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Gud
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2mo ago
They already use robots as a weapon, they're just not bipedal.
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2mo ago
Yes, ChatGPT loves that shit.
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2mo ago
Because back then the Internet was a hobby itself. Normal people(for a lack of better word) mostly weren't online.
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2mo ago
No, I’m fine with data centers, I’ve built one myself and I’ve maintained multiple. I argued against “if you have capital, you can do what the fuck you want”.
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2mo ago
I mean, at least some of us would consider it better with meth and hookers than them ruining the internet with their panopticon shit.
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2mo ago
There is no "moral grandstanding". I wish to live in a functional society.
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2mo ago
Uhm, aren't we all allowed to have an opinion on what's best for mankind? FWIW I am a high voltage test engineer. I used to be an electrician. I would prefer to build the substations that power machines for the benefit of all mank
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3mo ago
Many people travel for work, though. I have a highly specialized skill set that require me to be at site. What am I supposed to do, no longer go home?
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3mo ago
I'm not a plumber, but I'm in the trades, and we absolutely get a "block", but we grind through it.
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3mo ago
XD business ethics and lawyers, sure mate. Have a nice day.
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3mo ago
The client is absolutely responsible. If they fund the lab, they are absolutely responsible for how the lab is conducting it's research. I can't believe I have to type this out.
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3mo ago
If you pay a researcher to do gain of function research on dangerous viruses, and that research end up causing a global pandemic, you are absolutely to blame.
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3mo ago
Why would that be easier? Have a look what happened to GoT when they ran out of original material.
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3mo ago
Before Trump 2.0, this was a decent argument.
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3mo ago
Ironically funded by US taxes, if you believe this hypothesis to be true.
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3mo ago
How many Americans were killed during the Cultural revolution?
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3mo ago
Not just walking Biking, too!
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3mo ago
They don't understand it.
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3mo ago
The American government has caused the death of a lot more Americans than China has.
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3mo ago
"without US chips" is an interesting framing, considering most of these chips aren't made in the USA? Mostly it's made in other asian contries(Taiwan, Japan, South Korea), or am I wrong?
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3mo ago
The roads at the airport? With that said, at Zürich airport, you do have ~5 minutes before there's a charge which I find reasonable.
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3mo ago
There are many amazing tech companies in Europe. Siemens, Sulzer, ABB, Rolls Royce and so on. Or perhaps you meant advertising companies like Google and Meta when you said "tech"?
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3mo ago
Not everyone takes the car. Why should people who don't deem it necessary to take a personal vehicle to one of the most expensive locations on the planet(city airport) subsidize those who do?
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3mo ago
I travel 40-50 times a year by flight and I absolutely don't mind taking the train. I live in Zürich which has an excellent rail network.
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3mo ago
I’ve been robbed, multiple times, I’ve had my bike stolen… once I was robbed in London, surveillance capital of the world. Do you think the cameras helped? Take a guess. I don’t sympathise at all with anyone who wants the powerful to survei
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3mo ago
"Nothing works" if you're using poorly designed software. XFCE has worked more or less the same for me for the last 20 years. Sure, nothing lasts forever, but XFCE has been rock solid and absolutely works as expected. I'
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3mo ago
Many of the C suite are just nepo babies.
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3mo ago
That's not really how it "ended up"? Yes, there are always losers when investing in new technologies. But the steam engine was an amazing invention, and ended up propelling humanity forward.
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3mo ago
Yes, people are driving less when gas prices are high.
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3mo ago
OK, DIRECTOR Michael Kratsios, but why should we give a shit? American AI corporations are pushing up the prices for computing, making it unaffordable for the common man. Additionally, they have built their entire business on stealing(yes,
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