We truly are on the precipice of a dark age, aren’t we?

Imagining all the llm dorks suddenly trying to learn typescript over the weekend

you really are a reddit refugee huh

Nobody hates Reddit more than redditors.

4chan is a very stubborn website

No, that’s not what’s happening. They’re preventing scrapers from accessing the content at no charge. They’re totally willing to make deals for access to their content in exchange for money.

Kagi has AI tools but they don’t shove it down your throat. I don’t understand what “all in on AI” means in this context. The company has said that they want to use AI like they use JavaScript, ie they want to use it as a tool but their product should work well without it.

Thanks to facial recognition. Your expensive spying device is just what collects the data to drive the algorithm.

No, but you do have to make enough to convince the bank to loan you the money to buy it. Houses in major cities cost WAY more than $170k.

That’s certainly a possibility, but it doesn’t seem like the most likely explanation to me.

If the child stayed in the native community wouldn’t that imply that they would likely grow up to have a child with someone else in that community? And that their descendants would be more than half a percent native genetically?

Briar would be great if I knew anyone who was willing to use briar

Goes to 11

The what now

I 100% believe that Facebook and friends are contributing to this trend but it’s important to note that the linked study does not conclude that causation is present:

There is an independent association between problematic use of social media/internet and suicide attempts in young people. However, the direction of causality, if any, remains unclear. Further evaluation through longitudinal studies is needed.

Any robot I can get drunk with is alright by me

Halt and catch fire? No wait, they already do that.

What’s your preferred system?

People are posting about wanting to run away to the woods but I think it’s important to remember that cities can be quiet.

Not that we should all move to Delft, but if we built infrastructure for people instead of cars cities wouldn’t be so fucking loud.

What would you say is technology? Materials science isn’t technology, but what about things made out of the materials created by materials science?