henryFeb 27
Obsessed with this quote from an AI bro who is under the impression that horses "can do whatever they want now" as a result of the invention of the car.
Wouter De BorgerFeb 28
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Feb 27 at 6:34pmTusky
Show threadDaniel GibsonFeb 27
@jef @henry
They were literally turned into dogfood.
Show threadTheOneSwitFeb 27

@Doomed_Daniel @jef @henry

or into lasagne.

Show threadDaniel GibsonFeb 27
@TheOneSwit @jef @henry
I think that was later ;)
I think frozen lasagna wasn't a thing yet when a majority of horses were killed because cars replaced them
Show threadTheOneSwitFeb 27

@Doomed_Daniel @jef @henry

there where two world wars in those times.

Show threadDaniel GibsonFeb 27
@TheOneSwit
well, yeah but when I think of horse lasagne the first thing that comes to mind is that scandal about frozen lasagne in German supermarkets a few years ago
Show threadGabsFeb 27
@Doomed_Daniel @jef @henry soylent green, anyone?
Show threadThomas A. Fine Feb 28

@Doomed_Daniel @jef @henry

Don't forget about glue. Very important to the glue industry for a long time.

Can't wait until the AI tech bros use my useless remains to make glue.

Show threadDaniel GibsonFeb 28
@thomasafine @jef @henry
using your non-edible parts would be too efficient and sustainable for AI bros
Show threadIan Douglas ScottFeb 28
@Doomed_Daniel @jef @henry Jack Dorsey promising his employees jobs at a farm upstate.
Show threadPer VognsenFeb 28
@ids1024 @Doomed_Daniel @jef @henry I remember seeing a post by someone that wasn't so far removed. When young people no longer have jobs due to automation, we'll just send them into space.
Show threadJef PoskanzerFeb 28

@pervognsen @ids1024 @Doomed_Daniel @henry Pressure suits optional.

(I always assumed this was what was going on in Blade Runner with the "off-world colonies".)

Show threadPer VognsenFeb 28
@jef @ids1024 @Doomed_Daniel @henry Hah, that was literally the joke I made, which made me find the original post via search. https://mastodon.social/@pervognsen/115042001184309870
Show threadclewFeb 27

That graph is *also* a retort to anyone arguing that exponential growth in the past will reliably continue

Twofer!

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Show threadPatrick Morris MillerFeb 27
@jef @henry What the nonlinear fuck is the scaling on the y axis?
Show threadJef PoskanzerFeb 28

@kentenmakto @henry I think it's linear, and even zero-based, but it sure looks like some weird log thing doesn't it.

Edit: On the left side. On the right, no idea.

Show threadPatrick Morris MillerFeb 28

@jef @henry Damn me, it *is* linear. It's just a) seeing exponential notation in that context is weird and b) when you're graphing growth and, uh, ungrowth, you just expect a semi-log graph.

("Three data points will almost always form a straight line on either a linear, semi-log, or log-log graph. So if you only have one kind of graph paper, you should only take two measurements.")

Show threadJered FloydFeb 28

@kentenmakto @jef @henry there’s some real chartcrime going on at the bottom of the y-axis scale. I assume it’s just interrupted from zero, but it means the last few datapoints are not clear.

So around 5x reduction on number of horses from peak? That’s actually far less than I’d guess.

Show threadJef PoskanzerFeb 28
@jered @kentenmakto @henry It's not though. I agree it looks janky, and for no reason, but in fact it's just linear.
Show threadRyan1729Feb 28
@jef @jered @kentenmakto @henry Would have been slightly clearer if the 5 x 10^6 was written as 0.5 x 10^7 instead.
Show threadGabriel PettierFeb 28
@Ryan1729 @jef @jered @kentenmakto @henry "horses (millions)" (5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30) would have been the normal thing to do, i believe.
Show threadWade RobertsFeb 28
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Show threadArthur van der HargFeb 28
@jef @henry Cool: a graph about horses that looks like a horse’s head.
Show thread(((Klefstadmyr)))Feb 28
@jef @henry This chart was so shocking I almost came close to nearly raising an eyebrow.