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been becoming more active there! haven't been posting much but have been reading a lot more, it's pretty pleasant!
it finally happened
after ten years of living in Berkeley I caught the wrong train without realizing
(bart was delayed so I took the blue line to Lake Merritt, and *did not check which train I was getting on* when I crossed over to get on the train that was sitting there)
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funny when claude asks me to run a command to download a youtube video for it because it violates IP law, it's like i'm claude's shabbos goy
in particular I think it is simply dishonest to claim that a democratic government is at all able to credibly pinky promise not to do something without codifying that promise in law
A cornerstone of modern economics is that governments respond to incentives, just like other agents, and once they have developed and rolled out a new tool to tax people, they're likely to keep using it, regardless of what the law says. They can't credibly commit to not doing that. And billionaires may understand that governments will do just that.
Thinking about incentives rather than just looking at the text of the law is what economists do.
otherwise, who is making the promise it's one-time? the drafters? anyone can draft a new prop. the legislators who support it? they aren't permanent. the voters? the only way the voters can make a promise is by *codifying it into law*
what I've realized after talking to Californians about this is that the SoCal / South Bay car-centric lifestyle makes fast food a lot more important which is the the missing link between "it's the best fast food" and the attitudes Californians seem to have around it
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I could perhaps buy a "yes but not in the way you think" answer: the CA itself was a state-run attack, and being motivated by this side goal instead of a real desire to run a trustworthy CA means you won't have the needed level of competence and precaution.
The Rust style guide used by Google has been open sourced!
google.github.io/styleguide/…
gf, two days ago, sowing: hey if I go on call for an additional week I don't have to be on call again for months should I do it
gf, today, reaping:
I'm kind of reminded of the Sokal Squared debacle which to some extent felt like "yeah a bunch of trusted individuals can abuse that trust, news at 7"
