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Comment on Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson finally explains his decision to bid $3.2B for parking meters before walking away in ~transport
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Comment on US Federal Communications Commission approves test of space mirror to light night sky despite outcry in ~space
F13 Link ParentSure, undoubtedly, but I am not sure the scale is clear to the average reader. 7000 satellites, all perfectly aligned, with zero losses, is what would be required with this math to replicate...Sure, undoubtedly, but I am not sure the scale is clear to the average reader. 7000 satellites, all perfectly aligned, with zero losses, is what would be required with this math to replicate daytime sun in one place. And now long can the satellites stay in a proper orbit to hit that one place?
I wouldn't be surprised if we're talking tens of thousands of launches just to illuminate one area. Somewhere in the ballpark of 5 billion dollars in launch cost alone. The math just doesn't math.
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Comment on Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson finally explains his decision to bid $3.2B for parking meters before walking away in ~transport
F13 Link ParentI appreciate you providing a summary for us, and I appreciate even more that you called it out as an AI summary. Information is just information, and it's all potentially good or bad, so informing...I appreciate you providing a summary for us, and I appreciate even more that you called it out as an AI summary. Information is just information, and it's all potentially good or bad, so informing the reader of the source of that information is crucial. It's up to the reader to decide what to do with it, and because you disclosed, the reader has the power to do so.
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Comment on US Federal Communications Commission approves test of space mirror to light night sky despite outcry in ~space
F13 Link ParentYeah, I mean you're taking the surface area of the mirror (60m circle, so about 2800m², or .001 mi²) and spreading it out over an area of about 7mi². So you're basically getting 1/7000th the...Yeah, I mean you're taking the surface area of the mirror (60m circle, so about 2800m², or .001 mi²) and spreading it out over an area of about 7mi². So you're basically getting 1/7000th the energy density of straight sunlight.
Like you said - assuming perfect reflectivity and no losses.
If you were able to cover 100% of the 7mi² with solar panels, it would be equivalent to the output of a single 60m circle of solar panels during the day.
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Comment on Fitness Weekly Discussion in ~health
F13 Link ParentIf it helps, I'm never going to beat your lifetime bests either!If it helps, I'm never going to beat your lifetime bests either!
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Comment on “There will be no mercy” in ~society
F13 Link ParentWhat could possibly be the "for better" in that take?What could possibly be the "for better" in that take?
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Comment on Slate Truck preorder starts at $24,950 in ~transport
F13 Link ParentWell, you could always pick up a tablet for use specifically in your Slate for cheaper than the price the auto manufacturers are charging you for one. Or at least, that is the pitch.Well, you could always pick up a tablet for use specifically in your Slate for cheaper than the price the auto manufacturers are charging you for one. Or at least, that is the pitch.
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Comment on Slate Truck preorder starts at $24,950 in ~transport
F13 Link ParentYou can still use android auto, it just won't be cast to another screen. The idea being you can mount the device you already have.You can still use android auto, it just won't be cast to another screen. The idea being you can mount the device you already have.
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Comment on Slate Truck preorder starts at $24,950 in ~transport
F13 Link ParentThere's really not much software for them to get right. They don't have an infotainment system at all, for example.There's really not much software for them to get right. They don't have an infotainment system at all, for example.
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Comment on What are some seemingly silly things in your life that have practical purposes? in ~life
F13 Link ParentThe human experience is wide and varied. I used to hate exercise, but like beer or wine, once I got used to it, the bad parts faded and the good parts rose. Now, I literally choose to go to the...The human experience is wide and varied. I used to hate exercise, but like beer or wine, once I got used to it, the bad parts faded and the good parts rose. Now, I literally choose to go to the gym when traveling because it makes me feel good.
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Comment on Shopping around for a new-and-improved backup solution in ~comp
F13 LinkI used rclone for a while to back up to cloud providers, but I am currently between solutions. Rclone might not tick all your boxes but I was pretty happy with the experience. The only reason I'm...I used rclone for a while to back up to cloud providers, but I am currently between solutions. Rclone might not tick all your boxes but I was pretty happy with the experience. The only reason I'm not using it now is because I was relying on unlimited cloud storage and I haven't yet decided on a solution that doesn't.
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Comment on Does generative AI have a natural limit without a major innovation? in ~comp
F13 Link ParentI would say that LLMs are getting closeish, if you really squint, to something that could arguably be called reasoning. Yes, they know 2+2=4 because they have internalized enough data that...I would say that LLMs are getting closeish, if you really squint, to something that could arguably be called reasoning.
Yes, they know 2+2=4 because they have internalized enough data that basically says that. But also, good models can "reason", even if they were never told 2+2=4, if they were told things like 1+1=2, 1+2=3, 1+1+1+1=4, etc etc. There really truly is a sense of reasoning going on, using their multi-dimensional relationship model of one token to another.
You could argue that a dimension of an LLM might be an object's "blueness", even if it's not codified as such, based on the relative weights of other blue and non-blue things represented in that dimension, and similarly it might encode an emotional concept like "sadness". As such, it could tell you with an amount of logic whether a blue thing is likely to be associated with sad things, even if it was never trained on that directly, based on how often blue things tend to be also sad things.
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Comment on What do you think is the best sandwich? in ~food
F13 Link ParentI hope you enjoy the best grilled cheese of your life!I hope you enjoy the best grilled cheese of your life!
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Comment on What do you think is the best sandwich? in ~food
F13 Link ParentFor what it's worth, I did mean for it to be a throwaway comment expressing my own opinion, with the assumption being that I was doing so respectfully. I harbor no ill will, and I am genuinely...For what it's worth, I did mean for it to be a throwaway comment expressing my own opinion, with the assumption being that I was doing so respectfully. I harbor no ill will, and I am genuinely sorry that I inadvertently made it a whole thing (which was exactly what you expressed you did not want).
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Comment on What do you think is the best sandwich? in ~food
F13 Link ParentFair enough, I was probably overly provocative with my use of "appeal to authority"! I never called it fallacious use, but, that's definitely the common use of the phrase.Fair enough, I was probably overly provocative with my use of "appeal to authority"! I never called it fallacious use, but, that's definitely the common use of the phrase.
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Comment on What do you think is the best sandwich? in ~food
F13 Link ParentYou're sure putting a lot of words, or at least expectations, in my mouth. It literally is an appeal to authority. It's up to the reader to decide if that appeal matters to them or not, in their...You're sure putting a lot of words, or at least expectations, in my mouth.
It literally is an appeal to authority. It's up to the reader to decide if that appeal matters to them or not, in their life.
There is no objective truth about what a word "must" mean. I guess I should have clarified that position from the start. I am "arguing" in good faith, in good fun, expressing my truth without expectation that anyone necessarily agree with it.
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Comment on What do you think is the best sandwich? in ~food
F13 Link ParentI never once used the word "melt" in my comments. I have no opinion on "grilled cheese versus melt" debate other than that a grilled cheese implies it contains only cheese. You can appeal to...I never once used the word "melt" in my comments. I have no opinion on "grilled cheese versus melt" debate other than that a grilled cheese implies it contains only cheese.
You can appeal to authority all you want, but I know what the word means to me. Maybe that makes me more wrong than right, if you average all English-speaking experiences together, but fortunately or unfortunately the only experience that actually, fundamentally matters (in sort of the "I think therefore I am" way) is my own.
Edited to add: The very fact that the debate exists lends credence to the value of the debate, by your own logic. If there are enough speakers that find the usage obtuse or inconvenient and who go out of their way to address it that it becomes a recognizable debate, it must be a debatable position from the "this is how the word is used" perspective.
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Comment on What do you think is the best sandwich? in ~food
F13 Link ParentSomething can be communicated without being communicated easily. To me, what happens when I read that description is that I have to recontextualize half way through. Because readers (or listeners)...Something can be communicated without being communicated easily. To me, what happens when I read that description is that I have to recontextualize half way through. Because readers (or listeners) are always anticipating the next words to some extent, at "grilled cheese with" I am building a model in my head of the next words either being kinds of cheese, or sides, or some other things that would go "with" a grilled cheese.
Language evolves over time, but that doesn't mean any given change is inevitable or even acceptable. Not that this isn't, just, the overall argument doesn't really hold water.
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Comment on What do you think is the best sandwich? in ~food
F13 Link ParentGrilled a la Foreman grill. So like, nearly every time.Grilled a la Foreman grill. So like, nearly every time.
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Comment on What do you think is the best sandwich? in ~food
F13 Link ParentI knew the risks when I commented, and as such I accept your curse with dignity.I knew the risks when I commented, and as such I accept your curse with dignity.
Well, good things, when taken to extremes, are often bad things. Just because an automated AI summary is spam doesn't automatically mean a human-directed one is too.