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“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 varie…

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/mea…

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 real…

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 app…

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 i…

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

your original takeaway was correct too =). there were multiple experiments covered by the paper, the earlier ones involving cues that the subject was aware of directing attention i…

"attention" in this case being an unconscious phenomenon that can but not necessarily lead to conscious awareness. in the study both the visual cues (possibly misleading) and targe…

> Slavery (including the enslavement of whites) is not legal, at least not in the US when you get this fundamental assertion wrong why would anyone bother reading anything else you…

maybe you should be proposing hypothetical solutions to address the issues of income inequality and oppression instead of how hypothetically you would like to see masses of people …

the founders kept slaves and built a system of government where slaveholders increased their political power by a amount proportional to the number of slaves they kept. fuck the fo…

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 "g…

"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 cance…

it also exempts smaller employers. effectively only covering a fifth of the employee population in the u.s.

the dnc and associated state organizations are not government organizations and there are no rules or regulations on whatever processes they use to select a candidate for the presi…

The U.S. troops are in Iraq because they killed just about everyone who tried to stop them from being in Iraq. What's a little more economic warfare to throw on the pile of atrocit…

“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…

cheaper than paying for the sq. footage for you to sit in

they're not being taught to read a piece of literature, identify literary techniques, or think critically; they're being taught how to choose one "correct" answer from a selection …

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 anyw…

the fireball was canadian (though maybe not "whiskey") ;)

i don’t think a 43” display would even fit on my desk, and i think i would personally prefer two smaller displays, but i would whole heartedly recommend dell’s ultrasharp or simila…

the idea is to have multiple timers with alarms running simultaneously e.g. if you're cooking dinner and have multiple items that will need attention at different times. the stock …