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Yes, but only 10 million times.

I really like this.

I think this is more the rule than the exception. The idea that states exist to serve the individual would be laughed at for most of human history. Be it God or the state, man exis…

Does anyone have any book recommendations for non-chinese people to understand CCP power structures? I'm completely lost in all of this Jack Ma stuff.

Theres a lot I don't know about the Soviet Union but the "Enemies of the People" were the leaders of the Constitutional Democratic Party, not supporters of the party. I agree that …

The government imposes its will all the time. It prevents you from shooting me or overthrowing the government. Surely this imposition is just? Surely this is more benign then letti…

We can definitely make systemic changes that help people make better "decisions." I don't believe in free will and you clearly do so we're kinda approaching this problem from funda…

"They also estimated we would have flying cars 20 years ago." My number comes from a collection of AI researchers from the future of life institute so I can't imagine a better "the…

By AGI I meant Artificial General Intelligence. There is no stopping or meaningful slowing of the machine.

The people who are on this forum are cogs in a machine that, over the next 40 years, will displace millions of American workers. It seems where we are headed into a bifurcated soci…

Stock market. Coronavirus was financially beneficial for the corporate portion of the upper middle class.

Its pretty crazy how no one is talking about how only 18% of the stimulus bill is going to individuals. I'm by no means rich but I made 80k passively this year so I don't know whic…

If there is no way to work, there must be no way to provide value to others. Correct? If there is no way to provide value to another then there is no inequity.

Maslow put "employment" in his hierarchy of needs. As a trust fund kid I've never had to worry about living in the streets but found that without the purpose of work I felt pretty …

It's pretty dystopian to see a page comprised of technocrats writing about these topics. Median estimation for AGI is around 2060 so its not just "average" people.

This is a pretty first world-centric perspective. There are slightly higher rates of dissatisfaction and hopelessness but quality of life is drastically improving in the second and…

Thanks

If you watch the video the display seems to be around 10fps which is the best I've ever seen for eInk.

Is this company publicly traded? I've never heard of this company before.

I'd like to add that we are watching a 24fps video of a monitor so the actual performance is probably even better. Meanwhile my kindle oasis has like 1fps.

Except I can now pirate. RIP Aaron Swartz

These posts feel like ragebait. On the Hacker News welcome page there is a section about what constitutes "deeply interesting" and I feel this story falls under the category of a "…

"The Guardian was founded as a socially-engaged newspaper for the working classes" My point is that the pieces like this are inaccessible for the vast majority of people. Its meani…

I've never worked in journalism but how does "You know something sceptical’s afoot when you find Larkin on your bedside table instead of Montaigne and La Rochefoucauld " get past a…