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[–] 0x0 8 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I remember reading comments on Slashdot circa 2005 "explaining" why video streaming would never replace physical media. I totally bought it at the time.

This was a moment in time when Netflix existed, but it only sent DVDs through the mail. Only took a few years before their streaming service took off. Also, YouTube showed up around that time (and then Google bought it).

[–] 0x0 18 points 3 months ago

Embroidery is work, too

[–] 0x0 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

How would this be any different from more people existing in the world? These AGIs still need to eat (err, consume electricity). Or are you assuming they'll be superior intelligences and thus disruptive?

[–] 0x0 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

This comic seems to be about bad programmers, so maybe they don't have version control 😬 When I'm working on something especially fiddly and I finally get the tests passing, I immediately make a git commit before even trying to clean it up. That way, I have a checkpoint I can return to if I accidentally break anything.

[–] 0x0 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I know that free will doesn't exist and I wouldn't choose to have it any other way

[–] 0x0 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I'm not an engineer, I don't know how it works. I can touch the transparent window without getting burned, so it appears the window is insulated.

Maybe it works like this? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insulated_glazing

[–] 0x0 3 points 3 months ago

I hate when the dishwasher says it's low on cyan gnomes, but I can see them right there

[–] 0x0 10 points 3 months ago (6 children)

My oven is super insulated, yet it still has a window

[–] 0x0 12 points 3 months ago (4 children)

It still blows my mind that a plant is illegal. One with medicinal uses, no less. What will they think of next? Banning sunshine?

[–] 0x0 6 points 3 months ago

Yes, we enlightened scholars know that the real Eve was a beautiful Australopithecus afarensis.

[–] 0x0 5 points 3 months ago

On that note, I suspect that a 25% tax is cheaper by far than the cost of building out state of the art silicon fab on US soil, plus the additional cost of paying Americans to do the manufacturing/assembly. Would you rather buy an iPhone for $1250 or $4000?

[–] 0x0 11 points 3 months ago

Exactly. This sounds like selection bias in action. If you're sampling adults who have ADHD and asking if it's better from when they were kids, you've already skewed the results beyond repair. You need to follow kids with ADHD into adulthood and see if it gets better.

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