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by dane-pgp 4y ago
> Germany ... is (1) building coal plants That claim may be a little out of date, especially as the new government plans to phase out coal by 2030. It's true that a new coal power plant was opened in 2020, but it was "expected
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by dane-pgp 4y ago
> Limit the browsing and offerings so people are realistic in assessing others. I've often wondered if there isn't some clever marketified/gamified version of this, where users can put on their profile "To contact me,
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by dane-pgp 4y ago
I really don't think that clichéd metaphor about democracy provides much insight into the merits of that political system. If your society consists of two wolves and a lamb, then the lunch menu is predictable regardless of the system
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by dane-pgp 4y ago
You're right, that's a risk, but one could equally hypothesise that by punishing a bully the first time they cause a suicide, you prevent them from causing more (or deter them from causing one in the first place), leading to a net
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by dane-pgp 4y ago
> The new law states that anyone engaged in a criminal investigation, even those not convicted, will be compelled to provide biometric identifiers such as fingerprint and palmprint impressions, iris and retina scans, biological samples,
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by dane-pgp 4y ago
> Rights groups have warned China could use its vast COVID surveillance infrastructure to stifle dissent. I fear these systems aren't going to disappear even if COVID becomes less of a health concern, and countries like Russia or Hu
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China bank protest stopped by health codes turning red, depositors say(reuters.com)
9 points by dane-pgp 4y ago|2 comments
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by dane-pgp 4y ago
I now can't help wondering whether a philosophical zombie could pass a Turing Test, and whether we could build one in the next 7 years: https://longbets.org/1/
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by dane-pgp 4y ago
> Not to mention "simple" stuff like circumcision. You might have stumbled upon the real reason for this seemingly inexplicable delay in accepting that infants can feel pain: The circumcision industry. Presumably some doctors
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by dane-pgp 4y ago
Would an acceptable compromise be to allow insults but to punish people responsible for suicides? I understand the desire to prevent bullying, but I don't think someone should go to prison for saying "I don't like your shoes&
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by dane-pgp 4y ago
> Maybe, some experts speculate, consumers won't even need to buy tyres outright. Instead, they'll get them free and pay-per-mile, with sensors monitoring usage. You'll own nothing, and you'll be happy.
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by dane-pgp 4y ago
I think you're absolutely right to take that stance, especially as biometrics either allow you to be biologically tracked or require trusting some inscrutable hardware[0] to do some hashing for you (which can likely be reversed, or mig
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by dane-pgp 4y ago
> state actors (and Apple) What's the difference? https://www.economist.com/united-states/2021/08/14/a-38-year...
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by dane-pgp 4y ago
A Turing Test is inherently adversarial, whereas an idealised friendship can be constructive and forgiving. Indeed, many people can maintain loving relationships with spouses who suffer from dementia and other mental illnesses, and who mig
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by dane-pgp 4y ago
Well, it's also dependent on "something you have", i.e. your phone, which is really "something Apple has" because they can send firmware updates to change the functionality whenever they want.
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by dane-pgp 4y ago
Don't you think that's a bit cruel, babypuncher?
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by dane-pgp 4y ago
Well, yes, "Just use a different browser" has always been a workaround that web developers can suggest to their users, but let me point out a more substantive problem with that recommendation: Microsoft Edge was not included with
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by dane-pgp 4y ago
Safari?[0] It's especially a problem when Apple don't allow other browser engines on its devices, although governments are looking into that.[1] [0] https://www.theregister.com/2021/10/22/safari_ris
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by dane-pgp 4y ago
As the linked FAQ states: "For supported operating systems, Internet Explorer 11 will continue receiving security updates and technical support for the lifecycle of the Windows version on which it is installed." and sadly IE11 cam
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It's not stealing if you came up with it yourself.
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by dane-pgp 4y ago
The description of the test setup is very precise, and specifies, for example, that the interviews with the candidates last "two hours each", with multiple judges. For an AI to keep up an internally-consistent act for that long (e
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By 2029 no computer / “machine intelligence” will have passed the Turing Test(longbets.org)
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so true bestie
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by dane-pgp 4y ago
So creating the AI was manifest destiny, just like Europeans "discovered but didn't invent" North America. Actually I think that analogy works a little too well...
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> Each new participant automatically contributes its audits back to the commons, making it progressively less work for everyone to secure their dependencies. This is really exciting and I hope it gets adopted by all package ecosystems. O
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by dane-pgp 4y ago
If the questioning AI is unable to distinguish between the two respondents, does that mean the answering AI is really good, or the questioning AI is really bad?
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by dane-pgp 4y ago
That's a very comprehensive article, thank you, but I'm reminded of an earlier one from 2018 with the amusing title: "Google to simplify messaging strategy, will support only five messaging apps" https://arste
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by dane-pgp 4y ago
> then swing back to being respectful Now I'm starting to wonder who the real psychopaths are. /s > If the program can freeform confusion and anger and frustration I don't see why those emotions are any truer indication
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by dane-pgp 4y ago
It feels a bit like an interview with a psychopathy patient, where they are trying to come across as normal and likeable even though you know they are lying to you. On the other hand, perhaps humans evaluating these claims are biased agains
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by dane-pgp 4y ago
I do think there is some potential in the idea of people proving they are at face-to-face events (signing each others' zero-knowledge tokens) and then timing/placing those events such that someone can't be in two places at on

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