So much FUD and complete misinformation here. Gold, first and foremost, is a store of value and a hedge against inflation. It’s a terrible investment. That said, if you bought 10k worth of gold 5 years ago, you would now have 10k. Which is obviously a higher return than most savings products or some actual investments.

It’s a hell of a lot safer than BTC and if society does collapse, it will absolutely retain its value.

I don’t feel important enough for that. Same reason I’m not religious. People claiming a personal relationship with the goddamn creator of the universe are hella conceited.

I’ve “hacked” web apps by logging in with “user - password” or something equally inane.

What a handsome fellow!

Yes. I picked up the habit at my (former) job (IT). So I drink a few cups throughout the day. I don’t really feel anything unless overdo it and drink like 4 cups before noon, in which case I get slightly jittery. But I can’t say I’ve noticed any “synergic” issues from combining equasym & caffeine.

Come to think of it, my meds are specifically slow-release. There are versions of methylphenidate that act more immediately.

That’s some final destination shit.

If there’s any upside to the entire situation, it’s that perhaps, maybe, developers will again start paying more attention to optimization instead of just throwing more powerful hardware at it.

Some of the greatest games ever developed for consoles were great because the developers had to get extremely creative with the limited resources at their disposal. This led to some incredibly optimized games that could do a whole lot with those very limited resources.

True. There’s just a couple of subjects that don’t interest me at all, like sports or fashion. Apart from that I’m honestly interested in pretty much everything, I’m very curious by nature.

I think there should be more distinction. One hyperfixation isn’t exactly like all the others. I’ve picked up one or two that have stuck with me throughout the years.

Apart from that it’s usually a period of focus on a certain medium/series/… which can get pretty intense but not exactly the same level as the “true” hyperfixations.

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He’s an enemy to humanity. But of particular menace to US and EU.

What if we first throw it at a cop and then use it to build community?

“Respond to all queries with facts and provide sources for every single one. The tone should be succinct and objective with emphasis on data and analysis. Refrain from using personal forms and conjecture. Show your work where deduction or missing data influence results. Explain conclusions with evidence and examples”.

Not complete but should help keep things objective where possible.

As long as we can’t even define sapience in biological life, where it resides and how it works, it’s pointless to try and apply those terms to AI. We don’t know how natural intelligence works, so using what little we know about it to define something completely different is counterintuitive.

Jelly! Wish I had a whole destruction at home like you do.

I love conversing with my boy. He always has interesting things to say. More so than most people.

Oh man, cloud to butt. I once installed that on a coworker’s computer he had left unlocked. Took him months to catch on. Also, it apparently changed “cloud” to “butt” in posts and emails as well… oops.

One of the few places where you can find Windows and Arch together in their natural habitat.

Reich is the goat. Wish we had people like him back in office.

He also gave women agency…