pomeline (78)in #movie • 15 hours agoAction and battle scenes in movies can be confusing.So, whether you're making a historical movie, a futuristic sci-fi movie, or a fantasy movie, is it too much to ask…pomeline (78)in #ukraine • 2 days agoSupporting Ukraine and Trump?A little overstated to be sure, but yeah we saw yesterday there is still a lot of support for Ukraine in the House…pomeline (78)in #ai • 2 days agoNever intelligent?I sometimes see folks, usually not experts but occasionally, take the position that machines/software such at…pomeline (78)in #obituary • 3 days agoRIP Daniel Dennett.Respectful polemicists are a rare breed. There's nothing inherently wrong with being a polemicist, especially when you…pomeline (78)in #economics • 5 days agoI used to have a lot of conversations with folks about Behavioral Econ.That's died down since so many of its key papers turned out to be crap. But the one thing I always used to think…pomeline (78)in #united • 6 days agoOn gun control.These United States have more guns per-capita than any nation in the world. We're not even in the top twenty in the…pomeline (78)in #twitter • 6 days agoOh Elon.Remember when like 80% of this dipshit's positive reputation came from the perception that he was a super science…pomeline (78)in #israel • 8 days agoWhen it feels like the world we know might be ending, we should still behave as if it will go on.Yohanan ben Zakkai famously said, "If you are holding a sapling in your hand and someone tells you, 'Come quickly, the…pomeline (78)in #galaxy • 9 days agoI think it’s a fair question to wonder if there’s some kind of general, systems level fact at work here.The human brain contains approximately 86 billion neurons. The Milky Way is estimated to contain about 200 billion…pomeline (78)in #investment • 9 days agoInvesting in your future means hope.Investing in your future isn't just about the numbers in your bank account or the assets you can count. Sure, those…pomeline (78)in #npr • 10 days agoNews of the hour!Why is the “top story” of the NPR News of the hour that there was a “stabbing incident” in a mall in Australia where a…pomeline (78)in #shiela • 10 days agoWe are ruled by morons.Hypothesis: Marjorie Taylor Greene is the single dumbest human being to disagrace the halls of congress.…pomeline (78)in #conversation • 12 days agoDebating with long messages.If you have to have an emotionally intense conversation with someone, and you have to do it over text/email/message…pomeline (78)in #ai • 12 days agoHuman labor will go to zero?I mean, in general. There are exceptions of course. Non-fungible labor, where the scarcity is that it’s a particular…pomeline (78)in #eclipse • 12 days agoUnited consensus on climate change?Because unlike for eclipses, which astronomers (NOT “scientists” as if every scientist can predict eclipses) can…pomeline (78)in #science • 13 days agoRest in peace, Peter Higgs.Peter Higgs, the man who predicted the existence of the Higgs Boson, has left the building. He once expressed a…pomeline (78)in #transgender • 14 days agoLess than a quarter percent of high school students are transgender athletes.And note again the vast majority of transgender students aren't athletes. In most of these states banning transgender…pomeline (78)in #intelligence • 15 days agoGPT versions are headed further into sophistry.Currently the intelligence per unit space, mass and energy is still on the side of humans by many orders of…pomeline (78)in #ukraine • 15 days agoTrump's plan.Unsurprisingly the Washington Post is reporting that Trump's plan for Ukraine is to pressure them to cede the Donbas…pomeline (78)in #angus • 16 days agoQuestioning economist commitments to markets?Nobel Prize winning economist Angus Deaton begins to question economists' commitment to markets. Most interesting to…
