“Imagine that you encounter a signal. It is structured, and dense with information. It meets all the criteria of an intelligent transmission. Evolution and experience offer a variety of paths to follow, branch-points in…
the gsv sleeper service had an entire other ship/Mind basically acting in this role (a rotating assignment/volunteer position), complete with human crew/residents the grey area/meat fucker was a small, uncrewed, and…
the culture Minds are intentionally designed with personalities (for lack of a better term) suited for their intended functions that keep them interested in/involved with base reality and their responsibilities there.…
same. i had multiple days of confusion 'cause i thought i was sleeping thru the alarm / half-consciously dismissing it (something i've had trouble with before) i'll never trust apple to provide a simple alarm clock…
i can't remember which ios update it was but one of them removed the ability to set custom wake-up alarm sound (separate from the generic alarms). did it pop up a warning? no did it default to a built-in alarm sound? no…
pretty sure the british also saw to the irish as subhuman, which also enabled their exploitation
there's a kid in texas who got a beanbag round embedded in his skull so i'd say helmets are probably a good idea when you've got cops firing less-lethal munitions into crowds
The United States of America now (more) americans get to experience to misery, terror, and death that the u.s. has exported to to rest of the world in order to fuel its economic "growth"
"What kind of ghoul would argue that we shouldn’t vaccinate everyone against a pandemic threatening the health of our nation? The same kind of ghoul, perhaps, who thinks that cancer treatment, or insulin, should only be…
“in times of war, the law falls silent.”
I think you'll find that a running your healthcare expenses and approvals thru labyrinth of private, corporate bureaucracies, each siphoning off a portion of of the available money and incentivized to increase that…
Reminder that Boeing went to SC for massive government subsidies and a cheaper, non-unionized work force. But don't worry, I'm sure they're not being penny wise, pound foolish anywhere else! (This behavior is by no…
Wealth generation is not wealth distribution. It is entirely possible for you to become very, very rich thru wealth distribution resulting from processes that retard wealth generation or reduce wealth globally. Actually…
It will never be made illegal because the threat of ostracization for any dissent or minor opposition to the status quo is an enormously powerful political tool. You don't even have to put much effort into it, just…
Yeah, but then you are working for AirBbB or Uber (or worse, Facebook). Eww. Private companies/startups are still doing options. And options are worthless. My employee recently loaded all employee stock options /…
don’t worry, they’re losing money on every sale but they’ll make it up in volume.
That's not how human attention and focus works. There are literally decades of study on this sort of thing. Almost every other major carmaker and autonomous vehicle development company (except Uber, and some poor woman…
Same reason the autopilot crashes happen: Driver isn't paying attention. Problem is that the autopilot system makes it harder for the driver to pay attention.
Binging with Babish - good cooking basics and some really entertaining dishes from tv / movies Alex French Guy Cooking - deeper dives into the technology and chemistry of cooking Primitive Technology - what it says on…
having seen what BART janitors have to deal with, I say give them a raise and double the headcount.
If housing prices were indeed inflated then there's little difference between a "recovery" and the bubble inflating again (assuming prices didn't crash to something well below reasonable value).
The admonishment is deserved; High capital requirements don't necessarily mean high burn rates, they mean that you'd better be damn sure that you have a viable business model to make returns on all that capital. The…
Probably something like 1 in 10 of the Gmail users examined have weak / short enough passwords that by knowing the length the dictionary used becomes small enough that a brute force attack becomes feasible.
My (admittedly limited) understanding of the case so far is that neither Uber nor the former Google employee dispute that the theft did in fact take place.
I have my doubts that playing with the stock market is in any way conducive to "financial health" for the average consumer.
“Imagine that you encounter a signal. It is structured, and dense with information. It meets all the criteria of an intelligent transmission. Evolution and experience offer a variety of paths to follow, branch-points in…
the gsv sleeper service had an entire other ship/Mind basically acting in this role (a rotating assignment/volunteer position), complete with human crew/residents the grey area/meat fucker was a small, uncrewed, and…
the culture Minds are intentionally designed with personalities (for lack of a better term) suited for their intended functions that keep them interested in/involved with base reality and their responsibilities there.…
same. i had multiple days of confusion 'cause i thought i was sleeping thru the alarm / half-consciously dismissing it (something i've had trouble with before) i'll never trust apple to provide a simple alarm clock…
i can't remember which ios update it was but one of them removed the ability to set custom wake-up alarm sound (separate from the generic alarms). did it pop up a warning? no did it default to a built-in alarm sound? no…
pretty sure the british also saw to the irish as subhuman, which also enabled their exploitation
there's a kid in texas who got a beanbag round embedded in his skull so i'd say helmets are probably a good idea when you've got cops firing less-lethal munitions into crowds
The United States of America now (more) americans get to experience to misery, terror, and death that the u.s. has exported to to rest of the world in order to fuel its economic "growth"
"What kind of ghoul would argue that we shouldn’t vaccinate everyone against a pandemic threatening the health of our nation? The same kind of ghoul, perhaps, who thinks that cancer treatment, or insulin, should only be…
“in times of war, the law falls silent.”
I think you'll find that a running your healthcare expenses and approvals thru labyrinth of private, corporate bureaucracies, each siphoning off a portion of of the available money and incentivized to increase that…
Reminder that Boeing went to SC for massive government subsidies and a cheaper, non-unionized work force. But don't worry, I'm sure they're not being penny wise, pound foolish anywhere else! (This behavior is by no…
Wealth generation is not wealth distribution. It is entirely possible for you to become very, very rich thru wealth distribution resulting from processes that retard wealth generation or reduce wealth globally. Actually…
It will never be made illegal because the threat of ostracization for any dissent or minor opposition to the status quo is an enormously powerful political tool. You don't even have to put much effort into it, just…
Yeah, but then you are working for AirBbB or Uber (or worse, Facebook). Eww. Private companies/startups are still doing options. And options are worthless. My employee recently loaded all employee stock options /…
don’t worry, they’re losing money on every sale but they’ll make it up in volume.
That's not how human attention and focus works. There are literally decades of study on this sort of thing. Almost every other major carmaker and autonomous vehicle development company (except Uber, and some poor woman…
Same reason the autopilot crashes happen: Driver isn't paying attention. Problem is that the autopilot system makes it harder for the driver to pay attention.
Binging with Babish - good cooking basics and some really entertaining dishes from tv / movies Alex French Guy Cooking - deeper dives into the technology and chemistry of cooking Primitive Technology - what it says on…
having seen what BART janitors have to deal with, I say give them a raise and double the headcount.
If housing prices were indeed inflated then there's little difference between a "recovery" and the bubble inflating again (assuming prices didn't crash to something well below reasonable value).
The admonishment is deserved; High capital requirements don't necessarily mean high burn rates, they mean that you'd better be damn sure that you have a viable business model to make returns on all that capital. The…
Probably something like 1 in 10 of the Gmail users examined have weak / short enough passwords that by knowing the length the dictionary used becomes small enough that a brute force attack becomes feasible.
My (admittedly limited) understanding of the case so far is that neither Uber nor the former Google employee dispute that the theft did in fact take place.
I have my doubts that playing with the stock market is in any way conducive to "financial health" for the average consumer.