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I don't quite understand what it is about the mesmerizing screens that somehow, via messing with our minds and desires, result in a) having fewer kids, b) coupling up less.
I don't know either, but anecdotally a rejoinder I always heard growing up in 80s to a couple announcing their 4th or 5th child was: "Don't you two have a TV?"
I guess now we need to upgrade it to "Dont you two have a tiktok account?"
bootc or other "immutable distros" are the best overall solution.
All apps should be installed as flatpaks and/or containers, where as the base OS layer moves at a much slower pace.
That could be the next $1B industry, but the next $100B industry is the people that own the bots who will use that secret information to sell you products, influence your decisions, and farm your engagement based upon the psychological profile they've built around you.
AI is going to become the best advertising platform ever built because it will be nearly be both invisible and deeply personal.
Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.
I had always heard that line was a reference to Abby Hoffman situation during the Who's set at Woodstock....(Hoffman was a leftist political agitator who basically commandeered the mic during the Who's set to turn it into a political speech)....I think Townshend saw that all the politico types were the same...given an inch the peace-preaching leftist would become tyrannical in their own way....
Economists and historians have estimated that medieval laborers often worked far fewer hours annually than modern workers. Economist Juliet Schor found that during periods of high wages, such as in 14th-century England, an average medieval laborer might only work around 150 days a year
Medieval Peasants Had More Vacation Time Than You
doesn’t need to sleep or eat.
Not related to the interpersonal aspects, but this is why I reject the AI-salesmen ideas that AI is going to shorten the working day.
Has any technology really done that? Do people actually have shorter work days in 2026 rather than in 1926? I bet not by any meaningful amount....
If AI increases productivity then the natural economic push will be to just work on more projects at the same time, letting AI do the heavy lifting and the human do the orchestration.
I fully can see that more people will work from home in post-AI scenario, but there will be 10x more people orchestrating their AI labor pool on their phone....just as you are ready to turn out the lights in bed....bing ahh look claude is asking me a question on how to handle this customers request.......
Feel like reporting nominal values is pretty misleading. Would probably need to be percentage of income and/or net worth to provide a true measure of debt. (ie. if you earn $150K per year and have $75K in debt is much different than earning $12K per year and having $12K in debt).
One aspect that has flown under the radar of this proposed deal is Game Stop stores are generally classified as "second hand dealers" in all states they operate in. That is legally the same classification as pawn shops (same regulation, just that game stop has a different business model).
The point being, is that this deal would transform eBay into basically being an online reseller + pawn shop network in 50 states.
There is something there that is interesting....Facebook Marketplace has basically devoured a huge part of eBay's business and the 'local first' aspect of Facebook Marketplace is the biggest thing that eBay is missing....
Nope married with 2 kids.
He had a near death experience about 8 years ago (heart attack) and it pushed him into being a vegan, but also remaining an atheist.....I initially thought he chose veganism as a belief that it was healthier for his heart, but over the years he has said that its primarily for ethical reasons....yes the whole thing is confusing to me....
"The internet" is more awesome today than it was back then....
I was a young adult when I first heard about this thing called "the internet" in 1989...and I agree with your assessment.
The thing I do miss from 90s internet was the culture. I don't even really like reading HN comments too much these days because it makes it too clear that the entire cyberpunk ethos is dead. Bootlicking pro-regulation pro-biggov compliant slaves replaced the edgy, cool, you-cant-stop-us 90s tech crowd.
Yet, in spite of that, I can still use encryption, I can still setup my own website, I can still communicate securely, etc....
I think there is probably a workable analogy of what will happen with Bitcoin. As the masses (and that includes Wall St) pours in, the culture will shift and the pro-bootlicker crowd will become ever more vocal, yet as long as the protocol nicely ossifies, you will still be able to use bitcoin in a "2013 approved way"
Hopefully business leaders can intervene to pressure DJT to talk to president Bibi and ask for permission to allow US economy to recover.
Personally I think the more interesting model was the one mentioned by NewMarket (see here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26bOawTzT5U)
TLDR. You apply for loan for real estate, lender provides excess cash which must be used to buy Bitcoin. The excess bitcoin becomes part of the collateral package of loan. After 4 year minimum lockup you can choose to sell bitcoin to pay down loan.
Example: You want to buy house for $500K - they provide you $600K in cash, 500K for house + 100K for bitcoin. The bitcoin is jointly held by you and lender (same as house) all part of same collateral package.
If at the end of 4 years Bitcoin portion is now worth $200K you can cash in and use that to pay down loan.
This could allow home buyers to get a 30 year mortgage and pay it off in say 8 years if Bitcoin booms in price.
The era of AI discovered vulnerabilities is upon us....next year or three is going to be wild.
Just wait until hundreds of backdoors wind up in NPM, Pypi, etc package repos.....
Lets quarantine everyone again.....
Perfect timing to create demand destruction to deal with decimated oil inventories from Iran war....
I've long noticed this.....there is a corollary issue that many completely secular / atheist seem to be more stringent about animal welfare than those who are religious.
I can't help but find that curious....a colleague of mine is both a vocal atheist and a vegan for "moral reasons".
I really past the age of feeling the need to argue such things with people, but I've tried to gently mention to him that if he doesn't believe in any higher moral authority why does he care about what a random collection of atoms known as a chicken goes thru....he seemed either confused about my point or simply wanted to ignore it.
For the record, I do believe both that (a) God did gives us dominion over the animals and earth to use for our benefit and simultaneously (b) We have a responsibility to be good stewards of it...and that includes reducing animal suffering.
Wha?!? But Bibi told the stable genius that it was going to quick, easy, and consequence free!!
Oh well, only the average american will suffer and pay the price, so I guess its ok.