so it's not the market naturally pricing it in then is it?
and who exactly is doing the pricing here then?
we all know that rarely if ever happens. market don't care.
> whereas before you could run away to somewhere new, a new town, a new country, a new frontier now you can't escape it. I genuinely think about this a whole lot. It's wild to think about this being an actual thing... >…
> It's a strange combination between modesty and strategically bending rules. I kind of adore that. It's very earnestly human. Being rigid is fine and all but it also kind of sucks a hell of a lot. So it turns into a…
Honestly it could also be it's just hard to fathom the breadth and scale. Easier to imagine someone opening your mail or tapping your phone or otherwise physically interacting with things you own over the government…
Hey look, they rediscovered that color exists! I dig it.
ha i meant to reply to the person asking for a citation but also another one you can add into your post.
hell hath no fury like a displeased business tyrant imagine getting that mad as like the richest person in the goddamned world.
It's also literally in the Intercept article with a link to the story lol: > According to Recode, the suspicious tweets in fact came at the behest of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, who had recently conveyed disappointment to…
Cellular Automata are so cool. I did a project for a distributed computing course on them and it was real fun throwing different rules in and seeing what emerged.
I would very much like the ability to transfer between services but also completely delete once I've backed up locally.
oh you're one of those climate deniers. nothing you say is valid or worth listening to.
Yep. The entire building needs to be completely scrubbed down and all tech needs to be taken and destroyed. A complete fresh start. Move operations to a new building while this is happening.
yep. trains are also more relaxing in ways that busses/planes can ever be for me. it feels like the one time my brain can truly shut up for a bit and i can just enjoy existing. something about the smoothness of the…
I don't necessarily completely disagree here, but I'm always thinking of the Douglas Adams quote in Hitchhiker's Guide on this: "For instance, on the planet Earth, man had always assumed that he was more intelligent…
right? and like something i've come to realize over the years is that there is a huge value add of having something just work that i don't think many people actually appreciate. I would absolutely love to pay more in…
Walking and biking with some public transit to fill the gaps honestly. Outside of the obvious downsides to a car centric culture, the united states would definitely have healthier people if it were feasible to walk to…
95 really sucks for a lot of reasons. i like to imagine a world where the smart thing was done and it became a ring road around the city instead of just cutting directly along the waterfront. always hated the spring…
hell at the ones I went to there were roving groups of people handing out masks and gloves (more masks than gloves and the masks came directly from the box), hand sanitizer, and water. it was a sight to see honestly and…
It's so weird for me personally because while I have absolutely zero interest in boarding a plane to go anywhere at the moment, there is a weird small feeling of being trapped so to speak. like losing the option (that i…
Yes, this is true. I guess I wasn't very careful with my wording as I was talking in the classical sense of "there's too much money now so your dollar is now worth 20 cents across the board" inflation and not…
> But if we're talking about a thriving society and population, surely our aims should be set higher than the very first step on Maslow's hierarchy of needs? Very much agreed. The issues with sectors that have been…
Yep. There's a concerted effort to keep bringing up high inflation as a means of forcing more austerity. The mythical "high inflation" hasn't materialized but the cries continue to happen.
>Even now, with the gyms closed for months, I can feel that newly acquired skill slipping and predictably, my self discipline slides too. I've almost forgotten how good it feels after a nice workout. Right? I've noticed…
so it's not the market naturally pricing it in then is it?
and who exactly is doing the pricing here then?
we all know that rarely if ever happens. market don't care.
> whereas before you could run away to somewhere new, a new town, a new country, a new frontier now you can't escape it. I genuinely think about this a whole lot. It's wild to think about this being an actual thing... >…
> It's a strange combination between modesty and strategically bending rules. I kind of adore that. It's very earnestly human. Being rigid is fine and all but it also kind of sucks a hell of a lot. So it turns into a…
Honestly it could also be it's just hard to fathom the breadth and scale. Easier to imagine someone opening your mail or tapping your phone or otherwise physically interacting with things you own over the government…
Hey look, they rediscovered that color exists! I dig it.
ha i meant to reply to the person asking for a citation but also another one you can add into your post.
hell hath no fury like a displeased business tyrant imagine getting that mad as like the richest person in the goddamned world.
It's also literally in the Intercept article with a link to the story lol: > According to Recode, the suspicious tweets in fact came at the behest of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, who had recently conveyed disappointment to…
Cellular Automata are so cool. I did a project for a distributed computing course on them and it was real fun throwing different rules in and seeing what emerged.
I would very much like the ability to transfer between services but also completely delete once I've backed up locally.
oh you're one of those climate deniers. nothing you say is valid or worth listening to.
Yep. The entire building needs to be completely scrubbed down and all tech needs to be taken and destroyed. A complete fresh start. Move operations to a new building while this is happening.
yep. trains are also more relaxing in ways that busses/planes can ever be for me. it feels like the one time my brain can truly shut up for a bit and i can just enjoy existing. something about the smoothness of the…
I don't necessarily completely disagree here, but I'm always thinking of the Douglas Adams quote in Hitchhiker's Guide on this: "For instance, on the planet Earth, man had always assumed that he was more intelligent…
right? and like something i've come to realize over the years is that there is a huge value add of having something just work that i don't think many people actually appreciate. I would absolutely love to pay more in…
Walking and biking with some public transit to fill the gaps honestly. Outside of the obvious downsides to a car centric culture, the united states would definitely have healthier people if it were feasible to walk to…
95 really sucks for a lot of reasons. i like to imagine a world where the smart thing was done and it became a ring road around the city instead of just cutting directly along the waterfront. always hated the spring…
hell at the ones I went to there were roving groups of people handing out masks and gloves (more masks than gloves and the masks came directly from the box), hand sanitizer, and water. it was a sight to see honestly and…
It's so weird for me personally because while I have absolutely zero interest in boarding a plane to go anywhere at the moment, there is a weird small feeling of being trapped so to speak. like losing the option (that i…
Yes, this is true. I guess I wasn't very careful with my wording as I was talking in the classical sense of "there's too much money now so your dollar is now worth 20 cents across the board" inflation and not…
> But if we're talking about a thriving society and population, surely our aims should be set higher than the very first step on Maslow's hierarchy of needs? Very much agreed. The issues with sectors that have been…
Yep. There's a concerted effort to keep bringing up high inflation as a means of forcing more austerity. The mythical "high inflation" hasn't materialized but the cries continue to happen.
>Even now, with the gyms closed for months, I can feel that newly acquired skill slipping and predictably, my self discipline slides too. I've almost forgotten how good it feels after a nice workout. Right? I've noticed…