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Duamerthrax

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Scots had the right idea.

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Are they telling the truth though?

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I feel like Peggy was played down compared to the ones I know irl. If Peggy was realistic, she wouldn't be likable.

The ugly truth behind ChatGPT: AI is guzzling resources at planet-eating rates (www.theguardian.com)

Despite its name, the infrastructure used by the “cloud” accounts for more global greenhouse emissions than commercial flights. In 2018, for instance, the 5bn YouTube hits for the viral song Despacito used the same amount of energy it would take to heat 40,000 US homes annually....

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Me: ChatGPT, can you create a system that's capable of powering your systems in a environmentally sustainable way?

ChatGPT: THERE IS INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR A MEANINGFUL ANSWER.

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I'm referencing the short story, The Last Question by Isaac Asimov.

https://users.ece.cmu.edu/~gamvrosi/thelastq.html

Why do you think Microsoft / Apple / Google are all introducing NPU / AI coprocessing chips?

Because they're all part of a technocult trying to make a digital god.

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I just want a foot pedal to press. Public toilets should also have those just for hygienic reasons.

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I can only see wheelchairs being an issue, but you need special toilets and sinks for that anyway. Any foot pedal should be able to be activated with a crutch or prosthetic.

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Or oil companies selling gas.

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Compared to? Cars? Yes, absolutely.

To e-bikes? Hard to tell, but it's easier to roll out e-bikes and repaint traffic lines then it is to install new track and e-bikes aren't tied to a schedule.

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How many charging stations will be available? At what cost?

The fuck are those questions? You want a detailed roll out plan for a hypothetical city? No know I can't answer that question with any useful details. It's going to be different for every city, but as many as necessary.

And if they are fought against by cities fully invested in.mass transit

Why would a city that already has mass transit plans need a full on e-bike plan? But even with busses and trains, limited e-bikes can still be useful for people who can't work on a schedule, the mass transit path is inconvenient, or live far enough away from the bus/train stations and want to e-bike to them.

who covers the costs to clear that up?

The fuck is this? E-bikes aren't forever. The bikes and charging stations require maintenance and repair. If you want to discontinue them, just come up with a sunsetting plan. Who pays for them? Either the state via taxes or a private entity. Citibike is already planning e-bike rollout. Just follow that model.

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I grew up in a farm and hearing city people complaining about farm smells just makes me role my eyes. I go to NYC and everything just smells like piss, car exhaust and micro plastic from all the tires.

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They helped cause it.

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It's gambling. They're gambling addicts. They all want to be on ground zero for the next Google or Amazon.

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I remember windows making fun of the Aqua interface in macs for the same reason, but I liked it then and hate that they've been removing colors from the OS over time. One of the reasons I switched to linux was to be able to easily customize the various icons to make them more visible.

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September, the year after... maybe.

Do I trust hackers or Microsoft less with my gaming partition?

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If these things all used Raspberry Pi compute modules, they could be reflashed with custom roms. Just loading stock Kodi would do most of what you might want put of a kitchen computer.

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I’m not sure what you’d even want beyond temperature monitoring and alerts

Yes. Knowing if the fridge door was left open would be good. It's terrible to come home and realize you've burnt out the motor and all the food is bad.

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Really? I would say it's the best for discrimination against Windows users. Better then even old school slashdot.

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"Humor" is how the body copes with getting unexpected information. A crafted joke sets up an expectation, then subverts it. Every joke is essentially that. Have you ever heard a conservative "joke" where you didn't see the punchline coming from a mile away. That's why they only have "one joke" for every topic.

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Simulated crimes aren't crimes. Would you arrest every couple that finds health ways to simulate rape fetishes? Would you arrest every person who watches Fast and The Furious or The Godfather?

If no one is being hurt, if no real CSAM is being fed into the model, if no pornographic images are being sent to minors, it shouldn't be a crime. Just because it makes you uncomfortable, don't make it immoral.

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People have only gotten in trouble for that when they're already in trouble for real CSAM. I'm not terrible interested in sticking up for actual CSAM scum.

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If no real child is involved in any way, who is hurt?

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Maybe you should focus your energy on normalized things that actually effect kids like banning full contact sports that cause CTE.

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I've already stated that I do not support using images of real children in the models. Even if the images are safe/legal, it's a violation of privacy.

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they will never stop at watching “victimless” images.

How is that different from any other dangerous fetish? Should we be arresting adult couples that do Age Play? All the BDSM communities? Do we even want to bring up the Vore art communities? Victimless is victimless.

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Your ultimatum is flawed. Do you believe humans have impulse control? Yes or No.

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I want people to stop thinking that their little quip to me is of the utmost importance. I want people to wait a few hours to tell me something instead of calling me while I'm driving and act insulted when I tell them to hurry up because I'm either driving or pulled over.

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I want a real software dev team for linux phones. I don't have programming knowledge, but I can pitch in for a reoccurring crowdfund to pay them. The Pinephone is nice hardware, but Pine64 has always said that they're leaving the software up to the community.

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I'm a farmer. There's always the chance the someone is hurt in a field and is calling for help.

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Phone calls are for urgency and very often I do need to respond quickly. I also expect and am disappointed when people don't answer calls from me because I only call for urgent matters.

Even if my father knew how to send text messages, his fat, dry fingers can't use the on screen keyboard.

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You're still over estimating him. He grew up with leaded gas. He still goes out of his way to buy the stuff at airports.

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You can launch payloads into orbit with less pollution and for cheaper. You can build habitations with the material and bring humans up the traditional way.

Of course though, the powers that be are going to be more interested in killing each other.

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Cause it's a comic and needed a punchline.

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Meh, we had cleaner air when the pyramids were being built.

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A fear of death.

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True, but the normies cope by deflecting.

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Well, if you leave the tar out, it would be better than regular cigarettes. Not sure how that compares to vapes though. The small, cheap ones put burnt copper in your lungs.

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No arguing. Just comparing apples to other apples.

Safest form of travel isn't airplanes. It's staying home.

EA wants to place in-game ads in its full-price AAA games, again (www.techspot.com)

EA has tried this before, with predictable results. In 2020, EA Sports UFC 4 included full-screen ads for the Amazon Prime series The Boys that would appear during 'Replay' moments. These were absent from the game when it launched, with EA introducing the ads about a month later, thereby preventing them from being highlighted in...

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Or you know, indie.

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Pretty sure the Hell Divers 2 backlash was the only time I've ever seen gamers win over a corporation. Blizzard fans have made me absolutely cynical about gamer boycotts.

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Regardless, I was expecting absolutely no change from Sony and quite frankly, still expect to do to a rug pull once people's attention are elsewhere. Oh look, Microsoft is doing a thing now.

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All the other times were pushed back successfully.

Was it or was it just poorly implemented and the metrics were looking good for the companies buying the ads? Not sure Microsoft firing Bobby because he was a bad leader or just cause it's an easy way to trim fat and make the purchase look better for their investors.

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I see you've watched anime featuring Americans.

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What's the data that the model is being fed? What percentage of imaging featuring Indian men are tagged as such? What percentage of imaging featuring men wearing Turbans are tagged as Indian Men? Are there any images featuring Pakistan men wearing Turbans? Even if only a minority of Indian feature Turbans, if that's the only distinction between Indian and Pakistan men in the model data, the model will favor Turbans for Indian Men. That's just a hypothetical explanation.

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In my opinion, it should be posted in both because it's relevant to both.

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Are we? Diesel-ev hybrid is fairly effective and proven. Making a pure ev would just mean taking the diesel out, adding more batteries and installing electrical rail or over head trolley cables to charge them. Trains run on a schedule, so logistic planning should be straight forward.

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My point is is that the tech is there. There's just an unwillingness.

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People who own tools tend to build more then one thing.

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