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haltist

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About haltist

homeless techno-optimist and singularitarian. all I need is $80B to solve any problem with AI

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    Metal corrodes. Ever seen an old car sitting in the sun and rain for a long time? It turns to rust and then disappears.

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    Comment #38931582

    It's a good thing most foods now have sugar substitutes like splenda and you can request sugar substitutes in your coffee as well. HFCS is a non-issue.

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    Comment #38931263

    Then there is nothing to worry about because everything since WW2 has been fine as far as cognition and general health is concerned. Although, IQs and sperm quality have been decli…

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    Comment #38931062

    You have a blood sample analysis indicating that's the case?

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    Comment #38930649

    Children are now born with plastic in their veins so we'll know soon enough what happens to these children based on their health outcomes.

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    Comment #38930458

    A car tire is not purely rubber, it is combined with synthetic polymers derived from petroleum and petroleum derivatives (same as plastics).

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    Comment #38914315

    Can Yellen also declare peace for the world?

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    Comment #38904579

    This is a great opportunity to tell you about my patented and trademarked architecture for achieving AGI: "panoptic computronium cathedral"™. All I need is $80B to make it happen a…

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    That's ok, I'm not selling anything.

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    Comment #38903353

    What's your opinion of banks?

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    Oh so you're doing me a favor? That's great but the only favor I need from you is to tell your friends about the panoptic computronium cathedral. Thanks again for being so helpful …

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    It has nothing to do with your subjective experience and everything to do with the fact that wanton use of resources, animals, and people for selfish purposes is fundamentally immo…

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    So you are willing to deny Carta the ability to generate profits because you do not think that confidential financial information should be used to set prices on some financialed i…

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    You ever buy a sandwich with meat in it? How about coffee? Chocolate? Driving a car? Use pesticides to clear your home of termites? Poisons to get rid of rats and other "pests"? Do…

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    > Man furnishes no exception to the rule. He seems to add the treachery and deceit that the other animals in the main do not practice, to all the other cruelties that move his life…

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    This is just good capitalism, enabling market transactions and profiting from the trades. The people arguing against Carta are advocating the prevention of perfectly valid market t…