Winner and Loser Lane are a classic example…with the opposite life outcomes of what you might expect.

https://the7circles.uk/freakonomics-4-names/

Girl: Strychnine Microflora.
Boy: Gaylord Perry Jr.
Puppy: Butters. 

You might want to look at hot conflicts rather than religion.

It shouldn’t be carrier locked. Unlocked phones have been the law in Canada since 2017.

I know some carriers lock them for 60 days after purchase but the CRTC is in court with them now. If you take it to a store and ask, they will unlock.

It’s submission behavior. So I guess it depends on their preferences.

I think he does here, which is interesting. It is a little unclear because he keeps coming back to AI (and the interviewer is a douche) but he does seem to articulate that intelligence means consciousness which means something non-algorithmic.

I’m not even sure I have my copy of New Mind anymore but I want to go back and check my understanding of what he was arguing back in 2004 or whenever it was.

Eta: I feel like a doofus on a number of fronts. It was 1989, and right there in the wikipedia summary…

Penrose argues that human consciousness is non-algorithmic, and thus is not capable of being modeled by a conventional Turing machine, which includes a digital computer. Penrose hypothesizes that quantum mechanics plays an essential role in the understanding of human consciousness. The collapse of the quantum wavefunction is seen as playing an important role in brain function

So here is where I admit that Penrose is with it and I am going senile.

“Summit competence” of the Peter Principle applies here. He is a giant in his field, so he has to move to an area where he is not an expert. Consciousness is a magnet for people who think their insights can expand beyond the arena in which they were developed. The issue is they often don’t know anything about brain or cognition when they try to do it.

It certainly wasn’t in The Emperor’s New Mind when he started to get into brain science.

Penrose should stay the fuck out of the brain. He spends too much time with the computational people and not enough time looking at how cognition actually works. Hint: we are not universal Turing machines.

So revenue is falling. The only way the bubble grows is forcing this shit into even more places?

Using fabric softener. Enjoy that PFAS!

I remember 1 cent wings. I am old.

Bravo! Great way to introduce vulnerabilities into a critical supply chain. /s

Fat guys that lose a lot of weight have massive calves. No amount of calf/ toe raises can compete with walking around with a hundred pounds or more of excess weight.

It might be difficult for him. Canada’s immigration system is primarily built on skills. Highly skilled and in demand workers have a comparatively easy path. Skilled in this case can mean different things but typically requires a trades certificate or university degree and several years of full time experience. If he doesn’t clear that bar then he needs to go through a provincial program which may have different skill requirements, but would require him to live in a specific place for several years.

From your description it sounds like he works less than full time in a low skill area. It may be difficult for him to qualify.

You can put his information into this calculator and it will tell you if he qualifies. https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/immigrate-canada/express-entry/check-score.html#wb-cont

Nothing wrong with being attracted to women. Lots of us are. It’s just a creepy framing.

So let’s sexualize actresses that aren’t generally sexualized? What a great time we’re having!

Anathem by Stephenson fits this bill. Cold open to a universe with no exposition and no viewpoint character that gets things explained to them. It’s pretty fucked up until you begin to piece together the clues and build the world logic for yourself.

The Chronoliths by Robert Charles Wilson (not to be confused with that other Robert Wilson) deserves an honorable mention. The story is driven by the appearance of massive monument commemorating a military victory 20 years in the future. As the story progresses more of these future monuments appear as the story drives towards the conditions that will initiate the war.

All of my musical instruments and a surprising number of tools. A lot of vinyl records. He’ll I have computer thats 25 years old that I still turn on.