mrshadowgoose

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by mrshadowgoose 2y ago
Yup, it's a real shame that batteries can't be swapped.
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by mrshadowgoose 2y ago
> What kind of lunatic would suggest starting ozempic without FIRST giving honest education and lifestyle adjustments a try? What kind of lunatic would suggest an approach that evidence does not support as being effective? Lifestyle modi
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by mrshadowgoose 2y ago
Studies have repeatedly shown that lifestyle modification does not result in sustained weight loss for most. Not going to waste my time providing sources to remedy your ignorance. You are more than capable of doing this research yourself.
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by mrshadowgoose 2y ago
> Why do we find it acceptable to help people who struggle with alcohol abuse, or nicotine addiction, or opioid addiction, but not to help people who struggle with food abuse? "Getting fit and staying fit" is a form of social c
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by mrshadowgoose 2y ago
This isn't the revelation you think it is. Chronic medical conditions require lifetime treatment. That isn't news to anyone. It's funny how obesity is the only chronic medical condition that garners a huge volume of your part
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by mrshadowgoose 2y ago
Spool goes on the descending module. > would think the best option would be a somewhat high power radio transmitter/receiver. If you can figure this one out, the militaries of the world would love to have a chat with you. Water&#x2F
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by mrshadowgoose 2y ago
> Where is the value for actual humans? In a lot of the less rosy scenarios for AGI end-states, there isn't. Once humans are robbed of their intrinsic value (general intelligence), the vast majority of us will become not only econom
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by mrshadowgoose 2y ago
If push comes to shove, we already have all the cryptographic primitives needed to produce and disseminate trustable imagery. However, society at large doesn't actually care.
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by mrshadowgoose 2y ago
It is that simple. "Energy intensive" is irrelevant. On average, a solar panel will capture more energy in its lifetime than the amount used to create and eventually recycle it. So please stop repeating that useless whine.
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by mrshadowgoose 2y ago
Strong disagree. Energy use irrevocably underpins absolutely every human activity. The other items mentioned do not. Don't take this as a disagreement that education, healthcare, etc aren't crucial. They certainly are, but not to
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by mrshadowgoose 2y ago
In your mind, what will our world look like once AGI is achieved, and that technology will likely be exclusively in the hands of governments and large corporations? What guarantees do we have that it will be used for the benefit of the comm
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by mrshadowgoose 2y ago
It's not at all clear why that wouldn't scale, could you elaborate? Legitimately not being snarky. The existence of Google Street View seems to be a fairly strong counterpoint. > The point of those startups (and tesla's) i
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by mrshadowgoose 3y ago
"Objectively better" according to my personal subjective values and beliefs. "Aversion to change" that I would like to force onto others.
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by mrshadowgoose 3y ago
I don't feel assured in the slightest. Cherry-picking one of the poorest performing "self driving" systems is a bit disingenuous. Have you bothered to review what Waymo has accomplished? It's certainly not level 5 autono
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by mrshadowgoose 3y ago
Even a car-priced robot would be a paradigm shift. No subsidies needed.
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by mrshadowgoose 3y ago
> They will always be expensive, bulky, and creepy. This is an incredibly bold claim, and mostly just sounds like your personal opinion towards humanoid robots. Why do you expect economies of scale to not apply here? > No one will wan
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by mrshadowgoose 3y ago
Things are either going to end up being really awesome for everyone, or really terrible for most of us. There is absolutely no middle ground where things somehow stay "the same". The fact that these technologies seem to be exclusi
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by mrshadowgoose 3y ago
Although this is also my impression based on personal observations over the years, I concur that it seems like a lot of activism in general is just a thin socially-acceptable wrapper around hating on other groups of people. Take carbon-neut
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by mrshadowgoose 3y ago
The protocol has a defined structure (check out 5.4.6 in [1]), and can therefore be detected and blocked. It's probably easier to block than a TLS VPN, which has a lot of typical TLS noise to hide in. [1] https://www.wiregua
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by mrshadowgoose 3y ago
> Curious how this is taken when you say it to a woman in person instead of online in a tech bro echo chamber? My wife doesn't seem to have a problem with it. And some of my female friends have made similar comments unprompted. But
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by mrshadowgoose 3y ago
Sure it can! It comes down to the various ways that different people define "single" and "in a relationship" for themselves, and the different ways that people select potential partners. Here's a (contrived, but sti
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by mrshadowgoose 3y ago
I think this really comes down to how we define "difficulty". If "success" is defined as "being able to quickly find a partner for sex and/or a relationship". Yeah, sorry. The genders ain't equal here
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by mrshadowgoose 3y ago
> Did the need for labor decrease after the lightbulb, electricity, or the telegraph? Or did Quality of life go up while projects expanded in scope and we accomplished greater things with more efficiency? It absolutely did...and you lite
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by mrshadowgoose 3y ago
> AI can't replace a decent newgrad. It literally can't find a React import and cannot be relied on for anything without a human double checking it, which takes as long as writing it yourself, when it comes to line-of-business
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by mrshadowgoose 3y ago
At no point above have you actually answered the question posed. Since you seem to be easily distractible, here it is again in concise form: How would you react if someone told you that (in their opinion) one of your preferred activities (s
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by mrshadowgoose 3y ago
Ok. So let's consider PC gaming. There are many people out there who consider that activity to be harmful, and to not be a productive use of one's time. So....are you going to give up gaming? > And yeah I guess I don’t approve
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by mrshadowgoose 3y ago
Briefly, but yes, I've experienced that. My reaction was "our social support systems really suck" and not "we need to restrict how people choose to live their lives".
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by mrshadowgoose 3y ago
It would be nice if you actually answered the questions that were posed. Instead, you just once again reiterated that you don't approve of how other people choose to spend their time.
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by mrshadowgoose 3y ago
> But the older I get the more I’m on the side of this stuff isn’t necessary. It is detrimental to society and if someone wants to do drugs they should honestly reconsider their life and do something productive. How would you feel if som
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by mrshadowgoose 3y ago
In extremely rural environments? Possibly. Globally, as an alternative to traditional cellular service? Literally impossible as long as cost is the forcing factor. I'd recommend reading up on RF information theory and then thinking abo

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