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Wow it really does. Thanks for sharing.

I found the Dawn of Everything to be misleading - I did research on a few parts of the books that I found interesting and discovered the authors present many things as fact which w…

I see you have read James C Scott as well.

I was skeptical about that as well so I googled it and: >Helium cannot support life because it is a chemically inert noble gas. It does not form the complex, stable molecular struc…

I'm confused on why browsers can't automatically handle the cookies pop ups. It's beyond annoying and something that should just be automated since my preferences don't change.

Do you have a link to this? Sounds very interesting. Another idea I had was simulating an entire town with an LLM representing each person, which sounds somewhat similar.

I had this idea for an LLM that would play Sim City 24/7 while broadcasting live. It would be fun/interesting to check in now and then. Implementing this would be somewhat challeng…

This idea of this book fascinates me but I haven’t had a chance to read it. Worth it?

I wasn’t aware of that but it looks like he is upset that Spain won’t meet its defense spending commitments for NATO. Which goes back to my point about how the EU is totally relian…

China and Russia would love that. It would also be very bad for European security that is mostly guaranteed by U.S. strength and willingness to fight wars.

We’ve been boiled in water like frogs, or however the saying goes. Even cars these days have subscription pricing for features which is insane to me but the average consumer is acc…

>I believe Western countries will be poorer than they are now, and countries in Asia and Africa will become richer as more money will flow into their manufacturing and Agricultural…

I get a lot of ads from clothing brands I already buy stuff from. It will usually be a sale or a new style.

I’d agree with you if it doesn’t cost billions to train models.

I'll admit that instagram ads get me every now and then.

It's all about the execution. Most of our customer's prefer AI (per their feedback, so there is some selection bias) since they can get quick responses 24/7 rather than wait. That …

Their tone is just as fake as typical fake marketing speak - they are trying to come off as nonchalant. I bet this announcement was wordsmithed to hell.

Is it a better or worse idea than doing putting them in the ocean? https://panthalassa.com/

Any reading suggestions? That sounds very interesting. I’m reading through the Bible this year and I’m currently working through the NT.

I think they will all be minor going forward, feels like the major improvements have all been made and we'll only see incremental improvements from here on out. Maybe I'm wrong but…

I've lived/traveled all over the Bible belt and I can't remember that ever happening even once. I'm sure it does happen but never seen it.

I don’t use any mods, I’m a pretty casual player but maybe I should look into some.

Q: How can you tell if someone is an atheist? A: Don’t worry, they’ll tell you.

Sim City 4 and Civilization 5. Both are timeless and I still play them a few times a year. Hard to believe Sim City 4 is over 20 years old.