These are somewhat orthoganal - young people are lonelier != everyone else has a fixed supply of friends and can never make more. Nor does it change the fact that the author, who clearly does want to socialise, would…
I think there are some valid points to be made about how people's socialising patterns are changing in the light of modern interactions with tech, but also about using US social habits as a proxy for everyone else's.…
It's true, but it's far from the only way to break the ice. Really on top of the particularly narrow viewpoint the OP has on life and human relations, I find the core notion itself absurd - "In the future because of X,…
Sorry, but I very much disagree. Firstly, it made no mention of showing off to potential mates, to my reading. But have no fear, regardless of scarcity, people will have ways to signal fitness to find mates and build…
That whole "I made my friends on IRC asking about linux, if AI renders this obsolete how am I going to meet anyone?" screams (to use a fairly dismissive neologism) "touch grass".
> University (really all education beyond teaching people to speak) will be pointless Errr, not so sure that holds up to scrutiny really. Lots of folks enjoy learning in various forms for its own sake, rather than…
The last chance to stop that particular albatross was lost under Theresa May, who was advised that it was already over-budget and wouldn't deliver value for money, and had to guarantee a pretty eye-watering price per…
It’s also about energy security - why expose your energy markets to insane fluctuations in international fossil-fuel markets if you don’t have to? Surely the last few years have shown that energy independence is a…
Which benzos was he peddling? I don’t recall that. I remember him touting a substance he called “chaperon”, about ten years back, as an alcohol alternative. But it wasn’t a benzo, it was somewhere in the phenethlyamine…
I don't believe this was the case, at least not openly, until Trump made it part of his platform. His personal ego injury has accelerated this massively, and fed into the right-wing cookersphere all over the place.…
> Google TV, the default interface on most Android TV devices, puts a large banner at the top of the home screen promoting whatever Google wants you to watch next. You know, I don't give a shit about that, that's fine.…
My opinion is that it’s a lot like the brief trend for describing yourself as a prompt engineer when getting images out of models like DALL-E 2. Yeah, for five minutes you needed to use a specific style, very specific…
So the real story here is that seed oils are a proxy, you haven’t necessarily seen any effect from removing them from your diet (consistent with the actual evidence here) but by cutting out processed junk you’ve lost a…
I know musicians who have embraced AI, not to generate the sound but to build tools. Programmers are a mixed bag, some hate it, some love it. Even those that hate it see that they're going to be outcompeted if they…
Cash requires hardware to store in the till, hardware to store your float overnight, staff time in reconciliation, staff time to take to the bank and maybe on top of that bank fees. It’s not free for the business…
Lived in London for 10 years. Would have taken permanent BST in a heartbeat.
Yes, I do think I could be an electrician, because I have an understanding of how electricity works, and I’m pretty good on the tools. Obviously there would be some retraining and a period as an apprentice, and honestly…
Here in Australia too. Can’t do anything until you’ve done a multi-year apprenticeship, even change a plug or a light fitting, or on the plumbing side you can’t change a tap. Massive protectionism.
Same in the 90s (born 78). The Berlin wall came down, Russia seemed to be on a path to real democracy, the US still had a pretty awesome reputation around the world, social progress was being made. It was a pretty good…
Sure, and then what'll actually happen? Nothing, if those soldiers are in the US or other non-signatory country. Only if they travel to ICC jurisdiction countries will anything actually occur.
Sure, but there is a difference between not wanting to take part and actively trying to sabotage it for everyone else. Bush, Obama and Biden wanted to keep the US out of it. Trump wants to destroy it.
I'm not familiar with this meme, but who are you referring to? Zuck? Advertisers? Because if we're talking about users, they'll be given an option, not be forced.
Far left? LMFAO, what planet are you from? Labor is in bed with big business, the gambling lobby and the resources sector. Ain't nothing 'left' about any of that. The only people who think Labor are far left are those…
That's how I quit cigarettes - got 0% liquids in a few flavours, hard-quit the smokes and puffed like crazy on a vape to assuage the habit. After around 3 months I noticed I'd stopped caring about the vapes so much and…
And this is why I’m considering retraining as an electrician :)
These are somewhat orthoganal - young people are lonelier != everyone else has a fixed supply of friends and can never make more. Nor does it change the fact that the author, who clearly does want to socialise, would…
I think there are some valid points to be made about how people's socialising patterns are changing in the light of modern interactions with tech, but also about using US social habits as a proxy for everyone else's.…
It's true, but it's far from the only way to break the ice. Really on top of the particularly narrow viewpoint the OP has on life and human relations, I find the core notion itself absurd - "In the future because of X,…
Sorry, but I very much disagree. Firstly, it made no mention of showing off to potential mates, to my reading. But have no fear, regardless of scarcity, people will have ways to signal fitness to find mates and build…
That whole "I made my friends on IRC asking about linux, if AI renders this obsolete how am I going to meet anyone?" screams (to use a fairly dismissive neologism) "touch grass".
> University (really all education beyond teaching people to speak) will be pointless Errr, not so sure that holds up to scrutiny really. Lots of folks enjoy learning in various forms for its own sake, rather than…
The last chance to stop that particular albatross was lost under Theresa May, who was advised that it was already over-budget and wouldn't deliver value for money, and had to guarantee a pretty eye-watering price per…
It’s also about energy security - why expose your energy markets to insane fluctuations in international fossil-fuel markets if you don’t have to? Surely the last few years have shown that energy independence is a…
Which benzos was he peddling? I don’t recall that. I remember him touting a substance he called “chaperon”, about ten years back, as an alcohol alternative. But it wasn’t a benzo, it was somewhere in the phenethlyamine…
I don't believe this was the case, at least not openly, until Trump made it part of his platform. His personal ego injury has accelerated this massively, and fed into the right-wing cookersphere all over the place.…
> Google TV, the default interface on most Android TV devices, puts a large banner at the top of the home screen promoting whatever Google wants you to watch next. You know, I don't give a shit about that, that's fine.…
My opinion is that it’s a lot like the brief trend for describing yourself as a prompt engineer when getting images out of models like DALL-E 2. Yeah, for five minutes you needed to use a specific style, very specific…
So the real story here is that seed oils are a proxy, you haven’t necessarily seen any effect from removing them from your diet (consistent with the actual evidence here) but by cutting out processed junk you’ve lost a…
I know musicians who have embraced AI, not to generate the sound but to build tools. Programmers are a mixed bag, some hate it, some love it. Even those that hate it see that they're going to be outcompeted if they…
Cash requires hardware to store in the till, hardware to store your float overnight, staff time in reconciliation, staff time to take to the bank and maybe on top of that bank fees. It’s not free for the business…
Lived in London for 10 years. Would have taken permanent BST in a heartbeat.
Yes, I do think I could be an electrician, because I have an understanding of how electricity works, and I’m pretty good on the tools. Obviously there would be some retraining and a period as an apprentice, and honestly…
Here in Australia too. Can’t do anything until you’ve done a multi-year apprenticeship, even change a plug or a light fitting, or on the plumbing side you can’t change a tap. Massive protectionism.
Same in the 90s (born 78). The Berlin wall came down, Russia seemed to be on a path to real democracy, the US still had a pretty awesome reputation around the world, social progress was being made. It was a pretty good…
Sure, and then what'll actually happen? Nothing, if those soldiers are in the US or other non-signatory country. Only if they travel to ICC jurisdiction countries will anything actually occur.
Sure, but there is a difference between not wanting to take part and actively trying to sabotage it for everyone else. Bush, Obama and Biden wanted to keep the US out of it. Trump wants to destroy it.
I'm not familiar with this meme, but who are you referring to? Zuck? Advertisers? Because if we're talking about users, they'll be given an option, not be forced.
Far left? LMFAO, what planet are you from? Labor is in bed with big business, the gambling lobby and the resources sector. Ain't nothing 'left' about any of that. The only people who think Labor are far left are those…
That's how I quit cigarettes - got 0% liquids in a few flavours, hard-quit the smokes and puffed like crazy on a vape to assuage the habit. After around 3 months I noticed I'd stopped caring about the vapes so much and…
And this is why I’m considering retraining as an electrician :)