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this seems less straightforwardly bad than other examples of superstimuli

mainly because twitter mutuals can be leveraged into the real thing, unlike porn or junk food

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twitter mutuals as superstimulus for friendship

have you tried making the problem look pretty

fantasticanachronism.com/2021/

i love reading this kind of absolutely nuts (in the best way) analysis

'we should make 1 million von neumann clones to help make sure the singularity goes well' yes please inject this straight into my veins

now i'm kinda curious what the base rate of civilizational collapse is

like, how often does the dominant civ in any location fall apart for whatever reason

(yes i realize that if you ask 5 historians when rome fell, you'll get 7 answers)

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funtime activities: taking a real close look at how fragile the structures and technologies that allow our civilization to exist really are

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good idea filed under 'why didn't i do this already': make anki cards with things like 'recall your credit card pin' and 'recall your email password' (and no flip side, just make sure you can use them)

oh god they stole another 11 noses juat this past day

will anyone put a stop to this monster?

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we must all protect our noses from @goblinodds

i am hearing reports that they have recently stolen the nose directly from a baby's face

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noticing a lot of tension in my neck+shoulders today

hmm

this is a fully general method for not feeling any emotion you dont like

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alright guys ive figured out the method for not being stressed

its easy you just say 'im not stressed' whenever anyone, including you, asks if youre stressed

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@kyle "If you can't fix it, you don't own it!." I applaud Purism for posting this. Moar companies need to do stuff like this. Thanks for sharing!

#RightToRepair

rant 

boss: yeah the new subcontractors are just going to be starting immediately, they dont have anything to wait on

me, still not having access to a dev environment:

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oh god i made them again

it is taking more self control than i usually possess to not just shovel them all into my mouth
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cherry pecan sugar delivery mechanism
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