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What do people talk about in your country?

Remind me who created VW again? Seems like that brand is rehabilitated...

I wonder why the US wouldn't lie about the effective depth range. Seems kinda dumb to telegraph to your enemies how far to dig.

Do you believe the economy is a zero sum game?

She also built most of the intellectual property.

So should I be sending my kids to government schools or home schooling?

He was found guilty and our justice system is flawless.

How is it "progressive" to allow public safety issues to disproportionately impact vulnerable populations?

Does the EU allow sales of pornography to minors?

Often dangerous inmates are moved to higher security prisons. Gang members are segregated, etc.

Can you expand a little bit why you think that?

The EFF is on the wrong side of history on this one. Sad to see it.

I suspect they would have preferred to prevent immigration entirely, though I cannot speak on their behalf.

I was debanked by a California bank for selling holsters, a product that is legal nationwide and protected under the Constitution. While the bank has the right to choose its business relationships, it’s concerning to see decisions driven by political positions. This sets a troubling precedent for the direction we might be heading as a country.

The factory model of education made sense in the industrial era, but it's increasingly anachronistic in an age of personalized technology. We have the tools to dynamically adjust curriculum difficulty and pacing based on each student's capabilities - similar to how modern video games seamlessly adapt to player skill levels.

Instead, we're still forcing students into rigid cohorts based mainly on age, effectively optimizing for the statistical mean while leaving both ends of the ability distribution poorly served. This is particularly wasteful with gifted students who could be advancing much faster if the system accommodated their pace of learning.

The tech to deliver adaptive education at scale exists today. The main barriers are institutional inertia and perhaps a misguided egalitarian impulse that confuses equality of opportunity with enforced uniformity of outcomes. We should embrace the natural variation in human capabilities and build systems that help each student reach their potential, rather than constraining everyone to march in lockstep.

I wouldn't call delegating specialized problems to specialized engines cheating. While it should be documented, in a full AI system, I want the best answer regardless of the technology used.

Do compassionate people really need a study to know those things are abhorrent?

Your comment helped me get this:

  function HALT(program, input):
    # This is a "magic" function for our proof - we assume it exists for all programs
    # In reality, this function cannot exist because of the paradox we're about to create
    # Returns True if `program(input)` halts, False if it runs forever
    ...

  # Program D: Creates the paradox
  function D(self):
    if HALT(D, self) == True:  
        loop_forever()          
    else:                      
        halt()

I’ve used one of the Meta monorepos (yeah there’s not just one!) and it’s super painful at that scale.

For those who don't know, this is based on Linux, and has nothing to do with OS/2.

I'm curious about where we draw the line on questioning scientific consensus.

Take Cliff Mass - he's a professor of Atmospheric Sciences at UW whose research focuses on weather modeling, climate systems, and atmospheric dynamics. When someone with his expertise raises questions about climate science conclusions, should we approach this differently than when non-experts do so?

This raises an interesting question about the role of expertise and scientific discourse: Is there a meaningful distinction between how we treat challenges to consensus from qualified researchers in the field versus those from outside it? Or should acceptance of consensus apply equally regardless of one's credentials?

What's the model of that USB C hub? Looking for one that I can switch between Windows and Mac (and maybe Linux)

There's a tremendous power with defaults and with "batteries included".

I do the same thing except substitute The Communist Manifesto.

I wrote a Blackjack simulator using 90% LLM as a fun side project.

https://github.com/mmichie/cardsharp

Just as biological parasites exploit their hosts without reciprocating, free riders in society take advantage of resources without contributing back. This behavior, if left unchecked, places a burden on those who do contribute.

A society that fails to address stealing is like an organism unable to fight off a parasite. It may function for a while, but the harm eventually becomes too great. This is why well-designed disincentives for antisocial behavior are crucial for maintaining long-term societal health.

I wonder how many of those captchas are controlled by competitors of Firefox?

Dreampool sounds very cool, almost like brain excercise!

I thought you were going to say the iPhone would be able to load the QR code for that menu, summarize it, sort it by ingredient or calories and give you a recommendation without you having to read it... Now I'm kinda bummed out.

Linux is doing the same thing with systemd infecting every part of the stack and changing the interfaces and config files “for the better”.