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Comment · 2 years ago
If you want to be a theist why stop at Christianity? Why prefer one religion over the other? Theism has existed thousands of years before Christ appeared and these theists had wildly different ideas about almost everything than what Christ taught. Makes you think, who is right?
Comment · 2 years ago
ChatGPT-4 gives the answer pretty easily:

To cross the river with the goat using the boat, you would follow these steps:

1. *Get into the boat with the goat.* 2. *Row to the other side of the river.* 3. *Disembark with the goat.*

Now, both you and the goat are on the other side of the river.

Comment · 2 years ago
Why wouldn't someone not want to know they have AIDS? Given the disease is not a death sentence anymore and the earlier you know better your chances of survival. The warning probably deters a lot of people who could have otherwise been saved by timely treatment.
Comment · 2 years ago
Gift of life quite often turns out to be the curse of life. If I was given the opportunity to respawn again I would politely decline than risk being born in North Korea or Sudan.
Comment · 2 years ago
Who knows what will be the long term consequences of using these devices on the eye. Better to be wary
Comment · 2 years ago
Elon showed with Twitter how you don't need hordes of engineers to run a company. He laid off 90% of the staff and still the website is doing alright (at least engineering wise). More engineers lead to more useless bullshit being created(like at Google). A lean mean team seems the way to go.
Comment · 2 years ago
Just go and intern at any startup that takes you. That's how you will learn the most.
Comment · 2 years ago
War is hell. Mostly innocents suffering on both sides of the border. And we don't seem to learn, entire human civilization's history is full of war, even peace time is just preparation for the next war.
Comment · 2 years ago
The best thing is to go out in the sun and soak in the required D. Shortcuts like vitamin pills will always have side effects.
Comment · 3 years ago
>medical euthanasia isn't an option

Aren't there plenty good open source alternatives to achieve this without aid from the government? Like something as simple as CO poisoning would do the job convincingly and cheaply.

Comment · 3 years ago
Even Einstein was flirtatious and a cheater.
Comment · 3 years ago
Da vinci used to stare at a wall for hours to aid his creative process. Our brains are full of information, but we don't spend enough time processing it.
Comment · 3 years ago
How much money do 50 odd affiliate links to sub 5 dollar books even make? I doubt OP is making some enviable amount of money.
Comment · 3 years ago
Why will they need a good explanation? Can't they just say I lucked out and the burden of proving insider trading would fall on the SEC? Innocent until proven guilty right?
Comment · 3 years ago
Nah I just pretend to pity them for working at a soul sucking job when with their 'superior' minds they could have been solving some real problems humanity faces.

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