TremendousJudge

the way they inject "CHROME IS BETTER" when you visit google.com?

I don't know how they didn't get fined for their decade-long Chrome spam campaign. They even used to bundle it with other software downloads, a la Ask Toolbar

no way, some guy probably did an A/B and showing random crap instead "increases engagement" I don't think they measured it on a period of more than a couple of hours

> which said Tesla’s press email inbox is full is this even possible in 2023?

>his writing doesn’t have much personality; it’s designed not to have any I completely disagree. It's possible to be so used to it that you don't notice it. To me his style has very clear…

Not sure about GP, but money isn't everything. If I feel like I'm being treated badly, under stress, and lonely, no money can compensate that.

Nice to meet you Derek, I am Serek Dirvers

I know people who got robbed of more than that by scams that showed up on ads

afaik the English dub literally changes the ending of Kiki's Delivery Service

I kind of agree, but when you're trying to research truly new stuff, a priori you don't know which are the promising avenues. Newton spent most of his life studying teology and alchemy, whic…

Well There's Your Problem has an episode on the incident as well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34rdxDgpaaA …

It really reads like a horror story about stealing a cursed artifact from an ancient tomb.

Yeah, this CEO technology is interesting but ultimately going nowhere, it's only remixing existing decisions and not having any original innovations. Plus, as CEO decisions get fed back into the …

I overall agree with you, but a much bigger counterexample would be the widespread availability of painkillers

Kind of? I think people don't really fear it the way they might fear, say, AIDS, but they still practice protected sex regardless (because it's a good idea for many reasons). If people cared…

Same thing with chess, but written word is much older. Maybe spoken word is next, since chronologically it's much older. Moving through an environment, self-healing, reproduction, and being power…

yeah I use Wikipedia zoomed in and it always uses the entire width of my screen, new design is not an exception. Having text as a max-width column is good, otherwise it's harder to read.

That site is an amazing resource, thank you. I was having trouble finding a solitaire for my grandfather's new laptop

I don't understand, are you saying that the layoffs are caused by the recent hiring frenzy or by the hypothetical trouble of 6 months from now?

That's a great essay, thank you. I have been thinking this exact same thing for over a year now, it's nice to see it written out so clearly.

because the "shoehorned political opinions" are not coming from the writer, are coming from market research done by the executives. they will not risk their investment by hiring a writer kno…

>and not what you'd get from a human writing accessible music The timbral qualities of the posted samples remind me of some of the stuff I heard from Aphex Twin, like Alberto Balsalm. Not acce…

I agree. There's a difference between an untrue statement and a lie, in that a lie is intentionally deceitful (ie the speaker knows it's not telling the truth). ChatGPT doesn't have int…

Reminds me of this jewel by The Onion: Obama Scales Back Goals For America After Visiting Denny's https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yiQXPOO1Yo …

The lawyer mentions this in his talk.

Yes, that's exactly why deflation is bad for the average person. You can't afford to save your money (which is increasing in value just sitting there) because you HAVE to spend it on food, r…

>leaving their elites preaching to themselves about "subjugation" It's usually the elites who inherited the colonial extractivist machine and are keeping it running. If they preach a…

I live in a Spanish speaking country where some people take issue with the fact that groups of people are male by default, unless they are all female. Using "e" is preferred to "x"…

Not very impressive imo. Hobbyists were doing better demos 10 years ago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RBSkq-_St8 …

It reads a lot like Neal Stephenson to me, both the tone and the topic. Anyway, if you like that sort of dives into a weird subculture let me recommend Sam Fussell's Muscle. Here's an interv…