Suddenly reminded of this short story about a superintelligence trying to mitigate the end of the world:
"Valuable Humans In Transit"
https://qntm.org/transit
(the fiction on that site is pretty funky/cool in general)
like how does _that_ sales pitch go, exactly?
"yeah, listen, we've added a new feature - we're gonna do you a one shot ad post on a fringe social network full of gay space communists, people who identify strongly with cartoon animals, and programmers who are weirdly intense about ideological shit that we're not entirely sure is even real. oh yeah, and did i mention the sex professionals? that's been big lately."
cc: @yourgreenpal21
Every possessive in English: 's
Third-person-singular possessive pronoun in English: s
-flips table-
Tweezers should be *sharp*. A really strong edge is both better at gripping and is super handy for things like getting out tiny splinters.
katt's tool tip for the day: premium tweezers with precision ground/machined edges are so much better than the common ones.
Tweezerman is a good brand. S'not even that expensive.
One thing I don't understand is people complaining about graffiti on trains and walls but they couldn't be bothered a bit by ads being everywhere in our daily life actively and literally trying to manipulate everybody's thoughts and actions. But it's legit because that access to your brain is bought with money.
Moving to @starkatt
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