Sometimes I get sleepy, but my brain doesn’t stop thinking. I listen to storybooks with music to help me sleep. When I try to count sheep, I end up daydreaming. And when I listen to music, I forget about it and start daydreaming again. If the story is super interesting, I stay awake longer. But the most sleepy audiobooks for me are the boring ones or the ones I already know. Today, I’m trying to write my thoughts down, maybe it will help me stop thinking so much and make my head less full!

The context window is still too short for any story. They just forget about old messages and only remember the newest context.

Embarrassing, considering how un-creative and original GPT-4 is. It’s an actual struggle to get ChatGPT to think outside of the box. Claude 2 on the other hand is much better at it.

But this goes to show how unimaginative the general population is if this truly is the case.

Apparently they don’t learn.

I’ve read Seymour Hersh’s Pulitzer Prize-winning report “How America Took Out The Nord Stream Pipeline”. I stopped reading that “vatnik soup” when it dismissed them for reporting on the US blowing up the Nord Stream. The US government’s weak attempt at misdirection with the Chinese weather balloon only reinforces Hersh’s report. Anyone who doesn’t take Hersh’s report seriously is not credible. Moreover, the fact that Clayton Morris reported it while the rest of the media focused on the balloon only makes me think he’s more credible than most of the media.

You could say the same about any other news source you dislike. You are just comparing it with news sources you already know get funded by the West without any basis.

Attacking the source is just lazy. Learn how to disagree.

name-calling. Those attacks are just lazy. Learn how to disagree.

ad hominem. Attacking the source is just lazy. Learn how to disagree.

Try to argue correctly:

Will try it, thanks. https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.koreader.launcher.fdroid/

alacritty, tmux, zsh, syncthing, stremio, fopnu

The problem is the more I use a program the more flaws I find, so there are a couple I use a lot but I can’t say they are my favorites because of those flaws I only see after using a lot.

I wish there was a website like https://pkgstats.archlinux.de but with ratings and recommendations to find software for linux.

1. Discord (proprietary) vs. Matrix (open-source)

   • Reason: for its search functionality.

2. Steam (proprietary) vs. GameVault (open-source)

   • Reason: Steam offers a polished user experience, a large library of games, and a well-established community.

3. Spotify (proprietary) vs. Funkwhale (open-source)

   • Reason: Spotify offers a more polished user interface, a larger library of music, and personalized recommendations.

4. Strong or Hevy (proprietary) vs. ? (open-source)

   • Reason: offers a user-friendly interface and a wide range of features for tracking workouts.

5. Moon+ Reader Pro (proprietary) vs. FBReader (open-source)

   • Reason: for its intuitive interface and customizable reading experience.

6. Sleep as Android (proprietary) vs. ? (open-source)

   • Reason: for the variety of features and integrations with other devices.

7. Google Maps (proprietary) vs. OpenStreetMap (open-source)

   • Reason: for its accurate maps, real-time traffic updates, and extensive points of interest.

What are the open-source alternatives though? I don’t think there are even proprietary alternatives, it’s like Netflix before each publisher decided to make their own streaming platform.

Here is the CNN clip:

Western allies get ‘sobering’ update on Ukraine counteroffensive

This is similar to an idea I had some time ago but it was too difficult for me to implement. I’m happy to see a similar program being develop. Though using Jellyfin, Sonarr, Radarr, seems too difficult for the average user, with so many interconnected programs. I wish there was a simpler alternative.

My idea was:

A program that combines the features of Mediarepo and Fopnu, connected to a metadata database like MusicBrainz, would revolutionize file organization and sharing. The integration with a metadata database would enable users to automatically curate their file collections and contribute to the database by curating files that haven’t been curated yet. This would allow for efficient organization and easy searching of files based on their metadata. Users would also have the ability to create collections and download entire collections instead of searching for individual files.

The maximum likelihood estimate date for AGI according to metaculus is 2027

After we achieve AGI you don’t need to send humans anywhere because a robot could do anything a human can and probably better.

And this Kurzgesagt video explains how asteroid mining could be done. Unlimited Resources From Space – Asteroid Mining

You are right that it wouldn’t make much sense going to other solar systems or invading alien planets when there are so many minerals on asteroids and planets closer to Earth like Mars.

I don’t know, perhaps they want to double the budget and they need a better excuse.

The only question you need to ask to determine practicality is, “What is the return on investment?” We don’t mine the seas or asteroids because they wouldn’t be worth it. However, as soon as the technology becomes cheap enough, you can bet that there will be investors putting money into extracting resources from those locations. The same principle applies to other planets – if it’s profitable, it will be pursued.

For the same reasons we would visit them, for cultural exchange or to steal their resources in the case of the US empire.