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The white colonists had interactions with the animals so we can assume that they actually knew what they were talking about so I think you've got a good point.

Interestingly the story of the Thylacines extinction starts a lot earlier than white settlement.

"The fossilised remains of thylacines have been found in Papua New Guinea, throughout the Australian mainland and Tasmania.

Factors including the introduction of the dingo led to the extinction of the thylacine in all areas except Tasmania about 2,000 years ago. The thylacine population in Tasmania at the time of European settlement is estimated at about 5,000."[0]

0 - https://www.nma.gov.au/defining-moments/resources/extinction...

"Even the airplane itself ultimately survived: after a marathon repair that lasted 535 days and cost $139 million, the A380 Nancy-Bird Walton triumphantly returned to the skies in 2012."

This quote amazes me. My understanding is that Airbus, Qantas, and probably Rolls Royce were willing to spend this much because it meant that the incident was not a "hull loss" and therefore not as bad a hit to reputation and safety statistics. Does anyone know if that's true?

Wikipedia says invented in France and developed by the Germans and Japanese. Do you have some references for US involvement?

For anyone who has never heard of the Q Collar I'm copy pasting a google summary with a tiny bit of trimming. My first uninformed thought is, "OMG that sounds insane"

" Q-Collar is a C-shaped, non-invasive silicone neck band designed to help protect athletes' brains from repetitive sub-concussive impacts. It is worn during high-impact contact sports like American football, soccer, lacrosse, and hockey.

How It Works -

Jugular Compression: The band applies light, safe pressure to the sides of the user's jugular veins.

Increased Blood Volume: This mild pressure slightly slows blood outflow from the head, increasing blood volume in the venous structures surrounding the brain.

Reduced Brain "Slosh": The extra blood acts like an internal cushion or seatbelt, minimizing the movement (sloshing) of the brain inside the skull during an impact. "

I think you've misunderstood. I believe the comment you're responding to was talking about opening a secure bin that was presumably still on site.

They weren't talking about breaking into the Iron Mountain facility

The population in general is larger which is why depopulation of towns is interesting

Childhood's End by Clarke is quite high on my list of grim endings for the human race

I know what you mean. You'd think nationalists would want to put the citizens of their country first but nope they can all go and get cancer from coal power plants.

This is such a lazy comment. How is the EU changing? How is it changing to be closer to which part of South America? South America is changing so do you mean how it was or are they converging? The EU has expanded in the last 40 years but I don't imagine that's what you mean.

What do you mean?

I love looking out plane windows at night. Distant lightning storms, cities, fishing boats, highways, country borders lit up and stretching as far as you can see.

Wow that's crazy that they built an apartment building where it would shadow all that stained glass.

I bet there's a story there.

I think you've got good points. With respect to #3 I think there's a general problem with concentration of capital and general "hoarding".

One example. Berkshire Hathaway has $400 billion dollars in the bank that they can't invest because they need high returns. So the capital is locked up. (The banks who hold the funds are restricted in what they can invest in).

Multiply this by loads of other companies. Add in funds stashed in tax havens. And just plain individual savings of people terrified about being poor in their old age.

My point is that the rich problem is not restricted to tech. Although it is quite visible

Because they are selfish and would prefer to make millions selling to big companies who want to pay less for labour.

They have Coder PTSD or CPTSD.... Is that a better acronym???

Sorry just teasing.

I'm surprised that an inspector was required at all much less for multiple visits.

I might be totally wrong but I think I'm the UK you'd be allowed to just build a deck. Unless it was high enough to overlook your neighbours.

Tell us about this good leader concept and why you think it's outdated? Is it just uncommon?

And why can't you believe someone's statement about themselves? How is it different to saying they're a good runner?

I think it's immoral and unkind to report on a medical trial and not be clear that it was in mice rather than humans.

It's good when it becomes clear that a tool is dangerous in a certain way. Like it's good when people show you through their behavior that they can't be trusted

Always use a sawstop if you have a circular saw and never trust an llm with any problem where ethics or trust is relevant.

Trivia question. When did NASA last launch a rocket not built by a commercial entity

Cardboard's out. No cardboard derivatives.

Paper?

No Paper. No string. No sellotape.

You and previous comment seem to agree that trial and error/shared experience can determine if consciousness has emerged. And this might/will be challenging.

Previous comment used the word "anticipate" and I think they mean that we won't know in advance before we run the trial and error process.

When they say "deep trouble" I assume they mean because creating a non-friendly conscious AI might pose an existential risk for humanity.

However there is also the ethical issue of creating a consciousness and then destroying/murdering it.

I'm afraid you appear to be contradicting yourself by saying internship in one comment and stating that companies don't bother with onboarding employees with no knowledge in a previous comment.

I'd love to know the causation for that correlation

Logged in to tell you that you are not using the standard definition for ptsd. Your opinions will be easier for people to understand if they aren't confused.

"It is the sort of idea I would be very proud to come up with after a week or two of pondering, and it took ChatGPT less than an hour"

This comment about time is very interesting to me. I know it's "just" doing mathematical proofs but the possibilities of speeding up planning, proposals and decision making in the physical world should excite people.

Pound being a verb rather than a noun in much of the English speaking world is a reasonable excuse for not seeing that meaning instantly

It seems to have stopped "6 7..." I understand even the British PM helped out with the cringe

I feel like you might only be convinced when an AI powered robot rolls up to you and asks, "Bandrami, are you convinced that AI is transformative yet?"

The abuse perpetratored by Epstein is obviously hideous but is there an argument that his corporate and government espionage activities need to be looked at as a clear organized criminal conspiracy?

As always when reading about these stories I have two questions:

* When did other high profile people know about this illegal and immoral behavior

* Who else is getting away with similar behavior right now