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by tovej 6mo ago
The rhetorical claim "there are only two sexes" is only ever used to claim that there are two genders. And that is precisely what Dawkins has done. You are wrong about intersex people being genetically classifiable. There is no de
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by tovej 6mo ago
Biological gender is the inconsistent "sex=gender" conception that cranks and conservative grifters operate under. I'm not sure what a "gender proponent" is, but Dawkins has come out and written some pseudo-scientif
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by tovej 6mo ago
If you've followed Dawkins' trajectory, I don't think it's clear that he's "otherwise of sound mind" anymore. He's had some very strange output on biological gender, where he tries to handwave away th
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by tovej 6mo ago
Look at how much energy you're using to not give a reference for something you're claiming. I'm asking for one (1) source where he is "pretty clear" about his Khmer rouge sympathies. You are writing up a storm to ma
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by tovej 6mo ago
Look, you are making a claim without evidence. One which I know has been peddled by right-wing propagandists, who have put words into Chomsky's mouth (e.g. David Horowitz). Therefore, without further clarification, I must assume that w
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by tovej 6mo ago
You are the one making a positive claim that Chomsky has done something. I can't prove the negative, therefore the burden of proof is on you. "The necessity of proof always lies with the person who lays charges" If by "f
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by tovej 6mo ago
You are interpreting a general statement as a categorical one. I wasn't really going for an exact, formal statement, but I can give you a formal interpretation of what I said above, if you want to be pedantic. In general, you can'
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by tovej 6mo ago
No, that's not how burden of proof works. The status quo is that this capability does not exist. Whoever makes a claim contradicting the status quo has the burden of proof. I can't prove a negative. And even with your logic, I did
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by tovej 6mo ago
Bad idea. But even in that case, you're reading the documentation. Just through a nondeterministic, hallucinating search engine.
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by tovej 6mo ago
I hope not. How else are you learning to use the library? The only other option is to read the source, which is also a good idea eventually, if something is unclear, but why would you _start_ there?
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by tovej 6mo ago
I'm not talking about keyboards or screen readers or any sort of input testing, I'm talking about how the software is used in practice. If you disagree with that, I think the onus is on you to show me that an LLM could simulate th
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by tovej 6mo ago
Oh, Chomsky is by no means perfect. He's an Epstein associate. But you should still not spread misinformation. Also, America _has_ been accused of worse things than the Cambodian genocide (as far as genocides can be compared, but I&#x2
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by tovej 6mo ago
An LLM most definitely cannot spit out robust tests or thorough documentation. It can spit out some tests or some documentation, but they will not cover the user perspective or edge cases unless those are already documented somewhere. T
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by tovej 6mo ago
The opposite of an idealist is a materialist. The opposite of an ideologue is a pragmatist. In this sense I think Altman is an idealist, he concerns himself primarily with ideas, not so much with material reality.
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by tovej 6mo ago
Ok, lot of stuff to unpack here, but I'll stick to just pointing out obvious misinfo, which is often repeated: Chomsky never backed the Khmer rouge, he questioned some of the claims and western focus on the Khmer rouge, which was ignor
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by tovej 6mo ago
No, south sits to the right of east, west to the right of south, and north to the right of west. All chinese card games go counter-clockwise. And the compass directions have a standard order, from 1-4: ESWN. Which is why the seat order is n
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by tovej 6mo ago
It is a standard proposal, which is why it's in the standards track. The point was that it is not the only (the) standard, and not the universally accepted one.
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by tovej 6mo ago
I do believe the law was specifically carved out so it could only be used against Palestinian prisoners. And there is no far-left in Israel, at least no far-left party that could ever be in government.
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by tovej 6mo ago
I'm not saying the Greece-Cyprus relationship is totally good in every way, but compare it to Egypt-Sudan. I hope you can see how the differences in geopolitics advantage Cyprus when compared to Sudan.
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by tovej 6mo ago
I'm not arguing saying the British are solely responsible (I'm not sure who is most responsible). But the point is that the parent's claim that colonization would solve political issues in Sudan is ridiculous.
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by tovej 6mo ago
CFS is the most promising of the US startups. The reason being they have partially pivoted away from fusion towards superconducting magnets. Tbf their concept is also the most likely to succeed. It is still more sci-fi than conventional fus
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by tovej 6mo ago
I think a lot of the cost is custom parts. Standardization and economy of scale would bring the price down quite a bit.
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by tovej 6mo ago
ITER is definitely the best bet for a workable fusion concept. There are some unsolved issues left, but its nothing compared to the sci-fi solutions most US startups would require.
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by tovej 6mo ago
Cyprus is an island. That changes a lot of the dynamics. Also Cyprus has the support of its big brother Greece, which the Greek majority Cypriots wanted to unite with. Sudan had no such partner, because the Egyptian rulers aligned themselve
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by tovej 6mo ago
It's not just a commercial relationship, Israel is dependent on US subsidies and European trade to fund its war effort, and Europe has shown itself to be very slow at reacting to the genocide. Effectively Europes stance is funding the
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by tovej 6mo ago
Germany, Great Britain, Finland, many other European partners. They are purchasing military equipment from Israel, funding their development. Many European institutions also have investments in Israel. And arms used in the Palestinian geno
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by tovej 6mo ago
"The IDF doesn't want to kill children", he says.
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by tovej 6mo ago
Are you under the impression that Sudan was not under British colonial rule for ~50-60 years? This completely wrecked their economy and political structures, with the British intentionally causing divides between ethnic groups in Sudan and
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by tovej 6mo ago
I mean, the RSF is very clearly the bad guys in this conflict. The reason there is no coverage is that there is widespread agreement on this point, and western govts aren't directly funding the bad guys as is the case with Israel.
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by tovej 6mo ago
I started with the dragon book, and I found it to be a good introductory text. A lot of people say the dragon book is difficult, so I suppose there must be something there. But I don't see what it is, I thought it was quite accessible.

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