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What to do when you’ve ruined your life

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Re: What to do when you’ve ruined your life

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Post by brookst »

kichik wrote: post #16

I couldn't even read the article because half of it was covered by a newsletter form. No close button. Showed up before I even read one paragraph. Why is every website like this these days?

At this point I think the content is just an annoying leftover thing, like an appendix, that often gets in the way of Engagement and Brand Building and Reader Lifetime Value.

One day soon the article text will be generated on the fly by ChatGPT based on whatever data it can infer about you, and only enough will be created to get you to sign up for the newsletter so you can be spammed with more personalized content that drives greater engagement.

The AI alignment folks were on to something with paper clip maximizes, but the real thing is turning out to be engagement maximizers.

Re: What to do when you’ve ruined your life

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Post by amalgamated_inc »

jacquesm wrote: post #14
JadeNB wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> `Pol Pot stated that his "conscience is clear" but acknowledged that mistakes were made' I was wondering about the source. This seems to be from a 1997 interview with Robin McDowell: https://apnews.com/article/2a1128d4b0c52563496f1e296df0a229 .

I think Pol Pot was confusing having a clear conscience with having no conscience.

Just in terms of percentage, I think Pol Pot must be up there. What was it, 30% of the entire population of the country? Astonishing.

Re: What to do when you’ve ruined your life

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Post by artisanspam »

kichik wrote: post #16

I couldn't even read the article because half of it was covered by a newsletter form. No close button. Showed up before I even read one paragraph. Why is every website like this these days?

Not even just that, but half of the content is just distracting GIFs. I can’t focus well on reading content when there are videos playing on the same screen. This is also a trend that needs to stop.

Re: What to do when you’ve ruined your life

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Post by googlryas »

Operative0198 wrote: post #23

Why do people still use email as a way of subscribing to content? There are many better and more efficient ways to solve this problem rather than having your subscription mail go straight to junk mail.

Are there methods with similar reach as email though?

Re: What to do when you’ve ruined your life

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Post by jacquesm »

amalgamated_inc wrote: post #26
jacquesm wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think Pol Pot was confusing having a clear conscience with having no conscience.

Just in terms of percentage, I think Pol Pot must be up there. What was it, 30% of the entire population of the country? Astonishing.

There is that part near the end of 'Der Untergang' (which I think is a fantastic movie for many reasons, and which obviously has nothing to do with Pol Pot) where you can see the ease with which the power hungry were absolutely willing to sacrifice their entire population if it meant that they would hold out a few days longer. The inhumanity of what was happening while at the same time being concerned with their own every day little normal bits of life was such an incredible contrast.

Re: What to do when you’ve ruined your life

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Post by DrBenCarson »

RubyRidgeRandy wrote: post #18

When I was 23, I misdosed myself and took 110mg of 4-AcO-DMT. The experience was EXTREMELY traumatic and I believed I was dying. At one point I was so overstimulated I just lay on my kitchen floor convulsing uncontrollably. The next few days I didn't know what to do. My body would just shake, I couldn't sleep and I stayed up until I passed out for an hour, and then my shaking would wake up myself up again. I was over…

Wow 110mg is an enormous amount. Glad to hear you’re doing better.
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