I mean…

In 2016, various media outlets reported that Mr Thiel had links to the radical life extension startup Ambrosia, with Gawker claiming he “spends $40,00 per quarter to get an infusion of blood from an 18-year-old based on research conducted at Stanford on extending the lives of mice.”

These reports cited his investment portfolio, together with a 2009 essay that laid out his philosophical and political beliefs. In it, he wrote that he stood against “the ideology of the inevitability of the death of every individual.”

However the blood transfusion claims were never verified and Gawker shut down shortly after following an unrelated lawsuit partly funded by Mr Thiel.

Also we’re supposed to sleep twice per 24-hour period

Trillian was the superior MSN Messenger client.

Imagine deploying such an interoperable client today. Like something that lets you bridge Facebook, Reddit, X, etc. all in one and use the services however you see fit, seamlessly moving conversations between platforms depending on which features you want at a given moment.

You’d get sued so hard you’d discover new exotic states of matter.

Shouldn’t it be parallel with the horizon?

Lemmy when gun death: “Gun proliferation was absolutely a factor, and we should throw red paint on anyone who gets on TV to say this is ‘just a mental health issue’ or ‘about responsible gun ownership’. They will say regulation is impossible, but people are dying just cuz Jim-Bob likes being able to play cowboy.”

Lemmy when AI death: “This is a mental health issue. It says he was seeing a therapist. Where were the parents? AI doesn’t kill people, people kill people. Everyone needs to learn responsible AI use. Besides, regulation is impossible, it will just mean only bad guys have AI.”

Fun fact: You may think “Tank No-2” means it’s the “number 2” tank. Nope. It’s actually the tank for November 2nd.

The demon core is, at the same time, the dumbest thing I’ve heard someone do, and yet…

“Here’s a vessel containing the most powerful force yet discovered. Nobody’s seen it in person before. A quick peek probably won’t kill you.”

“Hmmm… fuck it.”

The way This Guy capitalizes Random Words drives me INSANE.

If you wanna be president of the United States, you should at least learn the language.

What? That’s not what the article says.

Welcome to Moral Luck

Ludd Was Right

500 greater than steps per day

They already prosecute people under the unauthorized access provision. They just don’t prosecute rich people under it.

They specifically lay fiber in rural areas, cuz it’s federally subsidized

.psd

Wut

This same “automatic BS” is helping discover life-saving drugs, diagnosing cancers earlier than some doctors

Not the same kind of AI. At all. Generative AI vendors love this motte-and-bailey.

AGI doomers, yes.

I wouldn’t reject the label “AI Doomer”, myself. But I don’t have a strong position on utopia/dystopia when it comes to AGI.

Mostly because I think it’s so far away, that there’s a real good chance that we bet the farm on something much, much dumber than AGI.

Like a fancy autocomplete.

And hook it up to something unforgivably dangerous.

Like nukes.

That’s cuz you gotta bring your own TP with you instead of it being provided to you for free. No need for a TP holder tube if you’re not gonna share.

Wait, are US bathrooms communist???