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by smeej 1y ago
I think the developers want these AI tools to be likable a heck of a lot more than they want them to be useful--and as a marketing strategy, that's exactly the right approach. Sure, the early adopters are going to be us geeks who prima
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by smeej 1y ago
With all the data companies certainly have about traffic flow, it boggles my mind that there isn't a company out there selling city-wide "traffic light optimization" where they come in, analyze the data, and set the traffic l
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by smeej 1y ago
I was looking for this response! I am in one of those parts of America where the complete absence of other cars is interpreted as a green light, even if nobody bothers to set them to turn to blinking red/yellow during the low traffic h
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by smeej 1y ago
> The only reason people think otherwise is because because of alleged technical infeasibility. Some people think otherwise because they trust each other, and understand that specialization allows efficiency and economies of scale. Eve
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by smeej 1y ago
What? People suck at predicting whether they will enjoy things, especially when they know little about them. Regret is staggeringly common. Look at divorce rates if you want a life decision of comparable magnitude. And the opposite is jus
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by smeej 1y ago
Are you genuinely not already aware of the biological difference between a (haploid) gamete and a (diploid) organism? This is like 7th grade science stuff, so I want to understand if you're questioning whether there is a difference o
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by smeej 1y ago
I guess this is kind of like what I mean. What I really want, though, is literally just for there to be an Umbrel "Backups" app that lets me choose as a backup location one (or more) friend's Umbrel(s). Redundancy is the main
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by smeej 1y ago
They're missing the key feature I'm looking for: Decentralized backup to the same devices owned by people I choose. That's the "someone else's computer" part of what I want in a "cloud." I can already
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by smeej 1y ago
I want something easy to set up that lets me easily backup things like this within a user-chosen circle of family or friends. Build my own trusted "micro cloud."
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by smeej 1y ago
And, the author is right. Most people do not give a rat's ass about the security of their data. They know their social media apps are tracking where they go and who they meet, and they'll say it's creepy if you ask them, but
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by smeej 1y ago
The one thing I desperately wish Umbrel shipped with was an easy way to network with other Umbrel users for backup and accessibility. Let people set limits in terms of how much storage they're willing to allocate to others. REQUIRE end
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by smeej 1y ago
Of course there is, but when the perspective being asked is, "What's it like to raise a child with DS?" the only people who validly have an opinion are parents of kids with DS. A different N==1, a friend and coworker of mine
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by smeej 1y ago
- Parents: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3353148/pdf/nihms37 ... - People who have DS: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3740159/pdf/nihms37 ... - Siblings of p
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by smeej 1y ago
The perspective in question is about what it's like to raise a child with Down Syndrome. Why on EARTH would the opinions of people who were so scared of the experience that they never tried it at all even for a minute be relevant to
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by smeej 1y ago
Yes, but none of those are of the human species. A Hunan zygote is a unique living human organism, and I think history has shown us we must at least be very, very careful when we start arguing that some unique living human organisms are
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by smeej 1y ago
I'm not doing any such thing. I'm just answering what's in the minds of many ethicists.
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by smeej 1y ago
Here are a couple: - Parents: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3353148/pdf/nihms37... - People who have DS: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3740159/pdf/nihms37.
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by smeej 1y ago
What is the objective standard? Subjectively, surveys consistently report that those who have DS and their families consider it a better outcome, so I'd like to know more about the details of an objective standard that ignores or ove
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by smeej 1y ago
How long ago was this? I ask because segregation like that was considered standard of care decades ago, but has not been in decades now too, so if it was recent, it's not following current best practices, and if it was long ago, it&#x2
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by smeej 1y ago
Surveys consistently indicate that people with DS, their family members, and people who know them consider their lives better because of it. That's a benefit.
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by smeej 1y ago
Do you really see that as a "norm" being met by a majority of the population today? I don't think most people's lived experience is anything like that.
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by smeej 1y ago
The line between "haploid gametes" and "diploid organism" doesn't seem arbitrary. There's a clear and meaningful difference between a gamete and an organism from a biological perspective.
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by smeej 1y ago
As the percentage of adults of ordinary abilities who fail to launch continues to rise, I wonder if we'll stop seeing this as a deficit specific to DS and other intellectual disabilities.
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by smeej 1y ago
I wonder how familiar you are with the reality of a life with DS today. Certainly some children with DS are dependent their entire lives, but others marry, have jobs, support themselves, teach others, etc. And on the whole, both individua
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by smeej 1y ago
People in privileged or powerful positions often would.
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by smeej 1y ago
Many ethicists value the continuation of someone's--anyone's--(literal) life over the continuation of anyone else's life style. I'm not arguing whether you should or shouldn't agree with them, nor saying anything a
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by smeej 1y ago
What? Are you talking about real, live people with Down Syndrome? Surveys have consistently shown that they and those who live with them (which is no safari) are happier than everyone else. That wouldn't make much sense if "most
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by smeej 1y ago
Talking with strangers in a shared cultural space like a grocery store is one of the most normal occurrences in the history of humanity. It is incredibly telling that it strikes you as "always kind of insane."
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by smeej 1y ago
The great thing about sending it in an email is the record. If you insist on hammering it out in a meeting, somebody still needs to record the details or you can renege on whichever parts didn't suit you later. And if you wait until it
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by smeej 1y ago
Way to miss the forest for the trees. "The grocery store" is just "a place people from a wide variety of backgrounds have to go to." Nobody's talking about actually accosting people to give them tests. The point is

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