cyberneticist

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by cyberneticist 3y ago
There also has to be an aspect of the price of mozzarella in the post WW2 boom in America or else we wouldn't use such an indulgent amount of cheese as standard. Even Canadians I know will take home an American pizza because of the rid
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by cyberneticist 3y ago
It ultimately comes down to being able to go to a physical location and get coins/paper or not. I just don't see what the value is of having my account denominated in a way that getting coins/paper is gone. Even if we went to
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by cyberneticist 3y ago
People are just stupid on this topic. The moment the Rubicon is crossed, both the US and China would fall into an all out economic depression and that is exactly why that Rubicon will not be crossed in my lifetime. This might be an issue at
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by cyberneticist 3y ago
I have read 1984 twice. Once in 1999 and once in 2021. The effect of the telescreen was so different from what I remember in 1999. It seemed trite in 2021. Many aspects of 1984 would be an improvement over what we have now. I also imagine t
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by cyberneticist 3y ago
A huge part of youth identity in the US use to be from the music business. I mean we use to even have goth bars, punk bars. Imagine a bar in 2023 that only caters to people who like industrial or punk music. It sounds absolutely ridiculous.
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by cyberneticist 3y ago
It is because this always comes from the perspective of younger people. Canada might be better if you are 20 and break your arm. No one over 50 and worrying about death would rather be in Canada though. I had family members who had heart a
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by cyberneticist 3y ago
No, previous generations tended to preserve the social contract of not fucking over their grandkids so they could go out to eat more and take more vacations in retirement. Before they were called boomers they were called "generation me
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by cyberneticist 3y ago
It is because there are all kinds of cost not being factored in here. You aren't going to keep the subscription base without spending a ton on marketing. I am sure many other cost that we aren't thinking about since not in the mag
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by cyberneticist 3y ago
That is not a new method. There is even a Locked Up Abroad episode that someone gets caught smuggling coke in shampoo bottles through the airport. I would think it is quite common and effective to throw off drug dogs. 3 bottles and one test
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by cyberneticist 3y ago
Your point about the doomsday AI cultists is nonsense. The doomsday AI cultists didn't come up with any of these ideas. The Matrix was a hugely popular movie in 1999. chatGPT doesn't make the person who has believed since 1999 tha
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by cyberneticist 3y ago
It is a stupid argument too because it devalues their own position. I listened to about 6 hours of Marc Andreessen on this topic this weekend and he just smashes all the doomer arguments. Even in the context of nukes he made a great point t
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by cyberneticist 3y ago
It looks like it could be interesting but 'Public Doubts Over Musk's Combat Readiness' is exactly what I wish I never had to read ever again. There needs to be a dial between 100% stories about Prigozhin/wagner and 100%
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by cyberneticist 3y ago
I have been walking 90 minutes a day for a month and feel amazing. I just realized that with remote work, 30-60 minutes a day is just not enough activity. Of course, we can't realistically go back to the paleolithic but there is a sens