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by lutze 14y ago
This thing looks about as seaworthy as a tin bath with a missing plug... Oh look, glad to see my instincts aren't wrong: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johan%27s_Ark So it doesn't actually even float on its own, it's built on top of a steel
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by lutze 14y ago
Shouldn't be that hard, there are loads of the poor buggers. Just look around the climbing routes, they don't (can't) move most of the bodies AFAIK. Bit morbid though.
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by lutze 14y ago
Yes sure, common sense right? But the deficit has actually increased. So not only are they targeting the most vulnerable, but their measures aren't even working. http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/feedarticle/10539437
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by lutze 14y ago
Economically no. But scrounging poors are literally dying on their feet, so I'm guessing that's seen as a win. Hyperbolic? Maybe a little. But I currently live in a country where people are dropping dead after failing "medical" tests for in
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by lutze 14y ago
Yeah, it's not like this guy gave away shitloads of money to his employees out of the blue for absolutely no reason. What an asshole! We all fuck up every now and again, we're only human. Despite this, Notch has demonstrated time and again
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by lutze 14y ago
This is a really good point, lets not airbrush history just because we're uncomfortable with it. Maybe that discomfort will remind us to be better people.
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by lutze 14y ago
Haha, it's cute people STILL think that just because they're paying them, they aren't getting shafted too. Before the mortgage crisis, they were advising clients to buy up subprime debts while in secret shorting them hard, because they knew
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by lutze 14y ago
Yes, there are a certain class of people who actually see this shady bullshit in a positive light. Right up until they get stung too, then they have the nerve to be outraged.
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by lutze 14y ago
Yeah, there's always an angle with these guys. Trust what they say publicly as far as you can throw them... And only trust what they say privately if you have a gun to their head.
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by lutze 14y ago
You got me. In my defence, that was a textbook case of Poe's Law.
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by lutze 14y ago
Wow, I suppose I should articulate this a little better. It's easy to lose perspective when you immerse yourself in a culture that celebrates young successful entrepreneurs so much. The comment referring people in their 30s as "older people
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by lutze 14y ago
30 isn't older you cheeky fucker!
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by lutze 14y ago
Personally, I'd rather not risk having to explain why I just got 55 gallons of lube and an anatomically correct blow up donkey through the mail.
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by lutze 14y ago
Yes I agree, but it's not like this has come apropos of nothing. Unfortunately a small minority apparently don't know how to behave appropriately around others, and need this shit to be spelled out.
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by lutze 14y ago
He likely did a lot of experimenting to discover which words inserted into memory by this bug did something useful, and which ones crashed the system. So, no thanks. Go fuck up your own universe, I'm still using this one!
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by lutze 14y ago
This is really clever. Figuring out the first bootstrapping program with such a limited instruction set must have been a pain though.
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by lutze 14y ago
Yeah, should've probably put a caveat in that! I'd argue that even a hacked system is intractable though, as it still rigidly follows the rules no matter the outcome. That's usually what black hats are exploiting in the first place. If the
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by lutze 14y ago
At least with a human there's the possibility they could be persuaded, reasoned with, or even corrupted. A computer on the other hand is utterly intractable. I'm not sure how that would help with unique, one off or under-specified problems.
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by lutze 14y ago
Isn't the point to promote electric cars as "normal" though? Anything too weird might put off potential adopters. This is a good strategy IMO, getting rid of the engine is enough of a paradigm shift for now!
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by lutze 14y ago
And when an adult stands on it in front of the kid, the kid learns lots of interesting new words! Lego: you're never not learning. The only real problem I have with Lego is the price of some of the items. A cursory search will bring you acr
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by lutze 14y ago
Why do some people on this site immediately jump all over the rep button over disagreements? What's wrong with just having a good old argument? You think I said something stupid, call me an idiot and tell me why.
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by lutze 14y ago
Ah, the "in for a penny" school of thought. A very sensible and reasonable approach to something that could affect the future of our entire species!
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by lutze 14y ago
Ah, but that's not simulating emotion, it's simulating the appearance of emotion. Big difference! If we were going that route, I'd rather an AI actually feel empathy, rather than just being able to look like they do... Because faking it is
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by lutze 14y ago
Emotions are difficult, as they're (probably) as much physiological responses as they are cognitive ones. You could possibly simulate those, but I'd ask why bother? Why would we need AI to be human-like at all? We already have a form of hum
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by lutze 14y ago
It's easy to laugh at stuff like this, right up until they get the contract to secure your online banking...
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by lutze 14y ago
Huh? I think the defining problem with cocaine is that it is in fact, awesome. So fucking awesome that you'll ruin your life to get it.
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by lutze 14y ago
"Will you guys please stop this?" Absolutely, sorry. The nerd thing was a joke. I thought the assumption here was that we're all nerds? Edit: because I put things in the wrong place.
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by lutze 14y ago
The calm down comment was referring to your other post, the WE DON'T CARE one. I'm not telling you you can't, or shouldn't. You want to go to Mars? That's a fucking great aspiration. I'm just saying I don't think software is going to be a m
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by lutze 14y ago
You need to calm the fuck down mate, I'm not telling you you can't do anything... I'm saying that production of anything for export is probably not going to be a priority, for a long long time. Generations at the very least. Also, from the
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by lutze 14y ago
Isn't being a basement dwelling shut in already a nerd trope? No need to go to Mars for that, heh.

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