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Well, AI made our search unusable dogshit. But AI also made us miss our climate goals, so

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  • I live in Ireland and these companies keep trying to build data centres here even though they are using way too much of our energy as is :)) From an Irish environmental org:

    A few years ago when researching new gas power stations in Ireland, we noticed that many of these developments were being proposed alongside another type of infrastructure: data centres. [...] As of June 2023, there are 82 operational data centres in Ireland, with another 14 under construction. Additionally, 40 data centres have had planning permission approved with another 12 awaiting a decision. [...] Data centres account for 18% of all electricity use in Ireland [...] This is putting unprecedented strain on the electricity grid, with grid operator Eirgrid estimating that data centres may account for up to 27% of Ireland’s electricity demand by 2028. The Commission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU) in Ireland has noted a risk of rolling electricity blackouts...

    • America’s premier pronatalists on having ‘tons of kids’ to save the world: ‘There are going to be countries of old people starving to death’

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  • like if I tried to end global poverty by becoming really, really rich.

    I have some exciting news for you. Have you ever heard of "effective altruism"?

    • America’s premier pronatalists on having ‘tons of kids’ to save the world: ‘There are going to be countries of old people starving to death’

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  • Wow, these people have not planned anything at all. They're going to homeschool all 7+ kids? And go into politics, a job that infamously has long, unsociable hours?

    • America’s premier pronatalists on having ‘tons of kids’ to save the world: ‘There are going to be countries of old people starving to death’

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  • They bought this house and the one next door for $575,000; they allow their neighbours to live in the second house rent free, in exchange for childcare.

    Seems normal !

    • Honor Levy is the latest from Dimes Square. Truly breathtaking text production.

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  • I assume "organ-meat eater" is a euphemism for "sucks his own dick"

    • testosterone and IQ: from the LessWrong School of Taking 4chan Memes and Just Running With Them

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  • This is literally the same conversation therapy approach they use against gay people lol* the idea is that people believe they're gay because they are insecure about not being traditionally masculine or feminine enough (usually due to a bad relationship with their parents) and if they just learn how to be masc enough/fem enough then they'll be able to be heterosexual.

    *kill me now

    • Pedro Domingos destroys climate activists with one simple fact!

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  • "If you zoom in on an upward trend, it looks smaller. I am very smart. A genius, even"

    • "Successful people create companies. More successful people create countries. The most successful people create religions."

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  • Do the founders of religions usually get much out of it? Jesus was nailed to a cross.

    • IQ is largely a pseudoscientific swindle

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  • it hasn't but it has been promoted as a predictor of success in education, work and life. The Bell Curve famously claimed that higher IQ people were more likely to finish education, stay in work, stay out of prison and stay married.