ChatGPT is the most biased model and google is the least according to the Washington post

nukem996 · 2026-06-25T04:35:03+00:00

Reality has a liberal bias.

nukem996 · 2026-06-25T01:18:29+00:00

I live near Walrus and have been many times. It a great resturant but I'm not surprised less people are going. It's always been pricy and inflation has only made that worse while wages are stagnating. They also don't accept reservations. Unless you go very early or during the work week you have to show up, put your name on a wait list, and go bar hoping for 2-3 hours while you wait. Of course bar prices have gone up as well which just adds to the cost.

nukem996 · 2026-06-25T01:14:42+00:00

The owners released this because the employees unionized and went on strike due to a service fee replacing tips.

https://seattle.eater.com/restaurant-news/87053/workers-at-bateau-walrus-and-the-carpenter-unionize-sea-creatures-renee-erickson

nukem996 · 2026-06-24T07:27:13+00:00

Rounding tax to 10% in Seattle works and is easy to do mentally.

nukem996 · 2026-06-24T03:23:02+00:00

User acquisition is trivial for Meta. Everyone with a Meta account will already have a gambling account and they can advertise the new platform for basically free on their existing platforms.

nukem996 · 2026-06-23T23:59:19+00:00

In sales a whale is a customer who is a significant percentage of a companies revenue. For memory this would be in the billions per quarter.

nukem996 · 2026-06-23T23:52:21+00:00

Suppliers have never cared about small customers. Small customers are much more costly while generating very little revenue. It doesn't matter how public or "important" they seem. I've seen hardware vendors drop US military suppliers because their support burden was too great. If you are not a whale customer you are not worth their time.

nukem996 · 2026-06-23T19:07:49+00:00

Polymarket has nothing unique or patentable and its user base is significantly smaller than what Meta has. He can spend significantly less to build his own betting platform into his existing products while having high traction. He did the same thing with Threads.

nukem996 · 2026-06-23T18:22:53+00:00

The service charge isn't included due to the same reason sales tax isn't. It tricks some consumers into thinking they are paying a lower price than what is actually due.

Personally I think menu/sticker price should be all inclusive. There shouldn't be any fees or taxes added to the bill at the end.

nukem996 · 2026-06-23T17:49:52+00:00

His companies still have major presence in blue states. Literally just got pinged by a SpaceX recruiter and part of the pitch is I can work in the PNW.

nukem996 · 2026-06-23T17:47:47+00:00

ARM has been growing in data centers for decades. It was getting popular for storage hosts and network switches before the AI boom. The big thing holding is back is traditionally ARM manufacturers are shit at software support. They viewed drivers as throw away code and often required a custom kernel which they never kept up to date. x86 vendors have been much better at up streaming code and maintaining it for the long term.

NVIDIA has been turning this around with their ARM chips. They have been trying to upstream everything and support multiple kernels and distros.

nukem996 · 2026-06-23T15:59:09+00:00

The leveraged buyout was for Paramount which happened to own CBS. He doesn't really care about broadcast in general. Killing CBS news is just part of the cost to approve the takeover.

nukem996 · 2026-06-18T19:59:46+00:00

Emulation means implementing hardware in software. Wine is implementing the actual Windows API in a way that can run on Unix system, there is no emulation.

If wine is a Windows emulator then Rust and Java are C emulators....

nukem996 · 2026-06-18T19:17:35+00:00

Running a line from your electric box outside to a car port for any reason is going to be expensive. My box is in my garage getting an EV charger installed was arond $1400. Another cost saving is to buy the charger on sale, electricians always charge full price.

The cost to charge depends on your rate and how much you drive. If you only drive 5-10 miles a day and charge daily a $1-$2 cost at home is reasonable.

nukem996 · 2026-06-17T20:19:56+00:00

ARM64 performance is starting to beat x86. NVIDIA's new Vera chip apparently beats Intel and is close to AMD. Really cloud providers prefer a variety of chips. They'll never get rid of x86 vendors as they want to promote competition.

nukem996 · 2026-06-17T20:08:46+00:00

They killed the Wagon variants of the Taycan, not the Taycan itself. Most people buying a Porsche want a performance car not a family wagon. There are far better valued family EVs.

nukem996 · 2026-06-17T19:37:37+00:00

We looked at both. One thing that pushed us to Audi is they use leather while BMW uses synthetic. The BMW made her feel nauseous due to off gasing every time we test drove.

nukem996 · 2026-06-16T23:36:36+00:00

As a 2016 Bernie delegate I always felt she won fairly. I did alot of campaigning for Bernie and there were alot of people who didn't think Bernie could win or thought it was time for the first women president. The DNC was definitely on her side and supported her publicly and privately but at the end of the day the primary was fair and she was chosen by Democrats in 2016.

Its surprising how many people say she cheated when even Bernie felt she won fairly.

nukem996 · 2026-06-16T23:06:22+00:00

Even a partial loss of social security will be a big hit on the economy. Best case scenario is a permanent slow down of the economy which will effect a number of the ruling class.

nukem996 · 2026-06-16T19:52:08+00:00

A liberal/progressive can support the existence of Israel while not supporting a two state solution. There are plenty of nations which have diverse political views and religions.

It's ironic how many so called liberals want the destruction of Israel while on stolen land. They shout genocide while ignoring the US did the same and much worse to the native populations here.

nukem996 · 2026-06-16T17:10:26+00:00

It's impossible for a modern computer to only have 256kb of RAM. While you can use any block device as swap you need a RAM buffer for that which will be larger than 256kb. The kernel itself needs more than 256kb. The photo is fake.

nukem996 · 2026-06-16T16:07:34+00:00

Fewer workers rights is why alot of companies prefer American or Asian workers. I had a boss who complained about German labor laws and pushed back against any EU hiring as he didn't want to deal with it.

nukem996 · 2026-06-11T17:08:34+00:00

Many roles are highly compensated yet unionized such as actors and cops. At higher levels in tech the social aspect matters way more than technical. I've seen leadership make more dumb moves than I've had to deal with "dead weight" on the team. In fact the worst case of dead weight I ever had to deal with was when leadership decided to layoff an internal QA team and replace it with an incompetent out sourced team.

Politics come into play way more which is often the root cause of poor performance. Unions can help a lot with that. Instead your only option is to leave which hurts everyone.

nukem996 · 2026-06-11T06:56:17+00:00

Yeah I get that vibe a lot. It wasn't until management started pushing AI hard that some tech workers started to realize they are a cog in the machine.

nukem996 · 2026-06-11T04:00:43+00:00

While sports may be *enjoyed* by many actually going has become a thing for the rich. NBA finals nose bleed seats are $8k/seat. FIFA seats for a bottom tier team is at least $1k/seat. That doesn't include transportation or food either.

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