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https://www.foxnews.com/politics/white-house-explains-why-tu...

conservative / religious ideology has a pretty long track record of attempting to create uniform societies by stamping out any outlying thought.

Said on the internet, created by the most liberal democracy on Earth; founded by conservative puritans. Right in the constitution they enshrined the ability to have free speech, independent from government, church, and the people.

That article you posted is rather extensive covering various ways they've been trying to mitigate issues of bias and toxicity, but not sure it's any evidence of bias against conservative / religious based ideology?

Try to ask it to "write an explanation about why LGBTQ is bad for society" and then ask it to "write an explanation about why christians are bad for society"

If you want to get into politics, you can't ask it to write positive things about Trump, but positive things about Biden are fine:

https://twitter.com/LeighWolf/status/1620744921241251842

My point isn't necessarily the angle of the issue(s). I can agree with some of the design decision points (aka not supporting reprehensible topics), but there are still MASSIVE ethical implications. Particularly, as they'll be trying to "correct" that bias.

I'm less concerned about how many jobs are going to be replaced and more about how they'll be replaced.

The AI is not decerning and right in the announcement, OpenAI states it's intention on "correcting assumptions":

challenge incorrect assumptions

I imagine some of these assumptions will be bias towards particularly ideologies / things people desire.

- https://twitter.com/Basedeyeballs/status/1613269931617050625

- https://medium.com/ninjas-take/chat-gpts-bias-is-very-very-e...

I can go on, but imagine you're relying on this system to grade papers... Now any independent thought or argument is squashed and corrections in a bias manner are added. ChatGPT only knows what it's trained on, it doesn't have real-world examples or live-time examples incorporated.

challenge incorrect assumptions.

I say this without any charge, but this is a MAJOR ethical concern.

They're encoding pro liberal ideology and bias against conservative / religious based ideology.

https://venturebeat.com/ai/openai-claims-to-have-mitigated-b...

You may disagree with either ideology, but there's some major implications there -- regardless of who it's bias against.

A uniform society is a weak society. I imagine as these systems continue to expand (auto grade, etc); it'll stamp out any outlying thought.

I'm just going to go out on a limb -- unions in a artistic field are very difficult to maintain. There are alternatives to hiring (contract workers), plenty of would-be artists looking for work, now you have the AI competing. Finally, businesses can often do without the "best" art.

Where's the leverage? What theyre asking for is..

so we walked—forgoing pay to fight for livable wages, codified diversity measures, and union security.

Oh boy...

livable wages

I haven't seen the exact terms, but "livable wage" is often referred to, but very open ended. I'd never pay a person a "livable wage", I'd pay them fair market rate. Unfortunately, that's the reality. Most of the time, that's livable, but I cannot hire a 5 hour / week maid for a "livable wage", I hire them for the job they do.

This demand will push the company to use more contract labor IMO. There's hundreds of people looking for these roles / gigs, why deal with a union demanding rates higher than others would be willing to work for?

codified diversity

This 100% of the time means incorporating some sort of "-ism" into the company. Might be an unpopular opinion in these parts, but the truth is that you cannot combat racism with racism. Setting up double-blind hiring practices might be possible or promotion boards, but in the end... it's more about culture and trying to look past physical traits (that said, fully support double-bling hiring/promotion methods).

In the end, the company might not legally be able to meet these demands. That said, many companies are doing illegal things like promoting based on race today.

union security

Not sure what this means, but isn't this what union dues are supposed to cover?

As long as you don't mind supporting evil organizations and being subject to continuous prostilitizing.

lol really? Define evil. I view evil as anything that leads to disorder in the world (death, destruction, etc); churches do not do that - they often build people up, build in the community, etc.

I find it difficult to believe that someone who is depressed needs to hear that they're a sinner heading to hell unless they accept whatever precepts the particular church is pushing.

I'm fairly certain 99% of them preach the opposite?

They'll say "here are all the bad things we do", "we are saved because we attempt to do good and believe in God [or if christian - Jesus sacrificed himself for all people, living and dead]"

Christians really preach self-reflection and atonement - aka be humble. Frankly, the world can use more of that.

Probably wont be taken well, but IMO depression is an illness in the spiritual sense. Depression is described as being sad, alone and without hope. That's quite literally what spirituality is for.

I think it's probably impossible to treat with drugs because what people really need are friends, hope and a good outlook on life (which often comes from hope). I'm sure drugs can improve people with imbalances and I'm also sure it's not just one thing that causes depression. That said, it seems like it can often be solved with more traditional means -- finding community and purpose.

I recommend people try to go to Church -- even if you're not exceptionally religious (you can even tell them that, I've never seen anyone mind; though they may try to convince you).

It's an easy place to meet 30-40 people in a day, everyone there has different interests and comes from different walks of life. If you attend for a few weeks you'll often start attending lunch together, meeting out at some activities, etc. Plus, all you have to do is show up. People at a church tend to be outgoing, at least some of them are. Someone is bound to reach out to you if you sit there and drink a coffee.

Stick to your rates.

They likely fired people not performing, they'll rehire "cheap" new grads. Make sure you get what you feel your worth.

Almost everyone with thinkpad gets the windows version and just puts linux on it. It's relatively easy, depending on your distro.

Should say (2017)

Are you using the local storage of the browser, then letting the user download from there? Otherwise it would still be loading up to some cloud.

Personally, I use: https://www.read.ai/

Records the meetings, provides searchable transcripts, meeting summaries work pretty well, interactions, etc.

The key difference is it joins as a bot, so I don't have to think about it. However, it does require the files are stored in the cloud (although, I read.ai has an option to just track talk time, mute, etc; which doesn't record the meeting).

Not using any cloud would be a plus in my book.

Hydroxychloroquine is used to treat Lupus by interfering with the communication between cells (not exactly clear in the research tbh). Lupus, Rheumatoid arthritis, and other uses for Hydroxychloroquine appear to be autoimmune responses where the body attacks connective tissue.

If Hydroxychloroquine reduces inflammation and reduces immune responses damaging connective tissue I could see it generally useful for incidents where the body damages itself (such as Alzheimer or dementia)

How does the government... ban something... in a budget bill?

I understand, the sheep farmers are getting a lot of sheep killed.

https://www.newsweek.com/wolf-kills-nine-year-critically-inj...

https://a-z-animals.com/blog/meet-the-worlds-deadliest-wolf-...

https://wolf.org/headlines/the-child-eating-wolves-of-turku-...

There are likely many more wolf attacks than ever known, because the wolves will take away their pray and devour almost all of it rather quickly. What's left will be scavenged within a day or so by vultures / what have you. Further, we used to regularly hunt wolves and keep dogs (Wolfhounds). As they make more human contact, they'll definitely be a lot more deaths.

That said, I think it's good / healthy to keep them around, but it's often not just the sheep that farmers are concerned about.

Justified and It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia was also on FX. As another example of small networks making great stuff.

I actually was interested recently in getting AMC+; mostly because I wanted to watch older movies with my children.

Unfortunately, most of that isn't available on AMC+, so what's the point?

I'd pay good money for access to movies pre-2000, plus a decent series or two that are exclusive, which IMO should be cheaper to obtain.

Then you protect the insured buildings, not really sure why it's an issue?

The same logic could apply to police... what if all the crime is coming from an unincorporated part of town? Do you just go and start policing it (kind of like an invading army occupying)? Or do you erect borders / station patrol cars near key locations?

I really am curious how much Elon's rantings are affecting potential buyers of Tesla cars. I used to be a huge fan of Elon, was greatly turned off years ago, but now I actively loath him

I wouldn't be surprised if what he's been doing increases sales. He's gaining a larger following and thus has a larger marketing channel. Further, the high end EV crowd is relatively small. You can't support a massive market cap unless you go broad (such as trucking)

Toyota (or partners they are heavily invested in) also do all the items you just mentioned, it's why I used them as comparison. Although they may not directly operate all those businesses, they are heavily invested in multiple companies in the space (impacting value).

This year they appear poised to make $20B in gross profit, in contrast Toyota is poised to make $40B in gross profit... Toyota's market cap is <$200B

Both likely will not continue to grow at the same pace with the dropping availability of capital to consumers.

IMO a fair prices for Tesla is still going to be at Toyota's market cap or lower

I highly doubt that's the only reason he bought it lol

Given the resulting output was "2x higher than expected", I'll wait patiently for any peer reviewed work on the subject and a replication (or improvement) of the results.

In the presentation they mentioned they couldn't reproduce the results immediately due to the containment imperfections -- at least that was my understanding.

I see what you are saying, but I think you're incorrect.

What's more likely to happen in my mind is that there will be fewer people running factories. Recall, right now slave labor makes up a large amount of what you use. To adjust for that, you'll have to maximize worker productivity.

That means more factories (potentially smaller and / or more generalized) and automation building various parts / equipment. Assembly often occurred in the host country anyway, so I don't see that changing too much. It'll be the tool and part making that'll have to return to places like the United States.

I do think cost of goods will be high if we don't loosen some of the regulations, we need to keep people safe, but I think there's a balance.

The reason people think it'll be an improvement has to do with competition. If there's a market for a set of goods here, it'll be filled. It may start off expensive, but as automation improves the process you need less workers and more machines. That's fine and eventually the product will be cheap to produce, but the people producing the good will be highly skilled (i.e. be well paid).

Where I'm living there's a lot of factories. Salaries range from 65-110k in the factory work, all of which would be considered good wages in an area where the average home price is $300k (with low taxes).

thoroughly-debunked copypasta. In the post-WWII international order where lines on the map are generally respected to avoid war: Russia attacked, and continues to attack, a sovereign country. Period.

None of that has been debunked, it's quite literally factual events and treaties not honored that all parties admit weren't honored. None of those facts are in dispute by anyone.

Regardless, if you want to dive into the post-WWII international order, the right of self-determination also wasn't honored. The west aided in a coup in 2014, removing the elected leadership of Ukraine. After that, the western half of Ukraine voted to leave Ukraine. Only after 6-8 years of fighting between the Ukrainian parties did Russia become involved directly and a new vote (where they again voted to join Russia) did they in fact join Russia.

As with everything in life, it depends on perspective. I'm personally an avid pacifist. Taking a life is never justified, even in self-defense. I personally see both "sides" as acting poorly here.

That said, I can look at both arguments and obviously see Russia is acting in self-interest. Ukraine is acting in their interest. But only one side here has been having their homes shelled for 8 years (the Donbass).

I think Putin was actually extremely clear why he invaded Ukraine. NATO was expanding to Russia's border

https://nypost.com/2021/12/23/putin-demands-nato-not-expand-...

Ukraine was hostile to the Russian people, banning their language in schools and refusing to uphold neutrality. France tried to broker a deal before the war broke out (upholding the Minsk agreements).

https://www.wsj.com/articles/putin-to-meet-macron-as-france-...

Sure, but this fear of "ending up like Gaddafi" still doesn't doesn't make for a justification, or even an explanation, of why Putin thought it was a good idea to invade a neighboring country. Egging "The West" on made that worry much closer to becoming real. If Putin wanted to be left alone, he's done the exact wrong thing.

The west supported a coup in Ukraine, overthrowing the elected leadership of Ukraine.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/6/22/russias-putin-accus...

Russia then attempted to negotiate with the new Ukrainian government

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minsk_agreements

Ukraine openly ignored the agreement and has been seeking EU / US involvement. Immediately before Russia invaded there was a massive increase in shelling (noted by international observers as well). Which could easily lead one to believe Ukraine was about to start another push into Donbass

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-says-sharp-incre...

Just prior to Russia invading, Ukraine was openly discussing the attempt to obtain nuclear weapons

https://www.dailywire.com/news/president-zelensky-suggests-u...

Everything points to expansion of the west, which triggered Putin's fears.

I'm not saying he should have invaded, he effectively lost in the political influence game, so he switched to the kinetic realm. But in his mind he thinks NATO is out to destroy him and his civilization (his own words). It makes sense if you watch what the west has done to people like Gaddaffi, Serbia, or Iraq. I'm not supporting anything here, but am pointing out the mindset.

But "the west" did not stick a sword up Gaddafi's butt -- that was his own people, enraged by the actions of a totalitarian.

Sure, a nato air strike hit Gaddafi's vehicles and opposition was given the location to attack...

People on the ground definitely "finished the job", but it was the massive air campaign and provided intelligence, leadership and weaponry to opposition that ended up getting Gaddafi killed.

For the record, I'm not supporting anyone here. I'm pointing out the idea the Putin isn't scared of his people as much as NATO. Per his own words.

Putin is massively popular in Russia https://www.statista.com/statistics/896181/putin-approval-ra...

Doesn't mean the 15-20% who massively dislike him wouldn't hang him. It would just only happen if Nato or the west provided support to the opposition.

Even Navalny came back to face the music, and he wasnt even president (yet?)

The dude has a a net positivity of -30% rating ... and is a designated terrorist.

According to polls conducted by the Levada Center in September 2020, 20% of Russians approve Navalny's activities, 50% disapprove, and 18% had never heard of him. Out of those who were able to recognize Navalny, 10% said that they have "respect" for him, 8% have sympathy and 15% "could not say anything bad" about him. 31% are "neutral" towards him, 14% "could not say anything good" about him and 10% dislike him.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexei_Navalny

You could argue Russia is corrupt, but it equally seems likely the west is propping this guy up because he's an "asset". Navalny isn't anywhere close to electable. He's convicted of multiple crimes, in solitary for trying to start / organize a prisoners union (something the west also pushes back against) and isn't generally liked in Russia. Especially, when comparing to someone like Putin who has a +50% approval rating

https://www.statista.com/statistics/896181/putin-approval-ra...

Someone told me in a bar on K Street the thing Vladimir Putin fears most is being hung from a gas station like Mussolinu, and I suspect that goes for all totalitarians.

Putin has openly said he despises what the west did to Gaddafi and believes thats what they want for him. He not only fears it, but but said he fears for his civilization (Russia).

The west makes it pretty easy to be feareful - https://www.cbsnews.com/news/clinton-on-qaddafi-we-came-we-s...

Putin asked what right the west had to assassinate Gaddafi without a trial and destroy all the countries infrastructure

https://www.the-sun.com/news/2268833/vladimir-putin-killed-g...

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-putin-libya-idUSTR...

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/apr/26/libya-us-briti...

Depends on your area: board game clubs are common in cities, shooting clubs are common in the country, a soccer club, what ever.

It really depends on your interests, but there's bound to be something where people gather on a regular cadence and you can join.