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"We're just going to run a physical simulation of a human brain to achieve AGI"
"Won't the brain die instantly if it's without a body and oxygen supply etc?"
"Well, we'll just also simulate a body."
"Won't the body die instantly if it's in a vacuum?
"Fine, we'll just simulate an atmosphere too."
"Won't the body die if it's without food and light and gravity and stimulation?"
"Fine, we'll just simulate all the physical processes on the Earth."
"Won't the Earth just freeze instantly without the Sun being there?"
"Fine, we'll just simulate the sun, too."
"Will the solar system work properly if there's only the sun? What about gravitational influences of other mass in the galaxy, what about cosmic rays?"
"Fine, we'll just simulate the whole universe, too."

Meta is installing a tool it calls Model Capability Initiative (MCI) on US-based employees' computers that runs in work-related apps and websites, recording mouse movements, clicks, keystrokes, and occasional screenshots.
https://www.theverge.com/tech/916681/meta-ai…

The Loss Of All That Matters
https://archive.org/details/TheLossOfAllThatMatters/PileOfHealthyCypress_Murdered.JPG
I was browsing archive.org and found a guy who was provoked into this unhinged but occasionally touching rant by this tree …

It's #EarthDay! To mark the occasion, we share this piece by YDS ethics professor Ryan Darr written for our Reflections magazine, asking the question: What do we love too much to lose? https://

@… I guess the anime part of the joke arises from occasional BSD questions from people who don't know the alternative meaning of BSD.
https://www.

I've mentioned it before, and I'm sure I will again, but, as much as there's a reason why I reject Christianity, there were also a lot of good things. Churches have governing bodies (with varying degrees of democratic representation) that guide the ministry (preaching and actions) as well as managing logistics (building maintenance, accounting, etc). This provides opportunities for self-governed collective action.
Quakers are the most radical in terms of this, and are basically anarchists. Quaker circles often meet at people's houses and can be as small as 3 people. There is often no leadership. A Quaker service could easily just be everyone sitting in a circle and someone talking at one point.
I grew up in a Presbyterian church, and one of my first jobs (at 11 or 12) was landscaping there. Within the church there were a lot of different trades, which meant that you could volunteer time and learn basically any kind of maintenance. Basically everything that needed to be done was done in-house. This also meant that if you needed a plumber, an electrician, etc, that you could pick one from within the church.
I remember painting the church, learning how to paint, with a bunch of other members of the congregation at a work party. I also remember being volunteered for child care during choir. There were a few rooms around that were used for different things, such as music practice. But these rooms could be made available for any type of community activity. This can actually include community organizing. In fact, Seattle GDC was offered an occasional space for organizing in a church (we didn't take it, but appreciated the offer), and that same church hosted a lot of other community events. I actually went to a queer relationships skills class once hosted in a church, which was great.
What I'm saying is that churches often act as a kind of parallel society up-to-and-including acting as dual power structures....

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #NightTracks
Laurie Spiegel & Laurie Spiegel:
🎵 Appalachian Grove III
#LaurieSpiegel
https://open.spotify.com/track/79qnW6PocozamltQqh8In9

Why the rocket fuel that will power Artemis II is so hard to handle | CBC Radio
#physics

ANALYSIS | Why the rocket fuel that will power Artemis II is so hard to handle | CBC Radio
It's difficult to imagine a substance that is hundreds of degrees below freezing yet still a liquid. Such is the strange nature of the liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen that are the components of rocket fuel.

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Fetsum:
🎵 Tiger
#NowPlaying #Fetsum
https://fetsum.bandcamp.com/track/tiger
https://open.spotify.com/track/0jL4IvzOzEcM0lO910hZkI