Why would it be pessimistic to accept that humans are part of nature and that the human animal, just like any other species, acts according to its own nature? You are insisting on it like we were in the renaissance epoch of philosophy and science, or earlier though then because of religion.

You conveniently skipped half of the points but ok.

So if a meteor struck earth tomorrow or a super volcano decided to erupt and kill billions immediately and other billions in the following years due to immediate climate change, starvation, sickness and everything else that follows. The pockets of surviving humans would be because of technology? No, dude. They would survive the first hit because of pure chance. Then they would survive by whatever means available. No oil means no gas means no power means no machines or transportation or technology meaning no medical- or agricultural equipment or grow lights when survivors are getting sick and the skies are covered by ash… Then technology that can not be used is scrap that can at best be used as a material resource.

Ironically for this discussion, the ones with the best chances to survive such a scenario are the folks that still have close to nature sets of skills and knowledge of where and how to make shelters, to fish and hunt and forage and to preserve without refrigeration or refined chemicals or even salt which would be a critical resource very fast. People that stick to their indigenous roots or still live in tribes in far away places. People that are considered primitive today because they accept and embrace their vicinity with nature.

Indeed humans have passed certain thresholds of natural selection but not others. Are the masses getting moist over scrawny unsociable geeks regardless their intelligence or the healthy and breedable and preferably adored by others? It’s all biological programming that humans struggle to overcome.

What I think is plausible is one of those old natural self regulation that have played out over and over in the history of the planet When one exploitative species grows over beyond available resources they starve to death until a new equilibrium is reached. Another mechanism is a disease that spreads rapidly when the population is too dense culling it out. We had a good run with the latter quite recently and we are getting closer to a big starvation, although it may arrive not because we don’t have the technology to grow food but because we decide there is not enough profit in it. Certainly the latest virus outbreak and the missing resource are man made but the mechanisms are just the same.

It is all close to nature that it gets.

These are just aspects that you use to lift humanity above the nature it is part of.

Humans are the dominant and most evolved species with the highest intelligence, absolutely. But we are all still the human animal, as daily reminded by the unrestrained consumption you mention and hoarding of resources and tribalistic conflicts and wars that still ties us to the very nature we exploit as if it is something beneath us.

This is opposed to the post scarcity utopia we could all live in together but will not happen because humans are humans are the human animal that is controlled by the human animal needs and urges, regardless how clever the human animals are in medicine and engineering and agriculture.

I mean there are insects that do agriculture in their limited capacity and others that live in symbiotic relationships with species that none of them no longer would survive without the other. For a superior species to ours, our agriculture and technology is most likely simple and limited but on par for our capabilities.

As for making it though some apocalypse - so will fish and flies rats and microbes. Are they too above nature? Damn we evolved from the shrew-like proto-mammals that survived the dinosaur apocalypse. I guess being above nature is in the entire mammal ancestry then.

I’d argue that once humans are no longer controlled by primal urges and not dependent on carbon based nutrition for the microbial flora that consists our entire being, then we can start talking about being above nature. But are we then even human any more?

And you can use the three dots menu on each link in the search results to file that a result is AI slop or otherwise not trustworthy and also filter domains from your future search results.

Me too, but fair warning to double check on the links if it is something niche. Perplexity can not always be trusted to interpret limited information properly. It does a pretty good job on enough for me to use it though.

We are above nature like an anteater that can destroy an entire ant nest is above nature. Except we do it at a scale that the rest of nature can not replenish itself. But it is our nature. Unfortunately.

This is pretty much what I think when I see tags sprayed around my neighborhood.

Mods are gonna mod.

As someone that has known many vegans over the years, there are definitely some that make it part of their core personality and make sure everybody knows. Most don’t but some do. Because people are people.

Yeah, thanks. I did it a couple of times with the free web dev vm of Windows 10 but it is only valid for 30 days so it gets annoying quickly. After identifying the chipset in some devices I’ve tried to get the Linux toolkit or just the flashing tool from the manufacturers but for whatever reason they will not give it out unless you are a customer of their chipset.

Wouldn’t this rather be the case of proxy hardware layer for any driver to talk to that gets forwarded to the USB port in Linux? I mean the drivers are not for PC component but for talking with whatever device and chipset is connected to the PC over USB.

Any idea about USB drivers if it will ever be possible? I have synths and gear that needs firmware upgrades with flashers that only run on Win/Mac and I haven’t been able to get them to work with Wine.

Wine 1.1, now with AI integration

When I used to go out and walk home at night and some lady walking the same way, I’d make sure to walk a little louder and just one step slower than her so the distance was slowly increasing. If she looked anxious I’d even whistle a merry tune or something else ridiculous so she could more easily approximate the distance without having to look around.

My idea was to signal that I am harmless, have no intent of interaction, and finally that there is somebody else around that diminishes the risks of her being jumped by some hidden assailant.

If there was a dude ahead of me that looked nervous or did the stiff muscle up walking I’d happily do the same.

I’ve always looked a little burly and rarely felt afraid for myself so I’m glad if I can share my privilege.

What is this? The new anti vax movement?

Your grandparents nude and getting at it might do the trick.

Visualize this. Where did your mum and dad originate?

Psst. Nearly every human child and adult are the result of a hot stonking genitalia involving mess.

Fuck it, I’m going to order me a Hawaii today. I don’t think I’ve had one for twenty odd years.

A long time ago someone was arguing that you only do what you do if it brings in the money to support yourself. I told her that most artists regardless of their career can not support themselves solely on making art. She maintained her position.

I know she’s had a very successful career and she loves what she is doing. I wish everybody could support themselves on what they love doing. Or find something to support themselves that they love doing.

“Sub optimal”.

Ok dude.