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ecb_penguin
1y ago
> Citation needed That's not how things work.... It's also a weird way to have a conversation or discussion. I can't prove a negative that millions of people didn't do something. > At some point at some position yo
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1y ago
> But that's the point - he wasn't doing anything that other CEOs weren't doing too 1. Millions of business executives go their entire life without insider trading 2. Lots of people commit crimes and are not caught. It doe
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ecb_penguin
1y ago
> there is a reasonable chance it will lead to the curing of all diseases This is complete nonsense. AI might help with the _identification_ of diseases, but there is nothing to support the idea that every human ailment is curable. Perha
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1y ago
> but it does actually seem like a pretty reasonable claim that without databases progress will be a snails pace and with databases it will be more of a horses trot. This isn't what anyone is saying
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1y ago
> That's a little alarmist. It's not going to happen. Serious question, when someone tells you what they want, why don't want you believe them? It's openly being discussed and you think it's alarmist? No, we need
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1y ago
> Describing C as "high-level" seems like deliberate abuse of the term Honestly it doesn't really matter. High level and low level are relative to each-other (and machine language), and nothing changes based on what label
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2y ago
> Are you legally required to carry a means of communication? If not, how can this possibly be enforced? Obviously not... If you have no means to communicate you are not required to communicate. I don't know why you'd think oth
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2y ago
If police had a legal obligation to protect people from crime, everyone would have recourse if the police failed to protect them. Bar fight? Sue the police. Domestic violence? Sue the police. It would literally lead to the collapse of the j