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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I'd like to believe that it's a temporarily embarrassed millionaire coping mechanism: "I will of course come out on top as an alpha techbro philosopher-king, but while I'm in the process of being recognized you should all definitely give me money. Better not make it conditional on me doing anything."

Whereas I prefer forging a clear path to long-term happiness for humans by getting them all past the demographic transition, improving quality of life and reducing the numbers by making it less attractive to have many kids. I suspect the best way to do that involves regulating capitalism down to a nice incentive system.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

“If there’s an order for Ebola that’s being ordered by the CDC in Atlanta, that’s great,”

said no one sane, ever.

How about: "We have an installation in the CDC's BSL-4 laboratory where we print dangerous DNA on demand, and a second installation in their BSL-2 space where we print less-dangerous material. Nothing ever has to leave the building."

That would be something close to rational policy.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So, uh...

  • "almost all of the talented executives and ops people were in 1950" ::> what the ever-living fuck? Citations needed. Many, many citations, because what would be special about the people born in 1900-1925 to distinguish them from the people born in 1950-1975 or any other particular period?
  • Also, why would anyone think that they didn't have children?
  • or that executive/operational success is heritable
  • or even repeatable?
  • "no blog post I can figure out how to write could even come close to making more people being good executives" ::> I'm not sure anyone proceeding from these unexamined assumptions could write a blog post explaining how to make pickles.
[–] [email protected] -4 points 1 year ago

If you are in a 60 Hz electrical area (i.e. the Americas, mostly), and the power is rock-steady, and you have cheap fluorescent lighting -- then anything other than 60 Hz refresh rates might improve your screen, but much more so on old CRTs than on modern LCDs and OLEDs.

These days, like most smartphone 'features', it is mostly but not entirely about a checkmark to induce you to feel that you are missing out on something.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

All the other political and charitable-foundation members of his family issued statements denouncing him, as did the DNC.

That won't stop him, of course.

I'd be in favor of a constitutional amendment to ban dynasties entirely, but right now any amendment process not preceded by The Day They Shot The Billionaires seems prone to hijacking.

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