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by taylodl 2y ago
We're not likely to have commercial fusion within 20 to 30 years. Even if we do, it won't be to scale. At this point, we can just assume the AMOC is shutting down as we've been doing very little to date to prevent that.
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by taylodl 2y ago
Why do creators think AI is different from any other creator who learned the craft via "consuming" their content? I have learned many aspects of song writing from various artists. Do I owe them compensation for using their content
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by taylodl 2y ago
There's a fine line being drawn here. While what Musk is doing may be illegal, it's at the behest of the President, which typically means the President would be held accountable, not Musk. However, if we apply the legal precedent
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by taylodl 2y ago
The term 'Deep State' often refers to a group of individuals within the government who operate without transparency or accountability, as appears to be the case with DOGE. It's crucial for these fears to be addressed openly a
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by taylodl 2y ago
The National Weather Service is a division of the NOAA, and the National Hurricane Center is part of the NWS. Altogether, they are crucial for hurricane prediction, hurricane path prediction, and engage the public and emergency managers. Th
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by taylodl 2y ago
A felon defying the law? Say it ain't so! Congress has the power to stop him anytime they so choose to do so. We The People have the power to file lawsuits and get injunctions against unlawful executive orders. There's a process f
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by taylodl 2y ago
I can run existing models while using less hardware? Great! Let's build bigger models! If you already have the hardware and have already committed to its capitalization, then you have every incentive in the world to do exactly that. If
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by taylodl 2y ago
It depends on the amount of effort required and the impact of what's being discussed. I'm not going to argue with people that grass is green, or the earth is round. SM started to engage in politics in the mid 20th century, and I e
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by taylodl 2y ago
> I know you’re trying to manufacture a case for Tesla’s failure The CyberTruck launch has faced significant challenges, to say the least, and Tesla's sales have dropped by 50% in key European markets. In California, the largest U
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by taylodl 2y ago
Other citizens may punish you for your actions. For example, a large number of people are no longer buying Teslas because of Musk's actions. As far as government creating regulations affecting Musk, well, Musk thumbed his nose to gover
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by taylodl 2y ago
I call spades, spades. It's not my job to prove to you the object is actually a spade. At some point you have to tell disingenuous people spouting nonsense to go eff off. You're not obligated to provide counterexamples to their no
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by taylodl 2y ago
What actions? You can't be serious! And courts are for crimes. The crimes Musk is currently committing is at the behest of Trump and, unless we follow the precedent set at Nuremberg, Trump is responsible for those crimes. Even so, the
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by taylodl 2y ago
CEOs of other carmakers take great pains for you to not know their political views as they are a private matter and may harm brand image. Musk has done a hard 180 degree turn in this regard. To make matters worse, Musk has become almost u
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by taylodl 2y ago
Show me the AI that will make me 1000x more productive. I know you can't, because it doesn't exist. I already know AI can make me more productive - it already is. But 1000x more productive? That's just dreaming.
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by taylodl 2y ago
Some people see a new project as a new opportunity to get to use new tools and processes. They get wrapped up in that more so than in the delivery of the product. Others see a new project as an opportunity to hone existing skills in their c
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by taylodl 2y ago
That's why they're terrified of Luigi Mangione. He's evidence that the left may not allow this to be a bloodless revolution. That's why they've suppressed the news about his case. They want the public to forget. Nev
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by taylodl 2y ago
That's how the Nazis took over Germany. Everybody kept their heads down.
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by taylodl 2y ago
Musk isn't being targeted for beliefs , he's being targeted for actions. There's a substantial difference between those concepts.
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by taylodl 2y ago
Ignorance and arrogance often go hand-in-hand, and young people often lack the experience to fully understand what they don't know.
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by taylodl 2y ago
Scientific American started "getting into politics" in the mid 20th century, so your comment is about 70 years late.
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by taylodl 2y ago
SpaceX gets a lot of their funding from the DoD, don't they?
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by taylodl 2y ago
No we don't. They get small arms. Fighter jets, aircraft carriers, nuclear submarines and the like are commanded by much older and experienced people. An M16 is not "billions in military hardware."
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by taylodl 2y ago
Based on Musk's tweets we had a fully-functioning FSD years ago and CyberTruck sales have been a runaway success...
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by taylodl 2y ago
Untrained "auditors" will do an "audit" and blast the "results" all over X, Fox News, Newsmax, and OAN. Seems legit.
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by taylodl 2y ago
Seems like we've jumped into the wayback machine and set a course to a year before 1215...
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by taylodl 2y ago
Two years - Congress is replaced every two years. 1/3 of the Senate is replaced every two years. Given that they've only been in office for two weeks, two years seems like a long way off.
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by taylodl 2y ago
Serious question - won't the polar bears come on land so-to-speak and invade/disrupt existing ecosystems? I wouldn't think an apex predator would just roll over and die, instead I'd think they'll go elsewhere and wr
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by taylodl 2y ago
> Correct, the executive branch can always opt to not spend the money it was allocated. No, they cannot. Trump was impeached during his first term over this very issue. Congress had appropriated funding for the Ukraine, Trump didn&#x27
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by taylodl 2y ago
Excellent analogy!
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by taylodl 2y ago
The judicial branch can't prosecute, that's what the executive branch does, and it's the executive branch that's doing these things. The legislative branch has the power to keep the executive branch in check, but they&#x

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