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How learned to start worrying and fear the singularity.
For decades people have been freaking out of the looming prospect of true artificial intelligence and fearmongering over it for fame & profit. Also for decades I've been mocking those people because I absolutely could not buy into their absurd scenarios or half-baked ideas about what a true AI would be like. However, quite recently, I saw a path ( Read more... ) -
Keep your laser handy.
About a year ago I finally sold out and got a smartphone. Don't really care for it, as I remain the kind of person who still checks their e-mail only once per day even if I'm expecting a message (otherwise it's more like once a week). The idea of being "jacked in" 24/7 doesn't appeal to me, honestly. I refuse to become tethered ( Read more... ) -
Dying at the speed of light.
There is a popular saying that "the internet is forever," meaning that once something is posted online it can never be removed. This is, of course, complete horse shit. In reality the internet is probably the most volatile, least reliable form of information storage in the world ( Read more... ) -
Some disassembly required.
An interesting thing to consider is that a functioning socialist society practically requires reaching a certain level of technology (unless you want to put happy drugs in the water supply), because the system is particularly vulnerable to sociopaths. You have to factor in that humans are still just a bunch of insecure, dick-waving chimps who are ( Read more... ) -
Rather suspicious
Set browser to open to blank page. Ran CrapCleaner. Removed all cookies. Closed browser.
Reopen browser. Blank page. Ran CrapCleaner. Removed 4 cookies.
How the hell does one get 4 cookies without visiting even a single web page?
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