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Same here , I got addicted to a mud called realms of despair , smaug codebase, a derivative of Dikumud, I then ended up helping run a pretty popular server on the same codebase wit…

You are right, it will certainly be used for evil, but the reason is not because AI is evil but because the people who use it are evil - will AI allow worse atrocities that we have…

Yes you really do lose your wealth. Managing wealth is an active and very difficult thing. People all around the world are trying to steal your wealth and they are super motivated …

This seems be a prevailing sentiment on hackernews. It is a very common thought that we should just spread the wealth to everyone and focus on some total well-being metric to evalu…

I worked for a government research lab and it was the same, only work coming from inside the lab was respected and contractor work was looked down upon. That's really interesting, …

I am not saying it's factually incorrect. My point is that it includes a lot of Gregg's personal feelings (and maybe was informed incorrectly about the situation) and I'm just not …

Ok, maybe i'm too old or experienced with these type of things to really enjoy this article. The author might honestly be sincere as he wrote this but I felt it was a bit overblown…

I used ICQ in it's original form and i don't think it did

i was reading another thread where people were saying homeless and surfers, people who spend a lot of time outside, often have low vitamin D when they get tested. I have NO idea ho…

You make a good point. Assuming you are correct on the scope creep issues, ironically if they actually were a scam and instead of building out an entirely new studio, hiring hundre…

I know this has been discussed a million times but seems the consensus is that Chris is actively trying to scam people and not just biting off more than he can chew, running into m…

I don't know in Hong Kong but it's blocked already in the mainland since a week ago. There are currently workarounds but they will probably get around to blocking those as well. He…

*5 years (not to say the next 50 won't be awesome too)

Ok so mine was basically soft core porn. I chose a rogue and I spawned in a tavern next to a girl named Aliza. She was super drink and immediately asked me to go up to her room wit…