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>Some models suggest we might be fairly early, probably somewhere in the first 10-25% of space faring species. I’d like to see some sources for this, because this sounds like unsci…

This has nothing do with people’s civic engagement levels, and everything to do with money. The semiconductor industry gets a massive subsidy because they spend tens of millions of…

Your average Roman circa 250 AD lived farther from their place of birth than your average American today.

Ever think those might not be the same people?

Your CEO brain calipers don’t need to be worth a shit in order for you to make money with them. If the market moves predictably every time you publicly announce your findings, that…

Your advice is to be selfish and not care what anyone thinks of you?

Why are we so surprised that animals understand the concept of zero? Being hungry, searching for food, and finding nothing seems like as universal and visceral experience of zero a…

Because programming languages are a public good, and public goods are fundamentally incompatible with a profit motive. A “programming language startup” would be like an “anti-pover…

[Sober, well-researched article about the dangers of pervasive social media that calls for strong government regulation] “This link has been associated with harmful extremist conte…

Well that’s good. How’s the F-35 coming along?

America has a loneliness and overwork problem - the alcohol is just a coping mechanism.

> Also reveals Tolstoy's own perspective on writing as a moral endeavor which he feels Shakespeare failed at, as if Shakespeare had a morality it was "people should be good, but no…

The point of Hyperloop is to provide a shiny new technology that municipalities can use as an excuse for not investing in public transportation, ensuring that America switches to e…

>I actually believe in the benevolence of AWS; I spent nearly a decade there. Do you? I have no reason to doubt the benevolence of AWS at present, but how much faith do you have in…

The functionality may be similar, but the scale is completely different and shouldn’t be ignored. Building a machine that cooks 1 pancake every 5 minutes is a fun project for preco…

Writing about music is like dancing about architecture. ~Frank Zappa

Why should Mike have to remember this? Why should all of your infrastructure depend on Mike not getting a text from his wife while walking to the fridge for a La Croix?

>At the end of the day, people would rather feel nice about themselves than make actual change. Almost, but not quite. At the end of the day, there are people making extraordinary …

This is a very disingenuous comparison. For any given food, there are a large number of both perfect and imperfect substitutes, which is very much not the cases for patented medici…

Cooler Master is tired of telling parents that their kids aren't Juuling (2023)

Bill Gates is the epitome of a no-talent ass-clown who owes 100% his financial success to his personal family connections (his mother was personal friends with John Akers and John …

The idea that the value is only defined by usefulness to capital is the most pernicious idea in all of American society.

Let’s say you worked at a profitable restaurant called SaladSpin. SaladSpin, true to its name, sells salads, and they’re pretty good. However, SaladSpin also sells pizzas, and thes…

I am (was) an avid reader of Deadspin, and the non-sports content was a large part of why I read that site for 10+ odd years. The reality is that, even for people who love sports, …

When conservatives say that they think the US is too "diverse" for such policies to work, take them at their word. They think that social democracy is fine as long as the benefits …