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  One must correct for grammar in dead languages, but I strongly suspect that “Tekeli-li” is how the Old Ones would have said, “It’s not X, it’s Y”

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  It’s eerie to watch every part of Universal Paperclips coming true

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  @jalefkowit@vmst.io I remember the $100 videos as being licensed to be rentable, as opposed to the more common $20-or-so price for VHS tapes licensed to watch privately, in a single home.

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  Why hasn’t anyone named their AI “Shoggoth” yet?

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  The markets are Goodhart’s Law

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  “Fuck you” money is anti-social

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  The film was cynical, sure, but it seems like a time where that cynicism was, umm, not as societally determinative. These days, I wonder if Harry Lime's crime would be considered a great business idea, shrinkflation for medicine. #MovieClub

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  @mttaggart see also Pournelle’s Iron Law of Bureaucracy