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thereisnoself

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thereisnoself··on [dead]
Trump defying a 9-0 Supreme Court ruling, establishes a precsenent that could have horrendous consequences
thereisnoself··on Trump is halfway to making America a police state
https://archive.ph/GdGKj
thereisnoself··on Elon Musk sues Sam Altman, Greg Brockman, and OpenAI [pdf]
Allowing startups to begin as non-profits for tax benefits, only to 'flip' into profit-seeking ventures is a moral hazard, IMO. It risks damaging public trust in the non-profit sector as a whole. This lawsuit is important
thereisnoself··on 'Mathematically perfect' star system being investigated for potential alien tech
I don't think it makes sense for a humanoid species, but silicon based, perhaps? Iain M Banks' The Algebraist [0] has a near immortal species called Dwellers that manage it somehow :)

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Algebraist#:~:text=Dweller....

thereisnoself··on 'Mathematically perfect' star system being investigated for potential alien tech
I've often thought planet TrEs-2b [0], the darkest planet ever discovered orbiting a star, would be the best candidate for extra terrestrial life. My theory is that its darkness is down to the fact that the civilisation there has figured out a way to harness solar energy to near 100% capacity, along the lines of a Dyson sphere [1].

[0] https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/exoplanet-catalog/1716/tres-2-b [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyson_sphere

thereisnoself··on GPTs: Custom versions of ChatGPT
What's the file upload limit? I can see many junior roles being replaced if a large corpus of data can be uploaded.
thereisnoself··on Show HN: Twitter API Reverse Engineered
Has anyone built a js version of this?