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by squidbeak 2mo ago
The Gulf States aren't at war with Iran. In Wildberries case (and Ozon's shortly), that centralization didn't require much peace at all - just a government that wasn't run by a fascist nutter who naively thought he could
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by squidbeak 2mo ago
I'd say an entity capable of instructing one of the leading mathematicians of his era is pretty clearly intelligent by any reasonable measure - however it might be arriving at its output.
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by squidbeak 2mo ago
Sorry mate, but you sound jealous in all these replies that the Pelican domain isn't your gig. The below is as labored as nitpicks ever get: > It does not feel all that authentic though, and it's good to react allergically to l
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by squidbeak 2mo ago
Disagree. They're a nice tradition, but besides that, they're a useful way of eyeballing improvements. I realise labs are likely to be training for Pelicans - but if they're all training for them, the differences in the resul
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by squidbeak 2mo ago
I suspect you might be jumbling up your smalls with your origami.
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by squidbeak 2mo ago
There's no psychosis in noting that something consistently produces good work, or in wanting to get the most out what is effectively an employee - hired for the price of the subscription. Seriously, if that's 'psychosis'
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by squidbeak 2mo ago
Perhaps over those two years they'll reach the same conclusion and change the engineering?
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by squidbeak 2mo ago
> For me, a far more interesting and important point of conversation on this matter is anthropic buying rare or evwn unique books, processing them for training data, and then destroying the books for others cannot use it as well. That&#x
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by squidbeak 2mo ago
What makes you think that opposition to data center construction in their local area is proof that locals are 'weirded out' by AI generally, rather than just opposed to eyesores that drain their water and put up power prices?
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by squidbeak 2mo ago
If the USA takes up his suggestions, it will have an incentive to work on international frameworks and treaties with competing nations to make the regulation global.
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by squidbeak 2mo ago
> Hunger is present pretty much only in conflict zones. How do you explain the existence of food banks in peaceful first world countries?
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by squidbeak 3mo ago
>> It turned out that my subscription, which had been going since 2013, > I am reading this and I am thinking god I am old. Don't worry, while 13 years seems long enough to make you feel old, you're not old. You'll k
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by squidbeak 3mo ago
> so they're creatively interpreting their Parliamentary Rules to accuse Farage of violating them You seem deeply ignorant about the rules UK politicians are bound by. The Parliamentary Standards investigation doesn't need any
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by squidbeak 3mo ago
I see from the comments here many Americans especially are confused by this situation. Some background might make help. Farage seems to have broken Parliamentary Rules (laid down after the cash for questions scandal in the 1990s) by accepti
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by squidbeak 3mo ago
> This is all from the perspective of people who already oppose Farage, though Actually, you seem to be the one ignoring data out of partisan prejudice. The polls are quite clear Farage's shady finances are damaging both him and Ref
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by squidbeak 3mo ago
What a bullshit list this is. It's high time we grew out of this myth that 'wealth creation' comes from capitalists. Any list like this first needs to make some effort to quantify how much of that 'wealth' is being
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by squidbeak 3mo ago
You're mistaken. A significant portion of Ukraine's manufacturing now happens abroad, out of Russia's reach. Meanwhile, a large part of its domestic production is decentralized and widely distributed. (You can easily find sno
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by squidbeak 3mo ago
There were no airlifts into Ukraine, arms had to cross the border as they have since. The supplies were in small quantities up to the invasion. They were an important help to Ukraine, but you are overstating how crucial they were - as if st
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by squidbeak 3mo ago
Russian logistics failed because of Ukrainian resistance. The NLAWs and stingers were extremely useful to Ukraine, but the more important fact is that the Ukrainian army was prepared, disciplined, and didn't melt away as Russia expecte
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by squidbeak 3mo ago
> Gameification of war is the literal worst thing I ever heard. Lords of War, eat your heart out. What 'clear moral objection' did you make? You talk in cliches so it's hard to tell.
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by squidbeak 3mo ago
Gemini 3.5 Pro hasn't been released yet.
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by squidbeak 3mo ago
Culture is "a tool, a means to an end. It’s to transmit information from one to another"?
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by squidbeak 3mo ago
Many parents in particular set up cameras to keep an eye on infants - without understanding just how insecure those cameras are. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-51706631
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by squidbeak 3mo ago
I've been reading a set of bloggers for 20 years and all but one are all still at it, though one moved a few years ago onto Substack, which ended his RSS feed. They don't seem to receive high traffic, but they're damn good bl
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by squidbeak 3mo ago
> That's easy to say when you aren't the one considering adding a huge liability to the companies bottom line. Obliging companies to make repairable products? Removing their right to lock everyone into disposability and overcon
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by squidbeak 3mo ago
The bedrock of economic trust and co-operation that only ever served the USA's interest. What do you imagine the new coolness towards US companies or US lobbying is going to do to US GDP longterm? You actually typify the myopia of many
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by squidbeak 3mo ago
"I can beat the shit out of the weakling in the school yard. Behold my superiority!"
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by squidbeak 3mo ago
> Nato membership requires 2% of GDP to be spent on military. No, actually it isn't a condition of NATO membership to spend 2% on defense. This is a myth. > It's one thing if a democratically elected president who will be ou
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by squidbeak 3mo ago
It definitely is a reputation issue: unless I'm misunderstanding something, you are using this data to suggest a greater incidence of violent sexual behavior among young men as a result to their exposure to ugly types of pornography. Y
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by squidbeak 3mo ago
> Many young boys now think it’s normal to ask girls for sexual acts before having ever kissed a girl. This is a common media talking point, but are there any hard figures for this 'many'? The type you're describing existe

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