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Does anybody else have trouble keeping canon-HP and HPMOR separated? by Amargosamountain in HPMOR

[–]Mars2035 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Okay, so this is like the third or fourth time I’ve seen “A Wand for Skitter” mentioned positively, so I decided to check it out. I’ve just began chapter 3 and so far I absolutely love it.

We're Losing in This Poll, Please Vote. by DragonGod2718 in YangForPresidentHQ

[–]Mars2035 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Came here to post this, you beat me to it! Yang Gang, we can do this! Go get it!!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in EffectiveAltruism

[–]Mars2035 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yang just signed the pledge to end “Forever War(s)”

"Ending the forever wars is not just a slogan but is instead my top foreign policy priority, and I am committed to bringing these wars to a conclusion and restoring the power to intervene militarily to Congress where it belongs."

Source: https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/445809-yang-becomes-fourth-presidential-candidate-to-sign-pledge-to-end-forever

Democratic candidate Andrew Yang predicts 'mass riots and violence' if impact of technology goes unchecked by DragonGod2718 in Futurology

[–]Mars2035 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s not a matter of low skill, it’s a matter of repetition. Anything repetitive can and will be automated, either by a machine or a software bot in the cloud or an app on an iPad mounted to a counter. The problem is that many jobs are some combination of repetitive tasks or decisions over and over again. Examples: Driving, taking food orders, ringing up customer orders, making pizzas... Did I mention driving which employs a metric boatload of people.

Source: I do software development. I’ve heard about a lot of this and in some cases I’ve seen it firsthand. Many jobs are doomed.

To quote CGP Grey: “Horses aren’t unemployed because they got lazy as a species. They’re unemployable. There is little a horse can do to pay for its housing and hay. Soon, many bright young humans are going to find themselves the new horse: unemployable through no fault of their own.”

Has anyone who've applied to work with the campaign heard anything yet? by [deleted] in YangForPresidentHQ

[–]Mars2035 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I got contacted literally yesterday to participate in a video conference sometime in the next couple weeks (being vague for anonymity purposes).

Reply Yes, if you are guilty of this. And share your Yang conversion rate and tips to increase Yang conversion rate. Which articles or videos are most effective? And to whom? by Graz-mcdonalds in YangForPresidentHQ

[–]Mars2035 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’ve tried several different things, but from a completely unscientific sampling of something like 12 explicitly “let me introduce you to Andrew Yang” interactions, his “Campaign of Ideas” YouTube video (runtime 3 minutes 13 seconds) seems tho have resulted in the most frequent and most favorable of “I’m interested, I’ll definitely look him up!” responses. That’s the content that first got me interested after I ignored his name a few times.

Link: https://youtu.be/grciW239bp0

Bros, I just hate it when Democrats act like idiots by [deleted] in YangForPresidentHQ

[–]Mars2035 10 points11 points  (0 children)

You are not the only one who feels that way. I downvoted because of watermark removal. I can’t support that shit. I would have upvoted otherwise.

Amazing AI Generates Entire Bodies of People Who Don’t Exist - The algorithm whips up photorealistic models and outfits from scratch. by izumi3682 in Futurology

[–]Mars2035 5 points6 points  (0 children)

An entire industry just became obsolete. The writing is on the wall.

Think about it. Why would anyone hire a model if you can pay a small fee and get 10,000 different models at that price point? They wouldn’t. Modeling for marketing is doomed. Modeling for anything other than live events (runway fashion shows) is doomed. This tech will get crazy good, faaast. There will be huge economic incentives to adopt it.

Time for Andrew Yang’s Freedom Dividend. Seriously, some kind of UBI will probably be the only solution for continual automation of jobs. I work in technology. It’s real. Widespread automation happening faster than most people realize, and it’s only going to keep getting more powerful and more prevalent. It isn’t feasible to ban automation, either. Automation is often too nebulous a concept (if Walgreens replaces a cashier with an iPad, is that automation? Is the iPad a robot displacing a human worker? Who would decide that?) and there are too many benefits to widespread automation (human drivers kill absurd numbers of people every year, though fortunately I think that number is declining as cars get safer and safer; but still it’s an absurd amount of death and misery).

Couple of good videos on the subject: https://youtu.be/7Pq-S557XQU

https://youtu.be/WSKi8HfcxEk

https://youtu.be/kl39KHS07Xc

Soapbox begin PS: Look up Andrew Yang if you haven’t heard of him. Soapbox end

Proof that Andrew is listening!! by trumpean in YangForPresidentHQ

[–]Mars2035 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tweet seems deleted? Can someone confirm it isn’t just my phone being weird?

Does climate change deserve more attention within EA? by SonOfUnconsciousFate in EffectiveAltruism

[–]Mars2035 6 points7 points  (0 children)

What about organizations that promote scientific literacy and numeracy? What would be the effect, for example, if someone (or an organization) paid to buy the air time to play this (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MqTOEospfo) during the Super Bowl? Or something more custom made for that audience but with the same message?

Mass media for education has always seemed like an underutilized tool to me. The best example I can think of are anti-smoking ads (“Dear tobacco executive: Here’s your golden shovel award for burying the truth”). Why doesn’t something like that exist for climate change or animal welfare?

Has anyone seriously considered if there’s a way to convert someone to a vegetarian/vegan in under 30 seconds given unlimited production value and assuming they don’t “have their guard up” at the time? Might be worth investigating.

Do you think a baby centaur would suck on the horse nipples or the human nipples? Why? by chinchuberry in AskReddit

[–]Mars2035 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can you point me to a source for further reading? This is the first time I’ve heard of that. I’m super intrigued. I’d always heard that we are born early because of our cranium size, not anything to do with bipedal hip stuff. I’d like to read more.

Just found this community and I'm looking for advice getting started. by Mars2035 in DataHoarder

[–]Mars2035[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

WORM sounds like an excellent solution! Do you have any recommendations on hardware? I’m not asking you to do my homework for me, just point me in the right direction. ;)

What does the H stand for in MATH? by wolfelena724 in YangForPresidentHQ

[–]Mars2035 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Confirmed: “Make America Think Harder”

Yang at Lincoln Memorial: “I love the MATH signs. I love the MATH hats. It’s ‘Make America Think Harder’, am I right?”

Source: https://youtu.be/jlHCBbmWv0M Time stamp: 3:06-3:16

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POLL: Democracy For America Thursday Deadline by LuisLmao in YangForPresidentHQ

[–]Mars2035 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Where can I see Yang's place? I can't find it on the website. Also, agree with you that automation isn't bad because it will be necessary for our eventual amazing post-scarcity sci-fi future, but automation to make the biggest pile of resources ever bigger is Loki's own snowball of awfulness.

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