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by xvector 1y ago
ADP is a total joke if it doesn't also disable plaintext backups for the people you're talking to
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by xvector 1y ago
> I'm assuming you believe in some soul that could be transfered from your body to a computer? If so, that's clearly into deeply religious territory. Actually, I would say the opposite is deeply religious territory. Nothing fu
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by xvector 1y ago
If immortality becomes as available as insulin, it will be a smashing success. Nearly everyone that wants insulin gets it.
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by xvector 1y ago
I feel like the situation you describe is fairly unrealistic because you'd definitely use simulations to pass time. And I don't see any reason why you'd be the only immortal being left, either.
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by xvector 1y ago
Well, yes, if we had an idea we'd be there by now.
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by xvector 1y ago
You can "migrate" with a technique such as gradual replacement, which in a simplified form replaces one physical neuron at a time with an uplink to a virtual neuron, and waits for your thoughts to equalize. Realistically you'
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by xvector 1y ago
All medical technology developed 50 years ago is now available to the general public, so I think it'd be available to everyone.
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by xvector 1y ago
I know most people aren't happy with how long they live now. The idea is that you'd get to choose how long you want to live instead of having it forced on you.
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by xvector 1y ago
Yes, I've read/watched most of those and I believe they are just entertainment. I can perfectly envision people living happy, long lives. These books and shows have manufactured conflict for drama.
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by xvector 1y ago
If life feels empty to you, I'm sorry to hear that. I hope it gets better soon. I feel the opposite - there is so much to do, and so little time. I am also happy and content just... existing. I don't think a social problem (that w
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by xvector 1y ago
If you can cure aging, death itself becomes an engineering problem. Curing aging gives you the time you need to figure out gradual replacement, uploading (transfers, not copies), distributing consciousness across multiple fault-tolerant nod
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by xvector 1y ago
The big assumption in this counterargument is that we stay biological forever. I see biological "immortality" (anti-aging) as a temporary stopgap while we develop gradual replacement and migrate to a synthetic/digital conscio
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by xvector 1y ago
I genuinely think death will be conquered, for all practical purposes, within this century. In our vast 300 thousand year history, we are likely in the last century of mortal humans, and in the last millennium of biological ones. Future gen
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by xvector 1y ago
I really do think AI will be key here. It's critical to accelerate towards ASI as quickly as possible.
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by xvector 1y ago
The atom bomb ushered an unprecedented era of peace between nuclear armed countries. The number of men dying or getting wounded in war as a percentage of population has gone down dramatically post-nuclear. Conventional meat-grinder warfare
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by xvector 1y ago
You simply cannot dismiss the omnipresent differences in American and EU mindset/culture as playing a role in each country's entrepreneurial success and ability to build and scale innovations. There is a huge culture difference: H
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by xvector 1y ago
> The "EU over-regulation" argument is pathetic ... It's anti-American ... I do understand the "new" American perspective. "American" means being able to make your own decisions without government ove
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by xvector 1y ago
This is a totally foreign idea to the EU. Offensive and crass, even. There's something I've learnt from some time in the EU. There is not an innovative, risk-taking, freedom-loving bone in the EU culture -- they exported all those
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by xvector 1y ago
Yes, that is the precise example I used to demonstrate why "we like it that way" is not good policy. I don't get what's so funny.
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by xvector 1y ago
More like targeted ads enabled hundreds of thousands of small businesses to exist.
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by xvector 1y ago
Conversely, you can justify any authoritarian unjust law because "that's how we like it." "Deporting brown people without due process? That's how we like it, who are you to complain? You're free to not work wi
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by xvector 1y ago
How do you expect small businesses to acquire customers? Spending tens of millions of dollars competing in generalized ad space to reach the same audience they can reach today with $1000? Most small businesses that exist today would become
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by xvector 1y ago
Why shouldn't you allowed to track people across your own services if users consent? If they don't consent, they are free to simply not use your services. Problem solved. There is no actual need for this law. No rights are being
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by xvector 1y ago
I've worked at most FAANG companies, including Google, Apple, and Meta in the past (not currently). In my experience working at these companies and diving into the reported incidents/issues (e.g. Batterygate, Myanmar, Cambridge An
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by xvector 1y ago
Most Canadian small businesses rely on Meta to get customers. If you think these companies don't add value, you are totally oblivious to the millions of small businesses that rely on these platforms to reach customers and niche audie
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by xvector 1y ago
Spotify conveniently falls outside of the scope of this law when any artist would tell you it should absolutely be covered. The DMA is gerrymandered to exclude domestic businesses. Whenever the EU faces budget shortfalls, they know they can
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by xvector 1y ago
An Ars-exclusive interview shows that 4 thruster failures resulted in astronauts Butch and Sunni losing control of Starliner as it got close to docking. Not only did the astronauts have to switch to manual control, but the loss of control e
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Starliner's flight to the ISS was much more harrowing than originally thought(arstechnica.com)
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by xvector 1y ago
Yeah, it's my view that people don't truly understand how fragile life is unless they've seen how easily it is shattered. People would get in less street fights and do less dumb shit if they knew what the world was like. Th
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by xvector 1y ago
The average person sees them all as big bad and evil, and they all must be taken down, because what have they done for humanity!? This is truly how the average person outside of the tech bubble thinks. The general public collectively has th

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