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> Bots can use async or virtual threads and not even have to hold on to a stack while they are waiting for this bullshit, clicking on buses, etc.

Don't the bots still need to do the proof of work for Anubis? They can't "async" their way out of that work.

> Another web is possible but web populists don't really believe it.

How? Sharing knowledge with the world used to be an obviously good thing. Now it's a way to help tech companies replace people with machines. What alternative web could change this state of things?

> Not to sound snarky but why don't you go outside and meet people, exercise, play sports, explore nature?

For many people it's shame. Feeling like you're mentally a child while everyone around you is an adult can't be a good feeling.

They've already "checked out" in reality (NEETs, etc.) but they're still "lowest on the totem pole". The people who feel superior to them seem content to do so from afar, to belittle them from the comfort of social media.

> Whoever is in charge could try to drag those people back into the real world by force

But why would you even want that? They like it in the simulation, and nobody really wants to deal with them outside the simulation.

> Why is cooking enjoyable?

Maybe it's about the joy of learning something new every time you cook. Having Michelin star restaurants in your neighborhood would add to that joy, not take away from it.

> I would like to believe that many people will still choose reality and real relationships.

Why would you like to believe that?

> what GenZ is doing these days is professional complaining

We are watching machines rapidly match and surpass humans at countless skills that were considered uniquely human mere months ago - skills that demanded a lot of creativity and insight. Some of our oldest fields of study (e.g., mathematics) are turning into a game of who can spend the most tokens.

I think the humans are entitled to complain a little.

> And we know why. It's because of their hostile attitude towards their users.

Right, their decline is because of the thing that they've been accused of since the very beginning, and not the trillion-dollar technology that replaces them. Brilliant take.

> has started to just feel more akin to a religious stance than something based on any specific fact

It can be an ethical stance based on facts, rather than religious-like. AI has no shortage of ethical issues that could stop someone from using it.

Comparing these people to religious or MAGA types - who believe in things that are false or at least unprovable - is farcical.

How would you make it better UX-wise? I can't imagine it being much better. It just gets out of your way.

One reason IRV is popular is that it has extensive use in other countries (Australia, Ireland). It's not revolutionary but it's an improvement and nothing terrible has happened.

STAR has been used approximately nowhere. STAR is also one of the few seriously advocated-for voting methods in which it's possible for the first choice of a majority to lose, although that isn't likely to happen in practice.

We already have plenty of great languages for those use cases.

I don't want syntax conveniences, I want fewer footguns. C has so many ways to trip you up that aren't inherent to its domain. Are any of these new languages better in that regard?