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by phs318u 4y ago
Here's a thought. Do we humans possess consciousness when we are "unconscious"/asleep? When I'm asleep, I'm not actively aware of what's going on. Thinking back on my dreams, they seem realistic (sometimes
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by phs318u 4y ago
> It's software. It can't be conscious. What definition of consciousness are you basing this assertion on? Or are you saying this axiomatically? "Consciousness is something that software can never be." If we accept th
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by phs318u 4y ago
That's exactly what I thought this would be. How to install an app that _doesn't_ have the "X" in jiggle mode.
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by phs318u 4y ago
So you’re saying he’s an idiot? Not disagreeing, it’s just an interesting argument to make about a supposedly genius billionaire.
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> These are not real personalities My problem with this statement is the word “real”, by which I assume you mean human. But do we know what human personalities are? How they work and how they develop?
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by phs318u 4y ago
It will be very interesting to see how hard the industry will lobby to have it renewed.
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by phs318u 4y ago
I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again. Until the Price-Anderson Nuclear Industries Indemnity Act gets repealed, the nuclear industry can take a hike. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Price%E2%80%93Anderson_Nucle...
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by phs318u 4y ago
Interesting, yet I find David Fravor's response to the points that Mick makes (on the Lex Fridman podcast) quite compelling. It's possible that this entire endeavour (the military witnesses and the release of the videos by the pen
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They could call it Altered Vista.
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by phs318u 4y ago
Please provide references to this analysis. There are plenty of folks here who'd love to read this.
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by phs318u 4y ago
I tend to restrict my downvotes for comments that don't add anything to the discussion. e.g. unhelpful comments (such as "Just google it!"), attempts at humour, personal attacks etc. I don't know about "reddit-isms&
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by phs318u 4y ago
There was an article here a couple of months ago [0] on Sharrow Engineering's propeller, which looks very similar. Sharrow were granted their patent [1] earlier the same year as MIT's [2]. I wonder if this is yet another case of p
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by phs318u 4y ago
Coming soon… Prime Plus!
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Yes. It’s a shame that more people than ever can’t afford the medical insurance to appreciate these advances.
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For one, communistic and communist-adjacent ideas predate the formalised theoretical framework by hundreds of years, while the formal concepts have over one and a half centuries head start on MAGA/QAnon. If the last 50 years have taugh
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by phs318u 4y ago
> which defeats the point of this iPad for me(cartoons playback device for my kid). It's a shame. For this specific use-case try https://b98.tv , though I couldn't get it working on my old iPhone 5C.
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by phs318u 4y ago
You raise some interesting points. In your first statement you juxtapose QAnon vs Marx and Lenin (I presume you mean the bodies of political theory they propose), AND ... international conspiracy. Firstly, QAnon is entirely embracing of int
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by phs318u 4y ago
What you're describing (of Communists) sounds exactly like the Crusaders, Al Qaida, and many of the "actions" (ostensibly in the name of liberal democracy) since the 50's (I include here various small and not-so-small wa
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by phs318u 4y ago
I find it hard to take your comment seriously when you imply that unlike Communism, MAGA doesn’t have a saviour complex. The regard that many MAGA adherents hold Donald Trump could only be described as messianic. EDITED to add that MAGA has
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by phs318u 4y ago
One could just as easily say the same for working class folks that continue to buy into the myth sold by MAGA populists in the US. To me it hinges on the following: “Throughout his text, Valtin emphasizes, as he does with the Hamburg exampl
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by phs318u 4y ago
I think you've got that arse about. Don't you want to know that the car you just bought wasn't stolen?
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by phs318u 4y ago
The scale is different. Setting something on fire is a localised event, typically dealt with by local and/or state authorities. Taking out parts of the grid (remembering that grids are interconnected) is a state and potentially inter-s
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DIY polyphonic synth using 1930s vacuum tube tech(fosstodon.org)
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The common belief of worth is where similarities between bitcoin and gold end. What you list as drawbacks of gold are exactly the thing that preclude it being so easily weaponised for scams/fraud/rapid-wealth-redistribution. You c
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Maybe not exactly what you’re after but I’ve used Flat File Extractor with great success. EDITED to correct autocorrect. https://ff-extractor.sourceforge.net/
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by phs318u 4y ago
This really should be the top comment on this post. Incredibly useful, and the last link shows that most of these skins are being actively maintained.
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Ouch! I hope those weren't the proverbial "priceless holiday snaps".
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Fascinating article (especially the anecdote from the Cuban missile crisis), though it's worth noting that they state these objects don't explain the tic-tac video.
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Wow. Props to you. That’s both incredibly creative and engaging, and a huge investment of effort. Are you planning a “behind the scenes” workshop afterwards where you explain what you did and how you made it work? I think that would be just
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by phs318u 4y ago
I've seen a bit of that as a result of people "boosting" (re-posting) posts from people on other instances, but if you groom your follow list (as I have, over a couple months), you see mostly what you want to. In my case, I&#

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