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by digging 2y ago
> The positions in this war are not equal. Yeah, that's exactly what I'm saying. Israel is one of the most powerful nations on Earth, Hezbollah is not even close. I don't think genocide is an appropriate response to the ha
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> It seems clear enough to me that Israel’s goal is to prevent Hezbollah from continuing to launch rockets at Israeli towns in the north. Killing is a means to that end. One may disagree with that choice of means, but I don’t see how you
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by digging 2y ago
This isn't just a small advancement, though. It's a simple tool, which isn't restricted to medical specialists, with a huge impact. If a study found that letting cats roam hospital hallways reduced unexpected deaths by 26%, I
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by digging 2y ago
I think the problem many people have is that Israel's goals entirely revolve around killing people. That is: If your goal is to murder someone, and you accidentally kill an innocent bystander in committing that murder, the number of ci
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by digging 2y ago
> To be honest forcing your employees into the office looks really desperate. To some of us, but not everyone. It may look less desperate than layoffs. It can be postured as happening for any number of strong-handed reasons and be called
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by digging 2y ago
There's actually a staggering amount of thought and detail in the logistics of Middle Earth, but you have to dig into a wide variety of sources to access it. These details informed his story but didn't make it into the plot of LOT
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by digging 2y ago
> It's getting harder to tell real programs from fictional programs ...Is this a real concern of yours? I've never experienced such ambiguity
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by digging 2y ago
All good points.
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> The calculator didn’t eliminate math majors. Excel and accounting software didn’t eliminate accountants and CPAs. These are all just tools. This just feels extremely shortsighted. LLMs are just tools right now , but the goal of the en
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by digging 2y ago
That exact pattern is always true of technological advance. Even for a pretty broad definition of technology. I'm not sure if it's perfectly described by the name "induced demand" but it's basically the same thing.
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by digging 2y ago
Doesn't strike me as the kind of principle OpenAI is willing to slow themselves down for, to be honest.
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> They would be illegal if private companies made them. Yes, that's kind of the main difference between government functions and private companies. Are you saying the very idea of zoning strikes you as a problem? Or are you trying t
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> Suggesting USN with superior EW can just... waltze through PRC blockade But TFA explicitly says that's not what it's suggesting...?
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by digging 2y ago
> Electronic warfare is their go to choice in this scenario. What follows is not some fantasy I've invented; China has written about this exact response extensively. I'd like to see a little more substance if you're direct
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by digging 2y ago
I got about halfway before completely losing the thread as I had no idea what was being said, unfortunately. Is "visitor" pattern ever defined in this article? Is there anything in this article explaining the assertion "Desig
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by digging 2y ago
Not sure what is even meant by "taste" here; what I see over and over is that convenience wins, where winning is defined as widespread use.
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by digging 2y ago
> A number of good alternatives exist, there's no monoculture That doesn't sound true to me at all, except maybe in some very small niches. I've used Bitbucket at exactly one job; I've found Codeberg, but no project I
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by digging 2y ago
> I'd rather use 20% more land This could actually be a pretty massive issue in theory on its own, though. We really need to be covering/converting parking spaces and reusing existing land waste.
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by digging 2y ago
> It seems pretty irresponsible for AI boosters to say it’ll happen within 5 years then. Agreed. Do they?
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by digging 2y ago
You're right, that was overstated. I should have just said addressed. But my word choice doesn't make the gp comment any more valid.
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What kinds of bees though? Could they be driving out native bees that prefer native flowers? Just saying, it's complicated
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> However here's the thing. Among native plant advocates there's this kind of schizo thing. On one hand we're supposed to plant natives because they're better adapted for our environment. On the other hand we're
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by digging 2y ago
Did you stop reading my comment there? I debunked this already.
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I mean, no, that's not what it means. It might be what we get, but not because "safety" is defined insanely, only because safety is extremely difficult and might be impossible.
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by digging 2y ago
Interesting attributes to mention... The urgency was faked and less true of the Manhattan Project than it is of AGI safety. There was no nuclear weapons race; once it became clear that Germany had no chance of building atomic bombs, several
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by digging 2y ago
Assuming incineration has lower externalities than landfills[1], you're... expressing surprise that a cheaper, suboptimal technique is ever used? [1] I don't know if that's true.
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by digging 2y ago
Not to be mean, but I think every assertion in your comment is wrong. Blue and Green are English words which sometimes describe primary or secondary colors additive colors. Cyan is (an English word that describes) a primary subtractive
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by digging 2y ago
I know you're making a joke about classification, but crabs have 10 legs, not 6.
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A detailed blog post formatted entirely as footnotes! Not my preferred style, but I appreciate the impact of the "real" content being provided as "mere" context.
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> Dunno why Americans put up with it. Have you seen the guns that enforce it?

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