Starman_Jones

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by Starman_Jones 6mo ago
>> People hate AI because AI is on a trajectory to replace them and become better than a human. That is the fundamental reality. Let’s explore this fundamental reality a bit. The “and” necessitates both parts of the clause be true, bu
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by Starman_Jones 6mo ago
From Wiki: “Hershey Chocolate supplied the U.S. Armed Forces with chocolate bars during World War II. These bars were called Ration D Bars and Tropical Chocolate Bars. The Ration D Bar had very specific requirements from the army: It had to
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by Starman_Jones 6mo ago
Today I learned that smooth jazz was invented by the Saxons.
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by Starman_Jones 6mo ago
Jira/Confluence with Claude would actually be pretty nice. Jira’s current AI tool has not once done what I asked, and it usually does it wrong in soul-crushing ways. “Oh, no, I’ve decided I can’t create new tickets. Better change the t
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by Starman_Jones 6mo ago
This was almost two decades ago, but I worked in a lab running particle detection experiments from an “internet-capable”computer that started life with “Windows 98 already installed- no upgrade needed.” Any “workflow solutions” talk started
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by Starman_Jones 6mo ago
I can’t parse this statement. I’m not sure if this about culture changes or about climate threat.
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by Starman_Jones 6mo ago
Talk is cheap.
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by Starman_Jones 6mo ago
No, it wasn’t. In 2008, I went to a lecture by a professor researching better PV cells, and it was, “here’s the benchmarks solar needs to beat to be cost competitive with nuclear, let alone oil or natural gas. As you can see, we’re nowhere
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by Starman_Jones 6mo ago
Nuclear is too expensive in ways that are effectively fixed costs. Solar is the cheapest form of power available on the market. I agree that we should have pushed nuclear 50, 40, 30, and 20 years ago, but now you’re asking the American peop
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by Starman_Jones 6mo ago
Orbital data centers looking like even worse of an idea. Mighty exposed up there.
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by Starman_Jones 6mo ago
Despite that, the war ended with the Vietnamese achieving their strategic objectives, and the US failing to achieve their strategic objectives.
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by Starman_Jones 7mo ago
That doesn’t work if a nation has strong institutions and hierarchies of command. Russia and Nazi Germany (and Iraq) were organized around a strong central leader who personally granted authority to his subordinates, but Iran’s rulers are g
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by Starman_Jones 7mo ago
You can lose in chess if you run out of time, even if you have an overwhelming piece advantage. US leadership has made some questionable decisions that effectively turned their game (and only their game) into ultrabullet kriegspiel.
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by Starman_Jones 7mo ago
DoD admitted in court that it did not happen.
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by Starman_Jones 7mo ago
Scope of injunctive relief extends beyond DoD. In fact, it’s fair to say that’s only a small portion of the relief offered.
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by Starman_Jones 7mo ago
It failed to contain communism, though. Afterwards, communism spread to Cambodia; a direct domino effect of the US withdrawal.
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by Starman_Jones 7mo ago
The three musketeers - fictional d'Artagnan - real Cardinal Richelieu - real Queen Anne - real Louis XIII - real France - fictional
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by Starman_Jones 7mo ago
It's kind of a problem if you can't definitely say why a war of aggression is being fought, no? But if we do say that this war is being primarily fought to prevent Iran from gaining nuclear weapons, then it has to be considered an
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by Starman_Jones 7mo ago
Would you say that the Vietnam War was a success for the US?
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by Starman_Jones 7mo ago
Without the US, Saudi Arabia et al would be significantly outnumbered in a war with Iran. It's very unlikely that they have the capacity to invade Iran, even without considering drones. Factoring in drones, they will simply run out o
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by Starman_Jones 7mo ago
I mean, they kinda do.
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by Starman_Jones 7mo ago
> But a ‘targeted’ ground operation against Iran’s ability to interdict the strait is also hard to concieve. Since Iran could launch underwater drones or one-way aerial attack drones from anywhere along the northern shore the United Stat
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by Starman_Jones 7mo ago
Regarding the first half of your comment, I believe that the article addresses both your recommendations.
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by Starman_Jones 7mo ago
As an American, i can say that, yes, I want us to be the only country to ever have used nuclear weapons. I don't think that should be a controversial opinion.
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by Starman_Jones 7mo ago
> MONTREAL - A proposed merger between two big American railways will hurt competition and drive up consumer costs across the continent. > Or it will drive them straight down. It depends who you ask. > The Canadian Press Is this gl
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by Starman_Jones 7mo ago
I just read Claude's front-end design instructions, and it now explicitly bans purple gradients. Curious to see what new pattern it will latch on to.
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by Starman_Jones 7mo ago
To add to your point, the War Thunder leaks aren't isolated to one or two incidents; they keep happening! IIRC, every UN security council member has had classified military documents leaked multiple times. Regarding aliens, there'
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by Starman_Jones 7mo ago
This is a very effective video. Sanders and his team use the foibles of AI (propensity to agree, the long pause after the penultimate question) to make an emotional impact. I don't agree with his conclusions, but as a piece of politica
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by Starman_Jones 7mo ago
Short answer is: a LOT, but that's a two way street. BAE, for example, builds America's tanks (or at least their armored infantry fighting vehicles).
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by Starman_Jones 7mo ago
Not to mention that, if there is a queue, clicking Play on an album will play only the first track and add the rest of the tracks to the bottom of the queue. Did the PM honestly think listeners wanted that?

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