Some random steroid, because a drug name came up in a video I was watching and I had never heard of it before. I thought it was going to be some sort of party drug. Turns out it’s for bodybuilders who don’t want the water retention of the normal ones.

You think Americans don’t starve to death?

https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2023-04-13/deaths-from-malnutrition-have-more-than-doubled-in-the-u-s

You have to remember that it’s not just “I was so hungry I died” but also “I didn’t eat properly and so I got sick and died” that count as starving to death.

That’s neat.

Why does that article contain no references more recent than 1806 though. Is it called something else these days? It seems like there should be more modern information on the practice.

Yes

I don’t agree with this.

We as a society are productive enough that we could absolutely work a lot less individually and still have all our needs and comforts met (which is what the OP was asking)

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A hell of a lot of advancement comes from “that’s strange” and “oops”

DARPA doesn’t tend to be the one doing anything but supplying some funding.

AGI is possible, the question is whether this bubble will reach it, or if it will arise out of the corpses after the crash.

I personally don’t think the current LLM tech will ever evolve into AGI, but it’s totally possible one of these companies will moonshot AGI off the side of one of their engineer’s desk accidentally.

The infrastructure that’s going to be left sitting around after the impending crash is going to make for some absolutely insanely cheap opportunities for some really smart (or lucky) groups of people to pull off the miracle and/or catastrophe that will be AGI.

On one hand, you’re right.

On the other hand, you’re missing the point.

Jobs aren’t the the goal of life. People need to remember that. Our current system of distributing resources is broken if we don’t have enough jobs, but we could change the system rather than forcing everyone to work when it’s not needed.

Important

On your phone (iPhone and Android) there are options to set an Emergency contact. This contact shows up on the lock screen of the phone including their phone numbers, and at least on my android device those number(s) can even be called without unlocking the device. I have my wife and father.

This can be really helpful for first responders if you’re involved in an accident or have a medical episode that leaves you unconscious, or even if you’re just seriously hurt and you can’t call someone yourself easily.

That does not apply to humans who are capable of intentionally avoiding certain breeding problems, and also who have medical knowledge that can apply even if it does happen.

Hockey, started in my late thirties, couldn’t even stop at the time.

Great exercise.

What do you need to purchase? Gear.

British Columbia, $0.12 canadian dollars for Tier1 rates

The simple answer is most desktop PCs will not come even close to that at idle. Even just having a few case fans may draw more than that, without involving the CPU at all.

Laptop devices can do that in some cases with their extra power management features.

That being said, do the math to see if it matters. The difference between 10w and 40w is 0.7kwh per day, at least where I live that’s about 7 cents or about $25 per year.

In my case it would be more expensive to purchase a dedicated low power device than it will save me in 4-5 years compared to just using something I already have laying around.

In terms of time investments, working out may be one possible consideration.

Social expectations and cultural norms.

Yea, I get the fragrance and extra bullshit free ones. Just something simple to wipe up a mess.

and 100% straight to the garbage.

Baby wipes are really useful to just have sitting in your car, and next to your bed for those lucky enough to have nocturnal company.

It’s definitely not 50/50, there would be a negotiated amount (Fixed or percentage) less than that. The ghostwriter may be employed by the publisher and just receive a salary too.

Again, bad example.

In emergency situations, the vast majority of people do absolutely nothing. There’s a reason why during first aid training one of the most significant things they teach you is to call out a specific person, and get them to call 911, and double check that they actually do it.

I’ve quite literally seen a pregnant woman fall on an icy sidewalk outside a building, and a dozen people walked by before I got there to help her.

You see it all the time with car accidents too, someone crashes, and way too many cars try to drive around so they don’t get stuck in the traffic jam when the emergency crews arrive. Maybe one in 10 people will actually stop and try to help.

You vastly overestimate how much people care about strangers.