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by proc0 3y ago
I have noticed this, and I've been thoroughly impressed by spider's ability to assess a situation. For whatever reason they love to get stuck in my bathtub, and while the smaller house spiders are a bit slow, a few times I had the
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by proc0 3y ago
Good article on Cris / Koch's perspective on this. A follow up to this article could talk about the views of Mark Solms, Joscha Bach. Both of which would include most animals as conscious, but in different ways. Mark Solms talks a
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by proc0 3y ago
It's not for anxiety, most cannabis enjoyers would know this. It's a painkiller, and for advanced users it can be a focus magnifier. The dosage and strain are both key to achieving a good experience that is more than just getting
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by proc0 3y ago
I'm not sure that follows. Some countries would reach that goal first and then the others could get the technology eventually, or even if they don't if most of the large countries switch to nuclear it seems it would take care of t
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by proc0 3y ago
> I don’t have a problem with nuclear, but if wind (or solar) and storage is faster and cheaper, why bother? My understanding is that once nuclear plant is built the capacity vastly exceeds renewables my several orders of magnitude. A co
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by proc0 3y ago
Is this per unit of power produced, and is it taking into consideration the maintenance costs? I don't know the answers but it seems we could be net zero if we had invested in nuclear for more than four decades since climate change was
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by proc0 3y ago
Well it's not happening fast enough for most climate change alarmists to consider building nuclear power. If it's such a threat surely we would trade nuclear waste problems for climate change.
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by proc0 3y ago
Well at least Demis Hassabis seems cool.
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by proc0 3y ago
I'm just commenting, and have some basic understanding. It's good to start thinking about it but I seriously doubt GPT or anything that can be built with it can have a direct existential risk, meaning it would somehow free itself
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by proc0 3y ago
Right now, at worse, AI will have a similar impact as social media. It's definitely worth thinking about the potential harm it could cause to the different industries, but thinking it's an existential risk is still premature. We d
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by proc0 3y ago
The AI field seems very diverse, maybe you're just handpicking a few companies. I agree to some extent, a lot of small startups are people hiring their friends and anyone who they would want to hang out with, which I guess is where the
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by proc0 3y ago
The real fear of AGI is that it will outsmart humans at every turn. We're not just talking about an analogous catastrophe to an explosion or some kind of nuclear accident, but rather a catastrophe that is analogous to a powerful demon
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by proc0 3y ago
Fair points, and Saudis have a long way to go, they might have funded 9/11 but it was still funding religious extremism. Iraq was definitely the wrong move anyway. At least the Saudis are not expanding and trying to horde all the oil w
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by proc0 3y ago
> The US constantly struggles against the chains the Constitution puts on it because it wants nothing more than to be a Christian theocracy, and for every step forward it takes, it seems to stumble back two. If we are to be consistent, a
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by proc0 3y ago
Nice try but the West has moved on to Enlightenment and Liberal values and has integrated freedom of religion inside of it. Maybe Islam should do the same, or at least not see the people who do this as sub-human infidels that deserve death
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by proc0 3y ago
> a) You attacked us in Palestine: So this is relevant today and would not be surprised a lot of the motivations behind 10/7 is more/less in this document. > It is commanded by our religion and intellect that the oppressed
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by proc0 3y ago
I feel this is romanticizing office spaces. I understand speaking with people face to face is better, but coworkers are not always friends or people you want to socialize with. With all the "diversity" and "inclusion" ta
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by proc0 3y ago
One of my favorite games, Soul Reaver, was written by Amy Hennig ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy_Hennig ), and I knew about this for decades now. As someone who played games my entire life, girls and women have given
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by proc0 3y ago
It's not clear to what extent it's soft skills since gathering requirements often involves pushing back and negotiating what is possible on the technical level while at the same time taking into consideration organization goals an
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by proc0 3y ago
Yes, I think this will come sooner than AI doing competent level coding (at least for large enterprise codebases). There is a lot of admin level work that is relatively straight forward doing summaries and status updates.
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by proc0 3y ago
Just watching the highlights and I think this is mostly correct with some big caveats. The majority of software engineer is everything that happens outside of writing code, from gathering requirements to communicating the changes. Writing t
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by proc0 3y ago
I feel it's used mostly as corporate jargon. "the ask is moving forward we will need to increase impact by taking initiative, driving solutions, and delivering value to our customers."
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by proc0 3y ago
Typography is still important, but I'm saying interactivity is even more important yet still is a blindspot for most designers. You can imagine two websites, one with subpar typography but excellent responsiveness and interactivity, an
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by proc0 3y ago
Maybe I missed it but the article isn't qualifying their prescription either. So yes I agree but the point still stands, interactivity is now the most important part of any website that is not a trivial website.
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by proc0 3y ago
Not anymore, maybe back when static sites were common. Web sites now are applications with lots of interactivity. The interactive design is often lost because designers are mostly designing for static layouts, with interactivity falling low
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by proc0 3y ago
Right and that's the only time they enforce loitering laws so that the area doesn't look like a cyberpunk dystopia. The rest of time they will keep incentivizing dangerous behavior under the excuse of empathy even though it obviou
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by proc0 3y ago
Yeah but it amounts to bad service, and typically this aren't essential services that can't be replaced. If everyone does this then they should adjust accordingly or just go out of business.
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by proc0 3y ago
Yes, at least in magnitude of what it would contribute. Whether humans are willing to give out the award is a different question.
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by proc0 3y ago
What's so complicated? If you don't want to tip, don't tip. If there are repercussions, that's their business, stop supporting them.
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by proc0 3y ago
That's very short sighted especially coming from technical people. Programmers and developers use software to automate, that is what apps are. Apps automate some aspect of life, work, etc. The ultimate app is of course AI, and until it

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