localplume

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by localplume 3y ago
why does it seem more likely? from an objective standpoint, why is there a higher likelihood for that? I would actually disagree. Extraterrestrial life is essentially guaranteed (statistically) but conlusive evidence is exceptionally diffic
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by localplume 3y ago
but it wouldn't? US astrophysicists and others use units like AU. and if they were using football fields, its to make it so people understand it better. AU is pretty hard to grasp for most people I'd imagine. the writer is America
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by localplume 3y ago
because they're extrapolating from a few spyware countries come from israel -> does every single israeli hate freedom of press, journalists and human rights. its a pretty bad faith argument and borderline racist anyway Israel isn&#x
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by localplume 3y ago
yup. this is basically the collective dumbing down of everyone, bringing everyone down to the level of the laziest, least motivation, dumbest people. this is the equality that some people want apparently. all they're doing is widening
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by localplume 3y ago
If you think any western country is actually secular then I have a bridge to sell you. christianity is woven into the very fabric of their culture. visit a cemetary and see crosses. listen to language and hear references to "christenin
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by localplume 3y ago
Afghanistan was a mess for reasons other people have mentioned, but the US held itself back. If you want to see supremacy see Desert Storm. The ground campaign took 100 hours for the US to kick the ass of the fourth largest army in the worl
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by localplume 3y ago
Yes that is how citizenship mostly works. That is life. Americans absolutely should have the right to decide who comes to work in the US and on what terms. Unbridled immigration and open borders would be a disaster for everyone involved. Am
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by localplume 3y ago
100% success matters when you need to hit a launch window for interplanetary transit. or when you have spacecraft that are integrating sensors from dozens of commercial and academic partners. 100% success matters when rockets are actually l
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by localplume 3y ago
especially when you have great words like 눈물 = 눈 + 물 = eye + water = tears 물고기 = 물 + 고기 = water + meat = fish (although this only means the animal, not the food, which is weird. 생선 is the fish meat like cow v beef) 돼지고기 = 돼지 + 고기 = pig + me
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by localplume 3y ago
Is based off anything or just unnecessary political dividing rhetoric? If you want to be mad at a president pardoning a traitor be mad at Obama, since that was something that actually happened.
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by localplume 3y ago
When you have a Dungeons and Dragons movie hitting over 100mil in the box office, and when comic book movies are some of the highest grossing, i think its pretty safe to say nerd culture is incredibly mainstream.
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by localplume 3y ago
Because those games are just a way to measure how an internal state changes with moves initiated by the ego and initiated by someone else. The point is that there is no consistant internal state because it hallucinates and spotaneously chan
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by localplume 3y ago
Eh I mean the US has its fair share of snakes and spiders, crocs/gators, plus bears, coyotes, and other large animals which Australia doesn't have which are far more scary than any insect IMO. I guess the oceans are worse with sha
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by localplume 4y ago
You are part of the problem though? You are engaging into political sorting and assuming that because your neighbors are Republican, that they would be uncomfortable with pride flags. Do you even know if they are Republican? How do you know
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by localplume 4y ago
Agree. The amount of Imperial Japan sympathism and revisionist history just to say "US bad" is atrocious.
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by localplume 4y ago
Are you really saying "both sides did bad things" in the same context of the Holocaust and the atrocities committed by Japan? That is heavily historically revisionist and just plain offensive. Some comments here are nuts. Equating
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by localplume 4y ago
isn't that the author replying to a reply on their tweet? so its promoting positive discussion, hence pushing the engagement higher?
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by localplume 4y ago
If anything I feel like the US is an outlier in qualification requirements. It feels like every European country requires degrees for every single tech job, whereas in the US you can get by without one or just a BS. The amount of jobs I hav
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by localplume 4y ago
because some people understand geopolitics and the threat of foreign propaganda undermining the nations security? but sure, lets not ban it. lets not stop any foreign interference in our institutions and lets let our adversaries brain wash
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by localplume 4y ago
what an insane take. police has existed in every form of society and it is necessary for a civilized society to function. its like being against roads, or hospitals, or public transportation. the dichotomy of LA crime being out of control a
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by localplume 4y ago
likely easily identified through X-ray plus given RDX has a nitrogen group, sniffer dogs would likely detect it as well. So I wouldn't bet on it being banned.
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by localplume 4y ago
I really dislike the cartoon-ification of Nazi's, as well as the overloading of that word. It's really impossible for most people nowadays to understand the scale of industrialized hatred that occurred. Also quote from the wikiped
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by localplume 4y ago
What will happen to Spaceport Cornwall then, if Virgin Orbit shuts down? Seems like a massive waste of investment then since I don't think any launch provider will take its place. Pretty grim for the UK space launch industry as a whole
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by localplume 4y ago
Reminds me of Kuzushiji recognition with ML, transcribing historical Japanese documents. Both are my favorite applications of ML: deciphering the past. This is really damn cool.
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by localplume 4y ago
Given how low quality most reports are for bug bounties, putting social engineering in scope publically would be dreadful for any employees. basically just authorized mass spam. social engineering in a private pentest though, sure.
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by localplume 4y ago
thats because people anthropormophize literally anything, and many treat some animals as if they have the same intelligence as humans. GPT has always been just a charade that people mistake for intelligence. Its a glorified text prediction
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by localplume 4y ago
He, like most big Youtubers, probably have a large crew of people working with them. The article was written by Trevor Sesnic, the video was likely edited by others, I don't know if he did the graphics, but Tim still did a lot (and arg
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by localplume 4y ago
I think some of the concern is overblown, some isn't. The Replika AI stuff is definitely concerning because it deprives people of actual relationships by subsituting something artificial that can never supplant something physical/
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by localplume 4y ago
You frame it like its a bad thing when it very much isn't; the Iranian people deserve to be freed of the current tyranny under which they struggle. A more western-aligned Iran would be best for its people and for the entire Middle East
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by localplume 4y ago
eh I think its not as black-or-white. The Elder Scrolls lore is inconsistent but that is chalked up to unreliable narrators. Used in the right amount, I think slight contradiction in worldbuilding is good, and it also reduces the burden on

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