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7 points

why are none of these people working on 3d printing guillotines. reading this blog post makes clear that there’s a use case

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I think we need to add the words AI and robotics for it get funding. I’m thinking it could be fully automated and make margaritas.

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11 points

Tech bro ennui, the societal problem.

In this essay I will explore solutions to this problems.

Solution 1. Really high marginal tax rates. Oh, this solves the problem, guess my work here is done.

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8 points

I’m glad I don’t see other people as NPCs, otherwise I couldn’t delight in these vapid grifters’ perpetual insatisfaction.

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3 points

To really do physics from first principles first you must do maths.

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13 points

Ah man. 30K could turn my life around, and for some people it’s a night out. Well, may everyone get what they deserve, in this life or the next.

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2 points

The only justice in this world is that which we forge in the fires of chaos with our own bare hands, wrought of empathy and imagination and the blood of a thousand violent ancestors.

To wish for divine intervention to balance the scales is to abdicate your responsibility to your forebears and progeny.

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6 points

at what goddamn point did you see this person wishing for a godhead to step in, wtf

responsibility to your forebears and progeny

“all that matters is family” groaannnnnnn

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5 points

I tried forging justice once but couldn’t find any chaos fire. I gave up and watched Monkey Man instead.

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