4 April 2025

I've noticed this, too. Sites like Techdirt are so politically left now, that I'm turned off to going there. I want tech, not lefty politics. I thought it was strange that the astronauts said that they were OK with staying stranded in space, and that it was no big deal. Really? Now we know how things were , and why they said that. They didn't know who would win the 2024 election, and being on the wrong side of history could be fatal.

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Most think artificial intelligence won't improve their lives. They're probably just thinking of LLMs, but that's not all of AI. In other areas, AI has made things easier and more convenient. But suprahuman intelligence will be a threat, and there is no good way of stopping it.  The main advantage to slowing things down is for the USA to keep its rivals poor and make it so they have to divert their resources to infrastructure and basic needs. So that they don't have money to spend on developing AI. We have a limited time to do so. Or else, we will have to play the Moloch effect game.

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Even Spokane is falling into the Doom Loop.

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Look at all those new Oregon taxes. And the City of Portland is adding some of their own, too. You get to use less of your city and state, but you have to pay more for the privilege. How fair is that?

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The Napavine billboard has been sold. Hope they add new messages. It's been pretty stale lately.

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I've never heard of a sun candle before.  Interesting.

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Oregon is going to sue to resist making Voter ID a requirement to vote. Are they admitting that they need illegals to vote? Seems like it.

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