There's only one body. Knowledge is on the up, kings are not. Stupid questions = good questions. Also find me on nostr.
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A digital privacy guide that is for everyone, that includes your neighbor, your mother, your mates.
Easy to understand, clear to follow, dip in and out, and totally achievable.
Get it here: jaquesbody.github.io/know/
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Perhaps the most underrated insight from @DavidDeutschOxf is the most unsung miracle of Western society: it is exceedingly difficult for a person to become a malefactor (a net-negative on society).
Merely getting up in the morning, going to work, meeting friends and buying a beer is enough to leave this existence better than before.
Wordsworth said it well:
“On that best portion of a good man’s life, / His little, nameless, unremembered, acts / Of kindness and of love.”
The degree to which our institutions have automated benefit is astounding.
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“Brain as computer” isn’t a metaphor.
The brain is *literally* a computer. It’s not an analogy, simile, metaphor nor any other figure of speech.
It’s a law of physics.
Disagree? Propose new physics - refute the Church-Turing-Deutsch principle.
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Good morning and pura vida! It's time to build. 🫂🤙🏻💜
People who hate AI misunderstand what this tool is. Humans have always moved forward by harnessing intelligence. (Okay, maybe not so much in the Dark Ages 👀)
Fire, writing, the printing press, computers, the internet. Each one was us finding a better way to grow and use what we know. AI is just the next step.
Use it. Build with it. Keep it open and in your own hands! 💜🤙🏻🫂
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Popperian epistemology is almost the opposite of teleological. His book “The Poverty of Historicism” is, among other things, an attack on the idea that history or knowledge unfolds towards some predetermined end. We don’t know where inquiry is going. We conjecture, find errors, correct them - and thereby create problems and possibilities that could not have been specified in advance. Objective truth is not a destination pulling us forward; it is the standard by which our present conjectures can be wrong.
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GitHub suspended my account. I didn’t know why, or when I’d get back in.
You showed up with advice. I gave it to my AI and described what I wanted.
Here’s what we built, what’s still unfinished, and why I’m not going back to depending on GitHub alone.
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Let me be blunt. Those who are afraid of AI feel deep down that they are impostors & have no edge. If you have a 1) clear mind, 2) a deep, not just cosmetic, undertanding of your specialty, 3) and/or are original enough to reinvent yourself when needed, AI will be your friend.
I think your explaination is so wrong. Would you dare converse in a conversation?
Notifications are a thing, you'll see this. So reply and discuss.
I am a communist. I believe the capitalist state can’t be reformed and needs to be toppled and replaced with a new state power built on the armed revolutionary workers and oppressed, looking to the example of Lenin and the Bolshevik revolution of October 1917.
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Evening @DavidDeutschOxf - do you enjoy a pint?
For some reason I think you don't drink beer, but then I can see you sat in an old boozer having a good time.
Simple questions often solve complex problems.
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Delighted to see @GrapheneOS trending today in the UK. Wonder why this could be?
For more hints and tips on improving your privacy, and pushing back against governments intruding on your basic human rights, try the toolkit below 👇
Privacy, and our basic freedoms, are under attack from all sides.
Incredibly, the so-called 'liberal democracies' are now leading these attacks; arresting their own citizens for posting online, rolling out facial recognition cameras, and moving to ban VPNs.
"What can men do against such reckless hate?" And are we losing this battle?
Absolutely not. There's still time to fight back, and we have much in our arsenal. We at @bitcoinpolicyuk have put together a 'Privacy Toolkit', that should let anyone, whatever their skill level, take a few small steps towards improving their privacy and their freedom, and making themselves just a little bit harder for governments to track and to oppress.
This isn't comprehensive, and we'll continue to update it as time goes by. We hope it's useful to everyone and serves as a handy guide to help us all push back against government overreach, wherever we find it.
Link in the thread and comments welcome! 👇
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The sad irony of this is:
- the Leeds data centre is estimated to create 1,000+ jobs across the region
- its water needs are roughly equivalent to 5 moderately busy car washes
- and... it will use rainwater gathering, so a decent chunk of water needs are covered anyway
Objecting to it essentially makes the region poorer, for no real gain.
then get two paper letters "confirming" two wrong dated appointments (vs their own emailed confirmation.
The cherries on top:
"Your emails are not secure in transit" and "if arriving by car, you will be charged car parking"
Go to doctors
Get referral
Get confusing email
Get confusing letter
Book appointment (3:10am, yes AM)
Wife rings to confirm bizarre time
Appointment was cancelled
Ring doctors - pdf, letter & appointment are all "dummies" so that I'm in "the system"
Wow NHS, what a shit show.
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Finite resources 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Imagine not believing in human creativity. A resource is not a resource untilill we define it as such.
If capitalism is the most efficient system in human history, why does it require endless, exponential growth on a planet with finite resources? And what will become of our entire economic model when this growth curve inevitably stops rising?
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Socialist irrational memes are very strong amongst the general public. The irrationality stops them from progressing.
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If Europe had expanded nuclear energy rather than phase it out...it could have closed down all coal plants by now, slashed gas imports, and cut emissions by an additional ~21%.
Anti-nuclear greens have caused more harm to the climate than climate denialists.
~Conjecture Institute Senior Philosopher @mboudry