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Comment · 11 days ago
I think its more they don't have to reduce their pollution output. They can just pump it all out as much as possible, to make as much profit as possible, and "hope" a magical reversal tech arrives at some point in the future.

It's basically no regulation, to only focus on profit.

Comment · 16 days ago
The Australian Magpie has similar behaviour to crows/ravens, although they are not closely related. They are very intelligent birds and will respond to regular feeding quickly and then expect it. If they are not fed, they'll tap on your window or walk into your house through an open door to tell you off.

They recognise the faces, voices, unique gait, posture and body language of people from their local area, and can remember an average of around 30 people. Some have been known to recognise up to 100 different people. They remember people for around 5 years. They'll know who lives where, what your regular schedule is, and which path you regularly travel along. They even know all the local cats and dogs and even can identify specific bicycles, cars and bright clothing uniforms (such as postal uniform).

During breeding season, they are most famous for swooping anyone near their nest who they deem as a threat (about 10% of males swoop). They will avoid swooping people they recognise though, so friends get a free pass.

They also hold grudges, so if you do something to annoy or threaten them, they will remember you. Some people have been on a magpie's "enemies list", and returned to a location 10+ years later and immediately been targeted, as the bird recognised them. Some birds even teach their young which people are to be treated as enemies.

Comment · 1 month ago
This is what comes to mind for me too.

As an example, I am well aware of how strict r/worldnews is moderated on IvP topics, so I am extra careful to be factual rather than simply making comments based on more general thoughts, like I do for other areas.

I have responded to some comments in the past by responding by quoting legal cases, news links I sourced my comment from, or from subject experts.

It doesn't matter how accurate or factually proven the comment is. If it's even slightly critical, it'll end up with votes of anywhere from -10 to -50 from all the down votes.

For other people's comments, anything negative that hasn't been down voted into oblivion will always have the "cross" icon next to them, meaning it's listed as "controversial", which is when it has a large number of down votes, plus up votes to balance it out.

Comment · 1 month ago
Also, wasn't their B+C research private at the time, with them only releasing those details publicly after this blew up?

If they had published B+C, I think that would lean more towards fair game, as that is how research works and is improved on over time. But it seems like unpublished/private B + C may have been used by the model to hint it into working out how to get from A->D.

Comment · 5 months ago
I agree. I find men in the 18-30 range being a prime target for targeted gambling ads.

In Australia, it is also not just in app/browser ads either. Gambling promotion is very normalised and entrenched.

The major sports on news and sports shows have the odds showing who is likely to win. Some sports analysis shows (especially on pay TV) even go as far as providing overs/unders for line betting or "possibly wins" from multi-bets (bet $100 and you can win $123,000 with this combination).

Around the sports grounds - all covered in ads. The scoreboards have odds. The team and competition mobile apps all have odds. Even commentary on the radio has ads inserted regularly during a call: "Player A runs up and kicks a goal, and they are now level with 10 points on the Elon-Musk SpaceX Scoreboard. An amazing goal, it's a candidate for the Anthropic goal of the week." During quarter/half breaks, they give more options to bet on. Due to this, I prefer mostly to listen to commentary on public broadcasters as they are not allowed to contain ads at all. I find commercial radio trying to insert brand names every second sentence rather than providing expert analysis.

Similar to loot boxes for teens. It's building up habits for future gambling addictions. Mostly FPS games - that are prominently targeted at teenage boys.

Comment · 6 months ago
The other potential issue is the age of the users.

Magic emails might work for general users, but for an 80yo who struggles using a mouse. Teaching them to click on links in emails is probably not the best practise.

Comment · 6 months ago
It reads as optional for NPU support. But seems to have that as minimum on another page.
Comment · 8 months ago
Password is 3rd movement of Moonlight Sonata without "typos".
Comment · 8 months ago
Wondering if your eyes and ears are getting less input over time that the brain adapts and reduces sensitivity.
Comment · 8 months ago
I seem to recall reading that the HD variations may get removed leaving only 480p or lower for older unwatched videos.

The original upload would likely still be stored, but not available for viewing.

Comment · 8 months ago
That is a PR non-answer
Comment · 8 months ago
So the concept of null?
Comment · 8 months ago
My assumption is they can provide input such as "you should make a left/right lane change" to get out of a "stuck" location.

So when the car's systems prevent it from taking a specific action, they can override it for a single instance.

Comment · 9 months ago
Not really, otherwise perpetrators will just "I was just looking at it, I didn't do anything as bad as creating it". Their act is still illegal.

There was a cartoon picture I remember seeing around 15+ years ago of Bart Simpson performing a sex act. In some jurisdictions (such as Australia), this falls under the legal definition.

Comment · 9 months ago
> Next step is allow viewing TikTok like wikipedia

I tried that and this is what I got:

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