This is how far they needed to go in order to find something everyone could disagree with.
Sad.
Sad.
Another thing that totally changed my instance's cpu utilization is routinely scheduling a pg_repack. Might not even be a good idea (almost certainly not a good idea for a site like poast), I don't know, but for me it took my postgresql from being high CPU utilization to being trivial.
That's interesting! I'm watching the video right now.
It's terrifying to think about how organizations that want to own you completely try to hack the religious circuits in the brain, whether it be workplaces or political movements. The people use calm voices and nice sounding words to hide the terrifying indoctrination.
On the other hand, it also sort of makes me realize the way that these massive organizations also dominate a lot of ideas that are bigger than they are. They talk a lot in the video about "work", and it's true that your life's work can become the meaning of your life; The problem is when you have this organization taking up a monopoly of the concept of work, like if you're not working in a position they created then you're not really doing work.
It's terrifying to think about how organizations that want to own you completely try to hack the religious circuits in the brain, whether it be workplaces or political movements. The people use calm voices and nice sounding words to hide the terrifying indoctrination.
On the other hand, it also sort of makes me realize the way that these massive organizations also dominate a lot of ideas that are bigger than they are. They talk a lot in the video about "work", and it's true that your life's work can become the meaning of your life; The problem is when you have this organization taking up a monopoly of the concept of work, like if you're not working in a position they created then you're not really doing work.
We could have an entire ecosystem of electric city cars almost immediately with one easy step nobody wants to do: Completely deregulate electric city cars on roads whose speed limit is less than 60km/h.
It would mean a lot of risk. People could get hurt or die. People might drive cars that aren't very good. All kinds of crazy things would happen, and a lot of them wouldn't be good.
But in just a few years, something interesting would happen. We have the technology to create a cost-effective electric city car. Not cost effective compared to a luxury car, but cost effective compared to a monthly bus pass over a few years -- something the working poor could afford.
All kinds of people who don't have any transportation would have personal transportation, and all kinds of people on the borderline who drive old, unmaintained fossil fuel vehicles who don't really need them would likely get rid of them and switch to electric city cars.
Other people who can afford an ICE car may also decide it makes more sense to convert to a city car as well.
Unsurprisingly, it isn't even within the realm of possibility to do something like this because everything else is more important.
Since we're not willing to compromise at all, electric cars need to be everything everyone wants in a car or else you're asking people to pay a lot of money for a thing that doesn't even do as much as the thing they'd be giving up. "Oh, just live with it" seems like a "Let them eat cake" statement.
It would mean a lot of risk. People could get hurt or die. People might drive cars that aren't very good. All kinds of crazy things would happen, and a lot of them wouldn't be good.
But in just a few years, something interesting would happen. We have the technology to create a cost-effective electric city car. Not cost effective compared to a luxury car, but cost effective compared to a monthly bus pass over a few years -- something the working poor could afford.
All kinds of people who don't have any transportation would have personal transportation, and all kinds of people on the borderline who drive old, unmaintained fossil fuel vehicles who don't really need them would likely get rid of them and switch to electric city cars.
Other people who can afford an ICE car may also decide it makes more sense to convert to a city car as well.
Unsurprisingly, it isn't even within the realm of possibility to do something like this because everything else is more important.
Since we're not willing to compromise at all, electric cars need to be everything everyone wants in a car or else you're asking people to pay a lot of money for a thing that doesn't even do as much as the thing they'd be giving up. "Oh, just live with it" seems like a "Let them eat cake" statement.
Imagine that conversation with your doctor though.
"So, I get sick in VR and I don't like it."
"Oh, do you have any other symptoms?"
"No, I just don't like VR. I'm fine at all other times."
"Do you have to use VR for work or something?"
"No, but I want to finish Half Life: Alyx!"
"So, I get sick in VR and I don't like it."
"Oh, do you have any other symptoms?"
"No, I just don't like VR. I'm fine at all other times."
"Do you have to use VR for work or something?"
"No, but I want to finish Half Life: Alyx!"
When you force virtually all productivity to stop and you slam a bunch of money into the system, the outcome is going to be that the limited resources that are limited by reality will go up in price. The producers of those limited resources will make more money. That's the consequence of the policy. Normally more production would come online as prices rise, but with productivity being universally shut down by government fiat the money had no choice but to raise prices for whatever was left to buy.
If the producers don't raise prices, then there will be shortages, and scalpers will buy the limited supply and resell at the actual market price. We saw this in the past few years with graphics cards and automobiles (and even with hand sanitizer and toilet paper at one point). Instead of the money going to people who actually produce the thing, it goes to parasites.
In reality, every political party around the world marched us into this situation.
That's not a Democrat or Republican position; Everyone did it, and not just in the US. Conservative parties did it. Liberal parties did it. Mainstream parties did it. A lot of fringe parties did it. New candidates were elected to do things differently, and they did the exact same thing.
The consequences were predictable and predicted.
If the producers don't raise prices, then there will be shortages, and scalpers will buy the limited supply and resell at the actual market price. We saw this in the past few years with graphics cards and automobiles (and even with hand sanitizer and toilet paper at one point). Instead of the money going to people who actually produce the thing, it goes to parasites.
In reality, every political party around the world marched us into this situation.
That's not a Democrat or Republican position; Everyone did it, and not just in the US. Conservative parties did it. Liberal parties did it. Mainstream parties did it. A lot of fringe parties did it. New candidates were elected to do things differently, and they did the exact same thing.
The consequences were predictable and predicted.
Thoughts to you guys. It's sad that certain people want to take something good and destroy it for no good reason. ✊
I pointed out that VR is a self-innoculating technology where it's sort of uncomfortable to wear and makes you feel sick, and someone suggested I go see a doctor.
It sort of blew me away, the idea that I would go see a doctor for no other reason than a technology known for making people feel sick made me feel sick.
It sort of blew me away, the idea that I would go see a doctor for no other reason than a technology known for making people feel sick made me feel sick.
I hadn't seen that before, I'll read it.
I noticed my nephew was clever and interested in tech, so I gathered all the parts to build a PC, put it all together to make sure it worked, and then took it all apart and had him figure out how to put it together on his own. Even made a little 15 minute video with all the big details. Not many kids his age who can say they fully built their own computers including installing Windows and Linux. But it isn't something that just happens, it's something he needed to figure out one step at a time.
I noticed my nephew was clever and interested in tech, so I gathered all the parts to build a PC, put it all together to make sure it worked, and then took it all apart and had him figure out how to put it together on his own. Even made a little 15 minute video with all the big details. Not many kids his age who can say they fully built their own computers including installing Windows and Linux. But it isn't something that just happens, it's something he needed to figure out one step at a time.
https://futurism.com/gen-z-baffled-basic-technology
I've said this a lot: They say that young people are good with tech, but they're *not*. They're good at consumer apps. There's a big difference. If you're good with technology, you can make it work for you. If you're good at a few apps, then you're working for the technology.
I've said this a lot: They say that young people are good with tech, but they're *not*. They're good at consumer apps. There's a big difference. If you're good with technology, you can make it work for you. If you're good at a few apps, then you're working for the technology.
I remember bringing up this problem years ago, and I was told that I need to change the way I think of travel and that people aren't meant to drive to the next city in one go.
Religions don't need a God. If we go back to what is traditionally considered a religion, Confucianism; Taoism; and some sects of Buddhism are atheistic, for example.
Confucianism is particularly interesting because it's considered a religion by some and not one by others. Despite generally not including supernatural elements, it has rituals, beliefs, and practices that are similar to those found in many religious traditions.
That opens the door to an interesting idea: Some people consider the most extreme examples of certain modern ideologies to be religions. Certainly there are examples of rituals, founding stories that only bear a slight resemblance to objective reality, an expression of moral systems, implementation of community controls in certain ways that are separate from the philosophical underpinnings of the movement, so there's an argument that those are religions as well.
Once you're not using the language of Christianity, it opens up thinking about religions in different ways. A lot of people who would oppose church being involved in state by default might have a different way of thinking if it was an ideology they didn't have so much direct baggage with.
Confucianism is particularly interesting because it's considered a religion by some and not one by others. Despite generally not including supernatural elements, it has rituals, beliefs, and practices that are similar to those found in many religious traditions.
That opens the door to an interesting idea: Some people consider the most extreme examples of certain modern ideologies to be religions. Certainly there are examples of rituals, founding stories that only bear a slight resemblance to objective reality, an expression of moral systems, implementation of community controls in certain ways that are separate from the philosophical underpinnings of the movement, so there's an argument that those are religions as well.
Once you're not using the language of Christianity, it opens up thinking about religions in different ways. A lot of people who would oppose church being involved in state by default might have a different way of thinking if it was an ideology they didn't have so much direct baggage with.
I think most people running major instances say exactly the same thing.
It's relatively easy to start an instance thanks to the great work of a lot of people, and if your instance federates with 200 other instances, then no one actor can totally break your fediverse. Moreover, if you've got 1000 users over 200 instances, no one target is worth attacking, while one instance with 1000 users might be a lot more attractive.
It's relatively easy to start an instance thanks to the great work of a lot of people, and if your instance federates with 200 other instances, then no one actor can totally break your fediverse. Moreover, if you've got 1000 users over 200 instances, no one target is worth attacking, while one instance with 1000 users might be a lot more attractive.