Robust_Mirror

@Robust_Mirror@aussie.zone

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Accused killer of US insurance CEO pleads not guilty to 'terrorist' murder⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Well the thing is if you plead guilty you’re immediately at the mercy of the judge. They simply decide on your sentence based on the provided information and give you a penalty in line with the laws around it.

  Even if your the most guilty of the guilty, you’re generally better off having a jury trial to determine how guilty, as if you appear sympathetic you could get the minimum penalty rather than the maximum. The exception would be if you had an exceptionally good plea bargain for pleading guilty.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Accused killer of US insurance CEO pleads not guilty to 'terrorist' murder⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  For criminal cases yes it has to be unanimous. They might have heard about civil cases sometimes allowing majority/supermajority vote verdicts (allowed in more than half the states).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Same Same But Different⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Mushi-Shi.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bluesky boom worries Chinese media⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  X was the perfect name for the platform everyone’s leaving.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨flouride⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  …spokanecity.org/…/city-council-information-on-fl…

  • Water fluoridation reaches over 13 million Europeans through programs in England, Ireland, Poland, Serbia and Spain

  • Children in deprived areas benefit most from water fluoridation according to 2018 English health agency report

  • Over 70 million Europeans receive fluoridated salt through programs in Austria, France, Germany, Switzerland and other countries. Salt fluoridation is recommended when water fluoridation is not feasible

  • European Academy of Pediatric Dentistry endorses water fluoridation as “core component of oral health policy”

  • Fluoridated milk programs have operated in Bulgaria, England, Hungary, Russia and Scotland

  • Several European countries provide free or subsidized fluoride treatments through national healthcare:

    • Sweden: free dental care through age 23
    • Denmark: free dental care until age 18
    • Finland: public dental clinic access for all legal residents

  • Scandinavian schools offer fluoride varnish, tablets and rinse programs

  • Some regions in Europe have naturally fluoridated water, such as parts of Italy. Italian health officials support water fluoridation but don’t implement additional programs due to naturally optimal fluoride levels in some areas

  cdc.gov/…/statement-on-the-evidence-supporting-th…

  • Evidence shows that water fluoridation prevents tooth decay by providing frequent and consistent contact with low levels of fluoride, ultimately reducing tooth decay by about 25% in children and adults.

  • evidence shows that schoolchildren living in communities where water is fluoridated have, on average, 2.25 fewer decayed teeth compared to similar children not living in fluoridated communities.

  • A study to compare costs associated with community water fluoridation with treatment savings achieved through reduced tooth decay, which included 172 public water systems, each serving populations of 1,000 individuals or more, found that 1 year of exposure to fluoridated water yielded an average savings of $60 per person when the lifetime costs of maintaining a restoration were included.

  • Analyses of Medicaid claims data in 3 other states (Louisiana, New York, and Texas), have also found that children living in fluoridated communities have lower caries related treatment costs than do similar children living in non-fluoridated communities; the difference in annual per child treatment costs ranged from $28 to $67.

  pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9544072/

  • community water fluoridation continues to decrease cavities by 25% at the population level.

  • Even with fluoridated products such as toothpaste and mouth rinses, this public health practice can reduce an additional 25% of tooth decay in children and adults

  • In 1945, Grand Rapids, Michigan became the first U.S. city to fluoridate its public water supply. Five years later, Grand Rapids schoolchildren were found to have significantly fewer cavities than children from the control community of Muskegon, and additional water districts, including Muskegon began fluoridating and seeing similar results

  • Studies have shown that populations from lower socioeconomic groups within fluoridated communities have less tooth decay when compared to peers in nonfluoridated communities

  • The cost of a lifetime of water fluoridation for one person is less than the cost of one filling

  More info: www.ada.org/resources/…/fluoride-in-water

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨flouride⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Well look at the statistics:

  Fluoride: Water fluoridation in the United States began in the 1940s By 1949, nearly 1 million Americans were receiving fluoridated tap water In 1951, the number jumped dramatically to 4.85 million people By 1952, the number nearly tripled again to 13.3 million Americans In 1954, the number exceeded 20 million people In 1965 an additional 13.5 million Americans gained access to fluoridated water. By 1969, 43.7% of Americans had access to fluoridated tap water. In 2000, approximately 162 million Americans (65.8% of the population served by public water systems) received optimally fluoridated water 2006: 69.2% of people on public water systems (61.5% of total population) 2012: 74.6% of people on public water systems (67.1% of total population)

  Autism: First recognised in the 1940s During the 1960s and 1970s, prevalence estimates were approximately 0.5 cases per 1,000 children. Prevalence rates increased to about 1 case per 1,000 children in the 1980s. 2000: 1 in 150 children 2006: 1 in 110 children 2014: 1 in 59 children 2016: 1 in 54 children 2020: 1 in 36 children

  Seems pretty clear cut to me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨wooly bears⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  In the 3rd panel read all the bugs then all the humans.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨But yes.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
  • Carbon monoxide
• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨But yes.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Geothermal: Incredibly old sky-spiciness from far, far away that Earth collected to slowly release.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨But yes.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
  • Solar panels: Direct sky-spiciness to electricity conversion
  • Wind: Sky-spiciness made the air move
  • Hydroelectric: Sky-spiciness lifted the water up, gravity brings it down
  • Fossil fuels: Really old stored sky-spiciness from ancient plants
• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨same as it ever was⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Thing is, unless we first found it way later, people would just think they’re referencing the runes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨fuckery⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Unholy fuck.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Leeches!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I knew someone that had some as pets, they would literally put their hand into the tank and let them bite it to feed them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Optimisation is a Slow Process⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes but how much heat are those hairs actually saving? In real terms I doubt it’s a number that’s meaningful at all. Like if you had 2 clones and one had their hair shaved and one didn’t, I’m not convinced you could even measure the difference without super sensitive tools and even then it would be a fraction of a degree.

  I also doubt there’s any situation where, all else being equal, one would survive and one wouldn’t purely on the basis of having those hairs.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Optimisation is a Slow Process⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s either cold enough that I’m gonna die or it’s not. Those tiny hairs aren’t going to save me in a situation where it would matter.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨your mom falls significantly faster than g⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  But if you’re dropping them at the same time right next to each other, the earth is so large they would functionally be one object and pull the earth at the same combined acceleration.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Honey⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean I think it can be boiled down pretty simply: cause the least harm to living things that you can personally manage. Having impossible goals isn’t necessarily a bad thing. If your impossible goal is to make a billion dollars ethically, and you get to 50 million being 95% ethical, you could still consider that a win, even though you didn’t reach your impossible goal.

  Even the simple goal of “always being a good person 100% of the time” is probably impossible to achieve over an entire lifetime while meeting every person’s definition of it. That doesn’t mean it’s useless for someone to strive for that within their definition of “good person”.

  In fact I’d say the vast majority of meaningful, non trivial goals could be considered “impossible”.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨AI Slop⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh, I should’ve guessed.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨fwiends⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Combine the size with the fact that they are semi transparent and live in hair follicles and sebaceous glands, both of which are essentially under the skin, and that’s why you don’t generally see them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bloomin onion⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That is the only thing I can think of when I hear the word succulent.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Krillin⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Well what about when we get powdered mixes and mix them into water

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's dangerous to go alone. Take this.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I get you, but “whatever the user attempts” “works out in their favour”, seems pretty clear to me. If I attempt to win at the lottery, the outcome will work out in a way that favours what I want. It feels hard for it to go wrong.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's dangerous to go alone. Take this.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah the penny is crazy OP. Ultimately, if something can be done, you can do it. Ignoring what you said for a moment, which is entirely true.

  Get rich, create company that is focused on sleep research and ways to reduce/eliminate it while staying 100% healthy, unlimited funds, top minds, and every month you can help speed things up significantly.

  And if it’s fundamentally impossible, you’ll still have plenty of other goals to choose from, and you’ll absolutely appreciate having the entire day free to do what you want while having to sleep, vs having to still go to work but sitting up all night.

  The other catch is, while it states a cool down of 20 hours, functionally you’d generally have to be awake 23 hours, unless you had the luxury of being able to sleep at any time. Sleeping every 20 hours for 1 hour isn’t going to stay at a consistent time.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's dangerous to go alone. Take this.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean I guess it depends how strictly you take it. If literally everything works out in your favour, and you set out to build it, you’ll know you’re done when you don’t feel inclined to do anything further because it worked out.

  As far as using/repairs etc, you obviously wouldn’t attempt to do so during times the coin is not in effect, you’d just wait till the next heads. When you attempt to use it, it will work out.

  But even that can be potentially mitigated somewhat. You could say, set out to write a manual that even a child could understand for example.

  I think the best path though would be to use it to make money, then once you have effectively unlimited funds, create companies aimed towards goals you want to achieve, and use the 12 hours to set out to hire the best, smartest and most loyal people in the world. You’ll be able to pay them whatever they need. Any time they get stuck, you can use the 12 hours to guide them.

  12 hours every ~4 weeks might not seem like much, but if you use that time to set everything up well and prepare for the 12 hours, you’ll get a lot done in that time. The only issue is people at your companies trying to work out why the super rich super genius that was able to start all these things only comes into work to help every couple of months.

  You’d probably want to come across as super eccentric or something as well.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's dangerous to go alone. Take this.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah if you take it at face value that one is pretty cursed. You’re gonna get sleep deprivation affects and diseases pretty quickly if it only makes you feel rested. But it’s entirely possible they intended it to mean properly and healthily rested. If that’s the case I think it’s by far a top contender.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Study finds that Chat GPT will cheat when given the opportunity and lie to cover it up later.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  If someone doesn’t know the answer to something and they guess, or think they know the answer but don’t, they are wrong. If they do know the answer and intentionally give a wrong answer, they are lying.

  If someone is in a competition or playing a game and they break a rule they didn’t know about, they made a mistake. If they do know the rules and break it, they are cheating.

  Lying and cheating fundamentally requires intent. This is important no matter what you’re referring to. If a child gets something wrong, you should not get mad at them for lying. If they make a mistake in a game, you should not acuse them out cheating. There is a difference and it matters.

  ChatGPT literally cannot think. It’s not sitting around contemplating it’s existence while waiting for inputs. It’s taking what you say, comparing that to everything that it’s been trained on, assigning a bunch of statistics, and outputting something based on more statistics that hopefully is correct and makes sense.

  It doesn’t know if it makes sense. It doesn’t “know” anything. It’s just an incredibly sophisticated version of “if user inputs ‘Hi how are you’, respond ‘I am well, how are you?’”.

  It can’t do things with intent. Therefore it cannot lie or cheat. It can simply output wrong or problematic text based on statistics.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hummingbird feet⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Probably something like pronounce or proclaim.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨πckles!!!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  You say pickle like peekle?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Jesse is smarter than what we give him credit for.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  You know, I knew that, and I really don’t know how that happened. In any case thanks.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Jesse is smarter than what we give him credit for.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I will concede that it would make some things easier, like if someone says are you busy on the 5th, you can instantly know the 5th is a Friday or whatever. But I still don’t like it. And without researching in detail, I’m betting there are holidays, particularly religious ones, that wouldn’t be okay with moving the date to match the weekend closest to it for reasons.