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After years of doing mental math for fun, the numbers for some operations simply materialize in my mind

Presumably the brain is some kind of neural net and it has tuned its predictions.

People think it's magic but it's just practice


current LLM progress suggests theres probably several operating in parallel and theres some executive harness that coordinates attention and processing.

Also, the optical nerves are in the hind brain and likely process information before awareness.


They have a committee to decide whether to plan to grow one. Maybe once they're done funding the war in Ukraine, they'll make a decision.

Linux is also written by American companies at the end of the day. Most linux devs are supported by American companies and Linux's benevolent dictator for life, Linus Torvalds, lives in Portland, Oregon and is an American citizen.

There's literally no non-American general-purpose operating system.


Purely American phenomenon, most of the world is pro ai

All those countries are essentially American vassals. No shade to them, just stating the reality, and not really sure why we need to keep pretending. There's no shame in that. It's often the smartest move to join forces with the big guy in the block!

You need to travel more.

I've been to many of them and, unlike most Americans, when I say I've traveled the world, that also includes countries that are not in the American sphere of influence. The difference in how that plays out is obvious. I would recommend you travel more. Ideally to a country where if anything happens, uncle sams pressure won't do anything.

In countries like China, Russia, or even India, you won't find as many American products. The influence of Hollywood is much less. American styles of doing things are not necessarily the ones chosen for civic institutions. American agencies don't work as closely with their scientific enterprises as the American allies. On the other hand, they have strong armies that are not beholden to what America dictates, as evidenced by how often they end up in conflict.

As an example, the world sanctioned Russia and... nothing happened... because Russia is a real country able to build its own things. It has industrial capacity, mining capacity, and the organization to do that independently of what others think. It also has an army willing to defend it.

The countries you listed do not have these things. Their 'army' to defend the nation is a vague promise that they'll think about while they ask America to carry out their interests. American magnanimity usually means this is a safe bet.

Then we can talk


Yep, you responded exactly as expected. Well done. Enjoy your bubble.

I'm not the one living in the bubble where 'the world' means America , Europe, Japan, and the anglosphere.

Same things said about a lot of things. Tech works. Human ingenuity works.

Too fast. The space shuttle used to reenter sometimes over us in California. I remember in elementary school the entire building shook, and that was just one building! The amount of energy being dissipated is literally astronomical! If you've never experienced the sonic boom of reentry it is something to marvel at. It literally feels like an earthquake!

The nice thing about a public space program is everyone can share in its success!

As I've said before. This is a huge achievement. And also is the most effective political propaganda ever. Bravo to everyone involved .

This is not sarcastic. This is very much meant. I love that America does this. We still get to evoke an awe which previous empires awesome as they may be, could never match. American superlatives are amazing. God bless America


Only someone who's never had to deal with it could pine for it. No thank you. There are some lessons to learn but it's a shit sandwich.

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