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Comment · 3 years ago
I think the bigger point is that it’s like a guy in the room. ChatGPT shows that the industry is graduating from Turing test territory to IQ test territory, and a lot of people are really hung up on the fact it’s failing the latter.
Comment · 4 years ago
I’ve been in car crashes before but that doesn’t mean I’m ok with increasing their frequency and severity.
Comment · 4 years ago
That article only says it’s the first this century.
Comment · 4 years ago
Perhaps if they try to force you to arbitration you can push back and demand proof that you agreed to their terms, which is conveniently achieved by creating an account.
Comment · 4 years ago
I’ve been using iPhone 6S since it was the flagship and I still don’t know any 3D Touch operations or shortcuts. I actually had to look up just now to double-check that this phone even has it and it isn’t disabled. I’m sure I could find a cheat sheet if I cared but generally I think of “intuitive” as being something you’d discover naturally at least once in nearly 7 years of daily use.
Comment · 4 years ago
It doesn’t matter what it’s about though - if they were first at something then barring time travel they will always be the first, no matter how many more do it.
Comment · 4 years ago
Comment · 4 years ago
I hear this a lot, but what jurisdictions and why? On the face of it, it seems batshit insane to me that there would be a place where I can’t waive my property rights on something.
Comment · 4 years ago
They have way more patience than I do. I’d have pointed out pretty quickly that this “customer” is not a customer of the gfortran team and is therefore irrelevant to the discussion.
Comment · 4 years ago
I feel it’s even more accurate to say they are human behaviors that take advantage of religion (or any other available power structure). In a world dominated by religion they take religious form. If we remove religion from power or power from religion, they will take whatever form allows them to thrive in the new system.
Comment · 4 years ago
> This really, really angers me. Even with people i kind of agree with.

When lazy or dishonest or weak arguments are used, I get more upset if it’s in support of things I agree with than things I don’t.

It undermines the position and makes it that much harder to discuss it in the future because I now have to disentangle from that on top of actually making a proper argument in favor of the position.

Comment · 5 years ago
This article repeats “安谋科技” so many times but as far as I can tell, doesn’t mention even once how I might attempt to pronounce it or recognize when anyone else mentions it in the future. Can anyone at least provide a transliteration?
Comment · 5 years ago
The “nudge” can also come up even with exact starting information. When you calculate the next step and round it to the nearest nanometer, you’ve just nudged the system by enough to eventually make your prediction worthless in the 3-body case.
Comment · 5 years ago
How do we know we aren’t the colonists?
Comment · 5 years ago
Personally, I just want to know the cost of services before committing to pay. I have been unable to get that in many situations, even for non-emergency care.

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