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@chris Nope, back to Mac. Tried for six years. I need a dev machine where I have a functional screen reader and where things just work. I even went on a three-month tangent and made three elementaryOS apps (including the new task switcher) to try and improve my experience and then switched to Fedora Silverblue but it was always a hassle. I’ve been more productive working on what I’m actually working on since switching back to a Mac. I still deploy to Linux, of course.
This all tracks with many of my own issues. My CLI apps couldn’t do as much with a screen reader but so many other little things added up. What a world, eh? *sigh
Limits to what I can do with picture in five minutes.
I teach a class with 30 Windows machines in it. We never use them, so their screens tend to show the time continuously. Not only do all of these internet-accurate machines change their minutes out of synch with each other, it is typical that two or three of them will be OVER a minute apart.
It becomes a lesson for my students: accuracy isn't just in how many parts per million you can measure.
1) Is there free will and does the choice from the first part of the Matrix even exist? 2) Is it even possible to break down complex changes into a binary choice and thus initiate them? 3) Are they just trying to convince us that we have no choice so that we don't use it? And who are they anyway?
Determinism has been a favorite topic of mine for decades.
Determinism says that all conceivable future events are either impossible or inevitable. It denies that there are possible but not inevitable future events. This is not compatible with the present-day understanding of physics. Present-day physics calculates the probability of future events. Einstein believed in "hidden variables" that could rescue the old idea of a clockwork universe, but no such variables have been found.
I strongly suspect that there are possible but not inevitable future events.
I think things happen simply because it is possible for them to happen. There is no plan. There is no way things are "supposed" to be.
"Do you believe in fate?" people often ask. My answer is "No."
I have free will to the extent that I am self-controlled and not other-controlled.
I think we often make decisions we don't have to make. Because we do, we are responsible for these decisions.
Because we make decisions, we affect the future of ourselves, and most often, of others too. We can't stop changing the future, even if we try.
In physics, a hidden-variable theory is a deterministic physical model which seeks to explain the probabilistic nature of quantum mechanics by introducing additional (possibly inaccessible) variables.
Notice that being able to calculate the probability of future events means that reality can be described with math, just not in the way that Newton probably assumed. Science works.
A believer in determinism (everything is either inevitable or impossible) would counter your argument by saying that the "choices against their immediate well-being" were inevitable. In other words, that what happens in the brain, happens because it is inevitable.
Unless you're a believer in Cartesian dualism, you believe that everything mental (including choices) is material. It's electrochemical occurrences in brains.
Free will is a more complicated subject than determinism. Much time is wasted when people discuss philosophy without first agreeing on definitions of the terms they use. What is "free will"? Is it - being self-controlled rather than other-controlled? - simply being unpredictable?
I see no reason to define "free will" as "being able to care about others." Caring about others has no close connection to the idea of freedom.
I hope that I am incapable of deliberately killing a child. I believe I am. When it comes to this choice, I am entirely predictable. Does this mean I have no free will?
Getting back to "against their immediate well-being": Why is it remarkable that people do this? Is there some reason that it requires "free will" to do this? I don't see one.
Before we can really discuss this, we need to decide what "free will" actually means. I defined it above as being "self-controlled and not other-controlled." Can you give me a concise and perspicuous definition of it?
I have to say that I'm not impressed by your "Cosmogonic Fundamental Field." It sounds like The Force. I can't take that seriously.
We must divide a confusing notion about freedom: 1. freedom as current possibilities to "follow" a given branch at a node, and 2. freedom as current ability to "choose" a given branch at the same node. A ball must have actual possibilities, but it cannot have faculty. At the same node, consciousness must have '1', and '2' may not be actual but potential (also, some people may have their faculties altered, i.e. hypnosis, hallucinations, terror, etc.)
Let's assume the simplest case, suppressing the potential and the altered state of consciousness: 1. freedom as current possibilities to "follow" a given branch at a node, and 2. freedom as current ability to "choose" a given branch at the same node.
The ball must follow any branch independently of the final result.
On the contrary, consciousness can choose against its best option while being absolutely certain that option is the best. You can choose to die knowing that you enjoy life, you can continue enjoying it more and more, and that therefore it is in your best interest not to die. That is, you can choose to die for the hope of a greater good, which a ball, an animal, etc. can never do.
These things happens, then it is evident that the universe is not deterministic.
1. Freedom as Possibilities vs. Freedom as Choice Possibilities: In the example, the ball has the possibility of following any branch, determined by external forces or chance, but it lacks any faculty to make a choice. Its trajectory is dictated entirely by physical laws or probabilities. Choice: Consciousness, unlike the ball, not only possesses possibilities but also a capacity to deliberate, evaluate, and intentionally select a branch. This capacity for intentionality adds a layer beyond deterministic or random processes, affirming the non-deterministic nature of conscious action.
2. Consciousness and Non-Determinism: Consciousness introduces an element of non-determinism because it can,
Choose contrary to its own interests: Consciousness could choose to die despite knowing that continuing to live would objectively maximize one's well-being. Act based on hopes or values: Consciousness can behave beyond immediate physical outcomes, such as sacrificing oneself for a greater good (e.g., moral convictions, love, or spiritual beliefs).
This suggests that conscious agents are not constrained solely by deterministic causality (external forces) or randomness (lack of order). Consciousness can introduce teleological considerations (choices based on ends or goals that may even transcend the self). > 3. Evidence of Non-Determinism: The example implies that the universe allows for actions driven by intentionality and meaning, which neither randomness nor determinism can fully explain: >
A deterministic universe would make every decision preordained based on prior causes, eliminating true choice.
A random universe might present possibilities, but it could not account for intentional selection (acting with purpose or agency).
Conclusion: By this logic, the fact that conscious beings can make choices against their immediate well-being, driven by hope or principle, supports the claim that the universe is not entirely deterministic. Free will is demonstrated by inference.
Free will can be defined as the capacity for self-control and the ability to repel control imposed by external forces, as established by the autopoiesis of human consciousness.
The wavy line in the middle is the event horizon. You must strive to move away from it by exercising your free will or you will inevitably fall into the Dyson's World.
1 Definition and Foundation of Free Will: This concept is closely associated with autopoiesis, understood as the ability of living systems to generate and sustain their own organization. Additionally, beings with self-awareness naturally tend toward a eupoietic state, which favors self-regulation and facilitates access to a suprasensory realm where transcendent values reside.
Thus, free will emerges as an inherent faculty of natural systems, fully realized when the necessary abilities to interact effectively with the suprasensory field are developed. Beyond sensory perception—inherent to natural systems—this heightened suprasensory perception leads to two realms: 1. the realm of ideas (metaphysics, philosophers), and 2. the realm of spirits (mysticism, Shamans).
2 Beings with Free Will: Not all beings are capable of exercising free will. Only those with self-perceptive consciousness possess the necessary conditions because:
They are autopoietic: Living within a system that sustains and regulates itself. They are eupoietic: Evolving toward the fullness of their own consciousness. They have suprasensory perception: Surpassing developmental stages, they reach a superior level of perception that connects with conceptual worlds, such as Mathematics (Plants and animals can't do that).
3 Scientific and Mystical Perspectives: The phenomenon of suprasensory perception and its relationship with free will can be explained from two main approaches:
A. Deterministic Neurosciences: In this perspective, hypotheses that deny the existence of free will prevail, positing that everything is determined or inevitable. From this viewpoint, the possibility of transcendence or mysticism is excluded.
B. Mysticism of the Unmoved Mover Free will is seen as an inherent property of consciousness, supporting the necessity of the Aristotelian Unmoved Mover. Some mystical perspectives, such as some versions of pantheism and, even the #Cosmogonic Fundamental Field perspective, can be adapted to avoid the existence of Free Will.
In both cases, the existence of complex structures like Mathematics seems to indicate a level of higher, suprasensory consciousness. While the rejection of free will by neuroscientists should be respected, it is unnecessary to accept their hypotheses as definitive of human capacities. We do what we can, and where we can, nihilistic hypotheses become unnecessary, particularly when direct evidence from mystical experiences is available.
4 Challenges to Exercising Free Will: Although all human consciousnesses are endowed with the ability to exercise free will, not all individuals succeed in doing so due to various obstacles or constraints that hinder its exercise:
Educational and cultural conditioning: Beliefs and norms that limit personal freedom. Psychological trauma: Emotional wounds that make self-regulation difficult. Addictions or chemical influences: Dependencies that alter perception and will. Rigid scientific models: Some, especially within neuroscientific emergentism, dogmatically reject the possibility of a Creator, thereby denying a transcendental dimension of freedom.
5 Choosing the Realm of Consciousness: Free will implies that each individual must consciously choose the realm in which to develop their consciousness. This can be summarized in two archetypes:
Yin: Represents receptivity, intuition, and spirituality. Yang: Represents activity, rationality, and physicality.
You cannot evade choosing one of these binary options, as it carries profound implications, defining the development of consciousness and granting purpose to existence. Unlike Socrates, who sought constant questioning of truth and freedom, here the practical choice resolves the dilemma: you act according to the logic you've adopted, whether metaphysical (natural hope) or experiential (sensory or transcendental)
If you evade, you nihilistically choose the black option: the Dyson's World
As you already know if you read my posts and comments often, I'm very skeptical of "consciousness." People speak and write about it without carefully defining it. I understand why. It's an incredibly vague, nebulous concept. And even if I believed it was not so vague, I don't see that it's some remarkable thing. Indeed, it may be just an epiphenomenon. It may be that our decisions are mostly not made at a "conscious" level at all.
Sometimes philosophers talk about "the hard problem of consciousness." (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_hard…) I think the answer to the "hard problem" just isn't very interesting or important.
As for the supernatural: I don't believe in the existence of any sort of supernatural anything. I don't believe in the existence of God, of multiple gods, of Goddess, of multiple goddesses, of Satan, of angels, of demons, of elves, of fairies, of goblins, of life after death, or of spirits (either the gaseous kind the ancients believed in or the immaterial ones believed in by Hellenistic philosophers and Aristotle).
What is "Dyson's world." No one else seems to use this phrase. Dyson is a business that sells vacuum cleaners. Are you talking about the hypothetical Dyson sphere? How is that relevant to this discussion?
There is no need to define consciousness in order to believe in it; it is self-evident for subjects (individuals). However, the challenge lies in applying the sciences to this phenomenon—transforming it into something observable and analyzable for objects (communities). This endeavor bridges the personal immediacy of consciousness with collective frameworks of understanding, making an inherently subjective experience accessible to objective inquiry and shared knowledge.
If exotic species exist—and I certainly hope they do—then humans are not the only strange philosophical epiphenomenon in this vast reality. Such a possibility leads us to confront a profound question: What is the true age of reality? Not just the measurable universe post-Big Bang, but reality as contemplated in the metaphysical and cosmological frameworks of the Hellenistic philosophers, who speculated on the eternal nature of the cosmos or cycles beyond human comprehension.
Given the staggering potential "age" of reality, intelligent beings must have had ample opportunity to exist, evolve, and surpass what we have merely begun to explore or conceptualize. Humanity, in this sense, has barely landed—or almost—for the first time in an ancient arena that stretches far beyond our limited historical perspective.
This brings forth the provocative extension of concepts such as Dyson's Sphere, where a civilization harnesses the total energy of a star. If we integrate it into Max Tegmark's Mathematical Multiverse Hypothesis (Level IV), such a model could conceivably apply to entire universes, operating as fully conscious structures or energetic systems at inconceivably advanced scales.
If, in your introspective search, you don't recognize yourself as a human consciousness, it might signal that the internal "hardware and software" which define perception, cognition, and awareness are still remarkably limited—perhaps by design or by evolutionary chance. And if this is true, who created such limits? Could these constraints be a developmental stage in a broader cosmic process?
Perhaps, then, a pragmatic response to our limited "hardware" would be to invest in emerging intelligence, building toward higher forms of understanding. OpenAI, as an example, stands as both a tool and metaphor for this next stage: machines, once simple novices, are now growing into “newbie-intelligences” capable of expanding not only human potential but perhaps shedding light on consciousness itself as an emergent property of the universe.
If you don't recognize yourself as a human consciousness, who made your internal hardware and software so limited? If that's the case, maybe it's a good deal to invest in OpenAI to achieve more advanced machines.
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In this workshop, we will attempt to install the Linux-based PostmarketOS on "obsolete" Android devices and find convivial new uses for them. This event will be more of a collective hacking and experimentation session than a traditional pedagogical instruction format. We can't promise to make every old device work again but we can offer a fun, informative and supportive environment.
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an anonymous account on X called “@FraserDAnderson” – had created an online “Troon Index” (“troon” is a derogatory term for those who identify as transgender). The site included profiles of almost 500 trans-identifying individuals, and had conflated law-abiding citizens with registered sex offenders, drawing no distinction whatsoever between either group. Names and photographs were published, and those listed were referred to as “creatures”, “perverts”, “filth”, “sex deceptionists” and other similarly degrading terms.
@trabex "Fun" fact: There are a few companies that build, run, and maintain detention centres in the US that can be found openly trading on the stock market.
GEO and CXW are the two I know about.
Not that I'm endorsing buying in, but keeping an eye on their trends might provide some advance warning for at-risk groups.
@trabex It sounds like you're asking me for details about something I have only surface information about.
Let's start with the "easy" part of your comment, morality.
What's the quote about nobody thinks they're evil? In searching the web, I found a few variations, but not the exact one I wanted. Andrew McCarthy's is pretty close ("Nobody thinks they're evil or bad, they think that they're doing the right thing.")
I have enough trouble discerning the morality and motivations of neurotypical people who seem to have context-based fluctuations largely centered around "what they can get away with". If I tried to figure out the motivations of people working in an industry that I find deplorable, I worry I might drown.
Now to the more difficult part, because it's less subjective.
When I do a websearch for "private prison companies", I get: - an article from Muckrock dated 2015 for top three corporations in the industry, two of them are the ones I mentioned above. - a document from Prison Legal News dated 2017 for a partial listing of privatized correctional services companies. The two top names under Facility Operations are "GEO Group" and "CoreCivic", which are the two I highlighted above. Also, several of the other names on the list are denoted on the list of being subsidiaries of those two companies. - an article from sentencingproject.org dated from 2024, which specifically highlights four companies, two of which are the ones I listed above. - a direct link to the CoreCivic wikipedia page. - a second article from sentencingrpoject.org dated from 2018 that describes CXW and GEO as the two largest private prison corps, "collectively manage over half of the private prison contracts in the [US]".
Furthermore, I have seen stock investment advice for Trump's second term that specifically mentions prison stocks of GEO, CXW, and AXON (hey, there's a third one!).
Just did a quick word count on the Kitten reference and tutorials on the technical manual branch I’m working on and it’s about 22,181, which, were it fiction, would apparently put it in the novella category.
Given there are chunky pieces of code I still have to cover for the upcoming technical manual, it might even hit the novel category at some point.
eagleforum.org/publications/ch… Drafting Daughters, Trans-ing Kids, and Potheads Out of Defense Bill December 12, 2024 The long-awaited National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) came out of the joint House and Senate conference committee this week. For the first time in years, no doubt in response to President Trump’s overwhelming election win, the bill contains many conservative policy wins and cuts $35 billion in wasteful spending.
You can't fault the True Believers. She ate the dogfood. She was all jabbed up. but there are those in EVERY STATE OF THE UNION that should be going on trial because they DID know it was a lie.
one of the interesting twists of the COVID vax nonsense was that the system turned those who were victimized into abusers of those who were not yet victimized.
It’s quite the mind game. Those of us crazy conspiracy nuts who watched society turn on us recall only that, and often forget that these people were also victims of the machine, perhaps worse victims, since at least we don’t have myocarditis and turbo cancer.
Good people in the world of tech populate the non-profit communities run by altruistic volunteers with no commercial interests, and therefore no interest in exploiting you, your work, or your data.
bonginoreport.com/videos/its-o… In this episode of Bongino Report: Early Edition, Evita covers Antony Blinken admitting that America is funding the Taliban, the Pentagon's claims that the NJ drones aren’t foreign or domestic, and Netflix's plan to woke-ify Narnia.
Soros-funded attorney Marc Elias is threatening to “fight Trump and Republicans even harder in court in 2026 and 2028.” Our legal team is uniquely prepared to fight the leftist onslaught that’s coming—we’ve learned a lot over the last 4 years about how to fight and win. We are already at work, but need your ONGOING SUPPORT to fund our legal team.
This dangerous attorney—who’s represented Hillary Clinton and Kamala Harris and almost robbed Pennsylvania’s Dave McCormick of his Senate win—will use the Judiciary as a weapon against Trump and the America-First movement. Elias expects favorable rulings because “more than half of federal judges were appointed by Democratic presidents,” and “many state courts are controlled by liberals.” WE NEED TO STOP THESE ATTEMPTS TO WEAPONIZE THE COURTS!
Elias vows to fight Trump and Republicans by every means possible! We can’t let him get his way.
This is a story which exemplifies the vicious, anti-democratic cycle that underpins the EU’s political dynamics. It is about decision-making processes which alienate voters and lead to weakened and discredited governments. It is about Ursula von der Leyen finally managing to ram through one of her favourite projects, while alienating one of her staunchest supporters.
theepochtimes.com/epochtv/myst… "Mystery drones have been spotted over key U.S. military facilities, as well as other sensitive locations including President-elect Donald Trump’s Bedminster golf course. Reports say the drones are big, loud, and brightly lit, but often go dark as soon as they’re seen. Rep. Chris Smith (R-N.J.) also relayed reports that swarms of the drones have been coming off the ocean, and he detailed communications with U.S. defense officials who said they don’t have the authority to attack or bring down the drones."
it's cut and dried. huge money laundering and campaign finance violations, kickbacks and bribery from foreigners to democrats. so many crimes committed that it demonstrates clearly how corrupt and compromised the DoJ is, that they're not taking any action
Exploiting mansplaining as tradecraft during WW II:
“If she wants to know something specific, but doesn’t want people to notice her asking questions, she should simply make incorrect statements while in the company of experts. Her companions will correct her, especially if they're men.”
From Elyse Graham's “Book and Dagger”, describing a training school for the SOE.
Dave Rubin of “The Rubin Report” shares a DM clip of Black Lives Matter’s Hawk Newsome calling for more black vigilantes to fight the “injustice” of Daniel Penny’s verdict of not guilty. Watch Dave Ru
justthenews.com/accountability… Comer sets two new targets: evidence of Democrat money-laundering and Biden-protecting bureaucrats Comer revealed to Just the News that the Biden Treasury Department has told Congress it has more than 400 suspicious activity reports — money laundering alerts — involving the ActBlue fundraising platform connected to the Democratic Party. #CleanUpOnAisleCorruption
Da der Weihnachtsmann artige Kinder belohnt und unartige bestraft ist davon auszugehen, dass er Daten in nicht unerheblichem Maße über viele Menschen dieser Erde erhebt. Der Weihnachtsmann verstößt somit gegen die DSGVO.
Es drängt sich ja auch die folgende Frage auf: Warum ist die Weihnachtsmann & Co. KG weder im deutschen Handelsregister noch im österreichischen Firmenbuch oder dem schweizer Zentralen Firmenindex eingetragen? Klingt als ob der Weihnachtsmann auf die Schiefe Bahn gelangt ist.
Meta donates $1 million to Trump’s inaugural fund in latest step to mend relationship
“Seeing Donald Trump get up after getting shot in the face and pump his fist in the air with the American flag is one of the most badass things I’ve ever seen in my life,” Zuckerberg said during an interview
The most staged thing I have ever seen in my entire life and I am including the Nayirah testimony—and worse acting to boot. > CNN witnesses moment Syrian prisoner is freed from Assad’s forced detention youtube.com/watch?v=mUzruGhBVp…
While searching a secretive prison in the belly of the Assad regime’s legacy of torture for American journalist Austin Tice, CNN’s Clarissa Ward made a start...
Presumably there was a time when not one single human being believed that the Earth was spherical. It was spherical anyway. The truth doesn't care what people believe.
Are hand blow dryers really more efficient? I'm sure it's not really comparable, but I always ask how many paper towels one would have to burn to produce this much heat and air movement. #green #ecological
A high speed, modern hand dryer wins out in a life cycle analysis against recycled paper towels. An extra long session is worse than one paper towel, two paper towels is almost as bad as an old hand dryer like the one you've got in the pic.
Margin between a modern air dryer and paper towels is, therefore, small with a small edge to the modern air dryer, but the old air dryer loses on the resources used side.
like @fuat2mb mentioned, that's just one factor. Removing the work load for facilities of having to keep them all full was the reason they were invented in the first place, not to reduce resource usage.
Well, they wanted to reduce the labor used. They weren't factoring in the material use. Because of this you'll still see a lot of new construction put them in, especially to help greenwash the company. It's sorta about resources but mostly about cutting labor.
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Hundreds of mysterious drones have been sighted near military bases and critical infrastructure along America’s eastern seaboard, baffling federal and state authorities. “These are apparently very, as I understand it, very sophisticated. The minute you get eyes on them, they go dark,” said New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy (D), the state with the most drone sightings. D washingtonstand.com/commentary…
Hundreds of mysterious drones have been sighted near military bases and critical infrastructure along America's eastern seaboard, baffling federal and state aut
Following Yoon's failed attempt to impose martial law, the situation continues to unfold as each passing moment shakes the foundation of the current social order and further opens the horizon of possibility.
Progressive activists are not the ones concerned all Syrian rebels are jihadists and willing us to fail.
They are the people reaching out to & raising the voices of Syrian democrats, leftists, feminists and those working against sectarianism & for peaceful coexistence.
So when the high-end canned product makers say there's no #BPA in our can, which is the biggest source of BPA, they really have switched to using its analog cousins #BPS and #BPF which are just as bad for you. Also BPA makes plastic stiffer & is an #estrogen analog whereas #phthalates are an #androgen analog and makes plastic softer. You want neither in your diet.
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If you thought Santa was busy this time of year, you should see Congress. With just a handful of days left to finish this year’s business, members have their hands full with all of the legislative cans they kicked down the road. The House, at least, got at least one headache off its plate by passing the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) Wednesday afternoon — moving the bill one step closer to becoming law for its record-breaking 64th straight year. washingtonstand.com/commentary…
If you thought Santa was busy this time of year, you should see Congress. With just a handful of days left to finish this year's business, members have their ha
I seem to remember a transport plane with a ridonkulous amount of gold bullion or something vanishing over the Middle East. And then 9-11 happened and it vanished from the news.
Simplicity“But only one thing is necessary; for Mary has chosen the good part, which shall not be taken away from her.” (Luke 10:42)Ecclesiastes 7:29 says, “God made us plain and simple, but we have made ourselves very complicated” (GNT).
If you have untreated chronic pain and constant post-viral brain fog you do not also have a "life of privilege and promise" no matter how much money and education you have or had access to.
The British government indefinitely banned puberty blockers as a treatment for minors with gender dysphoria on Wednesday. After embracing gender transition procedures for minors before the U.S., European countries like the U.K. are now reversing course as evidence of the harm they could cause has mounted. “We need to act with caution and care when it comes to this vulnerable group of young people, and follow the expert advice,” declared Health Secretary Wes Streeting. washingtonstand.com/commentary…
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer is taking aim at two new accountability targets, revealing that he will soon review more than 400 Treasury Department money laundering reports that raised alarm about the Democrat fundraising platform ActBlue and is already passing information to the next leaders of the Justice Department to punish bureaucrats who tried to impede investigations of the Biden family. justthenews.com/accountability…
Comer revealed to Just the News that the Biden Treasury Department has told Congress it has more than 400 suspicious activity reports — money laundering alerts — involving the ActBlue fundraising platform connected to the Democratic Party.
Mr. Mangione definitely has a point. I don't advocate violence. But neither do I advocate for-profit health care. They both result in death and grief, so in that way murder and for-profit health care are not dissimilar.
I was unclear who this sentence refers to, "many have illuminated the corruption and greed (e.g.: Rosenthal, Moore)"
It appears this refers to:
* Dr. Elisabeth Rosenthal, a medical journalist who formerly worked as a medical doctor. (Wrote the 2017 book, "An American Sickness: How Healthcare Became Big Business and How You Can Take It Back")
* American film director, Michael Moore (made the documentary "Sicko" which is available for streaming)
So like, I get why he did it. I get the anger. But there's a lot about this 1%'er that rankles me now that he finally saw the light. A big problem I have seems to be him acting like killing this guy was something he and no one else had the courage to do ever.
Except we know what happens when you directly kill oppressors and evil people. We've seen it through history. The reason it's not a strategy commonly used is because it doesn't really remove any power or make any change. They're gonna vanish this guy. And UnitedHealthcare will have a new CEO, and people will forget him in a year. Meanwhile, anyone who walks close to a CEO from now on is gonna get iced by his security teams. And they'll get away with it. The Pinkertons will go proactive.
Conflicted emotions. I've been in this fight against the 1% for a long time, and a rich white 1% kid snapping and acting like we've all got it wrong is just..Let the rich white people tell us how to protest right.
This guy's defo not -all- there (praises Bernie Sanders, then praises white supremacist Tucker Carlson), BUT...but... I hope this really encourages people to unify and focus on #classstruggle against neolibs and billionaires, instead of divide and conquer.
I wish he would have included a more personal element. I’ve read (not sure of the authenticity) that his mother was not properly treated medically and that he could hear her shrieking in pain, and that he had sustained a horribly painful back injury himself.
This puts a point to the "life is sacred" bullshit. This puts a point on the "you can't put a price on human life" bullshit. our society puts a price on human life every single day. not just in healthcare, but in almost everything. It's also not necessarily bad either. We could spend a million dollars on something that saves a single life. or we could spend that million on something that would save hundreds.
Ted Kaczynski had a more interesting manifesto. web.cs.ucdavis.edu/~rogaway/cl… See starting at section 172. Murder is still a morally unacceptable way to implement societal change.
I like that he kept it succinct and focussed on one issue. Also, I'm sure he's on the same page as me in that we need radical systemic change, but he knows that many American people, irrespective of the political leanings, have had negative experiences of US healthcare and it's a pretty good rallying point to perhaps build something bigger upon
Not a comfortable read. But having the highest health insurance costs in the world paired with one of the lowest live expectancies in the developed world sounds like the type of argument that eventually buried big tobacco.
Makes sense that the mainstream media doesn't want to publish it. It's so straightforward to the point and easy to verify that it leaves no room for alternative representations.
Spinsters, my email groups and Facebook feeds are littered with women freaking out about Trump. Full freak out. Everything catastrophic he's going to do. And how he caused the South Korea military coup before he even took office!
I mean, I'm not thrilled about a Trump presidency. I'm worried about his competency and that of those around him, and I don't think he can deliver his promises. But I'm hoping for the best and waiting to freak out until there's something to freak out about. Maybe even then I won't freak out. After 15 years of transgender rule, maybe I've run out of freaks-outs.
For a moment I asked myself, Am I missing something? But I don't think so. It feels like social contagion. And I don't think it works to argue or rationalize with people who are in this freak-out. It reminds me of Y2K. Remember that? Some people are too young. That was a crazy time to be living in a liberal city. Some guy actually handed me a flyer about planning what to do with poop when Y2K happens. You can't respond rationally to people in freak-out mode. It just gets them more upset.
The hard fact of the matter is that we don't know what the future holds. I'm glad I live in a rural area, even though life is harder here in many ways. I live at a slower pace and I don't get thrown off balance easily.
@FullycaffeinatedThat's what I got to enjoy LAST winter season, with my rapidly-progressing Crohn's disease. Fortunately this season it's all healed, albeit temporarily and with permanent dependence on very expensive drugs.
A lot of hoopla about Google's new quantum computer chip. To put it into perspective, in 2019, largest quantum ICs had ~50 physical qubits. Google's new chip has 105. Experts estimate practical applications of quantum computing when scale reaches a million+, maybe in 60-70 years' time? (If ever)
(That is to say that the applications we're reading about in the Google press releases would require 1M+ physical qubits)
The current state of the art in quantum computing is processors that can do amazingly fast computations addressing such tiny amounts of data as to make them practically useless - or should I say "use case-less"?
QC researchers estimate it will require about 1,000 physical qubits to model one logical qubit, because of the need for error correction.
Even if Willow significantly improves on that ratio, unless they've improved it by 10x, that means Willow implements less than one logical qubit *reliably*.
Their press release is like Intel announcing a chip with less than one transistor by talking about 3D animation and digital signal processing.
For perspective, a tiny grain of sand has about 10^20 atoms in it. I think we definitely need some breakthroughs, but I don't think it's impossible. (All hype asside)
the qubit count is unimpressive as always, the real breakthrough in their work was the discovery of a practical method to reduce error rates as the qubit count grows, something that had not been done before, and which before now blocked advancement and creation of more dense chips
So technically yes the qubit count is unimpressive, the creation of practical methods to reduce error counts is what actually mattered tbh
We seem to have entered the era of constant hype. As one hype cycle ends, another starts.
Unfortunately I know a lot of folks who are *desperate* to believe the future has arrived. The salespeople must be rubbing their hands with anticipation.
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I teach a class with 30 Windows machines in it. We never use them, so their screens tend to show the time continuously. Not only do all of these internet-accurate machines change their minutes out of synch with each other, it is typical that two or three of them will be OVER a minute apart.
It becomes a lesson for my students: accuracy isn't just in how many parts per million you can measure.
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