so does this mean y’all guys are finally coming around on utilitarianism?

there’s no “but” – this is exactly the point the author is making.

The article is NOT satire – it’s provocative. The author argues that world hunger benefits the rich. Capiche?

I hope the UN restores the article.

Interview with author: https://fee.org/articles/un-deletes-article-titled-the-benefits-of-world-hunger-was-it-real-or-satire/

that’s not satire. He unironically, disapprovingly, argues that this is the real state of the world.

https://fee.org/articles/un-deletes-article-titled-the-benefits-of-world-hunger-was-it-real-or-satire/

machine learning?

U.S. vehicles currently emit 2 billion tons. So that’s very bad news.

However – I think 2030 is waaay too far in the future to predict anything about AI.

i like the last one

Charitably, the frog is actually saying “I don’t like discussing our looming annhilation.”

I assume replacing them with digital? It’s just an upgrade in technology.

YouTube has a network effect monopoly as well. Who would use a competing service?

The most effective thing to do as consumers is to encourage other people not to use google products. The best way to do that is to foment outrage at Google.

Does anyone have a (link to a) good summary of the ruling and rationale?

I find the idea that “Google is the only real choice” kind of odd. There are other perfectly functional and user-friendly search engines. It’s not like other monopolies, say, Youtube, where there’s no realistic alternative. (I’m not denying that search is a monopoly too.)

As somebody who doesn’t care for sports, I always thought this xkcd was poignant:

That said, do we actually know she’s intersex?

I’m sorry people are just giving you troll answers, btw.

“The platform formerly known as Twitter”?

It wouldn’t be so bad if it weren’t the fact that he’s trying to lay claim to 1/26th of the English alphabet

The full title on close parsing doesn’t make sense in xorg context. But “X kills its <unix os> app” initially had my brain trying to figure out what people were running X on mac.

Please call it Twitter in the title unless there’s a good reason not to. I thought this was Xorg.

yes

Thanks, I missed the first paragraph

Article says it’s not that though; that dumping cocaine happens in Mexico and Florida but not Brazil.

How are they getting cocaine?