carrozo

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   by carrozo 7y ago

   Does anyone know of any other writing exploring this idea? I once read something arguing that grassland biomes “used” humans as useful idiots to dominate the globe from previous flora but can’t track it down.
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   Humans Are the Sex Organs of Technology – Kevin Kelly (2007)(kk.org)

   2 points by carrozo 7y ago|1 comments
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   Our Open-Plan Office Failed, So We’re Moving to a Towering Panopticon (2017)(mcsweeneys.net)

   145 points by carrozo 7y ago|34 comments
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   by carrozo 7y ago

   Imagine if we could somehow have optical closeups of these planets and all we found were trillions of dinosaurs incapable of all but crow-like tool-making. We’d be so buzzed and bummed at the same time.
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   by carrozo 7y ago

   So tired of hearing about “habitable” planets that would take millennia to get to. Call me when the space elevator has been commissioned.
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   How Amazon and Jeff Bezos Made Washington a Second Home(nbcnews.com)

   1 points by carrozo 7y ago|0 comments
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   by carrozo 7y ago

   This is the best thing I’ve ever found on Hacker News.
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   by carrozo 7y ago

   Red flag company spends $2 to sell each red flag for $1.
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   by carrozo 7y ago

   Markov blankets!
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    by carrozo 7y ago

    Love finding a whole new rabbit hole to burrow down. :)
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    by carrozo 7y ago

    Amateurs write clickbaity listicles to bolster their own fragile self-importance.
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    by carrozo 7y ago

    Our lives are in danger ya beatnik!
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    China’s war chest of rare earth patents give an insight into total domination(scmp.com)

    3 points by carrozo 7y ago|0 comments
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    by carrozo 7y ago

    Is the ‘polite Canadian’ (“Sorry!”) trope perhaps an overcompensation for this? Or am I creating an urban legend?
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    by carrozo 7y ago

    The technology is also useful down here on Earth when one astronaut wants to drive 950 miles without stopping to confront the lover of another. https://www.denverpost.com/2007/02/05/diaper-wearing-astrona...
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    by carrozo 7y ago

    Banksy uses a similar system to authenticate his work: https://boingboing.net/2019/03/31/di-faced-note.html
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    by carrozo 7y ago

    I keep thinking of this piece: https://aeon.co/essays/your-brain-does-not-process-informati...
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    by carrozo 11y ago

    Great piece. Go Portugal!