akudha
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Comment · 25 minutes ago
Maybe they will fail, maybe they will do very well - time will tell. Even if they fail badly, it still can't be as bad as an authoritarian rule, right?
Comment · 23 hours ago
This is a wider problem than just the tech industry. The kind of rhetoric, words used in political rallies, debates, on TV etc just sets the tone for society as a whole to become a bit more meaner, nastier...one step at a time. Even religious talks, sermons etc aren't immune to this
Comment · 2 days ago
How much money did they spend? A few million, few tens of millions perhaps? That is not even a rounding error for them.
Maybe the delay and opportunity cost caused them some pain, but whatever they invested in contracts, labor etc is probably pocket change for them
Comment · 2 days ago
Yes, Finland can also tighten the rules on future permits etc. But after all this, Google will simply pay a fine and look for another country/forest to exploit. It will also not bring back the 250K trees they destroyed.
Comment · 2 days ago
What is the point? They will pay a fine and move on to their next exploit. Maybe the punishment should be to force them to spend as much money/time/effort as needed to regrow the entire forest, all 250,000 trees, and then some. Even if it takes 20-30 years - pay for reforestation, hire crews, pay for inspections/watchdogs to monitor etc
Comment · 2 days ago
Ah ok, understood. Thank you
Comment · 2 days ago
But there are lots of boring business applications of IDP, right? Invoice parsing, open data PDF parsing (from data.gov for example) and so on? Not sure about national security implications here
Comment · 4 days ago
Unless we have a well planned distribution channel, SaaS is tough now that code has no moat - correct?
Consulting might still be around at least in the short term, I guess…
Comment · 10 days ago
This is what I want to do too. If I had money, I would also like to build a small community (maybe 20-50 people max) who can live off the land, and just do what they like - compose music, write software etc etc. Maybe build a library with only physical books, only those that were published before 1980 (or some timeline like that).
Comment · 11 days ago
I'm no fan of FB, but the problem is deeper than FB. If FB vanishes overnight, some other service will take its place, and the same people who posted on FB will post on whatever the new website/service is.
Yes, it would be nice if FB fades into obscurity. But what would be nicer is if people had some basic decency and responsibility (everyone, me included) before posting clickbaity, flammable, junk stuff. I have no clue how to achieve this, but the internet used to be a fun place (for learning, niche topics/ideas etc) - those days are gone, and it sucks
Comment · 12 days ago
If they harm a billion people, but it benefits trillions in some theoretical glorious future, then it's the right thing to do
By the same logic, if harming one billionaire benefits million normal people, will they be okay with it? None of this makes any sense. Who gave them the right to decide all of this anyway?
Comment · 12 days ago
Plus robots (software and hardware) will increasingly be used to invade even the most basic privacy, to control people etc. They are not just productivity tools anymore, they are also mass surveillance tools and every bad thing that comes with it.
Example: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ca7ufSI1Qxg&ra=m
Most depressing part is humans are training robots to replace themselves
Comment · 12 days ago
Forget Billions or even 100s of millions. If I had a single digit million dollar fortune to my name, nobody will hear from me again. I'll go to a quiet corner and just read books or garden or whatever. If I can be of any help/use to those less fortunate than me, I will. If I can't do that, then I'll keep quiet and live out my life.
I cannot fathom going out of my way to create chaos, to be cruel, to make lives miserable for millions of people, and worst of all, call it "progress". I just don't understand how these people think. Maybe I am just too poor, too dumb...