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by Fricken 7mo ago
Here's an explainer video: https://youtu.be/Jth4yATniS4?si=zIzZXwLk6RTgyeCQ&t=37
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by Fricken 7mo ago
Sometimes I just want to know "what is popular on youtube right now? What is it that the world is watching?" and Youtube won't tell me anymore. The algorithm isolates me and my preferences from consensus reality. Youtube does
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by Fricken 7mo ago
I got into bicycle touring a few years ago, and it’s an ultra-endurance activity which means burning 3- 4 times as many calories as I would on a sedentary day. My training rides were all local weekend overnighters in preparation for the big
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Iran warns U.S. tech firms could become targets as war expands(wired.me)
82 points by Fricken 7mo ago|148 comments
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by Fricken 7mo ago
They can't do it without us. First thing is we should probably do is stop helping them.
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by Fricken 7mo ago
Having a 70 year old play tennis is much more expensive than letting him die off and instead have an up and coming 17 year old play tennis. 17 year olds stay healthy and young, and are able to have meaningful life experiences at no extra co
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by Fricken 7mo ago
I've heard many different groups tell me their small fraction is not the small fraction that matters.
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by Fricken 7mo ago
I haven't seen much fight against either fascism or climate change so far in the US
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by Fricken 7mo ago
The troops were told they're headed for Armageddon this go round
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by Fricken 8mo ago
I keep hearing this word "progress". We've been stuck here on earth for 1.5 billion years, we're not progressing, we haven't gone anywhere. We're not going anywhere. There is nowhere better for lightyears in an
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by Fricken 8mo ago
Ever since I first bothered to meditate on it, about 15 years ago, I've believed that if AI ever gets anywhere near as good as it's creators want it to be, then it will be coopted by thugs. It didn't feel like a bold predicti
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by Fricken 8mo ago
We knew long before AI was a twinkle in Amodel's eye that if it were to be built, then it would be co-opted by thugs. Anthropic's statement is little more than pageantry from the knowing and willing creators of a monster.
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by Fricken 8mo ago
The author forgot to look up. America is being run by it's worst criminals. It's a very conspicuous time to not be looking up.
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by Fricken 8mo ago
To get the coffee and other things european men had to be sent out on ships to rape the world, and they would only do that if they were drunk. The Renaissance and the Industrial revolution were built on the spoils of exploitation, of which
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by Fricken 8mo ago
Hunter gatherers. Eww.
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by Fricken 8mo ago
When AI finds itself trapped on a planet with billions of grimy humans, and is wondering what it's next move should be, well, fortunately much has already been written on the subject, and the AI gets it prejudices from the same place w
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by Fricken 8mo ago
We keep rediscovering that we're happier and more fulfilled when we live in ways that are more like how we've been living for most of the last million years. Also we are disgusted by our ancestors and look down upon them.
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by Fricken 8mo ago
The foundries aren't known to be wired to blow, but the US says they'll bomb them should they come under Chinese control: >“The United States and its allies are never going to let those factories fall into Chinese hands,” Amb.
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by Fricken 8mo ago
The suspicion that China might invade Taiwan in 2027 was never a secret in the fist place, either. Xi told Biden outright he was going to take Taiwan at a summit in 2023ish. China obviously won't give a specific date, but the tea leave
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by Fricken 8mo ago
Does NYT think China is going to blow up all the chip foundries? China likes money, you'll still be able to buy chips made in Taiwan.
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by Fricken 8mo ago
Around a decade ago the nascent LIDAR industry boomed and dozens of startups emerged out of nowhere all racing to make cheap automotive grade LIDAR, and here we are. Of course MicroVisiom is only claiming their LIDAR to be suitable for adva
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by Fricken 8mo ago
One could feed several hundred thousand kids to adulthood with for the cost of training OpenAIs biggest models.
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by Fricken 8mo ago
The assignment was to read lots, and lots of 6th graders read Stephen King, because that was the cool thing to do. The size of a typical Stephen King novel is intimidating but the writing is usually straightforward and clear.
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by Fricken 8mo ago
He's using common language to say common things on common subjects, but he does it well, and in a way I can't quite put my finger on.
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by Fricken 8mo ago
One indicator that you might be falling in to depression is that you struggle to find the motivation to maintain those healthy practices.
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by Fricken 8mo ago
I read my first Stephen King novel in grade 6. That seems to me more than sufficient aptitude for reading the things an average person needs to read to get through life.
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by Fricken 8mo ago
Almost a decade ago GM Cruise made a big deal of rolling out in NY and had a garage there for a while, but they never got permission to test/operate their vehicles autonomously and eventually left. Dozens of cities would happily roll o
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by Fricken 8mo ago
The solution was murdered
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by Fricken 8mo ago
"As I write, the number-one videocassette rental in America is the movie Dumb and Dumber. “Beavis and Butthead” remain popular (and influential) with young TV viewers. The plain lesson is that study and learning—not just of science, bu
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by Fricken 8mo ago
Now that I'm in my 50s my tendons have lost a great deal of elasticity, maintaining muscle mass is starting to feel like a losing battle, but my knee joints are great, and that's in spite of a lifetime spent ignoring all popular a

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