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So I'm sorry that happened to your friend... But also let's remember that there are tens of million Americans using weed products (legally in many states) who are having a great time with it…

So just for context "Based on data from 2023–2025, approximately 15% to 17% of American adults currently consume cannabis." - Gallup So though this may be technically true in some sense, it …

Well the hard thing about astroturfing is that only the people running the platform have the hard data to prove it beyond any reasonable doubt. But I don't think we need 99.99% confidence -- isn&…

I never said the word reparations… just that it’s a topic that makes a certain group really emotional

This is the type of thing that sends certain people emotionally of the rails, but I suppose I can't say a city shouldn't do whatever they think is right just because some bad-faith actors wi…

Agree on both counts… but I do. I’m sure there are systemic changes that are possible, and it’s a topic worthy of brainstorming

Well the reason I said it sounds like you were trying to "hack" feelings was that you mentioned you came up with your own social "algorithm" for testing people you meet that could …

As a neutral 3rd-party who wants to help you speed-run your self-growth (because I like your energy): - Yeah you come across as aggro. That's okay, sounds like you went through some stuff. - Soun…

I'd lump this in with so much other inspirational advice (e.g. "Dance like nobody is watching! Love like you've never been hurt!") that is well-intended but hugely impractical. I t…

Nope I'll make a google doc and export to PDF I think.

Part of what's going on here -- why we have this gap in what we say we fear and how we act, is just a human deficiency. I remember when Covid got out of control in China a lot of people around me…

I mean a 10 / month pdf editor sounds like an outrageously bad deal… that’s 120 a year so good riddance But if people want to make more good creative games and the store helps me find them I have…

It's funny -- about 8 years ago I remember this exact same issue came up, but the other way around. There was this guy, James Damore, basically a republican who said the diversity program was gri…

No I'm not saying we're no the cusp of anything necessarily. I'm saying that the best current AI probably has an IQ of at least 60-70, and that is more impressive than getting a few peo…

"These people are bots?" Dude I've been on this site as long as you which is something about my account you could see... TBH It sounds like this is a tremendously emotional topic for yo…

What did I just read? I liked the bits explaining the basics of the difficulties of versioning data, well known points but explained in a simple way. But then it just kept going without any clear cent…

Yes, technically. But terms of amount-of-money that needed to be reinvested to bring it back to prior highs (let alone ever go like even 50% past its prior high) is significantly more this time.

To be clear I’m not negging the moon landing. I just think it may only Be humanity’s second greatest achievement But thinking machines, even if they only have an IQ of 70 right now, even if they may e…

Yeah I took over a year of singing lessons from a vocal coach and saw minimal improvement. That’s fine, but it annoys me when people lie about this stuff. I don’t say everyone can program, and that’s …

Well… maybe making thinking machines mass produced is actually a more amazing project than the moon landing Just need to make sure the wealth is spread equally

Hypothetically, what about allowing new property only of higher quality than existing ones? That way to assure it’s a net improvement for everyone

No, I’m a nimby. Basically the law should be the newly added properties be more valuable than the existing ones.

I think you're missing the point -- the point is that gasoline companies KNEW ABOUT alternative lead-free substitutes for anti-knock (such as ethanol) and chose lead because they perceived it was…

Yeah, if you're going to spend 100 million building a datacenter you should be required to add equivalent grid production in the area. It has drastically increased our electricity prices where I …

I don't think that's true. I think that just shows how disconnected we are. We tell ourselves that we must have "better lives" than say a native american in the year 1000AD, but th…

I think the talk was significant inflation, because everything will cost more. And it does.

Wow, this is crazy. How is this not frontpage? Must have been flagged by some embarrassed individuals.

I don't think I agree with this article. I thought "drive the car" was a metaphor for writing software, but no it's not. It's a metaphor for politics/visibility stuff. An…

Honestly this actually seems like a pretty smart hedge