Computer science people have developed an unintentional form of gatekeeping by virtue of being extremely bad at explaining/naming things, which results in simple concepts sounding far more complex than they are.
my pet peeve is word etymology and the inherent implications in fiction and fantasy usage.
for example, I wanted to use the word galvanize in my novel. started thinking about the root language and came up short, only to research and realize
Is everyone aware of the fact that boomers are pouring tens of thousands into apps that aren’t even gambling? They’re just slot machine simulators with no payout?
Minnesota has just become the first state to ban prediction markets.
Gov. Tim Walz has signed a bill that makes operating or advertising prediction markets a felony.
This sets a major precedent for those seeking to regulate or ban Polymarket, Kalshi, and other sites.
The idea is to find a group of people most people regard as terrible examples, use them to make revoking passports a more acceptable form of punishment, then expand it from there.
the roko's basilisk guys are so funny bc they correctly intuit that our lives will be controlled by a psychotic, amoral algorithm that hates humanity but they think some nerd in SF is going to build it on his macbook. it was already built, in 1602, by the Dutch