Liquid nitrogen in a pool is “stimulating” and generates an interesting physical effect. However, the point here in relating it to science is that there is some science behind it that gets the attention from people.

My argument is: people are naturally fascinated by this, but they’re put away by the strict laws, mainly mathematical laws, put forward by this.

Not that mathematics isn’t interesting, but you won’t incentivize people to go to a spitting contest by saying how you spit correctly. People want to see the strongest spit.

I think that’s all there is to it. If you can incentivize people into partaking on this endeavour (understanding chemical effects, in this case), you can bring much more value to science and people that are interested in it. You can, for example, explain interesting effects to people even though they’re looking at a clear liquid (most acids).

I think for the big apps like Whatsapp and Facebook it makes sense that the companies want to hide the features that give users control beyond the “standard” way of using the app in places where they cannot find it.

The article criticized the closing of the Internet by Tehran, but the Internet is clear vulnerability that can be exploited in times of war.

That’s very true.

Good article. Very pro-gaming.

That guy (Rich) got a big piece of shit up his ass. He goes all the way to quote Socrates. It’s funny.

This is just trolling, at this point.

https://zenodo.org/records/15170676

Institutional violence is constant intimidation.

Creating unbiased public, open-source alternatives to corporate-controlled models.

Unbiased? I don’t think that’s possible, sir.

“Sex is a huge part of life, and it feels strange when art ignores that.”

I hate that every big book has a sex scene. I think it just doesn’t fit with the overall feel of them. And now games are going that way.

But getting more sex coverage on news media is good, I like that.

I personally find weird the read on web mechanism.

ChatGPT is worse. The others not so much.

I think many people wouldn’t like to live under a “Nerd Reich”, so it’s only natural that there is a mainstream article against that. I’m assuming people who don’t understand anything about the technology that keeps their attention most of the time are concerned about the possibility. Society losing grip over itself, that is, language (social skills) not being the primary characteristic of the successful anymore. That is a blow conventional people won’t take easily.

Awesome discussion.

People not accepting that other people got a easier time doing certain things than others is certainly a problem, but too much blaming isn’t good as well.

It doesn’t matter if they’re nerds or not. What matters is where society is swaying to.

I’ve just finished reading “A Hacker Manifesto” by McKenzie Wark. I recommend that as well.

What wouldn’t I be able to access without compatibility investments? Spotify, LinkedIn? I think I’m fine.

Besides, what’s the point of OSS that is owned 85% by a big company?

Thank you!