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monomyth··on P(doom)
non sequitur
monomyth··on Statement on the comments from Secretary of War Pete Hegseth
based on the replies so far hacker news are ideologically captured
monomyth··on Layoffs at Block
Clearly the AI is not as widely used within the company as he proclaimed :)
monomyth··on OpenAI fails to deliver opt-out system for photographers
this is as retarded as asking someone to forget a picture they have seen
monomyth··on USFS decision to halt prescribed burns in California is history repeating
it looks like he is not fit for the office, which we know since his days in San Francisco :)
monomyth··on Bill limits smartphone use in California schools
government has to govern
monomyth··on FCC votes to limit prison telecom charges
Retribution provides almost no societal benefit. Most of society doesn’t know or care about any individual crime. Rehabilitation of a single member however will benefit all of society, as you can’t predict all possible social interactions of a single person.
monomyth··on Apple removed Intelligence from home page
https://www.apple.com/apple-intelligence/
monomyth··on The Promise of 5-MeO-DMT
1 in 100 people (or os) is schizophrenic. It's quite predictable what happens when a schizophrenic person takes psychedelics. I am not saying this is your case here. However, if anything your single case example shows inadequacy in the health- and social care systems and not unpredictability of DMT.
monomyth··on The Promise of 5-MeO-DMT
If a person hadn't experienced a debilitating depression it's hard to imagine what another person is experiencing. All those walks in the park and hobbies sound logical and wonderful, on paper. Reality is a bit different.
monomyth··on The Promise of 5-MeO-DMT
wind is unpredictable until you start to study weather patterns
monomyth··on Thoughts on Vision Pro
if you can see it you can copy it.
monomyth··on Thoughts on Vision Pro
Apple is user-hostile and user-empowering at the same time.
monomyth··on Engineering managers should not exist
Both engineering managers and engineering project managers are results of an obscure or non-existent vision. When you don't know why you have an oar in your hands you need a person with whip to remind you.
monomyth··on Tell HN: Microsoft.com added 192.168.1.1 to their DNS record
"help us bring Microsoft to every home's network"
monomyth··on Zoom CEO says employees can't be as innovative or get to know each other on Zoom
nothing beats getting to know each other on IRC
monomyth··on Shocking Leaked Tesla Documents Hint at Cybertruck Problems
hyping on hating Musk, what else is new
monomyth··on Six-exoplanet system challenges theories of how planets form
Perhaps we are destined to perceive it like layers because of our perception, and not reality itself :)
monomyth··on No Implants Needed for Precise Control Deep into the Brain
This requires more research.

"Three groups of patients could be identified: 79% stated that their personality had not changed at all postoperatively. In this group, patients showed masslve defense and denial reactions, mainly by rapidly changing the subject or making the question ridiculous. Fifteen per cent stated that their personality had indeed changed, but not because of the donor organ, but due to the life-threatening event. Six per cent (three patients) reported a distinct change of personality due to their new hearts." https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF00435634

monomyth··on Room-Temperature Superconductivity Achieved for the First Time
I think you started great, but didn't follow through on your own thought.

"learn to help each other solve problems"

The most important problem we need to solve, is how to survive in the universe, where any large rock falling from the sky can wipe out our civilization, if not the whole mammalian branch.

We don't have to abandon efforts to improve human life on this planet while trying to expand to more than one.

monomyth··on Room-Temperature Superconductivity Achieved for the First Time
I think the idea of "jumping ships" is silly, this is technically impossible in the near future. But urgency of expanding existed long before any recent events. To survive we need to spread.
monomyth··on Room-Temperature Superconductivity Achieved for the First Time
Earth is a single point of failure.
monomyth··on 100k Stars
That's cool. I hope you can find and be satisfied with the materialistic explanation of the sheer awe you are feeling when you think about all these galaxies.

Jokes aside, atheism is a religion (as in fundamentalist belief system), and not a nice one either. Being agnostic probably keeps your mind more flexible [citation needed].

monomyth··on 100k Stars
You are projecting christian view a bit here.

Buddhism and perhaps other Indian religions have some really large numbers, e.g. http://allergrootste.com/big/book/ch1/ch1_7.html

monomyth··on Qantas offers a seven-hour flight to nowhere
that really depends on your life choices.
monomyth··on Qantas offers a seven-hour flight to nowhere
yup, that's going to help with pollution so much.

Why not just invest into cruise airships?

monomyth··on Regional Air Mobility: Why we don’t plan to operate flights under 20km
great solution for some with noise pollution increase for everyone.
monomyth··on [dead]
There is no ad revenue in allowing you to follow a hyperlink to another resource.
monomyth··on How Soviet science magazines fantasized about life in outer space
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_cosmism
monomyth··on Lithium-Sulfur Battery Project Aims to Double the Range of Electric Airplanes
Flying at higher altitudes also increases chance of developing cancer due to cosmic radiation.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12862322 https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/aircrew/cosmicionizingradia... https://www.cdc.gov/nceh/radiation/air_travel.html

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