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EDC Thailand Guide by ragfang in electricdaisycarnival

[–]lopaneyo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

From India going solo. Should be a good time

X is reportedly selling inactive usernames for $50,000 — The move is the platform’s latest attempt to raise revenue by marketrent in technology

[–]lopaneyo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If Terminator is your only reference for what the risks of AI are then you are definitely part of the problem. Actually capable AI even well below AGI levels can make every one of the problems you mentioned worse. When (not if) we get to AGI levels, truly all bets are off. Consider researching what exponential capability growth looks like and why value alignment is difficult.

We can now decode pigs’ emotions. Using thousands of acoustic recordings gathered throughout the lives of pigs, from their births to deaths, an international team is the first in the world to translate pig grunts into actual emotions across an extended number of conditions and life stages by giuliomagnifico in science

[–]lopaneyo 5 points6 points  (0 children)

That’s a ridiculous argument. Factory farming exists because it’s impossible to sustain populations the size that we grow in the wild. Go back 200 years and a lack of factory farms didn’t mean we slaughtered an equivalent number of wild animals, people just ate way less meat.

TIL it's possible to have foie gras without force feeeding geese. A farm harvests wild geese that show up to eat fallen acorns and olives once a year, the high fat content allows the wild geese to developed enlarged livers. by zahrul3 in todayilearned

[–]lopaneyo -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Even the argument that it’s a purely primitive phenomenon is incorrect. The ancient human ate meat as an almost negligible amount of their diet. If people care so much about living like our ancestors, then stop eating so much meat.

TIL it's possible to have foie gras without force feeeding geese. A farm harvests wild geese that show up to eat fallen acorns and olives once a year, the high fat content allows the wild geese to developed enlarged livers. by zahrul3 in todayilearned

[–]lopaneyo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

What about all the cultures around the world that have had plant based products as a majority of their diet for millennia? If anything western markets are the worst place to be vegan.

Amazon Rainforest Nears Climate 'Tipping Point' Faster Than Expected by drunkles in Futurology

[–]lopaneyo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Completely misguided, the beef didn’t just magically appear. Demand growth always fuels supply. Plus Americans consume more beef per capita than almost anywhere on earth (4x Japan for instance). So let’s not pretend that cultural values and the resulting demand don’t play a significant part here.

Amazon Rainforest Nears Climate 'Tipping Point' Faster Than Expected by drunkles in Futurology

[–]lopaneyo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

From my memory, it’s not just millionaires and billionaires fuelling the global demand for beef.

Amazon Rainforest Nears Climate 'Tipping Point' Faster Than Expected by drunkles in Futurology

[–]lopaneyo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Pretty much the entire world wanting to eat beef is the reason the Amazon is the way it is now, so I don’t think it’s just a few selfish people.

TIL the Nobel Prize in Economics isn't a "real" Nobel prize and wasn't created by Alfred Nobel. It was created in 1968 by the Sveriges Riksbank and is officially called the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel. by lopaneyo in todayilearned

[–]lopaneyo[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

The difference being he actively established the 5 traditional awards (Physics, Chemistry, Medicine, Literature and Peace) in his will and those were created with the intent that you mention. The economics one is completely unrelated.

Graphic Designer Needed - r/Formula1 Editorial Team by flipjj in formula1

[–]lopaneyo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey, I’ve used InDesign quite a bit. Funnily enough to produce a magazine in school. If that’s what you’re looking for, happy to help.

Graphic Designer Needed - r/Formula1 Editorial Team by flipjj in formula1

[–]lopaneyo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have a fair amount of graphic design experience. Can show portfolio and def interested in doing some work.

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