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Very interesting ! I guess it's possible to use a MIDI synthesizer instead of the physical piano to achieve the same result ? All that's needed is the conversion from the voice spe…

Well, then I guess it's not a law, is it ? If we called Moore's "observation", then it wouldn't feel so tragic?..

#51-#54 have practically the same combination of colors on the flags...

> disparaging everything other people enjoy I think you're always overgeneralizing everything...

These young people are addicted to their phones and snapchat. Later on in life, when they 'grow out' of snapchat, they will replace the addiction with something else - some other a…

True, mad love is a beautiful experience, maybe the most powerful and satisfying thing that can happen to you. I have been lucky to have experienced it once and now, 8 years later …

- Hey John, wtf ? Why are the lights out all over the country ? - No idea, the president's database server is down... - And where are the autonomous tanks flying to ? - Access deni…

It may also decide that it's necessary to reduce the population by implementing social purging, starting with the people who disagree with this decision. Purge everyone who doesn't…

Nuclear apocalypse ?

Good! There's too many of us already. 6.8 billion phones today means 6.8 billion pieces of high tech garbage a couple of years later, leaking all kinds of toxic shit into the water…

Maybe the depth of knowledge in the AI field wasn't the only reason why he was chosen ?

I know I'm not alone thinking that psychedelics might just be the solution (or key to finding solutions) to a lot of humanity's issues, including climate change, fundamentalism, wa…

Of course it makes no sense - it's a paradox ! But that argument is always a nice touch (and a down vote magnet) - it pisses people off because it makes them feel guilty for reason…

Why do you think I don't accept other people. By all means, be and do what your heart desires. I just think it's unwise to throw $600+ on a piece of experimental tech which is cumb…

I'm totally indifferent to the Apple watch and what it has to offer. I don't need it and I don't want it, even if they gave it away for free. When I see people wearing an iWatch - …

That. We still don't know what long-term exposure to highly condensed, highly customized information does to our brains and social systems as a whole. For example, there are signs …

All that you said is true. But that which you control, controls you back with equal force. While it is assumed that the state of the stock market reflects outside reality, it is in…

"... millions of trades a day". What is that ? How can that be the reflection of what's going on in the 'real' economy ? I interviewed at an HFT firm once and they were doing kerne…

One added word entirely changes the rationale of "life is short" for me. "This", meaning "current". Add the belief that there is another (form of) life after this one and suddenly …

I know about it, but I've also seen somewhere that they kind of distanced themselves from the "dark market" idea when they got funded by Union Square Ventures and Andreesseen Horow…

Yeah, I guess, like all "countercultural" revolutions, the dark markets ran out of steam a bit. So did Bitcoin. But the paradigm has shifted. Dark markets are possible. We now know…

I did it 10 years ago. I left on day 7. Overall, I'd say the experience was very interesting and unique. When I managed to sit in the same position for an hour - I was ecstatic. I …

I bet this art is not dying, but actually flourishing like never before. The sheer amount of information in the form of websites, books, videos and so on should be a pointer. I mea…