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5 votes
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Nathan Berman has helped rescue Manhattan’s financial district from a “doom loop” by carving attractive living spaces from hulking buildings that once housed fields of cubicles
16 votes -
Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have successfully implanted seven million lab-grown brain cells into a patient to treat Parkinson's disease
23 votes -
The FAA investigates after Boeing says workers in South Carolina falsified 787 inspection records
50 votes -
What have you been eating, drinking, and cooking?
What food and drinks have you been enjoying (or not enjoying) recently? Have you cooked or created anything interesting? Tell us about it!
10 votes -
Hey GM: If you want to beat Apple, give people the buttons CarPlay can’t
35 votes -
Exploring the mysterious alphabet of sperm whales
10 votes -
The US Supreme Court just quietly handed a huge win to veterans seeking an education
12 votes -
Does anyone else have succulents?
Spent yesterday afternoon re-potting my little collection of succulents, and it got me wondering whether other people on here might have some. Curious if people want to share their favorites or...
Spent yesterday afternoon re-potting my little collection of succulents, and it got me wondering whether other people on here might have some. Curious if people want to share their favorites or tips/tricks, etc.
37 votes -
New data shows deadly cost of US officials' failures with COVID in prisons
14 votes -
RIP 'Red vs. Blue.' Machinima is gone—but its legacy is everywhere.
23 votes -
Kendrick Lamar - Meet the Grahams (2024)
45 votes -
Hallucination-free RAG: Making LLMs safe for healthcare
12 votes -
Starfield: May update
17 votes -
Stack Overflow and OpenAI partner to strengthen the world’s most popular large language models
21 votes -
What have you been watching / reading this week? (Anime/Manga)
What have you been watching and reading this week? You don't need to give us a whole essay if you don't want to, but please write something! Feel free to talk about something you saw that was...
What have you been watching and reading this week? You don't need to give us a whole essay if you don't want to, but please write something! Feel free to talk about something you saw that was cool, something that was bad, ask for recommendations, or anything else you can think of.
If you want to, feel free to find the thing you're talking about and link to its pages on Anilist, MAL, or any other database you use!
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AI, automation, and inequality — how do we reach utopia?
Ok, not utopia per se but a post-scarcity-ish economy where people have their basic needs—food, shelter, healthcare—met virtually automatically. A world where, sure, maybe you have to earn money...
Ok, not utopia per se but a post-scarcity-ish economy where people have their basic needs—food, shelter, healthcare—met virtually automatically. A world where, sure, maybe you have to earn money for certain very scarce luxuries like a tropical island trip, jewelry, nightly wagyu steak dinners, or a penthouse overlooking Central Park, but you get enough basic income to eat healthily and decently every day, have a modest but comfortable home, and not stress out about going to the hospital — and then you can choose if you want to work to earn money to buy additional luxuries or just spend your time to do sports, make art or music, pursue an academic interest, counsel or mentor others in your community, or devote yourself to nature conservation.
I want to get this conversation rolling regularly because it's evident that we're on a cusp of a new economic era — one where AI and automation could free us from a lot of menial physical and intellectual labor and the pretense that everyone has to work to earn their continued existence. It's evident that not everyone has to work. If anything, our economy could be more efficient if incompetent or unmotivated folks just stayed at home and got out of other people's way. I think we all know someone who stays in a job because they need it but are actually a net negative on the organization.
It's an open-ended topic, and there's a lot to talk about in this series—like, how would we distribute the fruits of automation? How would we politically achieve those mechanisms of distribution? What does partially automated healthcare look like?—but I think it'd be good to first talk about current economic inefficiencies that should and could be automated away.
25 votes -
You can bet on every aspect of the NFL Draft. But do sportsbooks actually know anything?
3 votes -
Cold brew coffee in three minutes using acoustic cavitation
20 votes -
Microsoft readies new AI model to compete with Google, OpenAI
8 votes -
Microsoft closes Redfall developer Arkane Austin, Hi-Fi Rush developer Tango Gameworks, and more in devastating cuts at Bethesda
37 votes -
In a first, Belgium approves labour law for sex workers
41 votes -
Humble Choice - May 2024
May 2024's Humble Choice is now available with the following eight Steam games. Steam Page Opencritic Steam Recent/All Operating Systems Steam Deck ProtonDB Yakuza: Like a Dragon 86 94/94 Win ✅...
May 2024's Humble Choice is now available with the following eight Steam games.
Steam Page Opencritic Steam Recent/All Operating Systems Steam Deck ProtonDB Yakuza: Like a Dragon 86 94/94 Win ✅ Verified 🟨 Gold Hi-Fi RUSH 89 93/97 Win ✅ Verified 🎖️ Platinum Steelrising 71 66/73 Win, Mac 🟨 Playable ⬜ Silver Loddlenaut 75 97/97 Win ✅ Verified 🕙 Awaiting Reports King of the Castle N/A 94/91 Win 🟨 Playable ⬜ Silver Bravery and Greed 78 78 Win 🟨 Playable 🟨 Gold Amanda the Adventurer 73 91/95 Win 🟨 Playable 🎖️ Platinum Mediterranea Inferno 79 97 Win, Mac ✅ Verified 🕙 Awaiting Reports Does anyone have experience with any of the games and, if so, would you recommend them? Is there anything in here that you're particularly excited to play?
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How are you dealing with inflation regarding everyday enjoyment?
I was wondering how people are currently dealing with inflation in everyday life. Since quite a while now, I found that I have fallen into a habit of excessively looking for discount deals for...
I was wondering how people are currently dealing with inflation in everyday life. Since quite a while now, I found that I have fallen into a habit of excessively looking for discount deals for pretty much everything I buy. I feel pressured every day because prices have ballooned so much.
At first, I only refrained from buying "unnecessary" goods like unhealthy snacks, and instead just go for basic staples and vitamin-rich vegetables. Then I started to cut down on meat consumption due to the high prices, and forced myself to only buy meat that is put on discount at the end of the day as it's about to spoil. And now, I even do the same thing for regular staples like rice or potatoes. It feels imprisoning, distracting and depressing.
So I'm wondering, how are you dealing with inflation? Are you affected in a different way? Or not at all? Any advice on how I could realistically get out of this seemingly endlessly depressing spiral?
In case anyone's interested why I decided to post today: I saw McDonald's popping up in the news these days, as apparently customers don't go there anyone due to their price increases far beyond inflation since 2019. Then, I passed a McDonald's billboard today thst advertised 2 Big Mac Menus + a happy meal for a whopping 30 EUR. The regular prices used to be a fraction of that... Now it's apparently a good deal...
38 votes -
GlobalUsefulNativeTrees, a database documenting 14,014 tree species, supports synergies between biodiversity recovery and local livelihoods in landscape restoration
31 votes -
California junk fee ban could upend restaurant industry
39 votes -
Revealed: Tyson Foods dumps millions of pounds of toxic pollutants into US rivers and lakes
43 votes -
America’s prison system is turning into a de facto nursing home
20 votes -
Heat death of the internet
88 votes -
Classical composer reaction/analysis to Final Fantasy 7: One Winged Angel
8 votes -
How bridge engineers design against ship collisions
4 votes -
AI to drive natural gas boom as utilities face surging data center demand
13 votes -
Teacher Appreciation Week: Top school's staff go 'beyond the textbook'
8 votes -
Hobo Johnson & The LoveMakers - Flood the Earth Again (2024)
3 votes -
The Day Iceland Stood Still | Trailer
8 votes -
Big data reveals true climate impact of worldwide air travel
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Movie of the Week #28 - Pan's Labyrinth
Warning: this post may contain spoilers
I have been looking forward to this month, since I think it is the first time I haven't seen any of the movies before. The theme is Cannes and we start with Guillermo del Toro's Pan's Labyrinth which premiered at Cannes in 2006 and received a 22 minute standing ovation.
Besides any thoughts on this movie, are you familiar with other of the Guillermo del Toro's filmography?
The rest of the schedule for May is:
- 13th: The Zone of Interest
- 20th: Luxury Car
- 27th: The Tree of Life
14 votes -
The most powerful fire truck ever created
2 votes -
Meet the bug you didn't know you were eating; Cochineal
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Formula 1 Miami Grand Prix 2024 - Results
Warning: this post may contain spoilers
Congrats to Lando Norris for finally breaking his record of most podiums without a win...by winning! Much deserved.
And because the F1 racing gods giveth and taketh away, I saw an unfortunate racing record for Kevin Magnussen: Most penalty points in a single weekend, with 6 points. He now has 10 out of 12 points before a race ban. And the earliest any of these points expire? March 2025. Yikes.
Though we'll see if he actually gets more points and/or a race ban.
Next race:
Emilia Romagna Grand Prix
Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari (Imola)
Sunday, May 19, 2024Race Results -- SPOILER
POS NO DRIVER CAR LAPS TIME/RETIRED PTS 1 4 Lando Norris MCLAREN MERCEDES 57 1:30:49.876 25 2 1 Max Verstappen RED BULL RACING HONDA RBPT 57 +7.612s 18 3 16 Charles Leclerc FERRARI 57 +9.920s 15 4 11 Sergio Perez RED BULL RACING HONDA RBPT 57 +14.650s 0 5 55 Carlos Sainz FERRARI 57 +16.407s 0 6 44 Lewis Hamilton MERCEDES 57 +16.585s 8 7 22 Yuki Tsunoda RB HONDA RBPT 57 +26.185s 6 8 63 George Russell MERCEDES 57 +34.789s 4 9 14 Fernando Alonso ASTON MARTIN ARAMCO MERCEDES 57 +37.107s 2 10 31 Esteban Ocon ALPINE RENAULT 57 +39.746s 1 11 27 Nico Hulkenberg HAAS FERRARI 57 +40.789s 0 12 10 Pierre Gasly ALPINE RENAULT 57 +44.958s 0 13 81 Oscar Piastri MCLAREN MERCEDES 57 +49.756s 0 14 24 Zhou Guanyu KICK SAUBER FERRARI 57 +49.979s 0 15 3 Daniel Ricciardo RB HONDA RBPT 57 +50.956s 0 16 77 Valtteri Bottas KICK SAUBER FERRARI 57 +52.356s 0 17 18 Lance Stroll ASTON MARTIN ARAMCO MERCEDES 57 +55.173s 0 18 23 Alexander Albon WILLIAMS MERCEDES 57 +76.091s 0 19 20 Kevin Magnussen HAAS FERRARI 57 +84.683s 0 NC 2 Logan Sargeant WILLIAMS MERCEDES 27 DNF 0 Magnussen received a 10-second time penalty for causing a collision and a 20-second time penalty for entering the pits during a Safety Car period and not changing tyres. Stroll received a 10-second time penalty for leaving the track and gaining an advantage. Sainz received a five-second time penalty for causing a collision.
Source: F1.com
20 votes -
Spidergawd - All And Everything (Live @ Byscenen, Trondheim) (2020)
3 votes -
The United States leads the world in airline safety. That’s because of the way we assign blame when accidents do happen.
46 votes -
Google lays off hundreds of ‘Core’ employees, moves some positions to India and Mexico
52 votes -
The Sámi museum Siida in Finland was awarded the top prize at this year's European Museum of the Year Awards
9 votes -
Google begins enforcement of site reputation abuse policy with portions of sites being delisted
16 votes -
HADES II Early Access has started
38 votes -
‘The Super Mario Bros Movie’ levels all the way up to win Deadline’s 2023 Most Valuable Blockbuster Tournament
11 votes -
US to require automatic emergency braking on new vehicles in five years
42 votes -
Tildes Book Club - Voting thread 2 results - requesting feedback from library users
Thanks for your participation. We got three solid winners from this voting thread, Terry Pratchett Small Gods, Neil Gaiman Ocean at the End of the Lane, Amal El Mohtar and Max Gladstone This is...
Thanks for your participation. We got three solid winners from this voting thread, Terry Pratchett Small Gods, Neil Gaiman Ocean at the End of the Lane, Amal El Mohtar and Max Gladstone This is How you Lose the Time War.
Library users please check availability and reply to this thread if any of these three should be sorted to the end of the schedule. We still have the Dispossessed and Project Hail Mary to read in May and June before starting these new books. After receiving feedback I will set a schedule for the summer.
Somehow Anathem made it through the screening process and is unfortunately nearly a thousand pages which does not fit a monthly book club structure. We will vote again in the Fall.
19 votes -
Hackers discover how to reprogram NES Tetris from within the game
18 votes