The proof assumes that the monkeys mash the keys at random and that there is a nonzero probability to write any chunk of text appearing in Shakespeare’s works. If there is a section that the monkeys cannot generate, for example if we removed the letter ‘e’ from their typewriter, the monkeys will never write the complete works of Shakespeare regardless of the amount of time spent on it, so their point still stands and it depends on the assumptions you make about the monkey typists’ typing skills.

Bezos going all-in on the fascists

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A satirical fascist setting attracts real fascists who’re too dumb to realize it’s a satire, story as old as time.

Doesn’t even need to generate actual wealth, as speculation about future wealth is enough for the market.

Quacks get banned/shunned because they’re usually obnoxious and abusive, not because they hold fringe ideas. If it was only the latter they’d fit right in in most fields.

It’s in Google’s interest to keep Firefox/Mozilla alive to skirt antitrust laws, so any backdoor deal would be more making Chrome alternatives not look too attractive while keeping them on life support.

Oh nice he has the same calendar that the shops near me use!

How is a billionaire manchild in charge any better, at least a government is accountable to the people.

Centralized service with servers in the US, requires a phone number to create an account, and tech bros like it. “0% chance” 100% confirmed.

He’s going to make a deal with the nazis, isn’t he.

If you’re already looking for something odds are you’ll buy it anyway, so better show you ads for something else to extract maximal value.

but does it make the line go up tho

Don’t let your dreams be just dreams and peer into the infrared spectrum where you, too, can emit visible light!

Considering the alpha wolf myth originates from observing a stressed out wolf population in captivity, unable to live out their fulfilling wolfy lives, the emergence of purported “alpha males” is an oddly appropriate indicator of what three decades of neoliberalism has done to our wellbeing.

Seems to me the institutional investors aren’t interested at the price they’re asking.

“Economic fatigue” nice newspeak for being piss-poor as a consequence of legislative failure to curtail wage theft over the past few decades.

Some “extreme left” proposals from the article:

• Unpaid sick leave
• Reductions in unemployment benefits
• Restrictions on the right to strike

Looks like bog-standard conservative politics to me, why do you feel the need to defend them?

Unfortunately for the post scarcity information society, the capitalists are in fact moving on — to fascism.

20x4 + 10 + 7 appears stupid at first but is really the better approach. It teaches 100% of the speakers basic arithmetic by literally embedding it in the language and makes it easy to visualize fairly large numbers. Try imagining 97 of something in your head vs 20x4 + 10 + 7 of the same something.