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ineedaj0b commented on What does Palantir actually do? wired.com/story/palantir-... · Posted by u/mudil

Analemma_ · 10 days ago

That "incredible" tech didn't seem to help all that much in Afghanistan. Not only did the US lose, I never got the sense we were even particularly close to winning, even if we'd stayed there for another 20 years and trillion dollars. In terms of tangible wins, what was Palantir's "incredible" tech actually delivering?

ineedaj0b · 10 days ago

there's lots of near admission by numerous service members (retired now) who go on those war/special forces podcasts and admit they had their hands tied and told to stall. the 'brass' didn't want the war to end - unclear if it was the presidents of the time or the generals but we accomplished the mission those in charge wanted (forever war).

ineedaj0b commented on What does Palantir actually do? wired.com/story/palantir-... · Posted by u/mudil

skort · 10 days ago

They didn't even care that involvement in Iraq was based on lies.

ineedaj0b · 10 days ago

jd vance mentions that very thing multiple times in interviews.

ineedaj0b commented on 4k NASA employees opt to leave agency through deferred resignation program kcrw.com/news/shows/npr/n... · Posted by u/ProAm

kacesensitive · a month ago

I know a few of these people. The two I've spoken with since their resignation basically said, "we're definitely getting laid off unless something insane changes with the funding cuts so at least this way we get a severance."

It's really sad how our NASA funding is the lowest it's been since 1961.

https://www.planetary.org/articles/nasa-2026-budget-proposal...

I'm so sick of the not only incompetent leadership in the U.S., but the literal anti-science stance our government has taken. We're 6 months into this nightmare, I really can't see how it can get worse.

ineedaj0b · a month ago

i too knew a lot of NASA employed peopled and it’s always regrettable to lose a job but.. what the heck was our space program doing? i know they blamed changing leadership and changing budget but the space shuttle’s replacement program was run horribly.

the only working part of cape canaveral was whatever spy satellites they needed to launch.

thankfully spaceX does a pretty good job and while I wish it was still nasa leading the globe in space travel, the main decline of our era is unwieldy bureaucracy and not even nasa could figure out how to run a profit despite a monopoly.

ineedaj0b commented on The Collapse of the FDA nytimes.com/2025/07/08/ma... · Posted by u/littlexsparkee

IAmBroom · a month ago

More of your "lots", "rarely", "fewer"... but zero actual data at all. Two large posts of your opinion, and no information to back it up.

ineedaj0b · a month ago

i'm not outing myself to prove a point. keep your power levels hidden.

ineedaj0b commented on US AI Action Plan ai.gov/action-plan... · Posted by u/joelburget

mbgerring · a month ago

This is suicide:

> We need to build and maintain vast AI infrastructure and the energy to power it. To do that, we will continue to reject radical climate dogma and bureaucratic red tape, as the Administration has done since Inauguration Day. Simply put, we need to “Build, Baby, Build!”

ineedaj0b · a month ago

you can figure out with math, climate change is solvable with tech advancement. also the US has pretty clean energy, and likely always will because of fear from future administration changes.

one should be more worried about china or india polluting than the US.

ineedaj0b commented on US AI Action Plan ai.gov/action-plan... · Posted by u/joelburget

crystal_revenge · a month ago

> I'm sure "move fast and break things" will work out great for health care.

Health care is already broken to the point of borderline dystopia. When I contrast the experience I had as a young boy of visiting a rural country doctor to the fast food health care experience of "urgent care" clinics, it makes my head spin.

The last few doctors I've been to have been completely useless and generally uncaring as well. Every visit I've made to a doctor has resulted in my feeling the same at the end but with a big medical bill to go home with.

At this point the only way I'll intentionally end up in a medical facility is if I'm unconscious and someone else makes that call.

Dentistry has met a similar fate as more and more dentists have been swallowed up by private equity. I've had loads of dental work, including a 'surprise' root canal, and never had an issue. My last dentist had a person on staff dedicated to pushing things through on the insurance front and my dental procedure was so awful it boarded on torture.

I used to be an annual check + 3 times a year dentist person. Today I'm dead set on not stepping foot in any kind of medical facility unless the alternative is incredible pain or certain death.

ineedaj0b · a month ago

it's tough to tell what's going wrong for you but concierge medicine will give you a full hour and be much more invested in finding the root of your issues.

keep in mind, drs are also trying to figure out if you're a reliable narrator (so many patients are not) or trying to scam for drugs. best of luck!

ineedaj0b commented on Starbase injury rates outpace rivals as SpaceX chases its Mars moonshot techcrunch.com/2025/07/18... · Posted by u/rntn

ineedaj0b · a month ago

i worked construction for a summer (roofing) and a lot of guys were drunk or on something fun.

i imagine elon is pushing them to build much faster than normal and they'll try.. but you also can't be on anything working a fast schedule. i think zyns would be the only thing safe, adderall would leave you too dehydrated, painkillers sure but you also get clumsier ime, even advil had me feeling off.

construction is hard! i have no idea how the Japanese have such efficiency. they work fast and make it look relaxed.

ineedaj0b commented on The patterns of elites who conceal their assets offshore home.dartmouth.edu/news/2... · Posted by u/cval26

ok_dad · a month ago

Ok now find their hidden assets and take them. Criminals shouldn’t be allowed to get away with crime right? These are some of the worst, IMO, as they rose on our backs and then turned around and stole the fair share they owed to society via tax cheating.

ineedaj0b · a month ago

money is not a finite supply. value is often created without taking from others.

ineedaj0b commented on The Collapse of the FDA nytimes.com/2025/07/08/ma... · Posted by u/littlexsparkee

nosianu · a month ago

If you would give a balanced PoV you would not only count the good drugs that could have been, but also list all the bad ones that were fortunately prevented from being released on the public. If you only list one side, your argument is missing something essential. Loosening regulations has an effect not only on drugs that turn out to be very net positive, we will also see more bad ones. Now I'm just waiting for someone to point out that all we need is perfect regulation that exactly lets through all the good ones and filters all the bad ones....

ineedaj0b · a month ago

some drug are moneymakers. lots of people can take them. viagra was that or now ozempic etc. but there's lots of novel drugs that never get past testing because they cost too much or the market too small to recover profit.

these studies struggle to find candidates, the testers rarely have serious side effects, so i think on the net this will not cause the harm you worry.

however! i would be worried taking new broad market drugs post any fda collapse.. but there's fewer of those on average. and pharma companies compete on efficacy and side effects and love to show investors results. so mixed bag.

we play it too safe. ozempic will save many many lives. if it had been approved years earlier it would have saved many many more. waiting for perfect is what the current system feels like, and seems like something you also know is foolish.

18 studies. only 6 novel. not a healthy ecosystem imo

ineedaj0b commented on The Collapse of the FDA nytimes.com/2025/07/08/ma... · Posted by u/littlexsparkee

ineedaj0b · a month ago

i know this is a very political thing now but i've had friends (smart phd people who work industry) very annoyed at the fda for many years, and maybe this collapse is good!

the fda started with a noble mission but they've been getting heavy handed. or better cliched - slow handed with getting things certified.

you can solve this one or two ways: drop regulation or increase staffing.

so many institutions have unnecessary fluff, tremendous red tape (why do i need environmental review to stick a shed in my backyard??), our modern lives have too much regulation.

let's hope for the best.

the old system is holding back drugs.. there should have been more ozempics, more breakthroughs had the fda not been so slow. companies have a strong incentive not release bad drugs now.. lawyers are not cheap and law firms know money can be made.. it's not the 1930s anymore.. (okay it's still the 1930s in certain places of the world, that's a criticism)

typing this out hoping to convince any regulation reduction is good reduction, i thought of a third fda option: the fda let's everyone go hog wild initially but looks at the top consumed products and checks them for safety and efficacy each year.