I don't think people have a clue on AI let alone the idea of AGI. In this thread that's probably not true but for the masses it is. I wouldn't bet on AGI being a thing anything soon but the current set of algos and tools will be adopted and people will adapt. There will be good and bad result from it. The fear mongering is way off with AI.

With so many people supposedly wanting to get off hydrocarbons you'd think plastic would not be so popular. You don't think most people are clueless do you?

I should add, that this is the poison of politics and the desire to control that Satan tempted Christ with at the heart. There are many good people that have no clue how foreign what this man is teaching is from traditional Christianity. There is a spirit at work but those people he is talking about are not demons. Nor is he or his followers. But the spiritual realm is at work stoking hatred and division. Democrats are not my enemy. Nor are Republicans. They are both wrong an a follower of Jesus really can't co-sign 100% of either movement. The level of ignorance in the US about the history of the church and political movements is appalling. The answer isn't in politics. Its in Jesus. But, most people I encounter online are so distracted by the next thing they aren't even having internal dialogs about these things. They are NPCs. And I can see how people on both sides of the political divide could think of them as demons. But God loves them and they are created in His image.

Shameful. There are many false teachers and snakes that claim to be shepherds. They actually worship the political power of the state. They simply want to ring of power for themselves. They worship power and wealth. Not Jesus. In short, this is not historic Christianity but a modern perversion of it.

How hard is it to run your own servers? | DHH and Lex Fridman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqEjUydzX6w As someone that has ran small Linux servers and self-hosted things for a while I think DHH is more right than wrong. There are trade-offs and I use both self-hosting and cloud tools of all kinds. More devs should experiement with Linux and self-hosting. In many ways its never been easier to do. https://stacker.news/items/1044731

Been thinking about this lately. The older I get and more life I experience the more clear this thought becomes. **Most of what we love about living in America is thanks to the cultural consequences of the Christian faith.** Not *Democracy*, not the *Constitution*, not *Capitalism*. The crumbling that we see around us at its root is caused by a massive turn away from God, our faith, and our traditions. Families are the next layer and the destruction of the family is predicated by the obsession with self. The idolization of our own wisdom, knowledge, and desires over the humble realization that God's riches are far greater than any carnal pleasure we might desire. As C.S. Lewis wrote > "It would seem that Our Lord finds our desires not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea. We are far too easily pleased." ― C.S. Lewis, The Weight of Glory, and Other Addresses I think more and more people are seeing these things, counting the cost, and returning to faith and tradition. As followers of Jesus it is not a time to be discouraged but rather look up to our hope and be beacons of truth and love.

DHH on WordPress and Matt Mullenweg drama https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIEXr0SE2LY https://stacker.news/items/1043693

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Yeah... more of this please.

Why Pam Bondi’s Epstein Client List Narrative Is A Complete Lie - Matt Walsh https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-BrRbCg908 Walsh who is a pretty big Trump supporter from what I've seen did a really good job calling out Bondi and as well as Trump for this completely insane joke of an response to the Epstein case. Why are you posting about this again @kepford? Well, I was driving to a restaurant and had the radio on. The news report played a clip of Trump responding to the criticism he's receiving about all this. Its absolutely absurd. He's calling it all a democrat plot. This is absurd as the Russia collusion conspiracy theory that was used against Trump. Wait... its way worse. At least that was from his opponents and this was something he promised and many of his lackeys promised over and over again. What's worse is according to the report the case on Epstein has been closed... Is that right? Its closed? Where are all the arrests? These hundreds (according to Bondi) of victims were abused by who? One guy? Really? I mean, reports have been around for a long time that its over 2,000 victims. Guys, I don't care if Epstein killed himself or if he was murdered. What I do care about is all of the victims who will never see a bit of justice. I don't think we will ever see a single elite held to account. To be clear, I never thought we would... but many of you that supported Trump did think this. Its likely a factor in people voting for the orange man. What message does this send to the elite scum that abuse people? You will be protected. That's the message. Keep abusing your power. This is dark but its the only conclusion that makes sense to me. This sure isn't justice. This isn't law and order. Its protecting predators. Remember when the Trump supporters were calling out grooming? Yeah, where are they now? This all just disgusts me. There are all kinds of theories on what is really going on but you know what... I don't care. This is complete BS. Everyone knows it. Trump knows it, and his admin knows it. I see this as a turning point. Will the public that support this man actually show integrity and hold him to account? I'm not optimistic. The Trump fans I know are pretty quiet about all this. Its pathetic. On a brighter side its nice to see someone like Matt Walsh actually speaking up. There are others that supported the Donald that are as well but its not nearly enough in my opinion. I chalk this up as yet another example of their being two classes in the US. It isn't the red and blue. Its us and them. The owners of the country are a small group and we ain't in it. I love America but I despise the state. Trump is showing himself to _be_ the swamp. I hope more people realize this. https://stacker.news/items/1042551

I appreciate this approach to open source.

Just occured to me that more people are offended by fake writing and content inflation (AI Slop) than monetary inflation. If you disagree I'd recommend you talk to more normies.

I'm no expert on QC but a recent paper by a respected cryptographer is pretty damning of the research being touted. The demonstrations of QC behind the concerns about the threats your BIP seeks to address appear to be fraudulent. Seem very likely we are being scammed about QC. I wrote a summary of the paper and link to it if you care to read the paper. https://primal.net/a/naddr1qvzqqqr4gupzqqqqqt0f23q97er3ayh0gcp8qkf8rj0asrddhfqxkr9v50q90q98qqrnzvp5xgcrxwqney8ud

I am not. Just someone that has worked in tech for a long time and can identify hype cycles. Have long thought quantum is one. I'd love to be proven wrong. Doubt I will be in my lifetime.