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  • LuFins DadL LuFins Dad

    And what’s it matter? 2/3rds of the country will be unemployed as AI takes over. We’re all going to be fighting for scraps, and those skinny little Indian boys will be easier to push around than those Venezuelan gang members…

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    @LuFins-Dad said in Vivek's Blood, Sweat & Tears Comment:

    And what’s it matter? 2/3rds of the country will be unemployed as AI takes over. We’re all going to be fighting for scraps, and those skinny little Indian boys will be easier to push around than those Venezuelan gang members…

    I dunno.

    I'm still waiting for computers to make my life easier and to create less paperwork.

    “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

    Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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      @LuFins-Dad said in Vivek's Blood, Sweat & Tears Comment:

      And what’s it matter? 2/3rds of the country will be unemployed as AI takes over. We’re all going to be fighting for scraps, and those skinny little Indian boys will be easier to push around than those Venezuelan gang members…

      I dunno.

      I'm still waiting for computers to make my life easier and to create less paperwork.

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      @Jolly said in Vivek's Blood, Sweat & Tears Comment:

      I dunno.

      I'm still waiting for computers to make my life easier and to create less paperwork.

      I'm sure I'm not alone in finding that changing technology frequently makes my job more admin-heavy and inefficient. 20 years ago I did a lot more engineering, and a lot less feeding the data-beast.

      I was only joking

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        We collect a whole lot more information in healthcare. I’m not entirely sure the vast majority of it serves to make it better, but all the patient facing docs are spending more time feeding the EHR than tending patients.

        Wholly agree on the Bracero program.

        “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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          AI should improve both the data collection and the utility of the data collected in time.

          Only non-witches get due process.

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          • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

            AI should improve both the data collection and the utility of the data collected in time.

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            @jon-nyc said in Vivek's Blood, Sweat & Tears Comment:

            AI should improve both the data collection and the utility of the data collected in time.

            Yeah, and robots will give us all this extra leisure time in the 1970's.

            I was only joking

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              Ha.

              Only non-witches get due process.

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                Only non-witches get due process.

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                  These guys couldn’t even make it to the inauguration. I like it though - it’s fun. It’s a real policy discussion, just done in WWE style.

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                    A real critique of the abuses of the H1B system (which I’m generally a supporter of). Nevertheless this deserves attention.

                    Only non-witches get due process.

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                      I haven’t really examined the chart, but I can imagine all the unanticipated outcomes that have occurred. Still, a smart immigration policy would be welcome.

                      “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                      • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

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                        @jon-nyc said in Vivek's Blood, Sweat & Tears Comment:

                        Dang ... Bannon characterizes Musk with the term "running dog [for the CCP]" ... that's particularly damning when mentioned in the context of cozying up to the CCP. It's at the same level as accusing a Jew of working for the Nazi.

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                        • AxtremusA Axtremus

                          @jon-nyc said in Vivek's Blood, Sweat & Tears Comment:

                          Dang ... Bannon characterizes Musk with the term "running dog [for the CCP]" ... that's particularly damning when mentioned in the context of cozying up to the CCP. It's at the same level as accusing a Jew of working for the Nazi.

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                          @Axtremus

                          Not exactly, it was an epithet more commonly used by Stalinist prosecutors and judges in show trials against alleged Trotskyists in the 1930s. Likewise the term “enemy of the people” Trump sometimes has used originated similarly during the Great Terror.

                          Elbows up!

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                            With the CCP in context, the term "running dog" can be a literal translation of the term 「走狗」, the usage of which predates Marx by a century, commonly used in Chinese literature to label those working for evil powers to oppress their own people.

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                              Possible then that the Bolsheviks appropriated it from the Chinese. Would come as no surprise.

                              Elbows up!

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                                My experience with H1B hires is all about cheap labor.

                                The talk about talent is nonsense.

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                                  Only non-witches get due process.

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                                    My experience with H1B hires is all about cheap labor.

                                    The talk about talent is nonsense.

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                                    @Copper said in Vivek's Blood, Sweat & Tears Comment:

                                    My experience with H1B hires is all about cheap labor.

                                    The talk about talent is nonsense.

                                    Not sure what is nonsensical about talk about talent, but certainly talent at a discount is what H1Bs are about.

                                    Education is extremely important.

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                                      Trump always keeps things interesting:

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                                        Newton’s Third Law of Trump. For every Trump action there can be found an equal and opposite Trump reaction.

                                        Only non-witches get due process.

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                                        • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                                          Newton’s Third Law of Trump. For every Trump action there can be found an equal and opposite Trump reaction.

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                                          @jon-nyc said in Vivek's Blood, Sweat & Tears Comment:

                                          Newton’s Third Law of Trump. For every Trump action there can be found an equal and opposite Trump reaction.

                                          That's not bad. Just curious, did you see it on your twitter feed, or did you come up with it?

                                          Education is extremely important.

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