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811.
by kiba 3y ago
Anybody have ties to the continent in some form or another? It could be work or something like that. Ultimately, we care about is salient and relevant to us. Abstraction don't usually have strong feeling attached to it. I am connected
812.
by kiba 3y ago
Rich people consume more and pollute more than poorer people. So, yes, numbers do play a role, but so does how much each individual consume. People in rich society could certainly improve their quality of life quite considerably by cutting
813.
by kiba 3y ago
We are literally getting more energy from the sun than we could know what to do with it at this moment. The problem is that we oriented our society around the use of certain technology and resources are destructive to the planet's ecol
814.
by kiba 3y ago
Our biological resources and ecological systems, sure. Earth's inner core is literally a molten ball of iron and nickel. Earth crust contained plenty of minerals, including elements like silicon and oxygen. Now, we could go full hog on
815.
by kiba 3y ago
I think it's good to break up the monotony by doing different kind of cardio, and also exercise parts of your body that don't get used as much if you stick to a single form of cardio. I would keep doing cardio, but have some varie
816.
by kiba 3y ago
It has less benefit, sure, but probably different benefits. Running downhill is a great way to get DOMS because of the increased eccentric contraction.
817.
by kiba 3y ago
At this point, the evidence for physical activity improving health outcome is so strong and varied that I would assume "yes, of course".
818.
by kiba 3y ago
There's more metals in the Earth's crust and core. The metals in the asteroid belts are more accessible.
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by kiba 3y ago
It doesn't collapse until it does, and then it becomes really obvious. Nations can last for a long time as long as whatever keep them afloat are still available.
820.
by kiba 3y ago
That's why there's a whole movement of people dedicated to convincing people to donate to the most necessary and urgent problem of humanity and trying to decide what exactly is that. What we chose to donate to are organizations li
821.
by kiba 3y ago
It doesn't require trash patents. It just require engineers turned entrepreneurs wasting their time in court trying to enforce claim or testifying on behalf of their investors to enforce claim. Time spent in court is time not spent on
822.
by kiba 3y ago
Donating to causes that resonates with you isn't the same thing as donating to causes that work on the most necessary and urgent problem of humanity.
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by kiba 3y ago
EA continues to look like moral cover for good old-fashioned profit maximization. The "Effective" part is immediate and drives short-term incentives like maximizing profit. The "Altruism" part is hypothetical and delega
824.
by kiba 3y ago
I am very concerned about climate change, and I am somewhat EA adjacent. But it is not accidental because isolation is one of the most important techniques of cult mind control. The point of Sequences is the same point as Dianetics it is s
825.
by kiba 3y ago
Risk from GAI is very nebulous, even if we assume that it is a given. It's not exactly clear how you will align an AI for the benefit of humanity, let alone aligning humans with other humans in mutually beneficial arrangement. Let&#x27
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by kiba 3y ago
They could just reach different conclusion based on their values. OpenAI doesn't seem to be remotely serious about preventing the misuse of AI.
827.
by kiba 3y ago
There's a lot of justifable hatred for Musk, which makes it easy to disparage his accomplishment.
828.
by kiba 3y ago
I would assume that include capital expenditure due to their ongoing need to launch new satellites.
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by kiba 3y ago
The relative newcomer is becoming less and less relevant as years passed. The Falcon 9 reusability and cadence was years in the making. Same for their raptor engine and Starship. What's happening is that other companies are slow to wak
830.
by kiba 3y ago
Starlink is already becoming profitable. So they already cleared that hurdle WRT funding.
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by kiba 3y ago
It doesn't particularly seem risky to me. What's risky is stagnation and letting other competitors catch up. The only way SpaceX is going to move forward is becoming more ambitious with a new project. The risk isn't that if t
832.
by kiba 3y ago
What do you suggest then? I agree that our disproportionate reaction isn't the way to go.
833.
by kiba 3y ago
War may be imposed upon you by one side, such as the invasion of a country. At which point, war stopped being a choice. Terrorism as far as we can see is basically incredibly ineffective for inspiring any sort of changes, and serves to enra
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by kiba 3y ago
You do realize that war is ugly? It doesn't matter how justified a war is or isn't. Dropping bombs on an enemy are going to involves the risk of hitting civilians, especially if they are in a war zone, especially if insurgents or
835.
by kiba 3y ago
History is literally full of cultures and populations that have bought into the utilitarian ideal that the ends justify the means. Basically every culture believes this to a certain extent, the perpetrators just dont call it terrorism. I
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by kiba 3y ago
Terrorism fully compatible and justifiable with utilitarian ethics. As utilitarian ethics become increasingly popular, you should expect terrorism to become less repugnant. Anybody with ounce of brain cells would realize that such actions
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by kiba 3y ago
The terrorists don't like the US for many reasons, some of them seem legitimate. Either way, they're still folks who hijacked planes and crashed them into the towers. The irony being "terrorists" are just viewed as &qu
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by kiba 3y ago
My makerspace is member elected.
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by kiba 3y ago
Are we looking to create AI agents? Citizens, not slaves?
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by kiba 3y ago
You wouldn't launch sands to LEO, but the equipment used for bootstrapping a mining operation on the moon or asteroid.

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