Have you watched the 1995 animation “Ghost in the Shell”?

Elon called.. he wants a refund

Ok, what's up between the Danes and 7 Eleven?

There are now 11 7-Eleven stores and 89 7-Eleven vending machines at the airport.

Wtf.

still have no clue what this company does.

and why people would want to buy a device to scan the eyeballs of their friends.

This is the scariest book I have ever read in my entire life.

Palantir co-founder Alex Karp calls for what can only be described as a new national socialism – a society in which we need to define a new "national project" guided by the streamlining of culture, religion, and education into a conform blob directed by the Government and tech elites to combat what he describes as the biggest problem facing the US today: diversity of opinion.

Read it so you'll know what's coming.

I like this AI business model of $20,000 USD/mo to access a model that replaces a PhD-level employee.

Let's go.

Don't come to South East Asia, you will hate it here... ;)

Overtargeting is a communication strategy that political parties use to ensure the target population complies.

During COVID, governments required universal vaccination, even though the primary benefits (preventing ER visits) were for elders and the immunocompromised. The goal was to make elders think, "If even healthy people need this, I better get mine quickly." This tactic worked and probably did saved lives (we will never know), but at the cost of widespread distrust in vaccine recommendations.

The Trump administration is doing the same with immigrants. By overtargeting — jailing and deporting people for saying the wrong thing (and tattoos) — they get everybody else to fear for their actions and fall in line, regardless of whether they have done anything wrong or not. It's the same story all over again.

Overtargeting is a lie. And just like any lie, it exchanges short-term results for long-term trust. Once you break that trust, there is no easy way back.

Personally, I don't feel very safe criticizing the administration right now — a feeling I never thought possible in this country.

What's your best focused work music?

I'm getting habituated to mine.

Please drop a link.