s_m_t

23 ms·

211.
by s_m_t 10y ago
If you are going to do war you should do it well. An AI commander could be programmed to maneuver troops in a way to reduce civilian casualties, reduce damage on infrastructure, and even maximize the chances of the enemy surrendering rather
212.
by s_m_t 10y ago
Interesting. I've got a couple of points or questions to put forth if anyone cares to share. Did the abolishment of slavery in the United States directly lead to any sort of economic depression? From one perspective they were eliminati
213.
by s_m_t 10y ago
No, she just helped destabilize the country until he was killed and sodomized. And then laughed about it, on television. Surely this was the administrations intention all along. Of course they didn't expect him to be sodomized but as l
214.
by s_m_t 10y ago
But being the secretary of state of the administration that assassinates US citizens without trial (including a 16 year old US citizen) and laughing on television about a world leader being killed and sodomized with knives by a mob on telev
215.
by s_m_t 10y ago
I don't really view balance in single player games any differently than I do a multiplayer game. A well balanced game has a wealth of options open that promotes dynamic gameplay. A poorly balanced game degenerates into stagnant gamepla
216.
by s_m_t 10y ago
New rule suggestion. You must argue at least one flaw in the study or article before pointing out the source may be biased.
217.
by s_m_t 10y ago
You are assuming that the government is going to use those resources better than the company avoiding the taxes. Not everyone agrees with this. From this point of view everyone is acting rationally, they only might disagree about one specif
218.
by s_m_t 10y ago
Do these pages make money by reposting content from other people and sites or do they just like getting likes?
219.
by s_m_t 10y ago
and before that it was "Want to come up and see my etchings?"
220.
by s_m_t 10y ago
I'd like to read it as well, but out of disbelief. Bethesda has been marketing 'radiant AI' bullshit for their past three games and never delivering. I really doubt they ever developed anything resembling high level autonomy.
221.
by s_m_t 10y ago
I'm going to recommend this as well. Whenever I need to quickly graph some data I use http://www.pyqtgraph.org/ . Really easy to set up and 'pyqtgraph.examples.run()' gives you a nice diverse set of examples w
222.
by s_m_t 10y ago
This already exists, it is called flirting. Given two socially well adjusted participants it allows either party to back down without hurting the other parties feelings and allows everyone to save face. The person escalating the flirtation
223.
by s_m_t 10y ago
Please! Imagine all the time, gas, and sanity wasted at red lights when there is absolutely no cross traffic!
224.
by s_m_t 10y ago
I'm imagining DeepMind allocating a small percentage of the energy money saved to keep a certain rack suspiciously cool.
225.
by s_m_t 10y ago
I don't think that would work out for them. Letting everyone know that someone was willing to pay Dollar Shave Club and then yanking it from the market would lead to a flood of imitators and new competitors.
226.
by s_m_t 10y ago
This conspiracy theory has the same fatal flaw that many others have: If arms companies are conspiring to cause war to secure business then there should be an even greater conspiracy undoing their work because many more businesses are hinde
227.
by s_m_t 10y ago
Don't worry there are plenty of people willing to break the law and the government doesn't have the resources to prosecute crimes like these!
228.
by s_m_t 10y ago
I disagree about the teleporter. I think it is one of the best applications of rng in any videogame. From the wiki: "Pressing the action button while carrying one will teleport you in the direction you are facing. You will appear a ran
229.
by s_m_t 10y ago
What exactly is the broader precedent here? That media outlets shouldn't collaborate with sexual predators for profit? If Gawker is allowed to do this then why shouldn't they be allowed to pay for a similar tape? Hell, if it'
230.
by s_m_t 10y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_world >The concept of the Western part of the earth has its roots in Greco-Roman civilization in Europe, and the advent of Christianity.[2][3][4][5][6] In the modern era, Wester
231.
by s_m_t 10y ago
You could always go to bed early instead and wake up early in the morning.
232.
by s_m_t 10y ago
Paying for some F-16s on standby at certain points around the country seems reasonable to me. I mean, the TSA costs us ~7 billion a year anyways.
233.
by s_m_t 10y ago
I love K&R, 21st century C, Understanding C pointers, Deep C secrets but I think they are a little complicated for beginners. I wouldn't bother opening them until you have written a couple of small programs in C or you have good ex
234.
by s_m_t 10y ago
This may very well be true, however, some people may still need help in the form of drugs to get them to a point where they can actually begin to make those changes.
235.
by s_m_t 10y ago
Actually the palantiri were created by the elves as communication tools, even before the sun and moon were created, and used by the good guys for several thousand years before they fell in the hands of the bad guys about halfway through the
236.
by s_m_t 11y ago
I did most of my learning outside of school, but I did have a few classes that I liked, all of my history teachers were very good, my chemistry and biology teachers were awesome. I appreciate those classes and I'm glad I took part in t
237.
by s_m_t 11y ago
I agree. Despite going to one of the best public high schools in the country I don't remember learning much of anything. Looking back on it it was more like a very pleasant teenage internment camp. Parts of it were fun, the drugs and a
238.
by s_m_t 11y ago
Holy shit if those guys are unattractive I am FUCKED
239.
by s_m_t 11y ago
That is a difficult problem to solve. How do you differentiate between genuine (even if self-interested) self expression and 'advertisement'? If I think I make really muffins and I want everyone to know is that advertisement and i
240.
by s_m_t 11y ago
That makes more sense

More ›