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by ndsipa_pomu 1mo ago
To be fair, the cars themselves aren't dangerous - it's the drivers.
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by ndsipa_pomu 1mo ago
Yes, the idea is to provide drivers with clues as to the relevant speed. Straight roads are usually designed to prioritise motorised vehicles and often need speed limits to try to control the drivers. By designing in chicanes and narrow sec
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by ndsipa_pomu 1mo ago
You'd need a good bike and also be an elite cyclist/sprinter. I can usually manage 30kmh for an hour or so (providing there's a good tailwind and I'm going downhill), but the issue with going faster is the air resistance
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by ndsipa_pomu 1mo ago
Arguably, piracy has never been theft as "theft" means to deprive an entity of their item/copy and downloading does not destroy the original. The usual counter-argument is that piracy deprives them of a sale, but that is not
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by ndsipa_pomu 1mo ago
I agree, but there's also teachers who give out wrong information too. Often it's when the teacher doesn't have a deep understanding of the topic and are just repeating what they've heard (or misheard) and they will typi
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by ndsipa_pomu 1mo ago
We shall now know it as Lake Epstein
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by ndsipa_pomu 1mo ago
Yes, it's both a lack of attention to details in "boring" tasks and an exceptional attention to details in "interesting" tasks.
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by ndsipa_pomu 2mo ago
Seems very much like a death cult to me. They've changed policies and taken actions that will drastically increase the number of deaths across the world. e.g. cancelling aid programs, starting wars and trying to increase CO2 levels. Ma
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by ndsipa_pomu 2mo ago
By seeking out novelty, someone could be a more effective forager or better able to spot predators/prey hiding. ADHD often comes with a high attention to detail, so there's lots of advantages that could come with that (e.g. that t
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by ndsipa_pomu 2mo ago
That's a terrible idea as it'll be used/abused by stalkers etc. Women will never feel safe again.
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by ndsipa_pomu 2mo ago
I think that's a less interesting story if Batty doesn't develop and has only his self-interest. I interpret the ending as Batty coming to the end of his life and realising that all life is precious, not just his own. That's
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by ndsipa_pomu 2mo ago
Images of dead bodies and instructions for making chemicals are not illegal in themselves. Child porn is illegal in pretty much the whole world (arguably not enforced in the USA though where the president is a known pedophile).
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by ndsipa_pomu 2mo ago
Strongly disagree. Now when I use an internet search, the top answer is an AI guess/approximation to the result and can be completely inaccurate. I have to ignore that and move onto the traditional results and hope that they aren'
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by ndsipa_pomu 2mo ago
> build datacents far away -> attract people to work nearby Probably not feasible if the remote area has no public services. You'd be wanting some people to move to an area without schools, shops, doctors, hospitals etc. I can im
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by ndsipa_pomu 2mo ago
Don't forget about water usage (likely not an issue in Scotland), blighting the landscape (very much an issue) and probably discharging pollution into waterways as well as the inevitable noise pollution.
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by ndsipa_pomu 2mo ago
Unfortunately for the rest of us, their money will make them welcome pretty much anywhere.
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'Never seen this level of objection': Scotland pushes back against datacentres(theguardian.com)
39 points by ndsipa_pomu 2mo ago|17 comments
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by ndsipa_pomu 2mo ago
Here in the UK, older cars are often exempt from various safety standards. Otherwise, recent imported vehicles have to comply with e.g. headlights dipping the wrong way which is common as we drive on the left.
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by ndsipa_pomu 2mo ago
To me, the whole point of Batty's final scene is his empathy. PKD made a big point of empathy being the defining quality of humans and even the Voight-Kampff test relies on it.
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by ndsipa_pomu 2mo ago
I've always been annoyed at that too. Considering the role that "empathy" takes in the design of the Voight-Kampff, the story is pushing empathy as being a defining human trait and of course Mercerism is all about using the E
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by ndsipa_pomu 2mo ago
> Even the idea that they would make a replicant hunter that's weaker than the "basic pleasure model" it's designed to hunt doesn't work. I don't disagree with your points, but one explanation is that Deckar
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by ndsipa_pomu 2mo ago
I don't think it's fair to call her a "kook", though I share her views on AI so I'm biased. Comparisons with contrails or concerns over fluoridation aren't applicable as there are real measurable problems with
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by ndsipa_pomu 2mo ago
I find it difficult to believe that a power plant doesn't have enough resources to employ at least one person who could implement a VPN - even if it's just some cousin of a senior manager.
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by ndsipa_pomu 2mo ago
Matter is usually made of fermions (half-integer spin) whereas force is mediated by bosons (integer spin).
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by ndsipa_pomu 2mo ago
However, he tries to portray himself as smart and knowledgable but is clearly quite stupid. That doesn't track with his supporters both believing what he says and also thinking that he is stupid. In contrast, Boris Johnson (ex-UK Prime
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by ndsipa_pomu 2mo ago
These are the gloves that are apparently going to be used by ICE agents. It's ironic that Compliant Technologies' logo looks similar to the OCP logo in RoboCop.
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The G.L.O.V.E. – CD3 Compliance Tool(complianttechnologies.net)
2 points by ndsipa_pomu 2mo ago|1 comments
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by ndsipa_pomu 2mo ago
Just as the clock face has 4 quarter corners, an Earth hemisphere has 4 quadrant corners. Those 4 different corners equate to 4 different Worlds, with each having its own separate day, own separate year and a separate human race.
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by ndsipa_pomu 2mo ago
I've never understood how there's a cult of personality around Trump when he's not got any redeeming qualities.
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by ndsipa_pomu 2mo ago
We should just switch to the only calendar that makes sense: 5 seasons of 73 days each (5 × 73 = 365 days) 5 days in each week (73 ÷ 5 = exactly no remainder!) 5 Apostle Holydays (one per season, on the 5th day) 5 Season H

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