Hate Amazon? Try Living Without It. My dad was a longtime labor activist. He despises what Jeff Bezos built, but he can’t quit it.

I have no plans to quit Amazon, but it’d be very difficult if I tried. Other retailers are comparatively terrible, despite Amazon’s deteriorating site. If other retailers were at all close I might give it a shot. But the simple fact is they are far behind, and many are getting worse instead of better.

New personal record of 280 pounds on deadlift. I am lifting almost 100 pounds more than when I started a couple of months ago.

Evolution made a conscious mind (or something which perfectly mimics a conscious mind) out of atoms. So it's an engineering problem not science fiction for humans to do it.

— GuruAnaerobic (@GuruAnaerobic) December 8, 2018

Agreed. That’s also what the Church-Turing thesis says, and I believe it. We aren’t based on magic, therefore we could build something also not based on magic. Though it’ll likely not be built by us, but perhaps evolved by us.

I’d say human level AI is possible now with current tech, we just don’t know how to create the software. That might take another 20 to 1,000 years.

La Bastille de l'injustice sociale et de la lutte pour le climat est à prendre #GiletsJaunes #climat pic.twitter.com/iECvHL0EJo

— Jacques Baudrier (@jacquesbaudrier) December 8, 2018

So much for the utterly moronic idea that the gilets jaunes are against doing anything about climate change. What they oppose is the wealthy getting tax breaks while the working class pays for everything.