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For the sake of mythological accuracy, I hope that Unicorns sunk by debt and managing to pull into negative ARR (due to overhead costs) will get called Nightmares.

But Zombie Unicorns being an accurate term is enough to make me happy today.

So, this is using a behavioral trick common to magicians. It's skewing words towards ones similar to those used in a burger commercial.

"Most famous", "truly satisfying", "robust" are all words you're going to find in a burger commercial. "Rapid communication" primes for ordering fast food or similar. But I get how these are little things, and to be fair, they are. They're little priming cues to get to the big one.

Let's head to the ending, which is impressive. I'm going to remove some words, then ask you what comes to mind:

"A rich tapestry, a melding of different [..] into one cohesive and awe-inspring [...] that leaves every visitor with a deep sense of satisfaction."

Now. Let's be clear. On its own, this probably won't do much. A small echo, easily forgotten. But if this is used, say, to change multiple articles _then_ have follow-up ads? Targeting customers who have impulse control issues struggling with pre-diabetes?

It's easy to see how "write a customised version of this article to sell a hamburger to someone with X profile" can become an automated part of the internet in a fairly short timeline. That's a problem.

Interesting. What do you think he was doing?

Dear ye gods, this was the first time I clicked on something in the internet and then had fun in freaking _years_.

Your maxxed-out HSA will not save you if cancer comes.

You're still gambling.

A nice distro of Linux that autolooads Kodi or something similar would solve this, and be utterly lovely.

While that means the smart TV wouldn't be able to phone home with usage data, which is what this fight is really about, EU legislation could carve a path forwards. And that would be neat.

Differing perspective but wanted to share:

I find trying to socialize and make friends in an office situation to be incredibly stressful. Everyone in an office is there to primarily make money, and the politics implied make it hard for me to let my guard down and meaningfully connect with anyone.

I greatly prefer socializing with people over hobbies -- everyone is at the gathering willingly to enjoy a hobby, which means I have something in common with everyone participating.

Far superior, but then... I like having a groove and knowing when my next social gathering will be. I like routines. It sounds like you don't, which I can sympathize with, and I'm glad you have friends to spontaneously hang out with and hope you get to expand your circle and enjoy your life.

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If you miss Chuck Norris jokes and want to know the Ancient Grecian equivalent, I highly suggest reading more quotes about Milo of Croton.

The dude won six Olympic wrestling events in a row. The seventh Olympics, he came in second. A twenty-eight year rein in one of the most practiced sports in the ancient world.

Eat your heart out, Tom Brady.

Ran comment through Google Translate: The photos in the article are superb, as expected from Japanese camera people.

これらのフォーラムでさまざまな言語を見て、返信できるのは素晴らしいことです。私はいつも言語が苦手でした。またすぐに戻ってきてください。あなたの視点に感謝します。

Hard agree. Have gotten to play this dance with getting migraines treated. To get the treatment I know works, I had to try taking a medication both me and my doctor were reasonably certain would make me sick.

Sure enough, the medication made me so nauseous I missed two days of work. Then I got to stop taking the medication, and go through withdrawal. Thanks, insurance companies.

This is horrible, and I wish it was more surprising.

I stopped playing Pokemon Go when it wanted forever access to my location, because that's creepy, and sure enough that was the right call.

"Above all else, do no harm" - Hippocratic Oath (translated)

The reason why a big concept in medical ethics is Do No Harm is because it is very easy to justify some bad outcomes for the sake of many good ones, similar to what is happening now with this application of character.ai -- it's easy to justify Mostly Good.

However, Mostly Good doesn't scale, because often patients need to seek medical attention more than once. Each visit then becomes an increasing risk factor of being hurt by treatment, eventually making malpractice inevitable.

_That's not good._ Move fast and break things cannot apply to the ethical practice of medicine, which is what is currently being attempted.