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philipov
3y ago
Like bridges and skyscrapers?
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philipov
3y ago
What does AIA stand for? Is that short for "AI Assisted Chip Design" or something else?
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It's because rather than understanding that waste is eliminated through decades of practice optimizing a single process, Musk thinks it's eliminated by getting rid of stupid people who prioritize useless things like safety. It
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philipov
3y ago
Please, don't stop being mad. We need people to stay mad about this!
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philipov
3y ago
Banning Teslas sounds like a good idea. Maybe the US should consider leading on that one.
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3y ago
> As a base for researching the idea, Wikipedia seems like a decent data source. If your goal is to generate a wiki article, you can't assume one already exists. That's begging the question. If you could just search wikipedia f
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3y ago
But if you say "API's are better when they're not annoying" it doesn't sound nearly as witty.
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3y ago
However, when you're 5 miles away from the surface of a black hole, you would be inside the sun, so the shape will be different. We are not comparing equal distances from the center of mass, but equal distances from the surface; which
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It's a real Nier: Automata vibe. The machines all chant "Become As God" as they try to sacrifice you.
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It might be tautological, but it also happens to be correct! The Pareto rule applies: A beginner progressing to intermediate might quickly iron out the biggest blunders and by the time they're advanced get 80% there, but mastering that
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3y ago
When you invest in monopoly money where the main feature is eliminating institutional protections, don't be surprised that institutions refuse to protect the value you pretend it has. The US government has no obligation to recognize BT
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They're already investigating the OpenAI affair. The question is whether they'll be able to do anything about it.
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3y ago
Is this named after the Dragonball character?
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3y ago
The caption for every image is cut off so you can't read it...
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North Africa, which starts above the Atlas Mountains that mark the northern border of the Sahara, has traditionally been one of the world's big grain producers. Very good farmland there, because the region benefits from the rain that t
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3y ago
yet.
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3y ago
extreme coffee consumption is used to self-medicate ADHD symptoms as well.
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3y ago
> and sites that are loaded with spyware and whatnot Not actually different from using the streaming services, who sell info on you as a side gig.
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3y ago
Yes, distribution is a service, and providing good service adds value that people are willing to pay for.
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Because they love making movies, and can find other ways to get people to pay them for their labor rather than for copies of the movie. This is already happening today.
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The money's not on the table if people can and will leave. That's the point of competition. Piracy is entirely in the spirit of free market capitalism: the equilibrium price of a good with infinite supply is 0.
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3y ago
You started to say what the optimal Price per GB is, but then only gave a GB. I don't understand what you're trying to say.
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3y ago
I think you forgot the "Price" part of "Price per GB"
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Because price caps cause shortages? Subsidies are just a scheme to funnel taxes to landlords: bad idea. If you want to avoid using price caps, then you gotta flood the supply with cheep housing to crater the market instead. I think landowne
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> That said, I don't know if neuralink is doing something really important or is too fast-and-loose. When I was young, I thought the concept of neural interfaces was fascinating, and couldn't wait until it would become availa
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As well as thick padding that the cybertruck lacks, and rounded edges instead of angled corners.
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Good thing, too. Have you seen the video of how the cybertruck lacks basic safety to avoid chopping off your finger when closing the hood? Other automatic doors will detect if an object is in the way, but the cybertruck will keep closing, a
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> The Panama Canal has two paths. Only one can be used for container ships. I believe both Panamax and Neopanamax lanes can be used by most container ships. The Neopanamax lane can accommodate the biggest new container ships in addit
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There's a difference between wanting to do something, and not wanting to not have done something.
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Those other planes aren't experiencing active safety disruption events at the moment, so no. We might not ultimately know whose fault it is, but we know which planes are faulty. 737 MAX has a history of problems, and I'm shocked
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