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mandatory XKCD https://xkcd.com/882/ "Jellybeans cause acne"

"one of history's few iron laws is that luxuries tend to become necessities and to spawn new obligations."

Yuval Noah Harari

Think about email. There is usually an expectation of a response within minutes/hours and not weeks/months like mail of the 1900s

Well Meta has hijacked my privacy. Now IRL Meta can track me from the people wearing their sunglasses.

It's the size of the radiators and the expense of getting them up into orbit (along with maintenance)

Most of my assumptions come from discussions like: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46876105

How do you cool the data center in space cost effectively? Unfortunately in space there isn't a lot of material (air) to transfer the heat.

I wish that Hacker News had the option to flag things at AI and let people filter those things out.

Here is something you can consider: https://pumpkinmc.org/ it's Minecraft rewritten in Rust. It's very fast and you can make your own mods.

I understand why people are frustrated with the current system in general. You wouldn't design it this way. We need more young politicians shaping the laws and more entrepreneurs improving society.

Are there other tools out there like NotebookLM? Not a replacement but some cool AI tools that help people learn.

It's similar to the people who block roadways to protest climate change. Usually it makes the commuters frustrated and doesn't change anything.

Personally I think data centers should pay a 100% fossil fuel tax. Markets respond to incentives.

A few years back, I would talk with scammers for a while to waste their time. Now I don't.

LPT: Please have a codeword or phrase that you use with your loved ones so even if the scammers use your voice, they won't know the phrase.

Fortunately for me, my parents wouldn't be able to get the live video working.

I'd love it if companies had to disclose the percent of Private Equity ownership and online work disclosed the percent of AI creation.

I think there's an errant space in between the BBB and the - but yes, the title is wrong with that space

Have you ever read Kurt Vonnegut's Timequake? I think it's very applicable to the average human experience.

The account will require a phone number and the US is trying to move away from burner phones. As long as we don't commit thought crimes and we love Big Brother all will be well.

https://www.wired.com/story/security-news-this-week-the-fcc-...

I'm guessing it's going to lock the non-sighted//keyboard only users out of the anonymous Internet. I'm guessing if you log in and give up your anonymity they'll consider you not a bot.

I feel like this is dot com 2.0. The dot com's valuations eventually were proven to be true, only way too early. With investing Timing is everything, if you invest in Pets.com you lost, if you invested in chewy.com you won. If you invested in Broadcast.com you lost, if you invested in YouTube.com you won.

AI is going to transform things but these current prices are crazy.

Yes it’s highly correlated with people who use a long distance company

Unfortunately tests are not 100% accurate and there's a window between when the pathogen is present and when it's detectible. Add in that many viruses aren't directly detectable, the tests look for antibodies to the virus.

This is why they usually ask if you've had a new sexual partner in the past 3 or 4 months. This is the window period for detecting some STDs and other diseases.

spend is a noun in this sentence. As a noun, spend refers to the amount of money spent for a particular purpose or over a specified length of time

Yes, Europe was powerful when they had colonies.

Currently, Europe can stand up against tech. Apple could easily prohibit iPhones from going into France but I doubt it cutting off the entire EU.

Factor in that Europe is powerful partly because of its unity and there are many forces trying to undermine that.

This has an outsized impact on young men.

right after he stops trying to steal everyone's privacy. Not only on the internet but IRL too with those Meta Raybans

I'm shocked how much the average American knows about how things work. Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty. I'm not surprised how quickly Americans are giving up their liberty.

Not sure how you would do things better without a centralized planning committee. Most people believe that bubbles are bad, but what's the alternative? People want to get rich quick.

My question is why not use IMAP?

Complexity is caused by Dependencies and Obscurities ~ John Ousterhout

Looks like you had both.

"Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?" -- George Carlin