See also: Hungarian one-hundred- quintillion-pengő banknote

My dad and his two siblings had the same birthday. It is a weird bit of trivia and I never got to ask my grandparents what the heck was going on with that!

Bespin was the original enshittification, a long time ago and a galaxy far away

I couldn’t help myself. I’m sorry you had to carry this burden

I just had a great one with Sriracha maple syrup and bacon on Belgian waffles. Fried chicken thighs, no bone

Longtermism is only prioritizing long term concerns at the expense of present day suffering. It is a pathological devaluing of the present. I say this as an environmental scientist and paleobiologist who advocates taking a long term perspective whenever possible.

Also, calling trans people transhumanist is imo pretty offensive

This must be what those douchebags playing music on the trail use

Lot to unpack here

I do think Aedes bites are worse. At least they itch way worse than Culex bites for me. I am not sure if this is a function of differences in their venom, or just their love for the thin sensitive skin around the ankles and elbows. But either way, they tend to leave a sharper, localized red welt where they bite, rather than the large, wide but less pronounced bites I get from Culex mosquitoes.

Yeah, I’ve seen people get this a couple times. Sudden intense quantity of bites (for one person after a hike in rainforest, another after dinner on a patio next to a stream). The inflammation starts to kind of merge between bites, they grow fatigued and feverish and the eyelids start to swell a bit. Each time, some Benadryl helped resolve it (of course knocking them out though). So I don’t know why the assistant would claim that, of course different people have different reactions to the venom based on their own immune systems, quantity and location of the bites, etc

Yes, the performative burning of carbon for tokens must stop. Managers are already realizing that human brains are still more efficient for many tasks. Large language models are impressive regarding how much information they can parse and synthesize via language, but it’s a dead end in terms of achieving real intelligence.

That the rich will be left holding the bag rather than the poor, though they will probably be bailed out. So I guess I’ll be unemployed but able to build a gaming PC really cheaply to keep myself occupied

Just one more lane bro.

Thank you. I have won my personal game for the day. In my edition I simply remember at all times that there is a game. I only lose if I forget it. Thank you for bringing a little bit of victory to my day.

It is a meta-game, or meme. More of a thought experiment, in the same vein as challenging people to avoid thinking of pink elephants for the next hour. It is a way to remind ourselves that we are not in full control of our own minds. Some parts of our programming are autonomous and can’t be stopped. We have to perceive that the game exists to avoid hearing about the game, but in doing so, we have lost it. In that way, it’s kind of cool and interesting to me.

Famed pic of Margaret standing next to the Apollo Guidance Computer code

Yep, it’s funny how it works

1. Invented scarcity by exiting consumer memory market, and sanctioning Chinese memory suppliers that can help fill the gap
2. Use all the memory on speculative data centers
3. Make consumer tech so expensive that they’re forced to lease them, rent virtual machines or do buy now pay later and pay interest
4. Profit
5. Consumers pay for bailout of AI company investors when bubble pops?

Yes, that is a good idea, just have to find a balance since we don’t want to be a wiki memes page