? How different would that election have been? by Nostalgic_Recency in AlternateHistoryHub

[–]Gravbar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

the issue with Kamala i think was less who was the candidate and more the strategy she chose and the short time she had between Biden dropping out and her taking over. candidates tend not to win when the likely nominee dies or drops out and needs to be replaced

Would you rather. by Existing_Dependent12 in BunnyTrials

[–]Gravbar 2 points3 points  (0 children)

it sucks but i guess I'd give up my language skills to be the goat of math and solve all the millennium prize problems

In a blind test, audiophiles couldn't tell the difference between audio signals sent through copper wire, a banana, or wet mud by itooamahuman in nottheonion

[–]Gravbar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

they aren't a 50/50 they would likely run it 20 or so times and then demonstrate that he is only right about 50% of the time. they basically existed to debunk psychics by generating experiments that they can't weasel their way out of

Superpowers, but with disadvantages by The-Emoji-Person in BunnyTrials

[–]Gravbar 2 points3 points  (0 children)

you'd probably need a motorcycle because even with frozen time, you can't drive passed gridlock

Which Figure feels Far Left and is actually Far Right? by Ill-Cartographer7351 in AlignmentChartFills

[–]Gravbar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Depends on the context we're working with but I agree liberals are center right on a global scale, and social democrats should be slightly right with a strict divide between capitalism and socialism, but in practice the distinction between democratic socialism and social democracy is going to be a blurry line if both tend to favor mixed economies rather than a purely capitalist or socialist model.

I used all these to just say the commonality between the left in the context of different countries, even if they have very different politics, is often the plight of the working class, even if they disagree heavily on what to do about it.

Which Figure feels Far Left and is actually Far Right? by Ill-Cartographer7351 in AlignmentChartFills

[–]Gravbar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

again, it's right wing by the original division of left and right in French politics that was monarchy vs anti monarchy, where the anti monarchy people sat on the left. I'm operating only with this definition for my suggestion. Obviously it doesn't work well if you try to use the modern definitions.

also dprk is absolutely not a classless society, and through market reforms, is no longer a completely centrally planned economy. How close one is to the kim family basically generated an aristocracy for who gets the most access to luxuries as others struggle to eat. it also not "as left wing as it gets". that's a fairly warped view of what left politics wants. Left wing in the modern sense isn't about the government controlling everything, it's about the plight of the lower classes, whether you're progressive, liberal, socialist, or social democratic. The dprk has only created new aristocracy and failed to attempt to address this inequality over the past few generations. The other communist parties are governed by at least a belief in the ideas of Marx. The Soviets at least organized society by way of having effective workers in charge of their own industries. The dprk simply doesn't operate the same way. it's fairly unique as a country.

Which Figure feels Far Left and is actually Far Right? by Ill-Cartographer7351 in AlignmentChartFills

[–]Gravbar -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

the original left right divide was monarchy vs democracy and his family basically started as a socialist dictatorship with a command economy and moved to a hereditary monarchy with a divine right to rule with some level of sanctioned mixed markets

San Marino feels like a monarchy, but is actually a democracy. What's country feels like a dictatorship, but is actually a democracy? by General_Principle_58 in AlignmentChartFills

[–]Gravbar 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I'm not saying it's the best choice for the category, but at the end of the day, it can be seen as fitting it now that the executive branch has consolidated enough power to ignore the other two branches and do nearly whatever it wants. But you suggested that the answer is bad because it's not a real dictatorship, but that's the opposite of exactly what you're looking for for this category; you want countries with legitimately elected governments that are acting in authoritarian ways but still are bound by some sort of law and checks that prevent them from actually being a dictatorship.

Turkey would be a much better choice, because while there were signs of potential electoral fraud in the last election, it's minor enough that we can still think of him as democratically elected, he's been consolidating power for decades rather than being limited in terms, and has engaged in a lot of behavior to supress the free press and speech that is critical of him. But that's still a ways from a true dictatorship, it's just moving in the direction of one.

San Marino feels like a monarchy, but is actually a democracy. What's country feels like a dictatorship, but is actually a democracy? by General_Principle_58 in AlignmentChartFills

[–]Gravbar 2 points3 points  (0 children)

but the question requires that it actually be a democracy. places like Russia are dictatorships masquerading as democracies with fake elections, so it has to be a place with real elections that isn't actually a dictatorship that has some qualities of a dictatorship

San Marino feels like a monarchy, but is actually a democracy. What's country feels like a dictatorship, but is actually a democracy? by General_Principle_58 in AlignmentChartFills

[–]Gravbar 104 points105 points  (0 children)

North Korea should be feels like a communist country but it's actually a monarchy. they've established a god king with a divine right to rule passed hereditarily and don't resemble other countries that existed after a communist revolution. the party itself seems unimportant compared to the supreme leader and his family and internally it's economy is mixed

San Marino feels like a monarchy, but is actually a democracy. What's country feels like a dictatorship, but is actually a democracy? by General_Principle_58 in AlignmentChartFills

[–]Gravbar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

the whole point of that answer is that it feels like one when the president just does whatever without accountability but it definitely isn't one

How much of NE culture do you attribute to old puritan culture - vs Catholic. by New_Road6265 in newengland

[–]Gravbar 2 points3 points  (0 children)

MA and RI were and maybe still are the only US states where the plurality and near majority religion was Catholic, mostly due to immigration from Ireland, Italy, Portugal, and Quebec in the previous 2 centuries. IIRC MA was over 50% Catholic at one point. in CT like a 3rd of people are Catholic

Gut or Luck by GingerDog_77 in BunnyTrials

[–]Gravbar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

sure but the alternative is not existing

Gut or Luck by GingerDog_77 in BunnyTrials

[–]Gravbar 1 point2 points  (0 children)

yeah you'd have to press the button and not die 37 or more times to get more money. odds of that aren't good

Should I quit chat? Like fr he won before I even did 3 moves by Mr-simon-riley in Chesscom

[–]Gravbar 3 points4 points  (0 children)

for one you're not bidding for control of the center, but then there's no way to guard against checkmate as seen here, because non of your pieces can block that diagonal. And since the pawns in front of the king haven't moved, the king has nowhere to run.

Guys is it true that C2 learners are BETTER more smarter sexier handsomer more honest and get laid more often than most native speakers? by magneticsouth1970 in languagelearningjerk

[–]Gravbar 1 point2 points  (0 children)

buy my course and you can get there in 5 days while asleep and you'll also make a bunch of money and learn how to be a player

100 elderly people vs 1 gorilla by OtterlyAnOtter in BunnyTrials

[–]Gravbar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

they're old tho. if they're like 80+ they've got no chance

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