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by 2devnull 3y ago
A valid question if you can first prove that wildfires are “caused” by too much underbrush in a way that could not be otherwise mitigated. Many of the recent fires have been caused by arson or pg&e and merely facilitated by poor forest
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by 2devnull 3y ago
The EPA is not as powerful as they should be. We should prioritize clean air over property damage from fires. Sadly the voters and both parties will get that wrong, albeit for different reasons.
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by 2devnull 3y ago
But not stupid in a racial way.
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by 2devnull 3y ago
We’re talking about California. Are you saying California is owned by the logging companies? That seems rather dubious. I won’t say you’re incredibly incorrect myself, but maybe just simply incorrect?
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by 2devnull 3y ago
What about global warming? If you believe burning fossil fuels is damaging (it is), then shouldn’t we try to minimize that?
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by 2devnull 3y ago
Arson wasn’t invented until Ronald Reagan was elected so surely setting “fire for pure cussedness” couldn’t have been a reference to arson in your n=1 anecdote which nicely proved to parent point you seem to take issue with.
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by 2devnull 3y ago
Right. For some reason people have figured out that “noble savage” is racism, but there’s a bit of latency when it comes to “ignoble white man” flavor of racism.
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by 2devnull 3y ago
Race matters a lot to many people.
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by 2devnull 3y ago
“Learn to do plumbing.” No. There’s a union to prevent that thankfully. Don’t make this the problem of plumbers or other high paid tradespeople. Become a cop. They get high pay and they need more people desperately.
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by 2devnull 3y ago
Writing books that mean nothing to anyone of import; the ultimate bullshit job!
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by 2devnull 3y ago
It’s worse than speculative, it’s hype driven. Everyone wants to do something ai related right now. For those who view their role in the world as The Regulator of Things, this means regulating the newest thing. This stems from the fact that
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by 2devnull 3y ago
Does having a greater variety of life experience broaden one’s horizon? I hear travel can expand the mind. Reading books by diverse authors on varied subjects is believed to be valuable even if those books aren’t on metaphysics. Why wouldn
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by 2devnull 3y ago
Well, I think what you’re talking about is perception of risk. The perception of the risk that it goes to 0 is probably decreasing over time. But the expectation of future gains based on past performance is also decreasing over time. Most o
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by 2devnull 3y ago
I like it. The state can’t spend money it doesn’t have. :)
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by 2devnull 3y ago
“I'd probably have to look up the technique myself.” No offense but I am pretty sure that was the point. If it’s math you forget, it’s not math worth learning. Learn what you want or need to know. The rest is dross.
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by 2devnull 3y ago
Lol. Yes and Noam Chomsky too. All fascists. /s
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by 2devnull 3y ago
Just Dropbox with different marketing.
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by 2devnull 3y ago
Right. And it’s therefore quite lame. “Look at me I’m smart because I use Docker” is for sure a stupid thing to post under your own name. Youth is wasted on the young.
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by 2devnull 3y ago
No SQL? It’s satire.
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by 2devnull 3y ago
I suspect this will get a lot of upvotes but the important bit in context to keep in mind is that the industry has optimized for these people. It’s not really their fault if they’re just playing the game. Maybe companies shouldn’t hire peop
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by 2devnull 3y ago
CAPS MATTER1
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by 2devnull 3y ago
If you only need bits of info with citation, an LLM can do that. It’s synthesis that’s the problem. It’s true for humans as well.
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by 2devnull 3y ago
If one gave you a 10,000 page bibliography would you read all the sources? The same problem exists (long bibliographies) in human knowledge transfer. I’m suggesting this is an architectural issue, not a LLM problem per se. LLMs are not supp
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by 2devnull 3y ago
“conspiracy theories lead to a marked rise in violent attacks on anyone of Asian descent in the US,” Extremely dubious. Your first paragraph was on point. Then you descend into ideologically driven speculation. You also seem to not grasp th
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by 2devnull 3y ago
It’s hard to prove a security issue but “shady” describes my experience with most all modern OS’s. I trust Linux the least but it’s my daily driver. I just assume it’s comp’d because at some level (NSA at least) it is. I also try to reinsta
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by 2devnull 3y ago
I just hope they don’t come here and Reddit the place up.
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by 2devnull 3y ago
Governments investigate imperfect weapons. Consider LSD.
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by 2devnull 3y ago
“Are there any regulations on AI in the US? I’m not aware of any” There are yes. Environmental regulations that impact hardware. Personal information, privacy regulations that impact the training data. Business regulations that impact what
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by 2devnull 3y ago
And trying to go 100% carbon free (or die trying) in the next decade or two doesn’t carry risks? Decarbonizing won’t be carbon neutral that’s for sure.
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by 2devnull 3y ago
Others downvoted you but I think you’re right to link Puritanism to a specific sliver of climate change activist community. There are some zealots who think we must end modernity as we know it, now!, or all is lost. These people existed bef

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