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by bparsons 3y ago
Finally!
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Not hard these days.
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This may be true, but we have no idea until these companies open up their algorithms for scrutiny. The ability to press a button and cause social, political and economic chaos around the world is too much power to entrust to anybody.
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The political power these companies have is unprecedented, and makes violence unnecessary. Governments fear these companies because their black box algorithms can easily make or break elections and even drive people into the streets to prot
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It's hard to appreciate the scale of these places unless you have visited them. For glacier complexes in parts of Canada and Alaska, you are looking at big-city sized areas of ice that are completely gone. The really alarming thing is
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Mitigating fugitive methane emissions isn't a particularly difficult problem to solve. From an emissions reduction point of view, it is really low hanging fruit. The US has said that they are going to do it, but Biden has waited so lon
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Turkmenistan also has the largest proven gas reserves on earth.
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I was kind of shocked in 2019 to see those cars driving around SF. Most jurisdictions would never allow this in a million years. Why would you allow some tech company to develop its technology at the risk of pedestrian safety? What benefit
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Hasn't this been around for a while?
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One thing I learned from a brief stint at a criminal law firm: criminals are usually pretty dumb. In TV and movies, they are usually depicted as clever, but the opposite is usually true. These are people that put themselves at huge legal an
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Seems highly credible!
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My observation is that perfectly nice people turn into sociopaths when driving large vehicles. They instantly become resentful of all other road users, especially pedestrians or cyclists who might slow them down. You can watch the transform
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The author seems to only be interested in people who appear on podcasts targeting lonely men between the ages of 20-40. I can assure him that there is a whole world of serious thinkers and authors that have never appeared on the Joe Rogan p
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The state has pretty significant water security issues. You have 30 million people and a 178 million acres of agricultural production. Maintaining some basic protections on remaining wetlands is probably a good idea. There are many things s
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I think it was the covering up of an extremely serious accident that got their permit yanked.
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Aside from the measurable harmful effects, these companies have simply accrued too much political power. Being able to manipulate what 100s of millions or billions of people see every day on their screens is an unprecedented amount of power
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I would rather have a smaller GDP backed by real underlying industrial capacity rather than frothy valuations on photo sharing apps and exotic financial instruments.
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Planting trees can certainly do a lot, but it is insufficient. If you went all in on "nature based" solutions, it gets you to around 15-20% of needed reductions. This would require a global reshaping of land use policy. https:&#x
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It's a big deal. New products in auto manufacturing are planned on a 5 year cycle, which is why it is being discussed now. Toyota is the biggest auto manufacturer on the planet. They don't make wild bets or predictions that they d
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It cannot. Although reforestation is still a great idea and can result in significant GHG reductions if managed properly.
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The economics for these projects make sense under incentives created by the Inflation Reduction Act. They get a big rebate on the capital costs for the infrastructure, and then get to sell the environmental attributes on the open market. En
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So does cash.
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The refusal of the US to implement basic privacy protections is harming everyone on earth.
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2FA is the standard these days for accessing PID. I can't think of data more sensitive or personal than your DNA.
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The blockchain is a perfect tool of government surveillance. They can track the flows of money like never before, while most users think it is completely anonymous. It is the perfect weapon of state control. There has been hundreds of stori
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by bparsons 3y ago
The blockchain is a perfect tool of government surveillance. They can track the flows of money like never before, while most users think it is completely anonymous. There has been hundreds of stories about how blockchain technology has been
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The ads on there are the tell. It is all weird random objects from Alibaba sold under companies/brands that don't really exist. This used to be the premier advertising medium for global brands.
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I think this was true a while back, but the ecosystem on Twitter is basically destroyed. There was a period between 2010-2020 when Twitter was truly the main convergence of entertainment, media, political and financial commentators. It was
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I think the technology is about 80% there. To my eye, the graphics and performance are the same as running the game locally. Provided you have a good internet connection, if you could just run a AAA game off of your crummy computer or tv, w
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The cost of AI services are obviously going to reflect the energy inputs. Unlike blockchain, AI actually has some utility in the non-criminal economy. I don't think we need to worry too much about the energy expenditure at this point.

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