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slushh

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    Comment #37897836

    >Because our mind evolved as a tool for survival of our self which is to say as a tool for survival of that which may pass on the genes which create said mind. Said mind is not onl…

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    Comment #37558429

    Think about ActivityPub integration, e.g. Funkwhale.

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    Comment #37425090

    Where do those notes appear? It would be nice if Kagi Small Web would have an ActivityPub interface so that the most appreciated sites of a day could be added to a timeline on mast…

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    Comment #37379352

    >Returning Indian and Chinese engineers and scientists means nothing if there isn't tens of billions waiting for them in funding when they get home. China has a huge trade surplus …

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    Comment #37379256

    >150 years ago their lifestyle might have made sense, but less so today where they could get better jobs if they had a better education and they could also get support from society…

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    Comment #37363015

    >Science is, by definition, based on observation and proving hypotheses through that observation. Technically, hypotheses cannot be proven because it's possible that all measuremen…

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    Comment #37359743

    Why? From a cash flow perspective, the monthly insurance premiums should cover the expenses.

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    Comment #37291806

    How does public knowledge centralize the control of the companies? Owners would still be in control and there still would be laws prohibiting collusion between companies.

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    Comment #37290613

    Would it be worthwhile to create the insights? E.g. if there were a global registry of credit dependencies and ownership, at least for system relevant companies, we should know wha…

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    Comment #37290544

    What's the worst that can happen? It's all just numbers on papers or memory. When Evergrande folds, others will pick up the opportunity. Why should the government and the non-inves…

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    Comment #37265669

    Note taking apps can make us smarter when note taking apps allow people to cooperate. It can already happen on Twitter that people complete each other's thoughts but the Twitter ti…

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    Comment #37196990

    >My favorite model for a distribution platform is BandCamp. > On much of the free-to-play music, the audience can listen to the album twice before the content locks and BandCamp as…

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    Comment #37174362

    If they have many university graduates and lack cheap labour, why don't they let those graduates build robots or organize the outsourcing of the labour into countries with cheap la…

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    Comment #37162995

    Won't AI change the energy market? Once GPU production is fully ramped up, I would expect AI to become energy bound. Can we install enough renewable energy and nuclear power plants…

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    Comment #37157153

    Does the page take over scrolling? Not a good sign for somebody who wants to take control over our climate. *edit: The downvotes are fair for the level of snark. Still, as I cannot…

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    Comment #37118269

    To see its utility, could you translate the beginning of your comment into Toki Pona, please?

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    Comment #37108652

    It's only a bubble if there is no value to back it up. Is the housing market going to crash or are consumers going to be unemployed to the point that they cannot pay back the house…

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    Comment #37090196

    >The flip side of all that energy and intelligence - the sadness, melancholia and loss of self during a down phase. On that other side, the positive side, is there a self? >Another…

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    Comment #37085409

    At least in one of the Van Gogh movies, he says something like 'one day, people will understand'. To me, that suggests that he knew the value of his work whereas OP suggests that N…

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    Comment #36960942

    The company was named ikos: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardware_emulation

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    Comment #36958549

    It could be something like i-codes. It's mentioned about 2 minutes into this video [1]. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJTp-3rtkYQ

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    Comment #36952885

    >Who is going to take the risk of deplying 10,000 AMD GPUs or 10,000 random startup silicon chips? That’s almost a $300 million investment. Ironically, Jensen Huang did something l…

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    Comment #36948375

    >Easily share curated collections with the public Do you have a page that shows the most popular collections?

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    Comment #36947502

    >The same factors apply to ships Ships don't care about weight. The cooling infrastructure or heavy steel tanks are possible.