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IntemerateApeon Climate change Earth has 11 years to avoid the worst scenarios

it seems like if you tell people we only have X years left, then they will be more than happy to sit on their ass for X-1 years

IntemerateApeon Amazon asks Ring owners to respect privacy after court rules usage broke law

It is very ironic that Amazon asks Ring owners to respect privacy!

IntemerateApeon Mechanical sympathy for QR codes: making NSW check-in better

This is awesome. Thanks for sharing!

IntemerateApeon Don’t overthink it: Elon Musk’s Tesla Bot is a joke

No! People must be sincere and serious at all times.

IntemerateApeon Tests show all driver assist systems can be fooled

Isn't this obvious?

"tests show human drivers can be fooled too"

IntemerateApeon Triangle UFO over Shanghai June 22 2021

If a government (any) could build and operate these type of aircraft - what would be their purpose?

That is what I cant figure out.

IntemerateApeon MH370 pilot made many turns and speed changes, new report reveals

perhaps they want to go down in history, or they are so bitter and resentful they want to take others down. Like kids who do school shootings..

Not sure though.

IntemerateApeon Google AI Research Manager Quits After Two Ousted from Group

I would like to learn more of this, but this article lacked a lot of substance.

IntemerateApeon Reddit: A clarification on actioning and employee names

It's like voldemort - if you say the name, you get banned.

saying a fairly-public person's name is not the same thing as harassing or doxxing

IntemerateApeon NASA's Perseverance rover will attempt to land on Mars this week

The helicopter is the thing I am MOST excited about!

IntemerateApeon Clubhouse Bio Generator

This is awesome. But would be good if "Working on the intersection of" couldn't pick the same word twice.

i.e. "Working on the intersection of bitcoin and bitcoin"

IntemerateApeon New report on Apple’s VR headset: 8K in each eye, potential $3k price tag

$3k sounds like a reasonable price point to me.

IntemerateApeon Delta-V: Designing the Asteroid Mining Ship 'Konstantin'

in Delta-V - one character goes on a rant about how Mars is pretty much a dead end. Does anyone know how true this is?

IntemerateApeon Fuck You Sunday

Comedian Steve Hughs on Work:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIJrsAIhoEo

IntemerateApeon Conditions of ACME's Unconditional Guarantee

I love the design of that site!!

IntemerateApeon J.K. Rowling Book Burning Videos Are Spreading Like Wildfire Across TikTok

I dont recall any group of people that burns books to be on the right side of history

IntemerateApeon Magic Leap trying to sell for $10B

Does Neal Stephenson still work for/with them?

IntemerateApeon Discovering the brain’s nightly “rinse cycle”

Have you read up on polyphasic sleep?

I haven't tried it, but it does seem it is physically possible to sleep much less than 7-8 hours per 24 hour cycle.

IntemerateApeon Australia’s top researchers urge politicians: “Listen to the science”

That is good, but it is besides the point.

"It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it."

- Upton Sinclair

IntemerateApeon LEGO Group banned user for buying bricks from official store and BrickLink

Aus post (australia post) is the worst, especially this time of year.

I have had that happen twice with Amazon (book) orders, they get lost, then only to arrive 2 months later (after Amazon has resent a replacement order)