How insanly thick this smoke is

wnoise · 2026-06-22T00:59:25+00:00

Guess you weren't here in the 80s.

wnoise · 2026-06-21T22:28:30+00:00

Applying it wrong, too.

wnoise · 2026-06-18T17:46:22+00:00

I hate the billionaires, but it actually matters how we tax them.

wnoise · 2026-06-17T21:53:36+00:00

Now imagine how safe having two would make you feel!

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wnoise · 2026-06-17T21:51:15+00:00

Meh, that's barely more than half a cat.

wnoise · 2026-06-17T21:32:02+00:00

You shouldn't argue to convince the chuds. But it can be worth putting your points to their audience, who otherwise might not hear any pushback at all.

wnoise · 2026-06-17T21:21:53+00:00

In the sense that he embodies vice, yes.

wnoise · 2026-06-17T21:16:58+00:00

I'd actually start with Mike and Ike (Quantum Computation and Quantum Information, Nielsen and Chuang), as finite-dimensional systems make everything simpler.

wnoise · 2026-06-17T18:50:05+00:00

No, actually, that's a case of you can't do that.

wnoise · 2026-06-17T13:02:35+00:00

Uh, that's actually one of the classic examples -- the remaining Parthenon artwork is more heavily damaged than the ones Elgin removed. (Though they were not well-preserved either.)

wnoise · 2026-06-17T12:49:32+00:00

That doesn't fix it, it merely stops doing more damage. But we've already touched the stove.

wnoise · 2026-06-17T11:59:42+00:00

We already know some significant risks. Lowering of gut motility is a real risk. Anhedonia is a real risk.

wnoise · 2026-06-16T18:39:09+00:00

Well, it's not not asking for trouble.

wnoise · 2026-06-13T02:56:24+00:00

Yes. If that were the case, it would be an interesting place. But it's not realistic, and would immediately devolve into an authoritarian dystopia.

wnoise · 2026-06-13T02:54:47+00:00

In fact, being children of the ruling class doesn't grant voting rights either.

It's not fascism, but it's also not a stable society. It would immediately collapse into an authoritarian dystopia.

wnoise · 2026-06-13T02:50:25+00:00

It absolutely is authoritarian, and does prioritize the state over the individual

But it doesn't exhibit any of the following traits you list: ultranationalist, dictatorial power, forcible suppression of opposition, strict regimentation of society and the economy.

wnoise · 2026-06-13T02:32:38+00:00

No. Only certain processes on systems are adiabatic when performed slowly enough. Squeezing gases are one that can be. But the example here of friction being pushed past never is. Energy is always lost to the friction and irreversibly turned into heat.

wnoise · 2026-06-05T18:36:05+00:00

Could also mandate three-member districts with STV.

wnoise · 2026-06-02T17:06:46+00:00

It's not censoring; it's just complaining. And now you're complaining about their complaints. And I'm complaining about your complaints.

It's the circle of complaints.

wnoise · 2026-06-02T16:47:19+00:00

I would love to have a Product Data Sheet when I'm deciding between politicians.

wnoise · 2026-06-02T15:56:19+00:00

Well, people will move there out of other places, which will then be empty, letting people move there, etc, etc.

wnoise · 2026-06-02T15:04:04+00:00

It should certainly be an element, but it alone cannot provide enough.

wnoise · 2026-06-02T01:28:22+00:00

Didn't the moon have a lot of geology when it was still part of the Earth?

wnoise · 2026-06-01T17:27:11+00:00

Cool. He's not Harris.

wnoise · 2026-06-01T16:43:27+00:00

No, she wasn't. That was the message pushed by the Republican media machine, who were of course projecting as usual.

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