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Wikipedia is surely a formidable source of knowledge, but

> Something that goes beyond our daily vices of politics and religion.

You are romanticizing.

Wikipedia is a corporation, just like Work or University, and I personally assume anything corporate is being manipulated by the owners or the ruling oligarchy because they are structurally unreliable. This is especially veritable for Wikipedia. Create an account there and try to go deeper into the articles about politics, literature and war.

Man, I know what you are talking about through and through. Happens all the time on the political Right/Left pages, controversial authors of classical literature, WWII atrocities, and the list goes on. Scientific and Movie or Art articles are way better to discover interesting stuff.

The stalking, censorship, and unwillingness to contribute to topics deemed as "controversial" is unreal. People might not believe, but wikipedia truly is one hell of a cesspool.

There is just too much bureaucracy for beginner editors nowadays. The whole baptism of fire that you need to undergo to be part of the oligarchy is just not worth the hassle.

And what of the natural resources sustaining all of this? This conglomerate of data centers, gpus and other chips will surely have to push manufacturers to the maximum in other industries. I don't think sustainable energy, recycling and carbon credits will be enough to cover for it.

I hate this writing as well. Is not about technology and finance? The reporter writes as if it is a novel.

It is amazing how Lord of the Rings persists in the world.

Christopher Lee reading the Children of Hurin is also fantastic.

It's a matter of taste, isn't it? It's like LaTeX vs. Typst. You create the environment that works best for you.

People are also forgetting the importance of fiber for satiety and gut health.

Worth noting there seems to be no upper limit for the anabolic response to protein ingestion, according to this study:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38118410/

What happens is that the excess of protein stays in your system, but, if you don't use the nutrient by exercising, the caloric excess will obviously make you fat.

"These findings demonstrate that the magnitude and duration of the anabolic response to protein ingestion is not restricted and has previously been underestimated in vivo in humans."

This can be an outrageous amount for a normal individual. These proportions are used for bodybuilders and powerlifters.

And even then this rule is not perfect because of individual genetics, metabolism rates, activity level, percentage of lean mass, etc.

Americans (US citizens) really do eat a lot. What the hell

If they can't figure it out anything else, I think Tor is the most plausible tech to be used. What are the alternatives if these other services don't provide enough traffic to sustent the download speed of the files? Something old like USENET certainly can't be used anymore.

I hope they follow the same pathway of The Pirate Bay or Rutracker.

I think this was genuinely due to the Norwegian Massacre. The guy who did it had an account on stormfront. The whole thing exploded and the owner had to explain that he was not in contact with the mass murderer.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Norway_attacks

Exactly, this is why the 'Hydra' is difficult to take it down.

They stated that they would pass the information on to other archivists and public/private trackers no? They obviously have backups, since there are multiple users seeding Gbs and even TBs of data. Mirrors can be created as well, like TPB.

The US military always seems so focused on projecting a strong image. In these times of impending threats from the East, are there enough incentives for young people to choose the military, even after their studies are finished, over the traditional academic path of college and graduate school?

Also, this reminded me of the WWI documentary from Peter Jackson, "They Shall Not Grow Old", and the british comic "Charley's War" by Pat Mills.

>Your job isn’t forever, but your network is.

I'm very suspicious of this working in the modern technological age. Even in university I'm feeling this: it is hard to create a bond with real friends, but extremely easy to regress to anonymity and become a loner.

Strength Training also feels intoxicating for me. I am in my 20s.

I also feel the need to control this entity of excitement with the rest of my life, my studies, career and romance.

And still, look at all the comments on the article bashing Linux because of compatibility, driver and hardware issues.

I understand that the carved mammoth's tusks can be worth millions, but

> The market for powdered rhino horn in Vietnam is partly due to a belief it can cure cancer. By the time it reaches Vietnam, the horn will be worth more than its weight in gold.

So they even sell based on myths and legends? What insanity. I thought museums would pay for this. Not to mention the work an life conditions in these remote regions of Russia. This is one hell of a documentary.

I can definitely understand you. Interesting you mentioned Victoria's Secret, another area that I am highly interested and could make money is fashion. I could mention the cases of models (Tatjana Patitz, Gisele Bundchen) climbing this money ladder of luxury, but too off-topic for this site.

Different adventures, different life obsessions...

Perhaps I'm just a naive young imbecile.

Even with such a golden ticket ride to the heavens? You could do anything, focus on your family and build your little castle or depersonalize even, change countries, change your identity, make new connections, live a completely different life...

Why this industry has such a claustrophobic atmosphere? If he was a doctor and had a calling for the profession, I would understand. I was doing an unrelated degree (Econ), but now I am doing a tech degree and I never saw such a depressive mentality towards life among peers.

It is like these people are hell bound to the work culture, diehard workaholics. They don't know anything else outside of a computer screen.

Honestly disgracefully.

So this must be worldwide. It seems like the patents held by big pharma are the root of the corruption. What is the guarantee here? That the chemicals are pure, or just that the companies are getting their cut?

Here in Brazil, we have something called 'Genéricos.' These are essentially the same medications as the brand-name versions, produced with the same chemical ingredients, but they often cost half the price, sometimes even cheaper than that.

Insanely comical.

This scares me to death.

This is why you need to find emotional significance for your life (traveling, family, art, etc...) outside of this claustrophobic work.

> It's like thinking the greatest barrier to producing the next great Russian literary novel is not speaking Russian. That is merely the first and easiest barrier, but after learning the language you are still no Tolstoy.

And what do you feel is the role of universities? Certainly not just to learn the language right? I'm going through a computer engineering degree and sometimes I feel completely lost with an urge to give up on everything, even though I am still interested in technology.

Exactly. And this is why a whole dimension of collecting rare footages is quite dead now. This is why piracy through these great public trackers still matters.

Rare movies and film documentaries from the 20th century still can be found on rutracker, for example. The Russians really did create a dedicated community of archivists, with the quality varying to a certain degree depending on the uploader's reputation, but they certainly created a notorious collection of movies, even the ones relatively unknown or sometimes censored to death on western countries.

Oh yeah, it was for the parent

You are comparing different environments. Inside a startup or a multinational it will obviously be quite common.

But you can't expect low level bureaucrats from a transportation company to start speaking english when it is not required to perform the job.

Perhaps this is to facilitate the transition towards a cashless society and to provide the bundle of social benefits that companies advertise to stay competitive in the market and attract employees. Just like company shares or RSUs.

I feel the same. I was trying to make some "art" with shaders.

I was inspired by Zbrush and Maya, but I don't think I can learn what is necessary to build even a small clone of these gigantic pieces of software, unless I work with this on a day to day basis.

The performance of Zbrush is so insane... it is mesmerizing. I don't think I can go deep into this while treading university.