Oh, we could probably create giant trees with selective breeding and gene editing. But those trees would still need hundreds of years to grow (and that’s a good thing, since it would store CO2 while growing) and if there are problems with the gene editing we would only notice after decades.

This opening move is called “The Russian Statesman”. Very traditional.

Never experienced something like that, especially with metal fans who - in my opinion - are some of the most welcoming bunch.

Perhaps it’s different in the US, but here in Germany that scenario seems unlikely.

Oh yes. The company where I work at does these performance reviews: doing 100% gives you a ‘C’ (as a grade). I do everything that is expected from me without anything to complain about? Yeah, that’s not good enough.

Fuck that.

There is the silent complaint that you could do more… Give up your spare time for your work. Work yourself tired and burn out for your company! That’s what they want to see.

I’m looking for a new job while I still work there.

Depends on the job, but I think more like 5 figures. Still enough to live comfortably, but of course not enough for these greedy fucks. The reason so many are millionaires is not their salaries.

Okay, I am convinced: from now on I am completely against the marriage of same pole magnets!

AI is a tool that makes us X% more productive (X is still debatable and bound to change)

But instead of making our job X% easier or let us earn X% more, work X% less, corporations are hellbent to fire X% of the workforce because that makes the most money.

Open source? Not the best currently available models.

As if that wasn’t what they were aiming for the whole time.

You can abort till the 22 week in Germany.

Yes, they aren’t there… Yet.

Perhaps she just misheard: no I think she’s just a thespian

I can smell this picture.

Well, the people who get their way the most are rich people (duh) and old people (because they vote more than young people)

Not really a conspiracy but still concerning.