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SkavarSharraddas

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  • The Snowflake Act.

  • ‘The insolent pig finally got a proper slap’: Russia celebrates Trump’s Zelenskyy takedown

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  • There certainly is an insolent pig deserving of a proper slap down in the oval office.

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  • In other words, Trump is gambling with WW3 as well.

  • Sergey Brin says AGI is within reach if Googlers work 60-hour weeks

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  • It's a belief in Techno-Jesus that will solve all our problems so we don't have to solve them ourselves (don't need to do the uncomfortable things we don't want to). Just like aliens, the singularity, etc.

  • Trump tells Zelensky 'make a deal or we're out' in angry White House meeting

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  • Trump accuses Zelensky of "gambling with World War Three".

    Which means that Trump is also gambling with it. Of course you'd need competent media to point out their hypocrisy.

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    If mind uploading was successfully achieved, would the virtual "you" truly still be you?

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  • "You" is just a thought pattern, a bit of software if you want to use a crude metaphor. Your body and mind are just the substrate that runs that software. And in principle that same pattern could be run on a computer.

    I don't think biology is that simple, the body influences the mind (e.g. https://www.sciencealert.com/pooping-before-you-exercise-has-an-incredible-effect-on-performance) and isn't just a vessel for it. But even if it was...

    Who says you need physical continuity?

    I don't think putting a copy of your mind somewhere else will transfer your consciousness as well, so it's not a suitable way to ensure your continued existence (unless you believe in an immaterial soul that's independent of your physical body).

    You could do the slow piecemeal upload process. But again, that scenario is just trying to preserve the illusion of the continuity of consciousness.

    No, as mentioned before, it's the continuity of physical existence, which I believe is crucial to the continued existence of "you", otherwise even if a copy thinks it is "you", the original is dead. Which is no use to me, even if a simulacrum continues to exist it would be only for the benefit(?) of others.

  • Consumer confidence plunges most in nearly 4 years as inflation fears escalate on Trump tariff threats

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  • More like a mafia protection racket.

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    If mind uploading was successfully achieved, would the virtual "you" truly still be you?

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  • I don't think existence of the original matters unless you postulate the existence of something non-physical like a soul that can transfer over to the familiar copy if the original is destroyed, or split into two when both exist. Physically, a copy is a copy which might feel like "you", but if the original is destroyed, the original "you" dies.

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    If mind uploading was successfully achieved, would the virtual "you" truly still be you?

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  • I think that's a bad comparison. When you wake up, your consciousness uses the same physical brain as before (conversely, if the brain changes due to e.g injury the "you" might also change). When you "upload" "yourself", the result is a new brain, there's no physical continuity (same with sci-fi transporters). Even if the end result is a perfect copy of "you", I don't think it is you. Maybe a slow process that adds a computer part to your brain and kills off your biological brain bit by bit so your thought processes slowly migrate to the computer might work. But there are indications that "you" are determined by more parts of your body than just your brain, so even that might result in something other than the original "you" though it is a continuous process.

  • US could cut Ukraine's access to Starlink internet services over minerals, say sources.

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  • From world police to mafia protection racket.

  • Klimakrise und Lösungen - Jetzt beginnt der Angriff auf die Klimaziele

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  • ohh, leider ist es zu spät und jetzt hat es auch keinen Sinn mehr etwas zu tun

    Was falsch ist, es ist immer noch sinnvoll Treibhausgase zu vermeiden, dafür müsste man halt Wert auf eine lebenswerte Zukunft legen (was den aktuellen Nachrichten nach zu urteilen so wenige tun wie selten zuvor).

  • Trump Is Ripping Off America and Calling It Anti-“Woke”

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  • Woke is when you want other people to do well, so anti-woke is when you want others to suffer.

  • Elon Musk’s X blocks links to Signal, the encrypted messaging service

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  • He meant "free speech abolitionist", easy typo to make.

  • Robert F. Kennedy Jr. narrowly confirmed by Senate as Trump's health secretary - ABC News

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  • It's the disease department now.

  • RFK Jr. confirmed by Senate as Health secretary

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  • Should be called "disease secretary" everywhere.

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    The U.S. just hit its lowest score ever on an international corruption measure

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  • What? With Trump running the country like a mafia protection racket? How could that be?

  • Our allies may never forgive us. Anti-American forces, on the other hand, are giddy.

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  • Why do you think the assholes that profited off destroying the world are now pushing anti-migrant rhetoric? So the plebs demand weaponized borders and protect them from the people whose homes will be unlivable soon instead of turning against them.

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  • Get ready for more anti-EU / anti-regulation / pro-AfD propaganda.

  • Android TV Boxes

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  • It includes a full firewall that can block everything (that an Android VPN can block).