InternetPerson
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Comment · 2 years ago
Comment · 4 years ago
I found this to be a compelling take on Russia's motivations for invading Ukraine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=If61baWF4GE
The narrator argues that it's largely about fossil fuels.
Comment · 4 years ago
Hey everybody! Tell us your opinions about movies and CGI! I can't wait to hear what you think about superhero movies.
This is really going to change things!
Comment · 5 years ago
Yeah, like, I'm not going to ask anyone to use a different keyboard. I'm an adult, I can deal with it.
But I do think mechanical keyboards are way too loud, way overpriced, and way overhyped. (But that's just my opinion. I'm sure people would say the same thing about some of the stupid stuff that I'm into.)
Comment · 5 years ago
For me, one nice thing about working from home all the time now is that I don't have to listen to everyone's annoyingly loud mechanical keyboards. I kinda hope this fad dies before I have to work in an office again...
Comment · 5 years ago
People pay money for things that are pretty pointless. That's true.
Paying for an NFT seems especially pointless to me (and I suspect to most people). But maybe if the crypto folks keep lecturing us all online, more and more people will start to come around...
Comment · 5 years ago
Let's say that I get paid basically the same whether my team performs adequately or whether it really excels.
In this case, why wouldn't I prefer friendly teammates? As long as we perform adequately, we're gonna get paid the same. Let the superstar assholes work on someone else's team!
Comment · 5 years ago
When people defend cryptocurrencies online, sometimes it's because they're invested in it and they're hoping to get rich.
(Only a real Sherlock Holmes could notice something this subtle. I eagerly await my upvotes!!)
Comment · 5 years ago
"Dropping in a cheaper keyboard and cutting the touch bar is a mistake."
Sometimes people state their opinions as facts. Sometimes people don't say anything to defend or explain their opinions. They just blurt them out. An it makes the internet so fun!!
Comment · 5 years ago
There are many reasons why Yahoo may have called off the deal. I doubt it was this one single comment.
Comment · 5 years ago
Wow, there's so much technical detail here! Like the part about how it's "simpler" and "flexible" and "consistent"
I'm totally convinced by this product's marketing page!!
Comment · 5 years ago
Yes! I've been wondering if people prefer to work from home. Now I can finally read all your comments to find out!!
Comment · 5 years ago
Is it already time to gush about Dwarf Fortress again? Wow, time sure flies!
(I wonder if anyone will have a good story where something ~zany~ happened in their game... Fingers crossed!!)
Comment · 5 years ago
This is an important question! Is Netflix a "tech company"?!
We should all describe our own thoughts and feelings about the term "tech company", in order to sort this out...
Comment · 5 years ago
Attention! Someone who knows nothing about your project is offering free advice!!
For example, let's say you tell me your theory of the universe. And then I say, "Wait a minute, doesn't your theory lead to an infinite stretch of time where random brains can randomly spring into existence?"
If you say, "yes", then I'd say, "If your theory is true, then I'm probably just a Boltzmann brain, and this whole conversation is just a figment of my imagination."
I would assume that I'm probably a Boltzmann brain because the number of Boltzmann brains that ever exist will be far larger than the number of human brains that ever exist. Even if it takes a zillion years for a Boltzmann brain to appear, it will happen zillion times, over an infinite stretch of time.
Sean Carroll discusses this in much more depth in "Why Boltzmann Brains Are Bad" [1]. In the paper, he argues that "the theories that predict [Boltzmann Brains] are cognitively unstable: they cannot simultaneously be true and justifiably believed."
[1] https://arxiv.org/abs/1702.00850