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4mo ago
Sounds like the book and the film are different works, so people who only watched the film can't misunderstand the book because they didn't read it.
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4mo ago
It's funny how we Americans jump to judging this vehicle by our own needs.
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4mo ago
But the paperclips! I'm skeptical about the existential threat of AI, but a lot of smart people have been beating that drum for so long that people are afraid.
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4mo ago
Search your settings for Power Button, Side Button, or whatever. You should be able to change the setting for a long press.
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4mo ago
And frustrating automated voice systems, support chat bots that go in circles, etc.
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4mo ago
Some of that extra cost is for the extra reliability the commercial displays offer, in case anyone wondered. They're designed to be on 24/7 for extended periods.
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4mo ago
>you look back and see that almost nothing you've built is still in use, or will be for very long after you're gone. Software development has more in common with agriculture than architecture. The code always needs maintenanc
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4mo ago
> unless data centers are being built in deserts or run off fossil aquifers the or other water constrained circumstance the waste is supurious. In some cases, they are. The Colorado River basin waters seven states and is in extreme dro
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4mo ago
> It's gonna click the wrong button and delete your account? Yes
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4mo ago
It sounds like you already know the answer.
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4mo ago
In other words, USAID was helping with the bushmeat situation and therefore ebola, but Trump killed USAID.
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4mo ago
Exactly. The S&P 500 isn't a fund, but let's not pretend that inclusion in the index doesn't mean real money is at stake.
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4mo ago
How do you ensure that the output isn't BS if you don't know those areas? What value does it add to have a mathematical proof of questionable validity?
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4mo ago
There are quite a lot of anti-AI sentiments expressed here.
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4mo ago
I hope everyone is getting their recommended screenings even if you feel okay. I learned I had a life-threatening disease because my PCP told me at an annual exam to get a routine screening.
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5mo ago
I largely agree, but this discounts the personal value of keeping contact with weaker connections that we don't talk with often but still have some concern for.
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5mo ago
This will go over great at weddings and birthday parties! We need to fight for a better world, but that requires that we're not burnt out by thinking about our problems 24/7. We need some fun and joy to make the fight worthwhile.
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5mo ago
The trick is to get your friends and family to jump ship with you.
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5mo ago
Is increasing housing the goal of the tax, or is it just raising revenues to balance the budget?
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5mo ago
Especially egregious when preventing pasting into a password field. Do they want me to have a weak password so that I can manually type it in instead of pasting it from a password manager?
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5mo ago
The Andes variant of Hanta is human transmissible. https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/hantavirus-human-transmission...
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5mo ago
It often seems that police officers' most sacred duty is to protect the property rights of the wealthy.
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"Sorry, I thought I heard you say _____, but that's all an unfortunate misunderstanding because otherwise you're in deep shit, right?"
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5mo ago
But are you even aware that you're infringing a patent? Is the LLM going to helpfully flag when it responds based on a patent?
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5mo ago
Answers are non-deterministic. The fact that answers vary doesn't mean there's been an update.
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5mo ago
Blind trusts.
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5mo ago
Looks like there's equivocation about "bankrupt" and "broke". To me you can be broke without going through the legal bankruptcy process.
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5mo ago
Because at the end of the day, someone has to own the code, so some lines have to be drawn no matter how arbitrary they seem.
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6mo ago
I believe they're saying that the checkboxes are window dressing, not an accurate reflection of what the LLM has done.
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6mo ago
Because it's not Free Software™. https://www.osweekly.com/free-software-vs-open-source-why-th...
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