pluto9

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by pluto9 8y ago
Wrong thread?
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by pluto9 8y ago
> I'm passionate about this work because I'm the benefactor of a similar system. Perhaps I misunderstand, but I think you mean "beneficiary".
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by pluto9 8y ago
Sounds like a typical patent these days--a vague interface design full of obvious "innovations" and no technical details whatsoever. A lot of "what" and no "how". These are useful for exactly one thing: suing o
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by pluto9 8y ago
The smaller that bubble gets, the greater the chance of a drone actually striking a bird, which could become a major legal liability [1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Migratory_Bird_Treaty_Act_of_1...
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by pluto9 8y ago
It is not obvious to me that a bird will flee from anything that approaches it, regardless of past experience, simply "because he's a bird". See above about city pigeons. Or aggressive geese at the park. Or birds that get suc
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by pluto9 8y ago
Those sheep are domesticated and a social hierarchy exists between them and a specific dog or group of dogs. I don't think we can look at that situation and extrapolate that a flock of wild birds will "obey" a random flying r
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by pluto9 8y ago
> The drones would chase the birds away. Chasing requires fleeing. If the bird knows from experience that the drone won't hurt him, then why would he flee from it?
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by pluto9 8y ago
I suspect the birds would eventually ignore the drones unless the drones are made to pose an actual physical threat to them. City pigeons are so accustomed to cars and humans that they barely move out of the way in time to avoid being crush
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by pluto9 8y ago
...except the technology came anyway, and that didn't happen.
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by pluto9 8y ago
I don't see how. The amount of information needed to specify the current state of a system (the universe) does not depend on how that state was arrived at. It takes one bit of information to specify that a coin is tails-up, regardless
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by pluto9 8y ago
Japan doesn't.
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by pluto9 8y ago
The statement "closed systems cannot create randomness" is only true if you assume those closed systems don't feature random collapse. But if the collapse itself is the source of randomness, then no external input is required
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by pluto9 8y ago
Yes, I suppose saying Einstein was wrong is too strong. It's more correct to say there's no evidence (so far) that he was right. Quantum collapse certainly appears random, but if we eventually find a deterministic cause, Einstein
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by pluto9 8y ago
Wow, this discussion is going nowhere fast. > First, he was wrong I agree. And that's completely and totally irrelevant. I have no idea why you even mention it. Obviously what matters is that his meaning is clear . > Second, he
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by pluto9 8y ago
Do you ask that question when you hear Einstein's quote, "God doesn't play dice"? I suspect not, because everyone understands that it's a poetic way of expressing the belief that the universe isn't random. So w
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by pluto9 8y ago
What's confusing about it?
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by pluto9 8y ago
Check out the username. Troll/novelty account.
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by pluto9 8y ago
I used to have an Android phone from WalMart that cost $40. It was a piece of junk, but apparently proof that you can manufacture a crappy smartphone for next to nothing.
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by pluto9 8y ago
Those crossings are equally pointless for drivers, but we are still expected to obey the law.
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by pluto9 8y ago
From the comment guidelines [1]: > Please don't impute astroturfing or shillage. That degrades discussion and is usually mistaken. If you're worried about it, email us and we'll look at the data. Also, your own account is
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by pluto9 8y ago
Okay, I'm looking at the numbers more closely now and I concede that Europe's most densely populated city, an extreme outlier, is more densely populated than America's extreme outlier. I also concede that it is denser than Da
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by pluto9 8y ago
> now go look up the density of the city proper Nah, I don't accept homework assignments from condescending people on the internet, sorry. Feel free to dig up the numbers yourself and post them here, though. While you're at it,
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by pluto9 8y ago
Many stores will fire their own employees for trying to physically stop shoplifters [1]. If it's not worth their while to protect their own merchandise, why would I put myself at risk for it? [1] https://www.lawyers.com&#x2F
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by pluto9 8y ago
I've never been to either city, but from looking at pictures, both seem to fit your description. If anything Paris looks "flatter", but maybe that's just the composition of these photos. In any case, my point is that if
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by pluto9 8y ago
> Yeah, walking around Manhattan or Hong Kong Island is boring and monotone. That got me too. Even if they were boring and monotone, at least the skyscrapers are all confined to one area. The author's proposed solution seems to be &
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by pluto9 8y ago
> It should be obvious to anyone that skyscrapers should be abolished. [...] there is plenty of space left on earth to spread out horizontally; the only reasons to spread vertically are phallic and Freudian. Because endless miles and mil
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by pluto9 8y ago
This may have been true once, but no more. In the age of automation, when everyone is tracked, everyone is.
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by pluto9 8y ago
Opposing datapoint here: I approve of ICE's mission, but think large-scale surveillance is an unethical implementation of it. Modern criminal law in the West is built on the presumption of innocence. Invading the privacy of many people
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by pluto9 8y ago
Then maybe GP should say that instead of making false statements about ambulances for dramatic effect. Ambulances are for emergencies. Nobody has ever died because they couldn't afford an ambulance to take them to their chemotherapy ap
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by pluto9 8y ago
Speaking of memes that need to die: > see the US where people die on the streets because they can't afford an ambulance American hospitals cannot deny emergency treatment for lack of ability to pay.

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