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by nyokodo 2y ago
> the research team I work with has about 1/20th the compute that a Google researcher has. This gives them a massive advantage The search space could easily be so large that a less disciplined approach might yield fewer useful outco
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> people would shove entire CSV rows into a single value So you invented a “no-sql” document database in Oracle.
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> the Chinese government would have had no moral qualms about gene-engineering a population with an IQ of 130+ and the US would be permanently behind in every field forever after. The US is already a key brain-drain destination for Chine
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> What if your damages aren't worth the expense of suing them. That’s what small claims court is for.
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> proving your case beyond a reasonable doubt is time consuming and difficult Civil cases aren’t generally required to be decided beyond a reasonable doubt but merely with a preponderance of the evidence. It’s more that court in general
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> Seems pretty common sense to me. It’s also seems like it’d be commonsense for judges to know that and have meal and snack strategies to account for it. To determine what the real effect is then you need to establish it empirically and
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by nyokodo 2y ago
> 40 banks disappearing is really not much If the failures are small, previously common, and at a manageable rate that isn’t accelerating then this could be a temporary blip. If the failures are larger, previously rare, and occurring at
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> This is just the way people are. Fatalism or you misunderstood what I wrote. We are here contemplating possible futures: one is the hypothetical automation of everything which no one has ever experienced and therefore your experience h
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Also case in point, this is just the skeptical view I mentioned.
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> If it can happen, it will. Fatalism, case in point. There are all sorts of things that shareholders might like to happen which don’t because society doesn’t let them. In the possible future where we can automate anything a human center
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> We believe the purpose of technology is to help humans flourish, so when we talk about AI we start with the human problems we want to solve. This is something missing from the discussion around AI. There is fatalism or skepticism about
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> In the face of things like that, a lot of US criticism fell flat. While the absolute worst part of American society and culture did approach the more casual evils that Communism produced it all pales compared to the scale and pervasive
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> If I was writing something for myself, I'd not be sad that someone had beat me to it The reality is that you’ve already been beaten to the punch by something in almost every situation. If you’re automating something for the firs
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> I thought the whole premise of having licensed engineers was that licenses can be revoked if the engineer screws up badly enough The cynical take is that the primary role of industry licensing bodies is to limit competition to insiders
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> will probably shut down if there is no miracle Someone will buy their IP and back catalogue in a bankruptcy. Those will retain value and even highly speculative properties might be worth owning just in case if the price is right.
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> if I have a copy of a deleted forever by Paramount episode am I a thief or savior? Intuitively if this media is truly otherwise gone forever, it appears more like salvage than theft.
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> even if both spouses like bright colors, it doesn’t mean they both like the same bright colors A far greater effect are Home Owners Associations, city ordinances etc.
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That's where they transition from one to the other, yeah.
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> So four people would arrive at Lunar orbit in an Orion, board a huge prepositioned Starship, and fly that down to the surface? That's the idea, yes. [1] 1. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/t
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by nyokodo 2y ago
> Parents generation really dropped the … ball there Really probably your grandparents or great grandparents depending on your age. Most Americans born after the moon landings had boomer or gen-x parents. All the men who walked on the mo
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by nyokodo 2y ago
> Walk ten miles a day for a year before telling me you've tried it. Walking 10 miles a day isn't feasible for disabled and many injured people nor people who don't have 3+ hours spare to walk that far. If the principle is
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by nyokodo 2y ago
> walking ten miles a night…From my own hiking experience Is your plan sustainable through injury, and on vacation, and after being laid off and through holiday temptations, and through deep emotional turmoil, and just insidious calorie
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by nyokodo 2y ago
> Mindful that this also lowers muscle mass (can weight train and eat enough protein to compensate slightly) AND less easily mitigated lowers bone mass, weakens tendons, and weakens ligaments. These are the common effects of weight-loss
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by nyokodo 2y ago
> one could lose the weight in the best possible way by correcting their diet, eating less, doing HIIT, fasting Yes, but actually doing that when you’re obese is extremely difficult and maintaining it is even harder than that. The best w
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by nyokodo 2y ago
> What’s the consensus on Ozempic/Wegovy/Semaglutide in the long term? Is this something you have to take forever otherwise risk rebound Yes, although it’s not exactly a consensus it was indicated in the original studies. This
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> They're only 0 when you factor out the cost of building the car and maintaining the highway And manufacturing the renewable electricity generation infrastructure isn’t zero emissions either.
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> in a criminal trial, you have to prove your innocence No you don’t, at least not in the USA. The state has to prove you’re guilty. Granted, I gather the word of an officer will usually trump an ordinary citizen, but that’s a great use
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It’s not obvious to me that 25 feet distance from an officer conducting an arrest isn’t reasonable assuming the wording of the law and its interpretation are not putting innocent bystanders who blunder into a situation at additional risk. T
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> What does it look like for someone to confront a situation like this without courage? There’s a lot of dark places people can go and choose to stay when they experience tragedy. Drugs, alcohol abuse, suicide, wallowing in misery etc. P
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> an inspiration to those they interact with Indeed, those who confront suffering with courage encourage the rest of us.

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