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Comment · 1 month ago
what? there is _definitely_ evidence that writers are being put out of work. writing is extremely competitive, and very very very few authors are able to make a living writing and publishing novel creative works. many make their living by applying their writing skills towards journalism, marketing, corporate copy etc, all of which are under significant pressure from AI _already_. the writers that i know firsthand all report that their work lives have been turned upside down in the past couple of years.

if you don't see the signs that authors are already being put out of work, then you need to get out of your bubble.

Comment · 1 year ago
> The whole word means something like "Cymbalistson"

it means, literally, son of the cymbal maker

Comment · 3 years ago
There are lots of problems. But if you think that one of them is groups of people engaging in athletics and enjoying the outdoors, then I would suggest that one of the problems may be in the mirror…
Comment · 3 years ago
No, that’s not actually “the problem”
Comment · 3 years ago
Maybe you shouldn’t be driving …
Comment · 3 years ago
Paracetamol is available in the US as Tylenol/acetaminophen
Comment · 3 years ago
The bowline
Comment · 5 years ago
We are trying to create scarcity. This is literally the opposite of the Star Trek economy. We are so fucked …
Comment · 6 years ago
agree with that. russia has too many fronts. can easily be ganged up against. if the western powers are united in the opening, they can completely neutralize russia's northern port.
Comment · 7 years ago
b/c if Genius didn't get SEO traffic, they wouldn't let Google scrape their site ...
Comment · 7 years ago
Negroponte's brother was Bush II's DNI, and there is a ton of speculation about Epstein's involvement in foreign intelligence ...
Comment · 8 years ago
or macro-brewed lagers. bud used like a dozen different hops in their flagship beer in order to reduce the effect if a particular hop is unavailable.
Comment · 8 years ago
>I really wish I knew how he is hedging his bets on this. is this a bet or a payoff? is he trying to prop BTC up so that his investors and allies can continue converting their offshore holdings back to USD?
Comment · 9 years ago

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Comment · 9 years ago
i heard he'll be working on a new self-driving car initiative called RADIL. not LIDAR at all.

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