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In the developed world whether someone is LGBT will be the 50th most interesting thing about them

No one really knows how AGI will turn out... Or when. I think there's a 99.9999999% chance it happens this century barring some cataclysm such as nuclear war it would truly be a shock if it didn't happen by the end of the century we're talking a not dissimilar time frame from Colossus to ChatGPT as...

I think I have legitimately been in the bottom 0.1% for mental health for a long time typically when someone sees a psychiatrist they go for like 12 weeks I have seen mine for nearly 5 years. I only recently found out this kind of treatment is rarer and a retiring psychiatrist I saw once or twice a...

AZ PREDICTIVE R PRIMARY TRUMP CRUSHES DeSantis 49/21 https://twitter.com/Politics_Polls/status/1654172898280472578?s=20 H2H Trump 59 DeSantis 41 If you're De Santis and seeing these numbers are you still running? When you could sit it out until '28 and be the prospective frontrunner and not get inv...

https://twitter.com/CarolineLucas/status/1655484219760549890 I've said for a long time Starmer will be a one term prime minister. He really is not very good at this. The only reason Labour are ahead in the polls now is because of voter fatigue with the Conservatives, as opposed to anything he's act...

That time I lived La Dolce Vita https://cdn.britannica.com/02/141002-050-7B946D16/one-fortresses-Guaita-city-San-Marino.jpg https://www.thetimes.co.uk/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2Fe19e869e-443d-11e6-8b08-e4a8e44356ba.jpg?crop=1500%2C1000%2C0%2C0 https://i.redd.it/8x80ixw...

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UK pensions: how much do you need to retire as the cost of living soars? Sat 15 Apr 2023 07.00 BST The cost of living crisis is turning into a cost of retirement crisis as rising food and energy prices mean the amount of money you need to retire at a minimum living standard has increased by almost ...

wjfox wrote: ↑Sat Apr 15, 2023 1:12 pm Won't be long until 50 year mortgages are commonplace.

And little or nothing will be done to change this.

I'd love to see a geographic split of this. Up North everyone I know is on the standard 25 year mortgage.

Interesting that the poll is an even split. After thinking about this topic further, I do see the merit in taking things a little slower with a riskier technology. The idea of a pause to better understand and implement societal changes would make much more sense right now if we actually did solve l...