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by FooBarBizBazz 2y ago
Quoth the AI: > According to Freud, dreaming about trains often symbolizes the journey of life, with the train representing the progression of time and the destination representing death, and the act of riding a train can be linked to un
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by FooBarBizBazz 2y ago
Thanks.
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by FooBarBizBazz 2y ago
What if those worlds are encoded so efficiently that they can be communicated in only 10 bits/sec? Maybe there's tons of detail but not very much is actually probable, so one part of your mind can "fill in the gaps" with
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by FooBarBizBazz 2y ago
> Khalid performed the ceremony over the Channel with Gladys taking the name Khair ul Nissa. "Khair ul* Nissa"?! This cannot be a coincidence? That was also the name of a young Hyderabadi noblewoman who married the earlier Engl
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by FooBarBizBazz 2y ago
Viral marketing for Anduril's drone-seeking drone(s)? Whip up hysteria and sell a "solution"? (So far it seems the beneficiary isn't Anduril but Robin Radar: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news&#x2F
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by FooBarBizBazz 2y ago
Before people start acting like "let's not kill old people to save money" is somehow right-coded, here's Jacobin on the matter: https://jacobin.com/2024/12/uk-assisted-suicide-maid-canada-...
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by FooBarBizBazz 2y ago
Since the Millennial generation, pretty much, at least among the (over-)educated. It kills me; I'd prefer to pretend we're all participating in some shared project called "civilization". But, as the shooting in the stree
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by FooBarBizBazz 2y ago
Given how terrible that advice is, it makes you reconsider the other items. The whole post might be clever satire: " Don't just do what you're told. Don't just eat the crap pushed by Big Ag. Do think."
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by FooBarBizBazz 2y ago
You're watching people respond to price pressures and calling it their unforced preferences. This is like saying "obviously people prefer to be childless", or, possibly soon, "apparently people prefer to eat only rice an
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by FooBarBizBazz 2y ago
"Reverse collar" (aka "long (iron) condor") options strategies would be one possibility, depending on the premiums people are charging. This is assuming that options trading for Bitcoin is possible and works the same as
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by FooBarBizBazz 2y ago
I guess this other thread is where additional conversation will be happening: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42296067
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by FooBarBizBazz 2y ago
I was about to write, "yeah, but Intel has good long-term-oriented leadership now in Pat Gelsinger, so while it'll take time, it'll eventually bounce back. Because, under him, it's finally been investing in R&D inste
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by FooBarBizBazz 2y ago
I liked some of Murakami's work, but I didn't really like 1Q84. I remember e.g. South of the Border, West of the Sun as being better (that's just the first title that springs to mind).
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by FooBarBizBazz 2y ago
This "the West and Christianity" thing may reinforce dichotomies that we do not need (East vs West), while glossing over essential distinctions (Christianity vs its Abrahamic roots). Yes, much is good about Christianity, and yes,
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by FooBarBizBazz 2y ago
Blindsight by Peter Watts. That messed with my head but good. And not necessarily in a good way. But I have to mention it.
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by FooBarBizBazz 2y ago
That's a disturbing thought... What I meant wasn't that poisoning the population has been anyone's first goal, but that they have just callously disregarded those effects in pursuit of profit, or of "success" in wha
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by FooBarBizBazz 2y ago
I'm really sympathetic to the impulse that led to this article, but I think it's missing something central: The structure of the economy. The word "inequality" ("inequalities", actually) appears only twice, in
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by FooBarBizBazz 2y ago
I'm sure there are current things that are like this. The first that comes to mind is atrazine. Its use is banned in the EU. Yes, this chemical is the cause of Alex Jones' concerns about amphibians. But if both the EU and Alex Jon
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by FooBarBizBazz 2y ago
> people mistake posture issues for lack of exercise / being sedentary [...] > If you work out a minimal amount and build some core strength / back muscles etc then you'll find that your posture naturally corrects itsel
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by FooBarBizBazz 2y ago
I dunno, if you've made enough money to enjoy it (like, say you've been in Bay Area "Tech" for a few years), London seems like a cooler place to be. You lose on dollars and cents, but I'd think you'd win on lif
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by FooBarBizBazz 2y ago
> Guess who won't be fine? US auto manufacturers. The US is trying to do industrial policy (like now in China, and previously in Korea, Japan, and Taiwan, and in Germany before that), but without the key aspect -- export discipline
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by FooBarBizBazz 2y ago
I actually agree with your principle, but don't think it applies to Anthropic, because I interpret the name to mean that they are making machines that are "human-like". More cynically, I would say that AI is about making soft
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by FooBarBizBazz 2y ago
Nah, wokeness was zero-sum, interested in domination/submission and Power, and it sought to control others, particularly their speech. This is positive-sum -- your health comes at no-one else's expense, and indeed your example can
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by FooBarBizBazz 2y ago
Not enough separation between the hole and the feet. You never know what you're stepping in.
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by FooBarBizBazz 2y ago
We need to think more game theoretically. Since our courageous cyclist must already have a deathwish to be on the same roads as these vehicles, he should go all in with a vest packed with C4 and ball bearings so that, in the event of a cras
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by FooBarBizBazz 2y ago
> there are no dedicated off-road vehicles anymore, only luxury SUVs that no one can afford and no one would take off road. I saw a classic Willys MB -- an original Jeep -- the other day, and it really brought home to me how far modern &
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by FooBarBizBazz 2y ago
Yes, this trend of tall toilets is at odds with human anatomy. The full-on squat toilet may be excessive (and has its own problems), but at least the Western toilet should be low enough that the hips and knees are at acute angles. I keep se
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by FooBarBizBazz 2y ago
As usual, when a "Christian" wants to be un-Christian, they do it by mining the Old Testament.
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by FooBarBizBazz 2y ago
Pretty sure "scientific racism" owes more to pop versions of evolutionary theory than it does to a near-Eastern religion that endows all people with immortal souls, spreads the faith in all languages following Pentacost, tells par
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by FooBarBizBazz 2y ago
There are several interesting paragraphs buried in "Assistance", especially starting with "As of August 2021, if a farmer wants to sue[...]". tl;dr, there's an antitrust angle here.

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