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>We don't claim this land. Anyone can do whatever you want with it.
>Don't you dare go there or we will destroy what you build on it.

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This shit really pisses me off. Not even living in a place that isn't claimed by any existing government is enough to prevent you from being Waco'd. Though I was kind of expecting this to happen.

liberlandpress.com/2023/09/22/

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SELF-DRIVING CARS CAUSE TRAFFIC JAM IN AUSTIN, TEXAS
Footage from Austin showed around 20 Cruise-operated Chevrolet Bolts causing traffic mayhem.

"Are you telling me they have no way to get out of this?" a man shouts in the video.

@FTL_Ian Why can't they just fucking leave people alone?! God, forbid someone decides to have their little slice of freedom away from existing countries. I have a feeling they are going to do the same thing with these seasteading communities in the coming years.

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Just days after Liberland adopted the Croatian criminal statutes and said they'd allow Croatian police jurisdiction, this happened. liberlandpress.com/2023/09/22/
It would have happened anyway, but it looks worse for Liberland after they basically pledged loyalty to Croatia.

@binkle If I ever get a CD, the first think I do is put it in my computer just so I can rip the contents and convert them to MP3, MP4, OGG, or whatever.

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@lanodan @sjw Like what? I know that Nintendo had tried to patent game mechanics (talking about gameplay, nothing engine related) only to get rejected.

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@sjw @lanodan Game designs can't be copyrighted, patented, or trademarked. You can write a 1:1 clone of any game as long as it doesn't use any trademarks, copyrighted code, characters, etc.

@binkle I honestly prefer MP3 players. I like being able to load a bunch of audio files on a portable device and just play them in my car. They are also good for listening to podcasts while driving. Doing that with CDs would be a burden.

@meowski @alex That or we could see a return to cottage industries if automation could lower the costs and barriers to production. Which is why I want 3D-printing technology to improve in the coming years.

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The only way tipping makes sense is if it's a free market, eg anyone can walk up and start being a server without prior agreement from the kitchen. Is that how this started? Jesters were middle-manning the kitchen and then got dominated?

@PurpCat I'd assume most people would just plug their phones into their cars by now, but apparently not. For shitbox cars, you have cassette adapters.

It's honestly a miracle that you can still buy "obsolete tech products" like MP3 players, CD players, pocket radios, blank CDs/DVDs, walkie-talkies, DVD players, etc at stores like Wal-Mart, Meijier, or Best Buy, even if they are cheap Chinese ones.

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Who is the son of Tom Cruise's mother? ChatGPT has no idea.

garymarcus.substack.com/p/elegant-and-powerful-new-result-that

It knows who Tom Cruise's mother was, but it doesn't know who her son is.

This is because LLMs, the thing everyone is pretending is AI right now because people want to pretend it's the future to hide the decline of White civilization, doesn't know anything except which words commonly go together.
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