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> It's unlikely that Herbie Hancock considers people who press "start" on a Casio synthesizer to play a factory programmed demo track real musicians.

Someone at the factory wrote and programmed that song, so he probably would consider it art.

> If someone incorporates a factory preset into a song - sure, nothing's wrong with that. That's when a machine is used as a tool, not as a substitute for human creativity.

It's all just different levels of the devil's company. What if I use an AI chord generator and decide which chords to use in my song based on what the AI generates? What if I have the AI generate 10,000 songs in totality and I choose the best one? What if I don't use AI but compose a song by mathematically computing all the optimal elements of a pop song based on every song that's come before it? What if I hire the world's best violinist and record 4 minutes and 28 seconds of the violinist not playing, could that not be art?

There are plenty of other situations where the inability to drive could be life-threatening: in a snow storm, on a dessert road, on a highway at night, etc. The unintended consequences of this could easily outweigh its benefit without even factoring in the privacy issues.

Since Brave is Chrome-based, won't it be affected by Chrome's limitations on ad-blockers?

A 100 mph limiter doesn't save that many lives, better change it to 65 mph. Luckily we've already got the limiter installed.

> certain items measure differences between conservative and liberal positions on culture war issues

I strongly dislike the oversimplified left/right dichotomy. If your political views strictly adhere to either side, it suggests a lack of independent thought. I have very little interest in engaging with someone who can't appreciate alternative perspectives.

This is a purposeful misinterpretation of the question asked. They didn't ask whether a venue should or should not host people with a specific stance. They asked:

> should your school ALLOW or NOT ALLOW a speaker on campus who previously expressed the following idea

"When the last tree has been cut down, the last fish caught, the last river poisoned, only then will we realize that one cannot eat money." -Cree Indian Prophecy

>The take-away should not be that ketamine “is just a placebo,” Heifets emphasized.

This is the very definition of placebo and why double blind studies are done. The control group and the actual group both improved thinking they got the drug.

> In fact, there may be physiological resonance between the placebo effect — in other words, hope — and how ketamine works.

This is just mumbo jumbo. There's no 'resonance effect' if it works the same in the control group.

Using likenesses of a person is different than creating CGI extras in the background. They're not using anyone's likeness with background actors.

And where would the NO FAKES Act draw the line? Would the studio be unable to create hundreds of thousands of soldiers in a battle? What if the soldiers were humanoid aliens or robots?

If you go on a date with someone and then the next day or a few days later text them and they don't respond, you have your answer. They weren't into you. What more is there to discuss? They don't owe you an explanation as to why they didn't like you. Is it really helpful for them to say, "Sorry, I wasn't attracted to you"?

> Something I do, which is a bit silly, is to click the ad just to burn money from the scammers.

And give it to Google? I don't know which is worse.

It's stuff like looking at something for a while and then closing your eyes and trying to see it, etc.

This is the most interesting part to me:

Apple wants to keep an uncluttered experience and will rely on app developers in order to give power users more. McCormack points to this as the fine line that Apple is looking to walk: give the features but leave it to developers to service those who want to push the hardware and software to its max.

This is another reason why I love vintage clothes so much: if the item survived ten or twenty years, it can more likely survive years longer than the average item manufactured nowadays.

As an aside, I found an app that deletes all photos except your favorites. This way I can go through my photos and mark the ones I want to keep and delete the rest. Then I copy those photos to storage.

Twitter was far worse of a dumpster fire before Musk got a hold of it. Read the Twitter files. Just because Twitter doesn't tilt hard left anymore doesn't make Musk a villain, just a villain to you. There's a big difference.

Looks are important, but you're lucky you're a man because status is just as important, especially if you're older and want to meet younger women. Lean into it: dress sharp, a little dressy and look sophisticated. There is a certain percentage of women who prefer the experienced, financially-set older guy who can show them things the younger guys can't. And to those women, looks are secondary because they don't go for older guys for their looks.

At this point, everyone understands that smoking cigarettes is bad for your health. The people who still engage in it, or who take it up, are those willing to sacrifice their physical health for stimulation. That type of behavior is exhibited in mentally less healthy people such as those with addictive personalities.

> generating false information is easier, faster, and cheaper than generating true information

I'd prefer having pockets of false information than a government decreeing what can and can't be said, as happened with covid. Once you have an official version of truth, those in power will manipulate it to their will.

"First I thought: The advent of the iron age made the elongation of the male sex unavoidable, its main aim, the penetration--the knife, the sword, the spear. Second I thought: Gunpowder, firearms--the main aim shifted to ejaculation and bombs--the mystification of the orgasm. Third I think: Simulation--through screen or helmet--makes this pornography." - Einsturzende Neubauten, Three thoughts

If an ice skater gets too tired to skate, they don't die. There's a reason why swimming has lifeguards. Beyond the water being more difficult to swim in, it may make rescuing swimmers more difficult.

I don't think you do, not when you get the bill and it's for way more than you would have agreed to.

Youtube seems to have a monopoly in the same way that Reddit does--it offers a product with network effect that you can't get anywhere else. However, most of what I use Youtube for is entertainment, same as Reddit. When Reddit turned to problematic, I had no problem not using it and switching to other forms of entertainment.

I think it's the opposite. At least external validation gives you a real-world indicator of how close to success you are.

> There's never been a question about efficacy of masks.

Absolutely wrong. There is no evidence that the typical masks worn prevent any spread. There is some evidence that N95s prevent spread, but most people don't wear those.

https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/providers/do-masks-really-p...

What evidence do you have that masks did prevent covid? The burden of proof is on you to show that they were effective if you are going to abridge people's rights. The only clear evidence of masks preventing covid were n95's. Most of the masks worn were not n95's.

Zoom is good at filtering out rather loud background noises. I can't imagine that the sound of background typing during a conversation could be detected by the other party.

So you're saying people who have been in fewer relationships are less happy in their relationships. Most of the evidence points to the contrary.

It is interesting that there's little discussion about the gender aspect of this, given that the job title includes the term "girl." Studies suggest that women place a higher priority on work-life balance compared to men. Moreover, it could imply that women are more inclined to pursue this line of work, particularly in fields like social media and influencing, where attractiveness can be leveraged as an advantage.

I think the biggest factor is how fast you go. I no longer go faster than 15 mph and usually ride around 10 mph.