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Dark matter's effect is only needed because there are other factors that are presupposed. If you set the age of the universe at 13.787 Billion years old (oh wait, now they think it's 27.3 Billion now), then the large scale structures we see in the universe make no sense.

So to my point, we are not "seeing" dark matter anywhere at all... What we have is a failure mode in our current models to explain the phenomena we see. And to fix it they plug in magic invisible heavy stuff. Literately a chunk of math to balance equations in the rotations of galaxies.

First here are a few direct quotes from the UN's Agenda 21 (granted it's not the WEF but its all the same people at the top).

"Policies should be designed to address the consequences of population growth built into population momentum, while at the same time incorporating measures to bring about demographic transition."

"5.31. National population policy goals and programmes that are consistent with national environment and development plans for sustainability and in keeping with the freedom, dignity and personally held values of individuals should be established and implemented."

Second, I take some issue with the APNews article because they gloss over the main point... Jane Goodall herself does believe in population reduction. This is nothing new, she has been saying this for decades. For example she is a member of the Population Matters Group in the UK (formerly Optimum Population Trust). This group and many like it are actively advocating for governments to implement policies that will put earth's human population into decline for the express purpose of climate change. So I will defend my use of that clip because it makes the point I was trying to make. Important people in power desire to reduce the population to reduce carbon emissions.

To expand my point here are other Jane Goodall quotes from the Population Matters website:

“Educating and empowering women and girls and providing family planning information enables more people to choose the size of their families. These are the kind of positive actions governments can take, and must take if we’re to address the biodiversity loss we’re facing.”

“It’s our population growth that underlies just about every single one of the problems that we’ve inflicted on the planet. If there were just a few of us, then the nasty things we do wouldn’t really matter and Mother Nature would take care of it — but there are so many of us.”

“This organisation, Population Matters, is so very important, because this is one of the most important issues that we face today. We can’t go on like this, we can’t push human population growth under the carpet. It’s been shown all around the world that as women’s education improves, family size tends to drop. I would encourage every single conservation organisation, every single government organisation, to consider the absurdity of unlimited economic development on a planet with finite natural resources.”

“The climate crisis that now threatens life on Earth as we know it results from a combination of different human activities, including the pollution of land, air and water, our reckless burning of fossil fuels, the destruction of forests, extreme poverty, and the unsustainable life styles of so many of us. And all of this is impacted by the relentless growth of human populations and their livestock. Educating and empowering women and girls and providing family planning information enables more people to choose the size of their families. And choosing to have fewer children is one of the most important choices we can make.”

As you can see she is quite outspoken on this topic and has been for a long time. Long enough for the people at the WEF to invite her her to speak knowing her position.

Links: https://news.mongabay.com/2010/12/jane-goodall-and-david-att... https://populationmatters.org/quotes/ https://populationmatters.org/solutions/

Because the World Economic Forum has presenters like this:

WEF Jane Goodall, advocates reducing the global population down to 450 million https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5U7R73_9xQ

You might not agree with the Guidelines but are you going to disagree with the entire World Economic Forum?

It's even in the popular zeitgeist. Like this example where Bill Maher is advocating for population collapse:

New Rule: Let the Population Collapse | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HB97iwcm_Qc

I have zero fear of global warming.

BUT if I did, the only real way to reduce energy usage is to reduce the population of earth drastically. People cannot be made to live in squalor willingly.

From the Georgia Guide stones: Maintain humanity under 500,000,000 in perpetual balance with nature.

For those who are keen on math, that means we need to eliminate 7.6 billion people to return to "balance".

I've always found "Dark Matter" explanations unsatisfying. No-matter how deep you dig you always end up at a point where dark matter is nothing more than a contrivance.

Nothing from the observable universe, just bundling all the mathematical loose ends together and stashing them under the rug.

Martin Seligman’s famous experiments with dogs involved exposing them to unpredictable and uncontrollable electric shocks. After being subjected to random shocks, the dogs eventually stopped trying to escape, even when escape became possible. This led to the theory of learned helplessness, where individuals (or animals) stop attempting to change their situation because their efforts have been ineffective in the past.

In my opinion, YouTube’s inconsistent moderation is intentional. It fosters learned helplessness in creators, causing them to stop contesting penalties and simply comply. The unpredictability of penalties leads to self-censorship, as creators try to avoid further punishment, even without understanding why their content is penalized. This fear of random consequences drives passive compliance and penalizes "wrong-think".

This ^

Where I work we are required to have 2-3 Microsoft accounts for security separation. Account containers makes it possible to interact with virtually unlimited profiles all in the same browser window. No need for in-private browsing or multiple widows of chrome or edge, it just works. When you have it configured just right it's a thing of beauty.

Commenting on YouTube:

Massive content sites like YouTube have a problem, the owners are a vanishingly small minority when compared to the population. If they ever have a proper public outcry they would lose in an instant. The "Algorithm" and "Automated Systems" are put in place by design to create a buffer in the minds of the people between content creators and staff. That's also why the rules are vague and sometimes randomly applied. When content creators don't know all the rules around what will hurt or help them then they are motivated to be as passive as possible via learned helplessness. A system of random punishment and ever changing rewards will keep people guessing what the "algorithm" wants and what causes strikes. How YouTube operates is a master class in mass manipulation. YouTube MUST randomly abuse people to instill a source-less fear to maintain control.

Further Reading: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traumatic_bonding https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learned_helplessness https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockholm_syndrome https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battered_woman_syndrome

America is HUGE... And all of the big cities seem unable to herd their own cats. People often forget that the USA is really 50 small countries wearing a trench coat. Just look the maps linked below. The EU has all its people piled up close where as the US has HUGE tracts of low population areas. That's why you'll never see a high speed coast to coast rail system here. logistically it's just not possible (at least not on the west coast). I live in one of the unpopulated areas and by car it takes over an hour of continuous travel at 70 MPH (115 KPH) to get to a smallish big city. There's just too much empty space.

https://www.census.gov/library/visualizations/2021/geo/popul...

https://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/figures/fragmentatio...

I could see local areas like California or New York getting some high speed rail but even then, how many people would use it and where would they be going?

Not only that, but if you have one then it's listening to me too. It's insane that people want a faceless blob that tracks everything or anyone around you does and creates a dossier (that can be sold or abused).

AI is at a point where unless there is another breakthrough they need orders of magnitude more fresh raw data to improve the models. Everything everywhere all the time. They don't just want it, they need it to grow.

SLAP a smile on that microphone and people will eat it like candy.

Related Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDUC-LqVrPU

I have noticed a dearth of satisfaction in the tech world of late. It seems that many were sold a false dream and the light is fading. I myself have been feeling this way and I have drastically cut back on personal computer interaction outside of work.

My recommendation is get closer to nature, trees, the living green, fresh air, sunshine... The things that bring a real physical joy to the mind and body. Mankind is not meant to spend all day in man-made caves with flickering lights

For everyone wondering why the google sign in is required it's because the "app" gives you 5 free tokens to play with. It needs to be able to track that and just using google as your identity solution is way easier than rolling your own.

Users are offered free tokens to test the app with and a google logon is as good as any to test with... I will agree it looks sketch though.

Users are given free tokens to use to kick the tires. It needs some form of identity for that.

So it can track the free tokens it gives you.

"Reasonable"? The idea was popularized by Gurdjieff, G. I. who was a mystic teacher. There is nothing reasonable about it. not a single wiff of actual truth, just rebranded new age woo for corporate elite. I may sound harsh but from what I've found in my own personal research it is much of a religion as scientology and as much science as astrology.

https://www.integrative9.com/enneagram/history/

For anyone who wants to do a deep dive look into the life and works of George Gurdjieff and Oscar Ichazo. The Enneagram did not originate from the scientific method. It is a rebranded meld of eastern mysticism, new age woo, and Greek philosophy sold to the corporate elite as a tool to brand and control their employees. It's as much a religion as is Scientology.

Just take a look at one of the testing centers and the history they themselves list. https://www.integrative9.com/enneagram/history/

100% this. It only takes a few minutes of googling to see that this is religious mysticism wrapped up in modern parlance and feed to the soulless corporate elite. I give it as much weight as astrology or divining rods.

My workplace recently went through the integrative9 courses and on their OWN website they claim that it's origins are steeped in mystery and accent mystical practices.

https://www.integrative9.com/enneagram/history/

This site doesn't pass the sniff test for me. the "About Us" and other links at the bottom don't work and there is very little information on the other pages.

Gives me https://www.ingersolllockwood.com/ vibes... That site (and it's sister sites) have slimmer formatting and link problems.

I think it's important to put "AI" into some perspective. Despite it's apparent wonder and power it is little more than a advanced lossy compression algorithm (latent-space with back propagation most times) and a natural language query interface. SQL with a facelift.

Once you see the man behind the curtain it loses most of it's shine.

I switched to Linux full time two years ago and I'm never looking back (until a "trusted" OS is required by law). There are times when I truly need windows for something so I keep it around on a spare HDD to boot into it.

In the future I plan on relegating it to a VM on a separate VLAN to keep the cooties at bay.

Even if it's not true, I like amber light at night better. No science, just "feels" better. Same with the daylight bulbs, I think they are icky at night.

Well shucks... Ordered.

It's amazing how slapping "healthcare" on something magically makes it immune to scrutiny.

Need to restart eugenics? Sell it as a free pass to oblivion and prey on the less fortunate to fuel the fire.

What ever happened to "Do No Harm"? Killing someone certainly qualifies as harm. You cannot heal through death.

Harm /härm/ noun 1. Physical or psychological damage or injury. 2.Immoral or unjust effects.

It's Eugenics 2.0 - It comes back when society as a whole has mostly forgotten about it. The rich and powerful always seek to control the life and death of the "undesirables". At the moment it's a fun little ray of sunshine for the less fortunate to walk them to oblivion. Once people get used to the idea (even if they don't like it) that then they will really start turning the screws. Can't pay your bills? MAID. Can't walk? MAID. Can't pass a test at school? MAID.

Anything that promotes death as a choice will eventually be corrupted and then abused. Before long we will be sacrificing virgins on an alter to have a plentiful harvest.

It's a transflective display. Although not E-Ink it may solve many of the same problems while having a reasonable refresh rate and less burn in.

Comment from Daylight_Co https://www.reddit.com/r/eink/comments/1bk294i/comment/kvx17...

Hmmm, a little disappointed but I'm I still very interested. My favorite smart watch was a pebble and they used a transflective display, I loved it. If this is more of the same but refined and bigger count me in.

For some, e-ink displays are the holy grail of tech. I have several e-ink devices but the real hangup is the refresh rate. If this solves that problem in a meaningful way it could be game changing.

Ohh my, on first blush this looks great.

Running someones immune system or poisoning them is a fantastic way to get plausible deniability. No smoking gun...

Plausible Deniability is when a person's involvement or culpability in an event might be denied, or at least mitigated, by creating a situation where they can claim ignorance or an inability to act.