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nautikos2on Hittite royal archive found in Turkey

This is not correct because we don't know what the Hittites called themselves. This civilization, when it was found, was named after the Biblical tribe. There is no relation established between the two.

nautikos2on Paramount Skydance has completed its $111B merger with Warner Bros. Discovery

It's not whataboutism if you're comparing apples with apples. Just saying.

nautikos2on More questions about whether researchers can trust OpenAI with unpublished math

Most people here are missing the forest for the trees.

We live in a society where phones and internet providers and websites all collect an incredible amount of data about everywhere you go, what you do, and what you think. In the US, we have very few digital rights.

We are building a society where a trillion dollar company can aggregate all this data and just yoink your shiny new idea away from you at the finish line.

This is double plus ungood.