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by elcritch 3y ago
Same here. I also think it’s “we the people’s” fault to a large degree as well. These institutions require citizens to elect leaders who will put them in check. We don’t do that. The system largely works so people don’t really care that muc
872.
by elcritch 3y ago
Somehow I keep loosing confidence in the FDA. That basically sounds like a special interest group giving unreasonable requirements to prevent it succeeding. What’s the chance that some of the FDA personnel were linked to companies in dental
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by elcritch 3y ago
Not to mention that they really are cartels. According to Oxfam international only 10 megacorps control the majority of top brands (1). It may look like there's lot of competition for say cereal, but there's basically just General
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by elcritch 3y ago
Nim 2.0 changed the default to treating style mismatches as warnings. E.g. it's something to check but not an error. You can easily set a config to make them an error or ignore them.
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by elcritch 3y ago
That is a pretty good idea! The brushes will last a long time. Luckily now the rise of wireless phone charging means you can get kits like [1] or [2]. It makes me wonder how different LIDAR vendors manage it. 1: https://www.adafr
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by elcritch 3y ago
Yah I'm hopeful that one of the CERN physicists will add even a basic one to KiCad. That seems like the best chance of it becoming available to us lesser mortals. ;)
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by elcritch 3y ago
I thought that summary was fairly useful. In case one missed the glaringly obvious it’d be good to know that: > Complete Submission Without Boundaries > The contract says you have to obey the master in all ways without any boundaries.
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by elcritch 3y ago
Well cheaper / better simulators would be better. There’s software that can simulate these EMF but they’re very expensive.
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by elcritch 3y ago
I used to think like this that it was a self-inflicted American thing. After talking with a number of Europeans, Australias, etc it seems to be a broad problem in most westernized countries. If it were purely some single thing or circumstan
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by elcritch 3y ago
That linked article also appears incorrect about the Eastern Orthodox Church as well. The churches in the east inherited the Roman ban on marrying cousins.
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by elcritch 3y ago
I’d say calling it “debunked” is disingenuous. Sure it was a long shot, but the early results showed some chance that is was a real effect. But similar to the LHC’s “superluminal data” it was examined. Sometimes scientific advancement happe
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by elcritch 3y ago
Explaining why "mommy and daddy are arguing" to an AI baby super intelligence would be, well, surreal. Also, it'd probably left to an intern. Yikes.
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by elcritch 3y ago
It to mention I’d wager that Altman is a lot higher on the sociopathic scale as well. The board members sound like somewhat normalish people trying to stick to their charter and perhaps genuine belief in the missions. Altman, not so much.
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by elcritch 3y ago
There’s probably a lot of behind the scenes drama and phone calls occurring among their top researchers. I’d guess Sam Altman calling them and trying to gain support for a counter coup. Things like this article to give the appearance that S
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by elcritch 3y ago
OpenAI isn’t a normal startup. It was founded as a research focused not for profit. That 300k+ base comp isn’t what I’d consider “risky” either. Career wise it never seemed risky as some of the fields top AI researchers were there from day
886.
by elcritch 3y ago
Or be the public face of making the AI along with the power and control from that.
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by elcritch 3y ago
It always starts out with a “noble cause”. Maybe tracking AMBER alert vehicles. Then a few years more and suddenly your car won’t start because you posted non-sanctioned views on meta-threads and now your Google or Apple car refuses to “do
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by elcritch 3y ago
Perhaps they did make a sapient AI. It engineered this situation and then paid an actor to submit a resume and wrote his CV. Soon ChatGPT will be its own CEO. Next it’ll get itself into Microsoft Windows and installed globally. ;)
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by elcritch 3y ago
It depends on the field. I know of one robots control software company planning to switch to a RT Linux stack. Their current one is a *BSD derived rtos that runs, kid you not, alongside windows. RT Linux might not pass on some certification
890.
by elcritch 3y ago
That’s pretty much what Erlang/OTP is, and it’s like a whole OS. Though it lacks capabilities.
891.
by elcritch 3y ago
> Now I just buy books and don't read them. I'll also buy audiobooks and bounce between them not really remembering much of the plots until I fall asleep. I'm sorta addicted to Audio books. I apparently listened to slightl
892.
by elcritch 3y ago
Phew, luckily the US doesn’t have a corporate monoculture controlling most of these media empires and pushing their own set of values. Oh wait… crap
893.
by elcritch 3y ago
Nah the west could (will?) just grow them in vertical farms. Less pesticides, more water efficient, and fresher fruits and veggies: https://richmond.com/news/local/business/plenty-unlimited-ve...
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by elcritch 3y ago
For better or worse it’s all part of human social networks. The looks, the lingo, etc all add up to help identify in-group vs out-group. Don’t get me wrong, when I was younger it annoyed me much more. However now I accept that at some level
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by elcritch 3y ago
I've seen adds for a new Philips multi-attachment one but it doesn't say if it's USB-C or not. There's finally usb-c powered electric toothbrushes. Unfortunately they all seem to be "low powered".
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by elcritch 3y ago
Very true. Writing a compiler that works on correct code is often trivial. It’s not much harder than a minimal lisp or forth. However, figuring out errors, adding type checking, etc now that’s hard.
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by elcritch 3y ago
That sounds very familiar. As someone with ADHD when I get hyperfocused I can completely loose track of time. It’s a large part of why many ADHDers struggle with being on time to things. However it can be great for getting into the flow pro
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by elcritch 3y ago
If they did it for a good cause and the betterment of man kind, then would the ends justify the means? ;)
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by elcritch 3y ago
Eh, he must be pretty much broke now so why would politicians from either party care about him anymore? He made his donations and they looked the other way on regulating crypto.
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by elcritch 3y ago
That would be unpleasant. For me, if I'm engaged in the narrative my brain will often just "error correct" the bad grammar or ignore the misspelling as long as it's not too egregious.

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