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[-] silasmariner@programming.dev 3 points 1 year ago

I seem to remember some other articles about this popping up over the years.... When I was maybe half the age I am now or a bit younger I thought it was a pretty cool idea, then when I read that people were gonna actually be doing it maybe a few years ago I thought 'fuck this is the sort of thing that - if it happens at all - should need significant scientific consensus and governmental oversight'. And given that this apparently has neither, I'm not thrilled by it. But I doubt much will come of it, anyway...

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