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Chat_094 - Pessimism, Optimism, & Rationally Passionate Ranting with Clint Russell
"As far as I'm concerned, there's no obvious increased danger from the CCP having control over our access or our information or even modifying...
Read_809 - Bitter Opposition to Bitcoin
"In a system that depends on irresponsible government spending (especially for perpetual war) and fiat printing to cover that irresponsibility, alarm bells cannot be...
Read_808 - Bitcoin is Worse than a Ponzi, It's An Insurrection
"Bitcoin will probably crash again but it is neither a Ponzi scheme nor a bubble – it’s something far worse: It is an inherently...
Ai_019 - What if You Had a Personal Software Developer
With the announcement of Devin, the "First AI Software Engineer" by Cognition Labs, some are calling it a breakthrough, while others aren't so impressed...
Read_807 - A Measure of Sacrifice, Part 2
"Of all measurement instruments, the clock is the most valuable because so many of the things we sacrifice to create are not fungible. The...
Read_806 - A Measure of Sacrifice, Part 1
"From an engineering perspective the mechanical clock with its novelty, the escapement, was by far the more important invention. In terms of its impact...