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Comment · 4 days ago
Can't wait for AI to make it possible to reverse engineer automotive firmware and just bypass all the spyware like we can with Debloat Samsung TVs
Comment · 1 month ago
As of September 29, 2026, there are 16,613 active satellites in Earth orbit, 11,128 of them Starlink.

A fun fact: Kessler syndrome is a runaway chain reaction in orbit. Collisions create debris, and that debris causes more collisions, and when something breaks into pieces, its mass stays the same but its total surface area goes up, and reflected sunlight scales with area.

I submit to you that our kids' kids won't be able to see the milky way galaxy because of this litter.

Comment · 3 months ago
I'm not very excited. Access to the best AI is not a party I was invited to. And the people who are at that party, well, they don't exactly reflect on my best interests.
Comment · 4 months ago
How did you handle escalation to a human flow?
Comment · 5 months ago
Am I the only one that sees the irony of people working for creepy adtech like meta having to endure being tracked?
Comment · 3 years ago
Letting your domesticated cat roam the neighborhood is the worst thing you can do to the natural environment around you. In N America, domestic cats are the most invasive species. Why? Because they absolutely destroy the local wildlife population. Wonder why you don't see a ton of birds? Because your cat is probably murdering them for recreation.

This is a great example of engineers optimizing the wrong thing.

Comment · 3 years ago
Comment · 4 years ago
>>who they trafficked children to

Well, in the very least, we have flight logs. I think that's better than nothing.

Comment · 4 years ago
This guy codes! No seriously, this is great feedback for the devs.
Comment · 4 years ago
>>4. RaDonda Vaught's conviction. This is certainly not helping the case to get more nurses.

The precedent RaDonda's conviction set is far from favorable to a profession which is already very difficult and taxing. This is a BIG reason.

Comment · 4 years ago
Comment · 4 years ago
Just the rhythm of the algorithm baby!
Comment · 4 years ago
Why do people even think that we can have a civilization by only making morally-sound decisions?

These types of experiments were reasoned to benefit the collective at the cost of the few. Which might be a decision one would make, if the factor to optimize for is the long term prosperity of the collective. Morality is relative, individualized, ambiguous, and always changing. Concluding that morality is not a stable pillar for civilization.

So why are we sitting here asking the government to be accountable to our morality?

I think morality is trending.

I think what happened is the government started to get good at Public Relations. Morality has become a reason fed to us for justification of legislation that somehow takes something from us. The irony is, government decisions cannot be biased by morality in principle.

Comment · 4 years ago
>>We generally should not give any advice to them

I disagree completely. Putin's decisions aren't the decisions of everyday Russians. And the Ukranian conflict is more complicated than the single-side narratives you are fed. Giving people advice is the morally right thing to do.

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