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Foreign propaganda is much easier to spot. It is the domestic propaganda that was legalized in the 2012 Smith-Mundt Modernization act that concerns me.

The entire premise is based around the idea that one still has to appear busy or has a desire to demonstrate something that will justify a raise.

> Something I’ve noticed people do more of recently for whatever reason is talking over others.

I've noticed this as well and I posit this is a result of increased use of remote communication and meetings platforms such as zoom since 2020.

My inclination is that the behavior will not correlate with interrupting chatgpt or siri. Seems totally separate to me.

And all networking configuration and everything else is transferred with close to zero effort?

I suspect that when AT&T built all the COs (1950-70s) they were constrained by both max number of lines and physical distance.

You’ll see numerous COs in a big city, but they are also pretty widely dispersed throughout the suburbs and rural areas.

Anecdotally, this seems to be much less prevalent in the US due to cultural differences. I live in Chicago and their is a 7 cent surcharge for bags. I'd say 1/3 of people actually bring their own even after this has been in place for years.

> The other is that Chinese workers are 30% (or 2X?) more efficient than American workers.

What metrics is this based on?

Yeah, now that I think about it, I never see any screenshots on reddit either. I see tons from twitter.

This may be a dumb question, but wouldn't one only see that content if they engage with it or follow people who engage with it?

Who is downloading threads? Haven't read or heard any talk on it in months. To be fair, I am far removed from the meta ecosystem.

Space, CPU cycles, attention. So much waste

This is one of those posts that reminds me why I love this site so much.

Prices haven't come down though.

I don't understand why this law wouldn't apply to doordash and uber eats as well.