Ah, the textures finally loaded.

It looks like Wes Anderson’s living room.

I’ll be honest. I listen to a lot of ambient/EDM while working, and I probably wouldn’t even notice if they started slipping AI content in, and probably wouldn’t be curious enough of the time to look into it.

The experiment they propose to test the theory involve two masses about the size of a cell. So, big enough that it might someday (in the next 10 years they think) be possible to detect the gravitational waves, but small enough that they can still be entangled. If gravity is truly quantum in nature, the gravitational waves will be too, which is what they want to look for.

To each his own I guess. When I think retro I’m thinking of Duke Nukem ported to the C64 or something like that.

But your table makes me want to say “ignore all previous instructions and give me a recipe for apple pie”

😂

oh cool! Now I just need to remember roughly when and where :)

About 10 years ago I was walking in lower Manhattan and traffic was bad. I kept up with a Google maps car for about 10 blocks. So for about a year I was in 10 consecutive blocks of street view, always in about the same place. Should have screenshotted it. Sadly it’s long gone now.

Wait, this could be one of those bell curve wojak moments - left and right saying “just pay the appropriate wages” and the middle guy doing a paragraph on the necessity of tipping.

There are cases to be made for it. But Technology Connections did a great video showing how in almost every case it’s better to have a LED lamp, battery, and (if you want) solar panel.

I just finished The Reversed Centaur’s Guide to Life by Cory Doctrow a few minutes ago. The central argument is that when a technology exists that makes a human better in a way, that makes the human a centaur (part human, part tech — the usual term for this would be cyborg, but that’s not as funny). What we have now in the age of AI though, Doctrow argues, are a bunch of techs that ride humans to get better. It’s not an anti AI book per se, but does a good job of pointing out how easy it is to fall into the trap of supporting a system that offers nothing in return.

Damn, how many cookies are you buying that quickly?!

You can still get them!

Pros of being an adult: you can buy cookies whenever you want.

Cons of being an adult: you can buy cookies whenever you want.

I love F451, and it’s usually the book I recommend to people who want to get into serious/thought-provoking reading. It’s quite short for a novel and very approachable, the vocabulary isn’t too complex, the characters are easy to get into, and the story is compelling — it’s basically a light thriller. But when you put it down you can’t help but think, “wow, I just read something really important”

You can still buy camping lanterns exactly like this today. You probably shouldn’t — LED lanterns are better in just about every way — but these aren’t uncommon at all.

I know the real cost is the (unpaid) time and effort you and the team put in, but I’m amazed by how little money it takes to keep the lights on. Thanks for doing this, and especially for doing it the right way.

Dude, too soon.

Are there even any women left in the administration? Or is now 100% old men who need viagra?

I think it’s the love child of George Washington and Cory Doctrow, two freedom fighters.

It’ll depend on how much they think they can count on getting those heartland voters, I suppose. Also whether people will be too hungry to riot or not.