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I just had a great chat with Michael, who was having a hard time because his girlfriend didn’t come with him to Burning man. Great chat!

Does anyone else suspect that these companies are doing this for the bad PR, yes they destroy a few books. But then they can point to it to silence the copyright lawsuits, meanwhile they actually are ripping copies of Anna's Archive etc...

I vote for Bigclive doing the teardown. Or maybe AVE…

This. I bribed my way out of many traffic tickets in Southeast Asia by suggesting that because I’m so busy, I’ll pay the cop directly and then he can pay the ticket on my behalf. Worked every time except once, where the guy was a real stickler

As a religious person, I find it fascinating how my concept of God could fit into simulation theory. Miracles, prayer, afterlife, healing - all these Christian concepts can be explained very easily if we imagine a futuristic neckbeard sitting in front of his gaming rig playing our world like a giant game of the sims.

I’ll check it out! Thanks!

I’ve been reading a lot about simulation theory after recently watching the Matrix again, and hot damn does this fit right into that narrative…

I could have sworn that said “anomalous material”…

Having worked in customer service before, the only time customers tried to reason with me was when they were wrong. For at least a large portion of customer service calls, the ability to reason is a negative. Customer calls to say the product is faulty, and with a simple question they admit they didn’t connect the ground wire. They then try to reason with me that they deserve a warranty replacement because their mum just got cancer - fuck reason on cs calls. (Reason might still have a place on complex situations [which yours never is], customer retainment, sales etc)

Even as the top tier tech support for a complex product, 99% of my calls could have been dealt with well by chat gpt in its current form. And my customers would have a more concise outcome, without the variability of my mood, hold times, judgement of their tone etc to effect my advice.

I can’t wait for more ai cs so I can stop talking to a fuckwhit, and talk to an ai that’s almost certainly far more equipped to handle my query.

It wasn’t this gem was it? Your description reminded me of it regardless https://youtu.be/kCpjgl2baLs?si=RwghR9uyjER0S68Q

I have a lathe and a mill at home. Quit my job in the city 1.5 hours away during covid and now run a business from home / get to be a parent. It’s the best. I gave up $190k salary to barely make my mortgage, best decision I ever made!

Couldn't agree more, sounds like you're in Australia too - I've been here 9 years and am yet to file tax... Interested how bad they will fuck me when I do...

I just got a phone call yesterday from Autodesk, saying they’ve seen me active using the new Generative Design function, and asked how I’m finding it / what I’m doing with it to make money. Great feedback for them, and I felt chuffed to get a phone call, and am happier with my software than I was before - win win!

This article is hyperbolic and angsty. 90% of users in Australia don’t have a need for a dongle, and for those that do, there is a dongle. My iMac at work has a dongle to attach a second monitor via hdmi. My iMac at home does not, I would buy a dongle if needed. My AirPod pros are the best headphones I’ve ever had, would never go back to wired headphones, but if you’re an audiophile - there is a dongle for you. If you use flash drive still, there’s a dongle, or a USB C flash drive. If you need 400 USB ports, there’s a dongle.

This doesn’t limit anyone, it’s just turning the devices into more slim lined machines with better IP ratings. 90% of people (made up statistic) are happy with this system, I’m sick of hearing these old codgers dream of the glory days when their thinkpad had 40 ports... buy a thinkpad then ya dangus, why would you buy a Tesla if I want to go rock crawling off road?

Love that episode. Every time I order from Dominoes I use the name Adam Pisces now

I need to hear an episode of the podcast “The Dollop” on this one

The definition of poverty indeed needs to be redefined for today’s standards of living, however I don’t think the title of this article is much more than clickbait. Sure, it could shrink. It could also grow or stay the same - highly speculative.

Don’t know if read down to the Waorani people on that wiki article - but I followed the same trajectory from the HN post last week. I’ve had the pleasure to have hiked out from Shell Ecuador to a Waoroni village and spent some tine with them (they speared a number of Christian missionaries to death in the 50’s) and it’s quite fascinating how their culture has changed from one of the most violant to a peaceful one, and their population size has increased substantially since their conversion

The “Christian” movie The End of The Spear documents that tribe and I’m happy to say that I’ve met many of the original “spearers” and they are alive and well and mentoring the young villagers on living peacefully

I trained with Encase at uni! Quite a tool.

It was a weird few months seeing the bikes everywhere, but only ever seeing them ridden by groups of young kids. I asked a group of Sudanese boys how they liked them, and they showed me how they jimmyed the locks and then rode them for a while until ditching them. Poorly planned system from a hardware perspective - the venture capital idea makes sense to me

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