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it seems like if you tell people we only have X years left, then they will be more than happy to sit on their ass for X-1 years

It is very ironic that Amazon asks Ring owners to respect privacy!

This is awesome. Thanks for sharing!

No! People must be sincere and serious at all times.

Isn't this obvious? "tests show human drivers can be fooled too"

If a government (any) could build and operate these type of aircraft - what would be their purpose? That is what I cant figure out.

perhaps they want to go down in history, or they are so bitter and resentful they want to take others down. Like kids who do school shootings.. Not sure though.

I would like to learn more of this, but this article lacked a lot of substance.

It's like voldemort - if you say the name, you get banned. saying a fairly-public person's name is not the same thing as harassing or doxxing

The helicopter is the thing I am MOST excited about!

This is awesome. But would be good if "Working on the intersection of" couldn't pick the same word twice. i.e. "Working on the intersection of bitcoin and bitcoin"

$3k sounds like a reasonable price point to me.

in Delta-V - one character goes on a rant about how Mars is pretty much a dead end. Does anyone know how true this is?

Comedian Steve Hughs on Work: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIJrsAIhoEo

I love the design of that site!!

I dont recall any group of people that burns books to be on the right side of history

Does Neal Stephenson still work for/with them?

Have you read up on polyphasic sleep? I haven't tried it, but it does seem it is physically possible to sleep much less than 7-8 hours per 24 hour cycle.

That is good, but it is besides the point. "It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it." - Upton Sinclair

Aus post (australia post) is the worst, especially this time of year. I have had that happen twice with Amazon (book) orders, they get lost, then only to arrive 2 months later (aft…