looking at Ed Zitrone talking about the insane numbers from Open AI, and it strikes me: these people have no idea. They really believe that at some point the Machine God emerges, and that's it.
And what really grinds my gears is that even *if* that happened, the bloody Machine God is still […]
also, let me disrecommend 1st Movers Edinburgh https://1stmovers.co.uk/ as a removals company. They will give you the best quote, underspecify the quote so you don't have enough carrying capacity in the trucks, not give the actual movers the list of items, try to nickel and dime you on things […]
Not the obituary I wanted to read today: David Hockney.
His photo collages have changed me. My first time overseas included a stopover in LA, where I went to The Getty Museum and stood dumbfounded in front of Pearblossom Hwy.
https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/object/107VPC
I hadn't seen […]
The government’s new assault on the right to challenge planning decisions is another example of its authoritarian reflex. We very much need a fast green transition, which means large-scale renewables. But instead of bringing people along, it goes straight for coercion.🧵1/8 www.gov.uk/government/n...
If a billion dollars is the socio-economic equivalent of a loose nuke, a trillionaire is the equivalent of a rogue state, and other nations should work together to constrain it in the same way.
Generational talent. Even if you're not an old half hour person (as I am) this is an artist whose taste and craft influenced American television, and so American culture, on a fundamental level.
You know in my day, police did the work themselves, carried a drop gun, lied on the stand, planted little baggies of coke, etc. This is just sheer laziness.
[Wanking Kermit]
I shared this elsewhere and had to add "Spoilered for wanking Kermit" and thought it was too funny a line not to share.
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How much of this No More Tears shampoo do I need to rub into this baby's eyes before it stops crying?
For the Americans of my acquaintance, this is how far north Edinburgh actually is. Sunset today was a few minutes after 10pm, and it doesn't get properly dark at this time of year.
