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Humans are not fundamentally evil, or fundamentally good. Humans are *easily manipulated*. And we set up a system where evil is rewarded and good is punished, and those who reap the rewards of that system are well positioned to manipulate humanity into serving their warped desires.

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spicy masto take 

if you're using a twitter crossposter consider:

not doing that

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I had a very simple but important realization today. Reading for entertainment is vastly different from reading to learn something and must be approached in an entirely different manner. Until now, excluding academic textbooks, I've only ever done it for enjoyment so this is a big change. I guess it's especially fitting that I'm starting with a book on how to read more effectively :blobthinkingsmirk:
#100DaysToRead

Sadly it uses notion and an unofficial python API. Well I'm sure I can make it work with emacs instead using something like ox-hugo.

ox-hugo.scripter.co/

azlen.me/blog/new_website/

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Other than perhaps the home text at the top, I can't stop marvelling at how nice this site looks. Wouldn't use it personally, though I can see myself stealing many design elements when making a more corprate website...

azlen.me/

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Equally, this intruiges me...

thebrowser.company/

However, the synical side of me wonders how much of this is marketing waffle. Being an optimist isn't something I tend to do.

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The military has paused its Twitch stream, after engaging in "plainly unconstitutional" censorship of its chat.

"Participants in these forums have a constitutional right to engage in speech critical of the military," says @iammeekrish at @knightcolumbia nytimes.com/2020/07/22/style/a twitter.com/EFF/status/1285688

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Using Discord for your Open Source project. I hate it.

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