Recent content by Agema

Yep. A key element here not really touched on in the video is that the only thing that's keeping AI afloat is insanely vast quantities of investor funding. The only thing that keeps investor funding pouring in is the idea that at some point there will be a massive economic return. So how do...

Oh yeah, I heard about him. Apparently espoused some sort of paleo diet shit, which is more than a little inconsistent with the fact that he incredibly obviously takes androgens by the truckload, and I'm very sure our ancestors didn't have access to anabolic steroids. Of course, lots of...

Ineed. The US right has long been moving towards the idea that non-whites undermine the racial and cultural strength of the USA. If Trump has done anything, it's embolden them to speak their mind. Of course, I say "moving towards", but a chunk of them were always there. What I more mean is...

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Free speech is one of the most poorly understood and misused concepts around in political discourse. And yes, it is nearly always deployed in a way that approximates to "I can say what I want to but you can't".

To be fair, I appreciate that tackling housing crises can be electorally toxic. You try telling the homeowning class that the value of their houses - and thus their main asset wealth - is going to decrease, it doesn't matter how awesome this is at a national level, they are absolutely going to...

Irrespective of whether this ultimately goes badly for the Democrats, you can't help but understand how fucked up they are as a party that their establishment were pinning their hopes on a millionaire, disgraced sexual harasser. They want people's votes but don't appear to think that they have a...

I think we all know that the only reason the IDF are telling Gaza civilians to move around is a cruel game of harassment, a bit like a torturer not letting a prisoner sleep / lie down / rest, etc.

This is standard diplomacy. Nations have a sense of honour, and they find it very difficult to accept the humiliation of being struck without reprisal. In this case, Iran does not want escalation (quite the opposite) but they need to be able to do something to show they didn't just get slapped...

Yeah, I'm not so sure about that. I think Trump loves obsequience and flattery, but he's canny enough that he doesn't necessarily fall for it, either. In one part, Trump keeps his eye squarely on the prize (i.e. his self-interest), and all that buttering-up isn't necessarily worth a damn when...

Of course he doesn't need a computer to play games. That's because he pays other people to play for him and they can use their own computers.

I distinctly remember something about "no tax without representation", and I'm sure the USA has a lot of tax-paying non-citizens. I think there's a reasonable case for allowing non-citizens to vote in local elections. There is just about no way that aptitude tests to permit voting will end well.

Christ no. Tourists are awful. Not all of them obviously. The money's welcome, but along with the more benign gawpers who at worst mostly just get in the way, you'll inevitably get a load of self-absorbed twats. They're interested in nothing but their own gratification, they think the locals...

They really need to get rid of Labor Day. That's one crazy, fucked up, Commie day for the USA to be celebrating. I suggest they rename it "Capital Day", and make it mandatory for everyone below senior management to pull a 24h shift for no pay.

Well, that's one way Trump could have chosen to do his buddy Putin a solid.