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by wolverine876 2y ago
These are not just powered wheelchairs, but specialized vehicles for particular needs. Someone else in the thread describes them.
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by wolverine876 2y ago
It's not surprising that a nearly bespoke vehicle would cost more than, and be less reliable than, a mass produced one. Just think of the engineering resources invested in the two vehicles and in their manufacturing processes.
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by wolverine876 2y ago
> I bet a huge segment of the user base could easily self purchase a mobility scooter and achieve the same quality of life What is that based on? Do you have experience or know anyone who does? A news article or research?
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by wolverine876 2y ago
Is that established theoretically by someone?
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by wolverine876 2y ago
As a bit of context: Bees and wasps are in the taxonomic order Hymenoptera , which they also share with ants. It is the only order of insects [0] besides Isoptera (termites) with complex social systems and division of labor. Ants, of cou
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by wolverine876 2y ago
What if the wheelchair malfunctions and injures someone else? What if my car malfunctions and causes an accident? Also, I don't want to live in world of frauds and scams and other crimes, trying to navigate it, for obvious reasons. It&
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An AI tool used in criminal cases is facing legal challenges(nbcnews.com)
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by wolverine876 2y ago
It seems like quite a rush of it today. Did someone put up the anarcho-libertarian bat signal?
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by wolverine876 2y ago
> The first step is to stop thinking of "the public" as a monolithic entity whose interests are pursued by the government, and instead recognize that control over things that have a major impact on the lives, welfare, freedom,
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by wolverine876 2y ago
> we don't ban individuals from working on project cars, or driving them on public roads - instead, we have standards for OEMs and individuals, and prosecute negligence I'm not quite sure what you mean, or what in AI safety you
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by wolverine876 2y ago
Humans aren't tools and therefore can't be 'useless'. You matter intrinsically. The most important lesson I've learned in life is the need to know and love myself - in a healthy, compassionate way. It doesn't m
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by wolverine876 2y ago
People are responsible for their own behavior. They can't blame the game.
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by wolverine876 2y ago
It's all theoretical. Do you see it actually working out this way? When and where? > regulators just, you know, look at the design of the chairs to evaluate them for certification. But customers could do the same thing for themselve
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by wolverine876 2y ago
Free markets are not a panacea, nor do ideal free markets ever exist anyway. Also, free markets require regulation to prevent powerful actors from making them non-free. > the market will produce it. Only if it's profitable. Feeding
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by wolverine876 2y ago
Not all regulation causes costs to go up. Some causes costs to go down, for example, by correcting inefficiencies created by raw game-theory market competition. Some reduce costs by creating a safer environment for investment, reducing risk
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by wolverine876 2y ago
How do think we should address security around AI, and the public's control over a major impact on their lives, welfare, freedom, prosperity, etc.
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by wolverine876 2y ago
It's impressive that not only has private equity enshittified even nursing homes and wheelchairs, they have persuaded people to empower PE even more by reducting regulations. Do you think PE will suddenly change without regulation? PE
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by wolverine876 2y ago
In my personal experience, lots of people were talking about it, including the White House; there were articles in the NY Times about it, etc.
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by wolverine876 2y ago
> When prices rebounded in early 2020s, there was a lot of scar tissue in the industry about overproduction. Producers are now extremely conservative In corporate America generally, it seems to be a widespread strategy to limit supply an
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by wolverine876 2y ago
This article covers it in more detail: https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2024/05/giant-military... “One thing that you notice in underwater vehicle design is you typically can have either a vehicle that
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by wolverine876 2y ago
Mullvad's security team should have found this problem on their own, and as soon as it appeared: Inspect security empirically - you might think that your security must work, but that means nothing; you must investigate empirically: A
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by wolverine876 2y ago
Other animals, and most of our ancestors, don't 'get by ok'. They live/lived short, painful, meaningless lives. Many/most die before reaching adulthood; they suffer disease, famine, war; they were illiterate and end
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by wolverine876 2y ago
The way the world is today, that's the result of earlier people who changed it. Almost everything we have, from religion to politics to technology to morality to language to culture, etc. etc., all comes from people who intentionally c
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by wolverine876 2y ago
I get the impression that some small liberal arts colleges have similar cultures; that's a major part of their appeal (though I say that without experience of Caltech or 99% of small liberal arts colleges). Now that I think of it, I wo
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by wolverine876 2y ago
Thanks for the insights. It seems like almost a dreamlike place for young, passionate STEM students.
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by wolverine876 2y ago
> the idea that just being in the presence of asbestos is enough to form self-propagating cancers like it's some sort of radioactive isotope... doesn't make any sense. It doesn't make sense to you and therefore is worth ex
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by wolverine876 2y ago
> There’s that Asian rapper who spoke up about the DA and immediately got ganged up on to apologize. You said you were afraid to express your opinion and implied (maybe my misunderstanding) some physical risk. Has anyone been physically
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by wolverine876 2y ago
Also: “unique per product” means unique for each individual product of a given product class or type. Overall, why not just require random passwords of a certain length? Compared to generating a hash, generating a random password
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by wolverine876 2y ago
What is required for punishments to significantly deter and otherwise affect corporate behavior? Is there research on that question? I assume part of the answer is some ratio of corporate assets or revenue, as well as how the fines are impl
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by wolverine876 2y ago
> But I honestly just don't get the link to ovarian cancer. What does that mean and what does it signify? Do you know enough about cancer, microbiology, the female reproductive system, etc. that you would 'get' it and that

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