Computerized brains

[amadeus]

@El_Machinae I will watch your video soon. I’m going out for a bit to take care of some stuff but I ought to be able to get to it today. Thanks for providing it!

 

[Ferocitus]

NHS says microwave OK, but stay 2 feet from your electric toothbrush.

I’m not sure how that works...

It's probably just a standard legal warning, similar to the warnings they have on toasters so men don't do you know what to them.

 

[amadeus]

I watch Jay Leno’s Garage, and if I had one of his cars for every time he made the joke that new “car manuals these days have warnings like DO NOT DRINK CONTENTS OF BATTERY,” I would be in full possession of the Leno auto collection.

 

[Samson]

My analogy is that you hear something rattling in your car while you drive, and it's affecting engine performance. The 'drug' is the equivalent of tightening every bolt in the car a quarter turn, and hoping than things get better. They might, based on the underlying problem. They might get worse. Nothing might happen.

I would disagree with this analogy. Tightening every bolt in the car a quarter turn to prevent a rattle has a well understood mechanism from the etiology of the condition to mechanism of action of the intervention. I would say the best drugs are more like adding a petrol additive that the company says in tests result in more people with rattles in their car being able to continue using their car compared to doing nothing. The worst are more like turning up the stereo so you cannot hear the rattle.

 

[caketastydelish]

I don't see why so many people believe in absolutely batpoop crazy conspiracy theories about how Bill Gates is planning to take over over the world just because of his his half-assed attempt to do something about COVID-19 is actually him wanting to control of people's movements or something, and then Elon Musk openly boasts about doing something like this, and a lot of people are not only not suspicious of possible ill intent, but outright enthusiastic.

 

[amadeus]

Gates gave us IE4, Musk shot a car into space.

This is why public relations is important.

 

[Kyriakos]

I think it is always a good idea to not trust people who have more money than most countries' GDP.