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>> In a related move, the platform’s editors recently voted to declare the Anti-Defamation League “generally unreliable” on the subject, adding it to their list of banned and partially banned sources. > Kinda surprising it didn&#x2
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> They likely have a high level plan to get to AGI, since this would help to give their research direction. They probably have ideas and a research direction, but it's probably going too far to call whatever they have a plan to get
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>> He said that the path to artificial general intelligence (AGI) is clear > Have they shifted the definition that much, or is there something they’re not telling? My impression is that, based on traditional definitions, no one has
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> Documentation and logs of the Voyager and Apollo projects are public, comprehensive, and fascinating reading. They do use authentication and keep the keys secret. Can you link to the documentation for the authentication mechanism?
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> Violating these is already solved by law enforcement, even if a rogue nation state is protecting you it will be handled with big gun diplomacy, America after all has the biggest guns. No one is going to war over ITU regulations or Voya
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> There's a name for seeing the past through rose-colored glasses, isn't there? > "In the old days" developers had various degrees of skill and care, as they do "in the new days". Yes, but "various&q
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> You haven't made a point that I can see! I made a pretty simple and straightforward analogy, which you didn't get. Maybe you don't get the geopolitical relevance of media control, but I'd really hope you'd unde
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> But the phrase "orange man bad" suggests that criticisms of Trump's character are superficial, when in reality they are based on his behavior and statements. No to me. To me, "orange man bad" suggests obsession
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> It'll be interesting to see if/when the Dakotas ever goes back to being purple. IMHO, that'll be when the national political apparatus once allows politicians to be heterodox again. I wouldn't be surprised if Democr
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> They also have a state owned bank. ND once had a very strong "Democratic Farmer Labor party". Not to get into R vs D here, as the parties have flip flopped a lot since then & the Limbaugh movement changed the state from a
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> Liking a video ... might end you up in an interesting conversation, getting laid, finding a life partner, all sorts of things. How? Give an example that actually happened. If you can, address the relative likelihood vs. in-person cont
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> That's what the old men shouting at clouds always think. And they're usually right. It's just that subsequent generations mainly see the new normal and forget. > "Social connection" and "micro-dopamine
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> Literally the only people I have ever seen use the phrase "orange man bad" are Trump supporters attacking Democrats. That's just you. I picked the phrase up from the New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com&#x2
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Linked from the OP: https://www.newamerica.org/weekly/how-did-north-dakota-becom... IIRC, North Dakota, despite its Republican voting record, is actually pretty socialist (including a few legitimately state-owned compa
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Also the Democrat's main strategy seems to have been yell "orange man bad," over and over, while catering to the concerns of their partisan core of well-off white liberals. I think they thought Trump was a wedge that would ha
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> How is this comparable to the media you're consuming? If you can't see the point without tedious hand-holding, I can't help you.
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>> it's better to limit what enemies are able to broadcast directly to our phones > Unrelated question: How many enemy-manufactured products do you use daily? How many enemy products are in your home? Ah, it's perfect, th
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>>> So why is that less of a concern than China controlling a media delivery service? >> US Government likes US Government control because it's themselves. > I know. That doesn't tell me why China controlling a s
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If you worry about the government seizing your money like that, you really should be someone whose money the government wants to seize [1]. Those people aren't regular dude software engineers. [1] Also, keeping your money in a bank ac
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> What's the scenario where the government can take the digital money from your bank accounts but can't take the digital money from your crypto wallet? In cryptocurrency's defense (I am not a Bitcoiner), it not as easy f
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>> The Internet has never been less free and open than it is today. > In what ways? In the past the internet was a collection of a multitude of relatively open and decentralized sites. Now, it's utterly dominated by a few lar
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> Imagine if I had to contact an independent committee before I could... ignore your comment... I can imagine an orange when we're talking apples, sure. > We can already see that the New York Times Tech Guild does not seem to wan
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> I would say it is better than let small problems became more severe. Why would you assume a literally mindless chatbot could accomplish that?
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> It's like saying to people "you're too poor for us to give a shit, here go talk to a rock for a little while, but pls let us record it so we can sell it to data brokers" > It just sounds like ragebait designed to
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> Only getting fired for a good reason? Who decides what a good reason is? There are these things that exist called courts and independent arbitrators... > Pay discrepancies for "women or people of color" could easily have r
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>> Incidentally, many young people (yes, I know how that sounds) do not know how useful a good engineering calculator can be and do not want to learn how to use one. They are missing out. Yes, there is a steep learning curve, but the
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> All I could think was well how will you handle it when I leave? You mentioned upthread: > New plants came to town paying current market rate and snagged most of the top talent. You should totally get a job at one of those plants and
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> In the age of stock buy-backs, cyclical lay-offs, and record-high executive compensation I sympathize with these folks. It might even be morally correct thing to do. Under capitalist and corporate morals, it's a sin for a worker t
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> The worst of both worlds is Touch Buttons. No screen, just a touch-sensitive surface that's divided into areas that activate upon any kind of skin contact, whether intentional or not. > I always see my dishwasher having some bi
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> I don't have any experience with this, but I know that some phone brands (like Doro) exists for elderly people > https://www.doro.com/en-us/ They don't actually seem to list any phones on their site,

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