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Comment · 9 days ago
The cheapest way to heat your home this winter is to accrue so many cease and desist letters you can use them as fuel!
Comment · 9 days ago
Cooperation wins in the end, so I'd guess as much
Comment · 9 days ago
I prefer to read it this way: Nvidia Opens Hell

Unhelpful, I know

Comment · 15 days ago
I'm sure I recall ebay listings of both aircraft carriers and oil tankers. I suppose the oil tanker sales aren't even prohibited.
Comment · 16 days ago
Comment · 16 days ago
I've had a scanwatch from withings for a few years and I've toyed with the idea of adding it to gadgetbridge. I think it might be time. I sense this will be quite a fast project with AI
Comment · 18 days ago
Nobody is talking about banning the sale of gas boilers. What is happening is that new builds will have to be built with heat pumps from (if memory serves) 2035. Please don't scaremonger.

Further, it is possible to run a heat pump at high temperatures: some use refrigerants specifically designed to do this relatively efficiently.

Comment · 26 days ago
I feel like you might be my boss
Comment · 28 days ago
I just said they didn't believe in ADHD, which in my case - their darling wilted hothoused angel - is true. Relying on a generation that stigmatises autism/ADHD for informant reporting is nuts anyway.
Comment · 1 month ago
Remember when Facebook was a nice place to talk to your friends,and not an arm of the American state whipping up hatred, spreading misinformation, and interfering with elections?

To those who work there, I'd be fascinated to hear an explanation that isn't about dollars.

Comment · 1 month ago
Don't worry, I'm sure they'll pay their taxes to support us.. right?
Comment · 1 month ago
Which will end hilariously, let's face it
Comment · 1 month ago
> We don’t have to treat people reading books and companies stealing all human knowledge the same.

We don't. People engaging in piracy have their lives ruined, companies engaging in piracy pay a tiny fraction of their revenues out to authors who can't legally outgun them.

(Sorry, I just wanted to air the juxtaposition as clearly as possible, I sense we are actually in agreement)

Comment · 1 month ago
Entirely technically feasible, and has been for years and years..

..but impossible to have unless you control the operating system that is distributed with phones that normal people will use.

Comment · 1 month ago
Nuclear disarmament is governed by treaty, which is largely adhered to.

An AI treaty could quite easily be offered by the US because it has multiple frontier labs. Most countries would quite happily limit the activity of their larger companies in exchange for their companies not being eaten alive by AI generally. It is pretty great fodder for international cooperation, and governments can move fast when it is timely to do so.

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