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I find that most people have an incredibly hard time understanding the scale of an LLM's lexicon. I think that scale is always a struggle because it directly challenges our ability to comprehend beyond our own personal/tangible reference frame.

Twitter is full of fragile white men. I'm sure it has something to do with this(?).

In 2021, United Airlines released the following statement: “Our flight deck should reflect the diverse group of people on board our planes every day. That's why we plan for 50% of the 5,000 pilots we train in the next decade to be women or people of color.”

Windows xp and server 2003 sources (though incomplete AFAIR) were leaked back in 2020.

They have a musky scent for sure. It's far more noticeable when you encounter a clump of opiliones. I can't say Ive ever smelled anything minty though.

Being self-aware is the best defense against becoming a self-awarewolf[0].

[0]: https://old.reddit.com/r/SelfAwarewolves/

I think that this anecdote [0] is appropriate for showing the glaring disconnects that can exist in the human<-->system symbiosis.

[0]: https://www.controlinmotion.com/news/news-archive/a-little-h...

You left out hubris.

Some people can't 'just stop thinking' though. Or meditation is only a breather; not a 'reset' back into 'normal' thought patterns.

Intrusive thoughts and anxiety are a massive burden in my everyday life. Sometimes the thoughts just can't be tamed or sated and they start wreaking havoc on everything around me.

Time is usually the best solution... "this will pass". But sometimes the thoughts push time to an unmanageable scale.

My wife tries to empathize. She too thinks everyone has these worries or anxieties... and I don't disagree. The 'disorder' is that mine occur so frequently, with such intensity and without relent... to the point my ability to 'function normally' is severely compromised.

We all go through it, sure, but some of us can never just stop going through it.

Imagine you have a leaky roof. You have to deal with it whenever it rains, but it's still manageable enough that you haven't climbed up there to repair it yet.

My roof has a 10' hole, and I live under a waterfall in a tropical rainforest. But it's OK, because the nearby volcano helps keep me warm and dry....

You appear to be conflating a few things. The 'contractor' timeliness of xx hours is typically stipulated in a contract as an Service Level Agreement (SLA) parameter.

There are regulatory causes for 'xx' response times as well, outside of a contract.

The first part you brought up was willful ignorance[0] which would likely come into play with licensing, insurability, as well as tort and criminal liabilities.

[0]: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willful_ignorance

They'd probably end up being more productive than the real thing.

It's still accurate in the sense of proximate cause. Each theft event is a singular event composed of one or possibly multiple items being stolen.

If you can realize that your opening statement was a 'backhanded-compliment' towards MAX, you would see that you both functionally said the same thing.

"It's great, but..." and "Is it great?" both convey the message that MAX gets a lot of praise/recognition that maybe isn't deserved or warranted, at least anymore. They're much more in agreement than disagreement when taken full context.

Pretty sure the bright-line has always just been caveat emptor.

It's because they're off-lease trash that they hobble back together with used HDDs and used RAM. They target low-income; budget conscious/frugal; elderly and those otherwise ignorant of the scam. Backed by a 30-day return policy!

I get these types of machines (actually somewhat newer i5/i7 11th gen+) from an Amazon returns auction house for $5-$20/ea and they invariably have mismatched ram in them and HDDs with 50-70K hours on them already. They also typically won't boot because of a faulty ram stick 9r failed HDD.

That being said, I also have 4 kids and those machines have served well as 'starter' systems. They get to upgrade the PSU, HDD-->SSD, GPU and max out the ram on a shoestring budget.

Between a local MicroCtr and /r/homelabsales ... They get to build out performant systems for $300-$600 total. I also consider this to be a much greater investment than just throwing a console at them.

Profits or not for them; we found some profit in their waste stream.

The ground plane is typically orthogonal to the antenna. Both TX and Rx antennae will have their own 'effevtive' ground plane relative to each other at any give point in time that will effect their Tx/Rx capabilities. Add into that, parking lots are full of metal objects and typically nearby large buildings. Those, also, will change the propagation characteristics of the general environment.

There's a lot at play in open-air environments. This does seem quite easy for DIY experiments using RTL-SDRs in varying environments.

We just had a house fire over the holidays. It started in the basement, I was to the flames in 10 seconds, using an extinguisher another 5-6 seconds later. That failed... I spent another 30 seconds scrambling for anything that might suffocate the flames.... then I had to get out. I was 'upwind' of how the flames were spreading, but was not prepared for the power to suddenly cut out in a room now quickly filling with black smoke.

The whole ordeal was 1-2 minutes before I had to evacuate the house and watch it all burn, helplessly.

Even a good plan isn't always enough; most don't have any plan.

It's all about absorption spectrum. 40W at 10600nm will burn clean through a few mm of wood but could only maybe lightly etch brass and be utterly useless on aluminum. 40W of energy is being delivered, what happens to the thing it's being delivered to is entirely dependent on absorptive potential.

They are class-1 only because the system is designed to not have any light visible during normal operation. Interlocks can be the only difference between a class-1 and a class-4 laser.

You can buy those though. They may be harder to find in physical retailers, but there are plenty of options out there.

I use a pw manager with a key and key file. We just had a house fire on xmas eve, and my DR plan of having a laptop in the garage with the important bits failed as I had just brought the laptop in to look over everything because it was so cold outside.

I was screwed as all of my PCs/laptops, Servers, tablets, etc...burned up or were flooded by fire dept. I found my phone 8 hours later on the basement floor where it had been submerged in 8" of water from the fire dept. Miraculously it was dead and just wanted to be charged. (Samsung s22, fwiw). I'm typing on that now and still have access to everything! Phew.... take your personal DR seriously.

Doesn't FoxConn already have empty factories up north somewhere? [0]

[0]https://www.theverge.com/c/21507966/foxconn-empty-factories-...

You're also an alien's alien.

What were the original elements there? That it was made into a guitar? What other part of the work was creative?

I'm honestly asking because I can't find anything that goes as far as the claim you're making regarding original elements. I'm not even sure what original/severable elements could exist in that particular case.

It's there. It's very noticeable once pointed out. It drastically distorts the images' 'softness' because of the harsh steps through the gradients. It does not appear as the artist intended for it to, which is the biggest issue.

Very small, curly hairs... hmm. (I might have thought the same thing while reading this on the toilet... so you can imagine the extra layer of credibility that afforded.)

Because recommendations will vary by not only currently accepted practices, but also geographical variances in product availability. It's better to look at what you have on hand and cross-reference with up-to-date information.

Much like most people won't simply know how dangerous it is to mix Nitrile gloves and Nitric Acid. When things can melt your skin, it's always good form to verify safety info at the time rather than just taking somebody's word for it, no?

My 2 cents that is probably obvious anyhow

I'm glad you clarified. The symbol has always represented an open 'O' vs closed '|' circuit to me (never bothering to look at the standards). The fully inside vs breaking is still fitting in that context.

Beauty has always been a subject of the eye of the beholder. Ie, it's very much subjective.

Ugh, we contacted Chase since we were going on an 'out-of-the-ordinary' road trip.spoke with fraud dept and gave them our travel itinerary, hoping to prevent cards from being frozen while we were in questionable cell coverage areas.

Everything went fine until the last gas stop before arriving to our destination... only to find our cards frozen anyhow.

It took about 25 mins to get cleared up, but these big corps are so heavily dependent on automation, they can't deviate because the system will take its own actions anyhow.

I, for one, am tired of living in a society that somehow isn't able to routinely think/behave proactively rather than reacting only once "the system will let you".

They would probably somehow own the shitty little kiosk anyway.