Greg Stein

Open Source Hacker

[Greg Stein @gstein]

@the_jefferymead Shelby Steele agrees with you. Choices have been offered to black people for decades, but have not been taken. Instead, there is a pattern of being a victim. The opportunities are not chosen, which inevitably leads to lesser outcomes.

[Greg Stein @gstein]

You over-simplify. Much of the reason was about government control. "The North" installed export taxes, so the South would sell their cotton to New England rather than France. The South was disadvantaged in Congress and fought for economic freedom. Their business model used slaves, yes, but slavery was secondary to their loss of control.

The Civil War has also been called "The War of Northern Aggression" for a reason.

Note that President Lincoln was mostly ambivalent to slavery. It only became a primary concern after the war was already started.

[Greg Stein @gstein]

@AuntieBag @the_jefferymead You do realize that Shelby is a black man, right? He and his son created the documentary "What Killed Michael Brown?" ... Not WHO, but WHAT.

Spend some time listening to him.

[Greg Stein @gstein]

@ihnoot @the_jefferymead Not sure. I've listened to him on several podcasts, along with his son Eli. He is very well-spoken; naturally, as an black man himself, and an academic/researcher on various black-related issues.

He and Eli appeared on Megyn Kelly's podcast. That's my first recommendation.

[Greg Stein @gstein]

@Jason Previous colleague of mine, named Chris, keeps pronouns in his signature. It makes sense in a few scenarios (think of SNL's "Pat").

And old friend of mine in San Fran is a dude named Shannon. Pronouns are helpful for him :-)

That said: outside the edge cases: they're garbage.

[Arthur MacWaters @ArthurMacwaters]

In 1913, only 1% of households filed income tax

Now, 100% do.

Every time a tax scheme is created, it starts with "just the rich" and quickly applies to everyone.

Every time.

California will seize assets of every citizen if this passes.

Not income, assets. Your house. Your furniture.

This would end the Golden State.

[Greg Stein @gstein]

@maggioc36 @Rothmus You acknowledge they pay the majority.

What if a rich person pays $200,000, and you pay just $100.

Are you upset about that? Why do the percentages matter? They are clearly paying more than you.

[Greg Stein @gstein]

@BenjaminDEKR @imPenny2x I surmise that he saw the acceleration of AI, robotics, and AGI moving faster than government(s) can kill it off. So he just stopped worrying about the government(s), and applied more focus on tech.

[Greg Stein @gstein]

@Mobell_k @Stuff314159 @JorgeRivarola18 @ergo117 @viennoiscafe The macro-level continual surplus is due to the aggregate increases in (human) productivity. It keeps going up, so we produce more at lower prices.

The market steers the goods produced to meet the demand, and profit is required for those producers.

[Apache - The ASF @TheASF]

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[Greg Stein @gstein]

@dave3dave3dave3 @chamath States have *incentives* to continue fraudulent use of Federal money. Generally speaking, every dollar of Federal money means one less dollar of State money that needs to be spent to provide for the grifter economy. Helps to balance the State budget.

[Greg Stein @gstein]

@RickelKendra @chrishacken @chamath Promise pensions to unions in return for votes.

Illinois is going bankrupt for same reason: pension obligations.

You see it in many "blue" states. Use taxpayer money for (future) pension benefits; what do politicians care about your money?

[Greg Stein @gstein]

Correction: copyright does protect derived works.

What it does not protect is clean-room implementations of a tool or product or API, based on observed operation.

So: implement from how Claude Code works, rather than mechanically translate the Typescript.

[Greg Stein @gstein]

@BasedMikeLee Remove Thune. You can do this @BasedMikeLee ... stop talking, and take some action.

[Greg Stein @gstein]

@elonmusk @shanaka86 LEO is chump. Head to Lagrange Point 1 and halo orbits. Only need a tenth of the delta-v out there to maintain orbital shells 100x in size.

Deorbit burns go into the sun, not Earthbound. Much safer for humans.

[Greg Stein @gstein]

@elonmusk @Mookafish Unless you launch the satellites with fixed solar (skip the mechanisms to unfold). Reduces the weight and complexity of the sat, but requires the g-forces to remain low.

(and use maglev in the mass driver to avoid effects of moon dust on rails)

[Greg Stein @gstein]

@vaalkaar @wil_da_beast630 Concerned for the executioner? Find another one. One commentator said: enlist a fellow death row inmate.

IMO, we should use nitrogen asphyxiation across the board. The body doesn't realize oxygen is missing (it only reacts to CO2). You fall asleep, then suffocate. Easy. Clean.

[Greg Stein @gstein]

https://t.co/MlaUl3cXJl

I barfed at the first paragraph. Total bullshit. "most scrutinized and security-hardened codebases" ... No, motherfucker. MoCo would not accept security patches. That is why Chrome was started. Google had enough of your refusal to make common sense fixes.

But fuck me. I read to the end. I knew I should have stopped. Goddamned masochist. The blog post ended with "working with our community to build a browser that puts users first"

No. Fuck you. You did not. MoCo refused to work with the community. In this case, Google having an entire team trying to help Firefox. And you ignored them.

So. Chrome was born. "Security, Speed, and UX". Google puts Users first. You did not. Just fuck right off.

cc: @BrianGrinstead @mozdeco

[Greg Stein @gstein]

@VladSaigau Moon-based manufacturing lacks carbon, but near-earth asteroids (ref: Trojans) provide that via a robot mining team and mass-drivers to return chunks to the Moon.
(mostly the carbon is needed for Starship fuel, rather than the compute node L1 "satellites")

[Greg Stein @gstein]

@VladSaigau Earth orbit is a non-starter for the target count of nodes. Halo orbits around Lagrange Point 1 is where you want to be. Moon launch. Fixed solar panels at launch rather than weight/mechanics to deploy post-launch. At EOL, drop into the sun.