M_Grey

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by M_Grey 10y ago
It's weird to think about... people already try to look like particular types so much with just makeup, clothing, and surgery. As you say, it might be that we get some weird genetic monocultures for a while. Then of course, maybe they&
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by M_Grey 10y ago
Wow, the learning resources on that page are too good and I can't believe how much valuable info is efficiently organized into such a readable index!
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by M_Grey 10y ago
The underlying issue seems to be that we confuse the empathy we should have with victims and their families, for reverence. We spend so much time listening to their advice, which is pro tanto going to be the most emotionally charged advice
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by M_Grey 10y ago
No comms. The internet is the backbone of changing that, but it's messaging apps and smartphones that have connected even the guys living on a mountaintop in India with everyone else. Now the guy who liked to make some oil for knife hi
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by M_Grey 10y ago
It was the first thing that leaped out at me too, and truthfully if it had been followed with a stellar article it would have been merely annoying. Instead we were treated to exactly what you're expect from someone who can't edit
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by M_Grey 10y ago
According to police records, a city utility billing and collections manager told detectives that, on the night of Collins's death, 140 gallons of water were used at Bates's home between 1 and 3 a.m., an amount of water usage that
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by M_Grey 10y ago
...This is not a remote system! To use the fridge, you must physically access the fridge each time you wish to use it . What... is the benefit of any of this?
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by M_Grey 10y ago
Thank you. I would personally be beyond thrilled if I ended up being, "That cranky bastard who always brought up environmental and social doom." I would feel pretty foolish however, if I bet on that outcome, and just hoped for i
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by M_Grey 10y ago
Exactly, and then there will be war.
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by M_Grey 10y ago
Using a nuke to fight off a tide of refugees is like bringing a grenade to a fist fight. Yeah, or firebombing a defeated nation. Who would do such a thing? Oh right... humanity.
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by M_Grey 10y ago
Right. Like genital mutilation, or foot binding, or neck-stretching... Except that you could do it at a genetic level. People, like Pugs and Pomeranians, because that's how we do things. We'll create fashions and fuck around befor
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by M_Grey 10y ago
...And then, after slaughtering those people and years of insularity, nationalism, and populism... what's going to be left, but for those insular nations to fight over remaining resources? I can't see a nuclear nation shrugging an
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by M_Grey 10y ago
I think you're going to find that as huge parts of Africa and the Middle East cease to be capable of supporting the large number of people who live there, you will see migration like never before. You think people fleeing from absolute
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by M_Grey 10y ago
...But physical attractiveness has some serious variability, even within culture. I agree though, that some things like lighter skin in many parts of the world would be a likely big seller.
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by M_Grey 10y ago
Then maybe you want a kid who doesn't sleep much, has a high drive, and low empathy. That assumes you want success uber alle though, what if you want your kid to believe that handling poisonous snakes is the key to salvation, or someth
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by M_Grey 10y ago
By "end us" I mean end our civilization... extinction is unlikely.
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by M_Grey 10y ago
Lets be real... GPS is a highly versatile tech that can keep time, coordinate global markets, makes Uber possible, enables GPS directions and let us not forget... also fairly useful in military applications. A camera in your fridge, is a ca
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by M_Grey 10y ago
I'm not suggesting that anyone give up, I was suggesting that the EFF must feel despair in the context of their efforts. I would argue that there is more need than ever to fight, but that fight hasn't really materialized yet. Ou
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by M_Grey 10y ago
I wonder what traits we'll program for? Intelligence, maybe, but that's tough to manage and I'd guess that without a complete understanding you'd get a lot of madness. Physical traits will be easier to select for, especi
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by M_Grey 10y ago
To be fair, kids born today are pretty fucked for so many reasons. In a way, this kind of dystopian future is averted when you consider the rate of accelerating ocean warming, permafrost melting, etc. It seems likely that all problems short
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by M_Grey 10y ago
No, in that case it would be a fun, and potentially useful feature. That said, the use is extremely minimal, since it's really only a backup for poor planning. If you check the fridge before you shop (when making a list for example)
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by M_Grey 10y ago
Because I take the battery out and put the whole thing in a padded box when I'm not using it, and in general when I am using it I'm aware that the possibility exists that I'm not actually private. Edit: Just to be clear, I do
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by M_Grey 10y ago
>Maybe I need to see how many eggs I have left, or what temperature a corner of the fridge is, or have a way to tell when my milk is going bad? And for the ability to do that without just... you know... opening the damned fridge you&#x27
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by M_Grey 10y ago
It's easy to accuse people of "defeatism", or "alarmism", when really you just don't like the simple truth. Your idea is nice, but unless you're capable of producing a workable roadmap and seeing it enacte
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by M_Grey 10y ago
Keep in mind that a key piece of evidence in the murder case in question is a single datapoint from his smart water-meter. "Why did you use 140 gallons of water around 2AM? Long shower bud?"
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by M_Grey 10y ago
The EFF must feel totally hopeless at this point. People are buying microphones with internet connections and sticking them in their homes. They're making the choice to buy "smart" IoT shit that spies on them. They'r
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by M_Grey 10y ago
What does the typical consumer actually get out of a networked refrigerator, or a smart TV (which tend to be almost universally inferior to even inexpensive add-ons to make them 'smart')? The IoT seems to be based on virtually pur
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Tim Berners-Lee calls for tighter regulation of online political advertising(theguardian.com)
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by M_Grey 10y ago
Isn't that a bit of an ironic tautology, fellow commenter?
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by M_Grey 10y ago
Life is so complicated, and sometimes the line is even more blurry. https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/14/us/hospital-guns-mental-h...

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