Everyone responding to this poll chooses between a blue pill or red pill.
- Blue pill tastes like raspberry
- Red pill tastes like strawberry
- Nobody suffers any ill effects as a result of your choice
Which do you choose?
"Niles, we're lost. That's the fourth time we've passed by the pile of frankly rather tasteless sheraton armchairs."
"Yes, the style clashes with the yellow wallpaper and endless billowing void. Then again, feng shui might fail to accommodate an open floor plan this... er, OPEN"
@matthew_petti Canadian town names: "Catona" (from "Canadian Town Name") or "Fort Dennis" (named for a militia officer who defended against the Fenian Raids)
Why just โdirect to consumerโ? Why shouldnโt bars and restaurants also be able to order out of province? We donโt limit the sale of books or furniture or clothing between provinces to โdirect to consumerโ sales? Why do we continue to treat alcohol uniquely like itโs 1930?
Future people will look back on current discussions about LLMs being conscious in the same way that we look back on Victorians discussing whether the telephone could be used to contact the spirit world.
If that poor bastard perfected a recipe for green tea ice cream instead we'd be on day three of the Japanese talking about how much they've enjoyed learning about all the different regional American flavors and specialty ice creams.
The problem with housing is that boomers want to have it both waysโthat is, as a financial asset, but also as a sacred โhomeโ theyโre entitled to keep.
If you want the former, you need to pay your taxes. And if you want the latter, then it canโt be a financial asset.
It's interesting that if you're not sufficiently AI pilled your world is suddenly filled with large volumes of highly erudite writing and if you are sufficiently AI pilled your world is filled with slop