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> The sad reality is that as soon as the EU introduces this, these families won't be Europe's Ultra Rich anymore. They'll soon be the UK/Swiss/Dubai/Israel/US Ultra Rich. Yeah, but…

I didn’t realize PBF was posting again. I remember it from an older age of the internet where catching the newest xkcd, SMBC, or PBF was something I looked forward to. Now I suppos…

Ehhh, I think he’s earned it given one of the “founders” has had basically zero input on anything modern Wikipedia has become.

I’m not the only one who gets a chill down their spine when they hear this, right? I hate to invoke Godwin's law on the very first comment on a post, but the industrialization of d…

There has to be extra context here. There is no way we’re getting the full picture. If it really is just as simple as including “question” in the title of a paper then there is som…

I think in most of my use cases the limitation in waiting for is speed and cost. 4o is good enough for most tasks it’s just slow and expensive.

Hey! First I loved PA. It was such a great game. Second, I’m curious how you simulated combat. Was it simply every every server tick you updated all units or was it something smart…

If this really is the start of a run-away greenhouse effect, realistically how does someone ride out the worst of the coming horrors without being a billionaire with a bunker.

How does this new theory explain the evidence for dark matter from galaxy collisions?

Stealing from a self checkout is a cheap and easy thrill if you’re rich enough to pay for legal representation. For a poor person it represents a much larger threat and most lower …

It’s dangerous because it can enter the body through your skin

The downsides of not doing anything are far, far larger. We risk the total collapse of our biosphere if we don’t stop.

> Most programmers aren't HN level Oh boy, the self importance here is hilarious

Rule 113 has some interest implications. The Fernegi are a true patriarchy, women aren’t allowed to wear clothes, let alone own businesses. So, in Ferengi society the boss is alway…

Except in the case of a squirrel or cockroach, what you are seeing is the result of millions of years of “pre-training” by the evolutionary process.

So, they dragged a magnet across the bottom of the ocean and found signs of non-naturally occurring materials… why is the first reaction that it is anything other than more human w…

Set and setting is a good framework to have a healthy experience with any drug (including alcohol)

I feel like this current migrant “crisis” in the Mediterranean will pale in comparison to the mass exodus that will occur in the coming decades as more equatorial countries experie…

> As it may be difficult to manually release the buoy, or the compartment where the buoy controls are located may have been flooded, the buoys were arranged with automatic releases…

Please explain then the Scripps CO2 trend line? These measures are taken at some of the most remote places on earth. I would know because I personally collected atmospheric samples…

Other than vote, what can the average person do to push back against what seems like a perpetual erosion of personal privacy. I know “literally 1984” is a meme, but it does feel li…

Man, the tone in some of these replies is so hostile. Why did anyone at Reddit think this AMA was a good idea?

“Apollo for Reddit” that one isn’t going to age well

Yeah, my gut feeling is the rich see the writing on the wall. If they can keep a grip on things for a couple more decades then they can just replace all the poors with robots and e…

Yeah, but we live in a capitalist society all the benefits of complete automation will go entirely to the capital class who control the AI.