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961.
by thfuran 2y ago
The only solemn commitment Google has is to the bottom line.
962.
by thfuran 2y ago
That's one of their older services. I assume they really like the data they get from it.
963.
by thfuran 2y ago
And at road crossings and passing loops and so on. Really long trains are a fairly significant logistical challenge.
964.
by thfuran 2y ago
>the vast majority of Americans used to be farmers The vast majority of every agricultural society used to be farmers.
965.
by thfuran 2y ago
>Why is that any easier than having comments in the code that describe each part? Because 7<<100
966.
by thfuran 2y ago
You're saying it's plausible that an electron is conscious?
967.
by thfuran 2y ago
Yeah, if an LLM is alive/conscious, it could only be so for the course of inference, so using chatgpt would be some kind of horrific mass murder, not a conversation with another sapient entity.
968.
by thfuran 2y ago
A theory, perhaps, but not a plausible one.
969.
by thfuran 2y ago
>According to a quick google search, these crustaceans are basically a sister group to insects Not group but subphylum. That's not a very close relation at all.
970.
by thfuran 2y ago
The ash borer had been here long enough to spread way beyond just the east.
971.
by thfuran 2y ago
All plant products are contaminated to one degree or another with unhealthy things the plants pulled out of the soil.
972.
by thfuran 2y ago
Probably including races.
973.
by thfuran 2y ago
How so?
974.
by thfuran 2y ago
That makes sense, given that rural America is the topic.
975.
by thfuran 2y ago
The paperclip maximizer was about AI misalignment. Grey goo is a notional self-replicating nanomachine. Paperclip goo is just a mixed metaphor.
976.
by thfuran 2y ago
That has nothing to do with nanotechnology.
977.
by thfuran 2y ago
Some people hold their head at an angle and confuse one for the other.
978.
by thfuran 2y ago
Electric vehicles are very heavy, which means a lot of mechanical stress for the suspension. And any rate, if a particular EV model was what's affected, why not specify that?
979.
by thfuran 2y ago
It's more like renting for an undisclosed period of time than buying, and perhaps labeling should be required to reflect this. I think the first sale doctrine needs holes plugged and the third party doctrine should probably be binned o
980.
by thfuran 2y ago
That depends on how many ships you think Theseus has owned.
981.
by thfuran 2y ago
>There are countless games that can't be played any more only because a company behind it has discontinued its DRM servers. I want those companies (and especially connected device manufacturers in similar positions) to be liable for
982.
by thfuran 2y ago
>How does that apply when you're releasing the source code in the jurisdiction where the law requires it? That would depend on what exactly the requirement is and what exactly the third-party code is and is used for. Without the spe
983.
by thfuran 2y ago
Taken as given the statement in the parent that "there's no moral principle by which it would be right to expose and open-source their code.", then that sort of transitive requirement ought not be imposed. Though I don't
984.
by thfuran 2y ago
I don't think (all) laws should expire. It'd mean that any delay in the legislature could potentially cause a real mess. But I do think a well-functioning legislature should spend a fair amount of time reviewing and perhaps revisi
985.
by thfuran 2y ago
What if they're in a different jurisdiction?
986.
by thfuran 2y ago
Because if you're studying real math, a calculator wouldn't help?
987.
by thfuran 2y ago
About -200% seems fair to me.
988.
by thfuran 2y ago
>the next EV gen is going to have massive QOL features the current one doesn’t Like what?
989.
by thfuran 2y ago
I wish whoever invented Achievements had done something else instead.
990.
by thfuran 2y ago
>Companies providing medical Care have to spend 80% of their costs on actual medical care, not marketing and executive compensation. That requirement was imposed on insurers in response to already-exorbitant medical costs. It does create

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