Rzor

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   by Rzor 2y ago

   Check the threads below and this could also help: https://missing.csail.mit.edu/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21919465 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29498220 https:/&#x
2. 182.▲
   by Rzor 2y ago

   Why didn't Musk attempt the same when India and Turkey did their version of it? Is Brazil worse than them? >In India, which is immersed in an autocratic drift that for months has been choking the media, journalists and critical voic
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   by Rzor 2y ago

   Nicely done. I love everything about this.
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   by Rzor 2y ago

   It's explicitly said in the novels (or by Banks, I can't remember exactly) that while civilizations sublime when they reach a certain point of development, the Culture seems hellbent on staying there venturing around the universe.
5. 185.▲
   by Rzor 2y ago

   You can always leave.
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   by Rzor 2y ago

   Japan tried to curb the Yakuza by enacting laws to specifically punish them. Not only it didn't work as well as they thought, but other criminals also flourished in the underworld by virtue of not being Yakuza. Whatever they do to go a
7. 187.▲
   by Rzor 2y ago

   I'm willing to bet the user you quoted isn't running for any sort of election.
8. 188.▲
   by Rzor 2y ago

   IIRC a member country has to declare it.
9. 189.▲
   by Rzor 2y ago

   From the article: Please note: it’s not designed for real-time interactive scenarios like chatting, more suitable for data processing and other offline asynchronous scenarios. Repo: https://github.com/lyogavin/Anima&#x2
10. 190.▲
    by Rzor 3y ago

    Since I have no influence on the outcome, I might as well be a hell of an optimist, so the Culture can't arrive soon enough.
11. 191.▲
    by Rzor 3y ago

    Try to tell that to the Effective Altruism crowd.
12. 192.▲
    by Rzor 3y ago

    Instead of Googling I just ask ChatGPT. Mostly boilerplate stuff.
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    by Rzor 3y ago

    >If you select people at random, they will have even less understanding of the issues they vote on than career politicians. This reminds me of Varoufakis wanting to take the issue to the Greeks, during the Greek bailout negotiations, bei
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    by Rzor 3y ago

    Just did a comparison. These are the ones not present in Arkenfox: datareporting.healthreport.service.enabled datareporting.sessions.current.clean devtools.onboarding.telemetry.logged toolkit.telemetry.hybridContent.enabled toolkit.telemetr
15. 195.▲
    by Rzor 3y ago

    It's likely the US military has its own ToS.
16. 196.▲
    by Rzor 3y ago

    We actually need more openess from people like him, saying "like it is". It's going to do wonders for people's perception... eventually, I hope.
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    by Rzor 3y ago

    This is all you need to know and it probably won't be mentioned anywhere fully here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31474372 >beginning of globalization, the decline of American manufacturing jobs, the decline
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    by Rzor 3y ago

    I don't believe that China would let that sit tight. They will find a way to replicate in no time and start the engine of research full throttle. It's simply too good to be true. It would alleviate all their problems, from food to
19. 199.▲
    by Rzor 3y ago

    I think we also get closer to lightsabers.
20. 200.▲
    by Rzor 3y ago

    It partly matches The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. That's a good sign, I guess. lol
21. 201.▲
    by Rzor 3y ago

    We all do, andersa. We all do. I can feel the disappointment brewing. Deep down, I'm almost ready for the archetypal "measurement error".
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    by Rzor 3y ago

    The history of the idea is quite interesting. It all start in the post-WWII period, right after the RAND Corporation was created to retain talent amid the US armed forces demobilization. Shortly after, a bunch of government agencies were be
23. 203.▲
    by Rzor 3y ago

    Say that to the railroad workers.
24. 204.▲
    by Rzor 3y ago

    Replace the domain with nitter.net
25. 205.▲
    by Rzor 3y ago

    It depends on a lot of stuff. Sometimes they are.
26. 206.▲
    by Rzor 3y ago

    Please, avoid using ChatGPT like that.
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    by Rzor 3y ago

    I didn't expect him to be so depressed about it.
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    by Rzor 3y ago

    I think Banks is quite unique in his presentation of a space-faring civilization and I love him for it. If you want to start with the Culture novels you can't go wrong with either Consider Phlebas (more of an outside look and a bit of
29. 209.▲
    by Rzor 3y ago

    It was almost thirty years ago.
30. 210.▲
    by Rzor 3y ago

    StarWars has a bunch of upvotes. Not sure about falling apart.