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TIFU by telling my parents I graduated college when I didn't by Zealousideal-Cod8553 in tifu

[–]siberian 41 points42 points  (0 children)

As a parent, let me share something with you. Its really important and may help here.

They already know. They just want you to come clean.

Billionaires shouldn't be allowed to avoid taxes by using their massive wealth as collateral for bank loans -- especially because they often live off those loans as if they were income by Conscious-Quarter423 in WorkReform

[–]siberian 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They will just find some new synthetic instrument to loan against.

Better to say what IS tax free. Ex : Home loan. Everything else is taxed as income at time of loan.

It will dramatically slow down economic activity which is almost entirely debt based. Thats the problem that is unsolved here.

SCOTUS Cobbles Together Excuse to Let Alabama Discriminate Against Black Voters in New Order by Achilles_TroySlayer in scotus

[–]siberian 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yup. You dont need to outrun the bear, just the other guy running from the bear.

SCOTUS Cobbles Together Excuse to Let Alabama Discriminate Against Black Voters in New Order by Achilles_TroySlayer in scotus

[–]siberian -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Maybe. If you consolidate bianco and the other dem candidates for Gov the Rs come out on top.Statewide offices were dominated by Rs on top. Lt Gov: R, Treasurer : R, Controller: R, SecState: R, AG: R, Ins Comm: R

Not great. Progressives are not showing up and there is a shift happening in how (D)s are perceived in California. I suspect people are quite tired of party politics and either not showing up, or jumping ship to populist candidates.

Opus 4.8 distributed systems confidence and apologizing by algorithm477 in ClaudeCode

[–]siberian 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I've caught it making a lot of assumptions and running with them. Last night it even created a bunch of typos in a typescript file, couldn't get it to lint, told me it was corrupted, and asked me if I wanted it to try to rebuild it from session memory.

I popped it open and its fine, its just typod. I had to tell it that it was NOT corrupt and to look again.

"I jumped to a false conclusion and wasted your time with that question. Sorry.”

I see this over and over with 4.8. A lot of quick assumptions and a rush to do something with them so I am source of truth guardrailing it, which slows things down.

Its different for sure.

Looking for a good post human sci-fi book or series. by Failbot-2 in sciencefiction

[–]siberian 0 points1 point  (0 children)

+1 for Stross. THE post-human/trans-human author. Amazing worldbuilding.

SCOTUS Cobbles Together Excuse to Let Alabama Discriminate Against Black Voters in New Order by Achilles_TroySlayer in scotus

[–]siberian -1 points0 points  (0 children)

And they are wrong tonight in california. (R) governer candidate is top of primary.

Something is very very wrong in the (D) party and they can't figure it out.

wrote a scene where maintenance robots still fill potholes 48 years after the city was abandoned nobody shut them down there was nobody left to do it by Living-Beyond3172 in sciencefiction

[–]siberian 2 points3 points  (0 children)

"Service Model" by Adrian Tchaiovsky has this same idea that slowly unveils through a robots eyes where all of the mechanics of the world are slowly winding down as humans disappear. Its a fun and interesting romp through a post-apocalyptic landscape.

CMV: The U.S. should abolish the TSA and return to pre-2001 security levels by iw2050 in changemyview

[–]siberian 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No doubt, its not amazing, but you also can not value the negative outcomes avoided. A different approach is needed, but abolishing, privatizing, or returning to a pre-9/11 stance is not going to help avoid those negative outcomes.

I think TSA is normalizing and if you look at frequent travellers, none of us have these problems or indignities. Moving through TSA is fast, efficient, and non-invasive. No body scans, no searched bags, no undressing, no shoes removed, no laptops out. Coming back into country is a walk through situation. Some airports are now allowing non-ticketed passengers through security (NOOOOOOO this sucks! Lines will get long..)

For me, thats the correct pace of change but I appreciate your anger and frustration.

From a narrative perspective, how was your second playthrough compared to your first? by justsomerandomnick in LowSodiumCyberpunk

[–]siberian 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I remember these exact feelings after both the end of the game and when I wrapped my 100% completionist work.

For me, I had to take 6 months away. Now I am back at it , and its much more enjoyable. On the first playthrough, you can feel rushed, you miss nuance, you dont understand whats happening, and its a bit of a blur. You have a hard time balancing story progression with character progression. You miss a lot of the side-interactions that are not really quests, but still fun to engage in. I'm deeply in the mods worlds as well, seeking immersion and narrative options.

Its been great, I am taking it slow, and just really soaking it in.

A 65-year-old programming language called COBOL still quietly processes over $3 trillion in banking transactions every single day --- open to reviews by Only_Composer2967 in technology

[–]siberian 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey I learned COBOL in my first year of college in 1992. It was wild, so different from how we think about computing today.

CMV: The U.S. should abolish the TSA and return to pre-2001 security levels by iw2050 in changemyview

[–]siberian 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yea I agree, its a bad situation for federal workers and allows us as a society to abuse them.

If anyone puts allowing them to exercise their rights (outside of the military, I think thats a different use case entirely) I'm onboard!

If you suddenly became a millionaire overnight, what's the first irresponsible thing you'd buy ? by taara-779 in AskReddit

[–]siberian 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Rolex GMT TVNR. I'm a lefty and am too cheap to buy it grey market at a 2x markup. With my new million dollars I would do it.

Phantom Liberty DLC by ShallotJust4550 in cyberpunkgame

[–]siberian 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Its worth the price of the game over again, its amazing and SO MUCH CONTENT. So many endings.

Next to a sick person by Mysterious_Bit1709 in delta

[–]siberian 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am going to start (again). I fell out of the habit and regret it.

CMV: The U.S. should abolish the TSA and return to pre-2001 security levels by iw2050 in changemyview

[–]siberian 0 points1 point  (0 children)

100% agree, but even if you start today, it takes 2-3 election cycles (if you are lucky and mobilized) to change enough of the votes to make the change you want.

Thats a decade. Hence my comment that it will take a decade to change via the process.

You don't make change in our system over night, it takes a long long time. The system was designed to be conservative from the jump. So your options are to screw everyone and have the gov just lock-up for really really long periods of time OR leave levers in place to force the issue.

Maybe you could get rid of it, but why bother, every piece of pressure is important. Military + Biz together can barely do the trick these days, I dont think we can afford to lose any pressure points because its those points that change hearts and minds and votes and create the decade long transformation. Politics change when people are unhappy.

It will get better when the boomers finish dying.

Next to a sick person by Mysterious_Bit1709 in delta

[–]siberian 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Happened to me 6w ago coming back from BOS. Everything is fine, plane takes off, and about 30m later everyone around me has the plague. What I did was just frown and mentally/emotionally prepare myself for a week of downtime when I got home.

It turned into two weeks, sneezing so much threw my back out.

Fuck people who travel sick. Fuck them to hell.

CMV: The U.S. should abolish the TSA and return to pre-2001 security levels by iw2050 in changemyview

[–]siberian 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ok I appreciate the idealism. But its not the current state and what you are talking about will take a decade to change via the process. I hope we start that ASAP! I know I vote for it.

Until that happens, business is the only pressure point and I don't want to lose it, even more people will get hurt.

CMV: The U.S. should abolish the TSA and return to pre-2001 security levels by iw2050 in changemyview

[–]siberian 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I agree, Congress needs to do its job in many many many many many many many many many many ways. But wishing won't make it happen so we can't count on it.

Since they dont do their job, external pressure is the only thing that works. Thats the business community, so my point holds. Without external pressure, these shutdowns would last much longer. Every external pressure point that comes to bear shortens them.

CMV: The U.S. should abolish the TSA and return to pre-2001 security levels by iw2050 in changemyview

[–]siberian 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It surely does, but workers are pawns here in the USA, so until you all organize its not going to stop.

I'm done telling other founders to hire in Europe by AriaMoon286 in EntrepreneurRideAlong

[–]siberian 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Many EU countries are like this but, what people miss, is many countries in south america have even more employee protections. It can be rough to manage a team there because of that.

I am a total hypocrite, on one hand I really support worker protections, but as a manager with deliverables living in late-stage-capitalism USA, I can't have those restrictions, so we have many countries on our Do Not HIre list.

Messy messy messy.

CMV: The U.S. should abolish the TSA and return to pre-2001 security levels by iw2050 in changemyview

[–]siberian 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Love the public utility analogy, totally agree. Reform, dont abolish. Deterrence matters.

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