We have dogs that are hypoallergenic, but my girlfriend still has allergies to dander, dust, etc from outside. We make it a point to wash their paws every time they come in from being outside to reduce that. The issues with hives from petting or saliva though are a bit concerning though. The petting could possibly be the same with dander from being outdoors, but not sure for the saliva part.

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Hi - are you me? I’ve been so deep down this rabbit hole lately, regularly having little existential crises.

In my opinion, nothing should exist. But at the same time, nothing shouldn’t exist - because nothing is still something. The fact that we are here is both baffling and eerie.

My other hot take has been that this moment right now could be the only moment. Who’s to say that anything has ever happened? If we give context to an LLM, doesn’t that determine its reality? The more I research neural networks, the more it feels like the ‘big bag’ is more akin to flipping on the CPU, processing at the speed of light. But even then - if our existence isn’t real, whatever is beyond us is still something, which still shouldn’t exist.

It’s all very weird - makes me feel like nothing matters, but also that the only things which matter are the things that I make matter. And I’m just having this human experience. Very weird. Would not recommend.

/ramble

If anyone else was curious, that’s somewhere in the realm of $6b USD.