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The main argument builds on the assumption that the economy is a zero sum game when it clearly is not. Just because we invest these ressources in AI does not mean we could mobilize…

Or it could simply be associating controversial topics with Elon Musk which sounds about right.

I am rereading a novel from French author René Barjavel: “the ice people” on this exact theme. Scientists in the South Pole discover an ancient civilization 900k years old. Its als…

I wonder if the fresh water used in such a way wouldn’t eventually be released back into the ocean thus somewhat mitigating the effect.

I use macfan control to force a lower fan rate which throttles the cpu. Battery is significantly better (feels like 2x at least) for mundane tasks. I can still watch videos, browse…

Great point. It seems to me the mechanics of competition are at play to some extent in open source: ideas compete against each other, the better ones prevail, and contribute to a b…

Abstractions have other purpose than deduplication. They make it easier to reason about your code as well. It might be the smartest thing sometimes to abstract away the first occur…

Actually if it’s simply a put the profits on the hedge stand independently of what they actually produce. They could lift the hedge at any moment or take the opposite bet to offset…

It is perfectly legal in France to have several passports at the same time. It is encouraged in fact for frequent travelers.

I second this. I freelance as a part time CTO and this has been my favorite appproach to hiring devs. A paid project goes a long way to establishing a good work relationship and gi…

I could not agree more. Iteration time is shortened and I usually get better results faster with a designer that can write HTML + CSS. It's really hard to work differently now.

it could simply be looking at https://news.ycombinator.com/newcomments :)

One UI to rule them all? This would be a really interesting tool for web developers. Thankfully, modern UI development is blessed with some really professional UI toolkits: element…

Sounds like we can achieve this with a browser plugin, not sure we need a whole new web just yet:)

Mining rights, proper registration and certification of the gold nugget, etc., etc. It’s fairly common in the financial industry to check where funds come from (“know your customer…

Ethics: if the money comes from theft, child pornography or selling crack cocaine (extreme examples, not saying this is the case here), you can hardly say you are making the world …

The source of the funds should be a concern for the charities involved in my opinion. I find the recipients a little quick to praise the donor with little being said about how the …

I think the perception that social security and retirement deductions are taxes stems from the fact these are obligatory. Insofar as we have no choice in the matter these have all …