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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨AI Energy Demand Can Keep Fossil Fuels Alive, Tech Backers Promise World’s Two Biggest Oil Producers⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  It doesn’t even have to be a derailed boom, but simply

  • a maturity transition where the dilettantes fall out, concentrating on the biggest players
  • more efficiency. There’s been a ton of research on efficiency and that’s a great profit multiplier so will be rapidly taken up
• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨AI Energy Demand Can Keep Fossil Fuels Alive, Tech Backers Promise World’s Two Biggest Oil Producers⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Aside from the obvious questions everyone else is posting …. How is this even relevant? Saudi Arabia mainly exports oil, but US uses almost no oil products for generating electricity. Unless data centers start installing their own generators (please no) for full time power, it’s a non-starter. What electrical utility does s going to build an oil burning generator plant?

  History we’ve used a lot of coal and natural gas, so that’s the most likely fossil fuels to increase. And those are fuels the US has tons of

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Exclusive: Tesla to delay US launch of affordable EV, a lower-cost Model Y, sources say⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  A lot of choices don’t seem to be available in the US - Hyundai/kia seems best of what else is available in a lot of ways. I originally hoped the legacy American manufacturers were getting their shit together but it looks like they’re crawling back under their rocks.

  I guess my biggest hope is that Lucid or Rivian are able to break out into mass production of their next generation

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Exclusive: Tesla to delay US launch of affordable EV, a lower-cost Model Y, sources say⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, it’s unfortunate. I bought mine when we could still ignore the red flags and it’s still my favorite car feature wise, there are still so many things it does better than any car, still so many features not available on other vehicles for any price. The comparisons with Apple are apt - I could have been a lifelong customer. But wtf mental illness happened here? For the first time ever I’m embarrassed by what I drive. I don’t know what I’ll do next time I need a car, but it won’t be a Tesla without radical changes in leadership - and that Nazi is only the start. Every board member and executive who thinks that’s ok has to go

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨China has world’s first operational thorium nuclear reactor thanks to ‘strategic stamina’⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  If only people saying that were aware of their logic flaw of also cutting funding to fusion research

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨China has world’s first operational thorium nuclear reactor thanks to ‘strategic stamina’⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s probably as simple as we already have something successful. Why spend time and effort overcoming the challenges to create new reactor technology with many of the same benefits and shortcomings as we already have?

  I know the arguments for thorium and can see that being a huge benefit to places without a mature nuclear industry and without developed fuel sources.

  Sure it would be somewhat better for us as well, but the biggest limitations will be the same. You’re still impeded by fears of radioactivity even if it is less. You still have radioactive waste to handle even if it’s less and less long lasting. You still have legal and regulatory challenges driving costs and timelines through the roof. Thorium hasn’t won the war of public perception, so is no better in the things that actually impede its use

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I can't believe it⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  All that bloody history building an empire to collect spices and foods from around the world … how does this even count as food.

  bland Indian food? Especially that. That’s a crime against one of the worlds great culinary traditions

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I can't believe it⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  If I were to spend £4 on a meal, I prefer an egg

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do it⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Maybe ts just taco bell

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Even his doctors are full of it⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  The dude has my build, and I’m around 300 pounds. Actually I’m only 6’2”, so especially if he’s claiming he’s taller than me, that weight is way off

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A funny thing about Americans and calendar dates⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  That is a weird one: every other date is “normal” order but for some reason this is an exception. Also weird that we call it with backward date more often than its actual holiday name

  • July 4 is a normal date
  • Independency Day is the name of the holiday
  • so why do we usually refer to it as “Fourth of July”
• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The US Secretary of Education referred to AI as ‘A1,’ like the steak sauce⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah my kids are 1/8 and I encouraged them to learn about that part of their heritage but no, they’re just American.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Radiation from 5G networks, vaccines, reversal of the Earth’s magnetic field, consumption of Doritos, and even chemtrails.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  BAH-nnnannnaaannnnaaaaaaaaaa!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can I sue my apartment management company?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You have to start with local laws. They’re different depending on where you are. Including city.

  I’m with all the advice about consulting a lawyer to figure out where you stand legally, but most likely a lawyer is too expensive for the amount in dispute. Definitely also investigate small claims court in your area

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is there steam coming out of the streets in New York⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Wow, that was quite a read, thanks. Amazing technology

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘An Overwhelmingly Negative And Demoralizing Force’: What It’s Like Working For A Company That’s Forcing AI On Its Developers.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  To be fair, it’s a huge cost to the company and they need to justify that there is value. Forcing you to make regular use may be an petty, but getting you to learn it improves your skill base and getting you to use it justifies the cost

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘An Overwhelmingly Negative And Demoralizing Force’: What It’s Like Working For A Company That’s Forcing AI On Its Developers.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It doesn’t reuse code that already exists in the project

  I had a pissing contest with one of the junior guys over this. He didn’t seem to understand why we should use the existing function and had learned so little about the code base that he didn’t know where to find it. He’s gone

  The more interesting flaw in his ai code was it hallucinated an entirely different mocking tool for unit tests

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘An Overwhelmingly Negative And Demoralizing Force’: What It’s Like Working For A Company That’s Forcing AI On Its Developers.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I think of ai more as an enhanced autocomplete. Instead of autocompleting function calls, it can autocomplete entire lines.

  Unit tests are fairly repetitive, so it does a decent job of autocompleting those, needing only minor corrections

  I’m still up in the air over regexes. It does generate something but I’m not sure it adds value

  I haven’t had much success with the results of generating larger sections of code

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are any calls without caller ID legit?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  At least some are legit. I’ll also add onto the doctors office example. Their main number probably has caller id, but the numbers they call back from tend to not. I assume it would be true spoof similar businesses where they might call back from multiple lines but are too small to use any sort of switchboard

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are most people here left-wing?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  While I don’t understand gender politics, alternate pronouns and labels, I long since realized that it doesn’t matter. I’m all for everyone living their lives their way with equal respect. You do you, and be the best you you can, whatever you that may be, and I’ll be happy to call you friend

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are most people here left-wing?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  For sure, left wing are most of what I see here, except for trolls and bots

  If I needed a label, probably Progressive. I liked Biden’s platform and agreed we needed to try a centrist like him to see if it was possible to start working together again. I also believed he did at least as well as anyone could, and if his legacy hadn’t been torn to bits by turnip would have positioned the US well for decades to come. He could have shifted that Overton window, sowed the seeds that a more Progressive candidate could reap.

  But if I try to articulate a common theme for my current beliefs, it is to invest in the future. I’m a strong believer in a good education for all as the foundation of our future. I’m inspired by the possibilities of science and technology.

  Earlier in life I thought I was much more Conservative but the twisted thing is I now say the same things from a very different perspective.

  • I’m a strong believer in family values: every family member deserves equal respect and human rights, every new parent deserves quality time with a new child without regard for work, every child deserves the best healthcare without regard for their parents income, every child deserves a top notch education and the resources to succeed at it, every elderly or disabled person deserves to have their needs met and continue a decent life.
  • I believe in innovation and pulling yourself up by your bootstraps. A solid education for all allows each person the opportunity to achieve their potential. A comprehensive safety net lets each person reach for the stars without fear, lets them dare to fail without perishing, allows them to learn from a failure and try again.
  • I believe in self-sufficiency and independence. Every person deserves a basic income to survive without burdening anyone else. Every person needs healthcare sufficient to recover without losing their independence, their savings, or their loved ones. People who choose city life should be able to walk out their door with only what they carry, and get anywhere.
  • I believe in fiscal responsibility. Every investment to look toward the future, build a better society, a better environment, a better humanity
• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How can you oppose tariffs, while supporting a hardline against China on Taiwan?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This is like how do you oppose bulldozing through the rainforest of Panama, while taking a hard line on everyone’s right to medical care. Yeah a machete and a scalpel are both knives but they’re not both the same

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why dont more people live in smaller communities , appart from economic opportunity (WFH is making it possible if not prefferable too)⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I can even easily get takeout if I don’t feel like

  And I’ll take that up a notch. I currently live in a small city outside a large one, and I can walk to get takeout, from

  • American diner
  • Greek kebabs
  • Pakistani kebabs
  • several Indian restaurants
  • several Chinese restaurants
  • several Mexican restaurants
  • at least one Salvadoran
  • at least one Chilean
  • some sort of African thing I haven’t yet tried
  • …… and so many more

  Our new family activity for pandemic was to walk for takeout from the new Punjabi restaurant, and eat dinner on a bench in the town common…… try that in your small town

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Self-Driving Teslas Are Fatally Striking Motorcyclists More Than Any Other Brand: New Analysis⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Why not? It’s got multiple cameras so could judge distances the same way humans do.

  However there have been both hardware and software updates since most of those, so the critical question is how much of a problem is it still? The article had no info or speculation on that

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Self-Driving Teslas Are Fatally Striking Motorcyclists More Than Any Other Brand: New Analysis⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  In this case, does it matter? Both are supposed to follow a vehicle at a safe distance

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨OpenWrt Two will be a higher-performance router with 10 Gigabit LAN and WiFi 7 support - Liliputing⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If we want to cherry pick …. Here in the US, i switched over to gigabit symmetrical over pandemic, but fiber has been available from three providers at that speed over a decade. Of course IPv6 has been “in progress” for that decade, with no sign of progress

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨OpenAI's move to allow generating "Ghibly stlye" images isn't just a cute PR stunt. It is an expression of dominance and the will to reject and refuse democratic values. It is a display of power⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not entirely sure what this style even is - wouldn’t this same argument apply to Apple’s “Memoji” that has been out a few years?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm looking for a no frills, physical key EV. Am I looking for something that no longer exists?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  When mine is configured for aggressive regen, it slows the vehicle to a stop. You couldn’t push the car, for example

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm looking for a no frills, physical key EV. Am I looking for something that no longer exists?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You’re certainly welcome to your opinion, doodad that’s one persons shiny new toy that ends up in a trash heap is someone else’s useful tool.

  Personally I could argue my smartwatch is better than my phone: it can do almost every phone can, almost everything I used to carry a wallet for, plus warn me if I’m dead …. And it doesn’t let me waste an evening doom scrolling

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm looking for a no frills, physical key EV. Am I looking for something that no longer exists?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Huh, my EV also has neutral and park. It can be very useful to yet the wheels freewheel or to lock the wheels. However no PRNDL shifter control for usability