That was actually a great invention, considering it replaced the unlimited hour work week (60-96 hours being normal in Victorian times). I agree that we should go further though.

Context? Looks like a (somewhat pareidolic) leather seat cushion or something.

The problem is that it only takes one ruler insane enough to use them to wipe out most of humanity.

I don’t care about “celebrity cameos” even when it’s people I like. But I guess adding some controversial people is one way for a dev to drive engagement.

Sounds like a case of Hikikomori.

There can never be reciprocal love with an LLM. But people can be in love and form a parasocial relationship with a fictional character. There were cases of that even well before the current trend of generative AI.

Watching Civilization bots play against each other was a thing for a while and it was mildly entertaining I guess. Didn’t use ungodly amounts of power and hardware though.

What a stupid waste of computation.

Centrism is okay during good times, when managing the country is all it takes and the political climate isn’t poisoned. During times of crisis, however, it’s horribly ineffective, because centrists are usually quite averse to any large-scale reforms and their ineffectiveness will only benefit (usually right-wing) radical parties.

Eh, kinda. You can buy table salt with or without fluoride, so I wouldn’t say it’s that comparable to adding it to everyone’s tap water.

A VPN is essential to access most of the Western/English-speaking internet (in Mainland China, less so in Hong Kong). The VPN might also be blocked though, so research ahead of time to find one that currently works in China.

I’m in Germany so fluoride is not a thing in our water. I don’t think it’s necessarily unethical to add it though.

For those living in countries that do this, does it have any effect on taste or limit how the water can be used, e.g. for watering plants, cooking etc?

I have to say I don’t really mind that the series is finished. Played and tried to like both Outer Worlds games, but found their world, characters and general writing completely uninteresting. The satire was too much and too on-the-nose for me as well.

People protesting agains the arms industry will generally focus on the bigger problem, which is all the people being killed.

“Stop murdering people” is probably a more powerful message than “Stop wasting resources on murdering people”.

Having a healthier sleep schedule.

We’ve had that in Germany for many years but for the last few years, many supermarkets in my region have stopped using the tokens. Looks like the “training” worked though, as I still never see any unreturned shopping carts on parking lots.

I think I’d survive. Never had a broken bone or any serious injuries really. I’d just have surface-level wounds everywhere, none with a lot of blood loss, and 2 rolled ankles. It would be unpleasant as hell, but I don’t think my life would be in danger.

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Train driver as a young child, then later game developer. I’m a software developer now, not making games, but pretty close as I mainly work with game engines. Due to various reasons I’m now considering quitting IT altogether at some point though.

Basically all porn I consume is fictional, so I don’t have that issue.

They’re design-focused first and foremost. You get a Nothing phone if you want fancy LED-lighting on the backside.

They used to be about having a “minimalist”, bloatware-free Android OS as well, but since last year some of their phones come preloaded with Facebook, Tiktok etc and they even put ads on the lock screen for a while (until backlash made them revert that).