jonhendry

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[–] jonhendry@awful.systems 6 points 2 months ago

It's the same taxation system, you have to pay US taxes still, but I think you can deduct taxes paid in the new country from what you owe the US.

[–] jonhendry@awful.systems 8 points 2 months ago

I'm not sure Ive still knows how to design things that actually work as opposed to beautiful objects for Dubai yacht dwellers to look at and show off.

[–] jonhendry@awful.systems 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

"Don't worry, in the future when science discovers a cure for being a turd, we'll fish you out and bring you back to life."

[–] jonhendry@awful.systems 6 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Are you saying that women who don't have prominent breasts or wear makeup aren't sexy?

[–] jonhendry@awful.systems 4 points 3 months ago

It's partly that and partly a mad dash for market share in case the get it to work usefully. Although this is kind of pointless because AI isn't very sticky. There's not much to keep you from using another company's AI service. And only the early adopter nerds are figuring out how to run it on their own hardware.

[–] jonhendry@awful.systems 6 points 4 months ago (4 children)

The Vatican, now using shipping containers as diplomatic pouches.

[–] jonhendry@awful.systems 4 points 4 months ago

Assuming the common use of third world to mean "poor countries", then I suppose a "fourth world" country would be one that is poor and *also *not really a functional state, perhaps with some armed conflict going on.

But to describe NYC as that? Nonsense.

[–] jonhendry@awful.systems 6 points 4 months ago

Why even involve ChatGPT? The "against" side should have been allowed to bring a speak 'n spell.

[–] jonhendry@awful.systems 6 points 5 months ago

National ID wouldn't change that unless voter local registration and change-of-address updates were all rigidly and securely integrated.

So long as voter registration is a locally-managed list of names and addresses it's possible to go in and arbitrarily declare some of the registrations void.

[–] jonhendry@awful.systems 3 points 5 months ago

I suspect Google wouldn't publish this.

[–] jonhendry@awful.systems 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Has he never heard of a humidifier? Good lord.

[–] jonhendry@awful.systems 7 points 5 months ago

will automate millions of jobs if it works, might kneecap the economy

will kneecap the economy if it works, too. Because companies certainly aren't going to keep people employed in those millions of jobs.

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