makuus
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- Comment on AI-driven weather prediction breakthrough reported - The Guardian 2 weeks ago:
…Nor is the trump admin actually using it to pay down the debt…
That’s the damning thing: Any savings are going towards tax cuts for the already-wealthy…
…Anyway, defunding the NOAA to pay off the national debt is like skipping a coffee, once, to pay down a mortgage on a house.
…and then going out and buying an expensive car.
- Comment on US classifies South Korea as ‘sensitive country,’ limiting cooperation on advanced tech. 3 weeks ago:
That’s pretty much it. Trump—really, the folks who control him—is going to wall us off from the rest of the world, while the rest of the world continues moving forward. In power. In technology. In medicine.
- Comment on Deny it? 1 month ago:
I’m certainly thick as a brick…
- Comment on Larry Ellison wants to put all America's data, including DNA, in one big Oracle system for AI to study 1 month ago:
I’ll consider them my “betters” when they can prove to me that their money and power is good for something other than the kind of villainy reserved for children’s cartoons.
now sit down.
Now, this is an interesting statement. The first part could well be taken as satire. But, this… this stands apart, a command that pings my Poe’s Law detector. Is this more villain-coded roleplay? Or, is perhaps a prophylactic ESAD called for here, in the event that you truly believe what you’re saying?
- Comment on Larry Ellison wants to put all America's data, including DNA, in one big Oracle system for AI to study 1 month ago:
He believes the payoff will include better healthcare, thanks to treatments tailored to individuals…
Hey, that’s great and all… So, who’s going to pay for those treatments? Universal healthcare when?
- Comment on Captain Crunch vs Jean Lafoote 1 month ago:
To shreds, you say?
- Comment on Captain Crunch vs Jean Lafoote 2 months ago:
To shreds, you say?