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"BodyTrak is the latest body-sensing system from the SciFiLab..."

Name checks out. This kind of tech isn't going to be used primarily in smartwatches it's going to be integrated into state-based surveillance.

Whoever wrote this is clearly intelligent, has a solid worldview, and a vocabulary too big for their own good. There is already a Federal social media and realID platform being discussed to address many of the issues the author brings up and they conflate what an interconnected network is with the World Wide Web.

It's hard to watch the scales fall from peoples eyes. Just make it more concise next time.

Wells Fargo has systemic corruption and needs to lose it's Charter.

Very few websites fit my vertical monitor well. This website looks awesome! The content is quality, too. Well done.

Musk is making a huge mistake. He's going to squeeze people to free platforms and the ecosystem that remains will be hollow and degraded.

He should focus on consolidating digital currencies through a one-way sidechain that absorbs all other blockchain values. BTC, ETC, DOGE all go in, but only Twitter coin or fiat currency comes out.

Elon is making a classic blunder and leaning against previous experiences and achievements, but they won't tailor well to the future.

Yes. Learning to program is something you need to do young unless you have a decently nimble mind with a firm foundation in logic and math.

The vast vast vast majority of well-paid programmers (not frontend devs) are upper-middle class (within their country) who generally have a solid family foundation with one or both parents involved in technology either professionally or as a hobby.

It is very difficult for someone over 25 without a solid understanding of college level algebra and statistics to ramp up into a professional programmer/engineer.

The caveat to all of this is if you're willing to work until you make it. Pretty much anything can be done with enough work; but if you're 30, not good at college level algebra, don't have 3 hours a day to spend learning, practicing, studying, and contributing for 3 years you aren't likely to become a paid professional.

Generally if you pose a math problem to a reader you should work the problem out as an example instead of simply giving the blueprints for how to do it. Otherwise, it was informative.

>The Golden Book of Chemistry Experiments (1960)

The fact that they will likely take it out on your family, friends and anyone suspected of knowing about your actions. Not to mention the shit that happens before they kill you.

Man is a predator ape. Don't get it twisted.

Just go there and proselytize to people. They will stop inviting you then.

1) Are there any legal issues with Elon lying about the health of his private company to the public? No.

2) All that activity increase AND none of them are bots?

One would expect a drop in active users since Elon was so dead set on dismantling the supposed bot network that fuels Twitter.

Great article. Long read.

The author doesn't mention the Phoenix Memo; they should have. Otherwise, solid rundown.

Part of the problem with macroeconomics, as with many academic disciplines, is it depends too much on math, models and the need to quantify, qualify and manipulate answers instead of intuiting problems to discover solutions.

Much like medicine in the 1600s (as the author discusses) macroeconomics is a bit of a guessing game. One of the largest factors the author didn't discuss (even though he mentioned the Lucas Critique) is the Cobra Effect which ultimately renders useless the majority of policy initiatives as announcing those initiatives undermines their effectiveness.

Thus the Federal Reserve and Congress have to adopt a more indirect way to approach solving large visible economic problems without tipping people off to the loopholes and implications and opportunities to profit from them.

What this really comes down to is gamesmanship. You have to solve macroeconomic problems through innovative solutions that often seem counter intuitive because they are by design meant to misdirect so the real target can be achieved. This ultimately boils down to leadership.

The way through the macroeconomic storms is forward; let the academics discuss building models and learning how to do with systems what talented individuals can understand through substantive intuition.

This isn't moderating, Daniel - it's curating.

So do what we both know you enjoy about this job since you don't seem to do the other aspects of it.

Impersonating people can very much be illegal, but it can also expose you to libel. Please, do your spell check thing and get back to me.

Speech realist is someone who believe in the tenants of free speech within the confines of laws.

Mastodon is a Confederation as no central authority moderates all instances.

https://blueskyweb.xyz

Actually is Federated.

Mastodon is a Confediverse.

After looking at what Jack built; it seems he's actually created a Fediverse.

That was never a thing. It was always an illusion for the advancement of artificial intelligence.

Why do you think they are going so hard on the Semantic Web shit? It's not for the disabled - it's for the blind, deaf and dumb AI that needs the entire content of the web to train on.

All my ideas are award winning level. I'm just super lazy and don't care about being successful.

Engaging in unethical activity isn't conduct becoming a US Representative. Using the information you have to profit off the economy at the expense of it's citizens is unethical and immoral.

That's what crooked means. Not just corrupt.

Ok. They won't pay the ransom. Fine. Now how much are they going to pay in fines and restitution to the people harmed by their failure to protect?

That's really cool. Wonder if you could use one of those old Soy Sauce barrels to make wine with...

Yes, they are crooked. If you don't realize this yet you're young or stupid.

Toot is a term for doing a bump of coke.

More Mastodon spamming.

If you didn't close your Github account when Microsoft bought it for $7B then you likely aren't going to close your Twitter cause Elon.

Holy hell. Is this just like one big ass MUD adventures convention? Pretty cool, man.

Confediverse.

Obviously, the only way to actual test if it's the stripes or not is to test it on Beetlejuice.

A very important distinction. The prevailing system people subscribe to should be known and properly labelled. Otherwise it's just a bait and switch.