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This is so interesting. Especially since it's kinda weird to train a robot to mimicking human play. I wonder what a perfect robot what actually behave like.

It wouldn't need to split-step to activate muscles, the footwork would probably be minimal. I imagine a lot of different unusual looking swings to confuse human players, while still making perfect contact. It could make really late drop shots or even rotate the racket at the last moment for crazy angles.

Would love to watch this.

There is probably some lingo somewhere clarifying that you pay for the "experience" of her and not for her in particular.

Another big problem is the mentality. "We have always done it this way" and "I don't want to change it" is extremely prevalent. I say this as a German.

This is also reflected in the big political parties, which would rather keep these beliefs alive than inspire change.

I really don't see a solid economic future for Germany when enough other countries implement more progressive economic policies.

Because insults can be fined. That is a German law though, not an EU thing.

I meant that the admin would ask Bezoz for the surveillance, and he would tell his marketing team to find a frame which makes the surveillance look good.

> an estimated 4-9% of unsold textiles are destroyed before ever being worn.

That is a crazy amount.

Of course, they would. If the administration asked Bezos, and he gets a benefit out of it. He will task his marketing team to come up with something which tries to frame it in a positive light. Knowing that even if a few people make a stink this will blow over eventually and when it rolls out, he can always say it is just about puppies and neighborhood security. Nobody cares.

If possible block I would block by country first. Even on public websites I block Russia/China by default and that reduced port scans etc.

On "private" services where I or my friends are the only users, I block everything except my country.

> For many consumers there isn't sufficient money in the account to settle all the one-time and ongoing transactions they are liable for

This is a uniquely American viewpoint. In most of Europe you don't buy anything on credit ever.

I'm tired of living through these interesting times.

Kinda ridiculous that people don't understand the only reason for the behaviour and extreme expansion of ICE:

To allow Trump to steal the next election and/or to create an armed conflict to further his power. There is no interest in actual immigration enforcement.

Water (given enough volume) is a pretty good heat storage.

https://youtu.be/Bm7L-2J52GU?t=270

They have top men working on it right now.

Ryan Holiday has really popularized Stoicism in the last decade.

Because the western governments support Israel, thus a protests' goal is mainly aimed at changing that. How many westerns governments support Iran?

As part of the "in-between" generation which skipped lead poisoning and the extreme social media/smartphone dependency, I kinda feel worried.

A lot of people want to have kids but don't want to be parents. There are a lot of kids who spend hours on tablets watching TikTok and so on before they even reached first grade.

I am more and more sure that isn't the case. That would imply long term planning, strategy and intelligence. Which is obviously missing nowadays.

It's just bribery, sorry I mean lobbying. Push this through, we make money and will fund your reelection.

But it "feels" like he should have one. /s

Obama was elected, which made some people very angry:

> Here’s John Boehner, the likely speaker if Republicans take the House, offering his plans for Obama’s agenda: “We’re going to do everything — and I mean everything we can do — to kill it, stop it, slow it down, whatever we can.”

> Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell summed up his plan to National Journal: “The single most important thing we want to achieve is for President Obama to be a one-term president.”

Sure Trump took everything to an absurd level of "do the opposite of biden no matter what", but it started back then.

[1] https://www.politico.com/story/2010/10/the-gops-no-compromis...

This is true, but I don't think the reason for his proclamation. It would be very unlike him.

For better or worse there is zero chance that Germany starts a nuclear weapons program. The public sentiment just won't allow that unless we are already at war, in which case it is too late. Besides that, nuclear weapons are stationed in Germany already. France and the UK are next door, so I am also not sure if it would actually benefit Germany at this point.

1. The U.S. has multiple bases in Greenland. Denmark, and NATO are also present.

2. Russia can't even expand their presence to Ukraine (not a NATO memeber).

3. China has no access.

So, 0%.

Merz will say anything if it somehow benefits him and doesn't concern himself with facts.

> German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, admitted recently that Germany’s departure from nuclear energy was a serious strategic mistake, saying the policy has made the country’s energy transition “the most expensive in the entire world.”

Even if that were the case, nuclear had no impact on the cost of the transition.

> eliminating nuclear power — once a significant part of the electricity mix — has complicated energy planning and driven up costs.

Not investing in the gird for decades and stalling renewables for cheap Russian gas arguably was more of an impact.

> Merz argued that Germany’s rush to pivot away from nuclear energy, combined with extensive investment in renewable sources under the Energiewende policy, has made the transition unusually expensive.

Reliance on Russian gas has made everything expensive, but since his party is responsible for that, it's easier to scapegoat the departure of nuclear energy.

The only mistake was to depart from nuclear before reducing gas, since that would have reduced emissions quicker.

It has also become the default physics engine in Godot.

A small warning for anyone wanting to use this in a setting with legal requirements:

> Please note that the term “sync” in Bichon may be misleading—“download” might be more accurate. [1]

If an email is deleted before bichon can download it, then it may not get archived. Most of the time the legal requirements are, that all emails hitting an inbox have to be archived, regardless of user action.

For those cases, a solution like mailpiler is better. Just BCC any incoming and outgoing mail to mailpiler and that is it.

[1] https://github.com/rustmailer/bichon/wiki/FAQ-(Frequently-As...

Every time it comes up in my life, I search for an easy answer, yet I haven't found one yet. It reduces errors, makes it easy to track things and other reasons... all don't make sense to me if there is no physical bookkeeping involved. I am nearly convinced the reason is simply: It has been done like that for centuries. That's it.

How convenient, if the whole system is so badly constructed, that you can pick and choose when something is valid or not:

> There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.

It's airline dependent, not mandated. A lot of airlines have by now reverted back, allowing only one person in the cockpit.

I highly recommend Mentour Pilots videos on the topic, for an indepth introduction to the whole story and the new search:

https://youtu.be/Y5K9HBiJpuk?si=nsR14R7Fl4Nk4qpO

https://youtu.be/HIuXEU4H-XE?si=I_ZczAv-VmZT7rQn

Beurer Cozy Heated blankets, for about 50$, are my recommendation. They are really nice.