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"it's never the crime... its the cover up". So in this case, they are kinda screwed.

I've owned two Tesla's ( now a Rivian/Porsche EV owner). Hands down Tesla has the best cruise control technology in the market. There-in lies the problem. Musk constantly markets this as self driving. It is NOT. Not yet at least. His mouth is way way way ahead of his tech.

Heck, stopping for a red light is a "feature", where the car is perfectly capable of recognizing and doing so. This alone should warrant an investigation and one that i completely, as a highly technical user, fell for when i first got my model 7 delivered... Ran thru a red light trying out auto pilot for the first time.

I'm honestly surprised there are not more of these lawsuits. I think there's a misinterpretation of the law by those defending Tesla. The system has a lot of legalese safe-guards and warnings. But the MARKETING is off. WAY OFF. and yes, users listen to marketing first.

and that ABSOLUTELY counts in a court of law. You folks would also complain around obtuse EULA, and while this isn't completely apples to apples here, Tesla absolutely engages in dangerous marketing speak around "auto pilot". Eliciting a level of trust for drives that isn't there, and they should not be encouraging.

So sorry, this isn't a political thing ( and yes, disclaimer, also a liberal).

Signed... former Tesla owner waiting for "right around the corner" self driving since 2019...

(very personal opinion)

The oddity is that LLMs are sounding... too... Human... the reacting to information and regurgitating it a bit too much like the average "learned person". Adding a ton of extrapolation of the "facts", just as we would.

LLMs sound like any pundit on any random tv show/newspaper/blog. The goal was never "fact", it was sounding human, and "intelligence", for which the definition in this case has been.. sounding human. Not being right.

Now, the question of whether they should or shouldn't do this...

Why is Meta the wildcard? Meta has the largest track record of open sourcing everything. From hardware (OpenCompute suite of releases ) to pretty much all software ( HHVM, Hack, Buck, etc etc ) that would benefit wider use.

Even Meta's ML research has a history of open sourcing everything, hello PyTorch. So Llama is just a continuation

Because who then pays for the content? Time and time again, the average person has shown that they will rather spend X times more on a trivial thing than content.

This is more acute on hard news. Where a single page article may cost 100k to produce, yet wont be able to be monetized per its "cost to produce".

So yes, it would be a disappointment to lose "great content". now, here lies in the kicker. You get to decide great content with your patronage ( or lack there of)

Way to bring a memory back. I remember going to this place. Definitely wish there were more places like this now ( in nyc and elsewhere )

So your initial comments have aged poorly…

From your own feed:

“ People are rooting for him to fail because he's a rich white guy and a political moderate. “

https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1593206076983635968?s=46&t=...

I really really really dislike this whole trend to feel “victimized” while being some of the most successful people in earth. People are “turning” on Elon after being hugely beloved, purely cause he’s doing idiotic things. Plain an simple.

Furthermore, we should hold someone who’s the richest person on earth to higher standards.

So you’re now equating a pseudo historical character with a children’s book?

Oh brother…

I was not born in Italy, but I am of Italian descent btw. Not sure why that matters, but it probably does to you :-/

Also, I guess you mean only true northern Italians can play the character lol why don’t you phrase it like that as well. See how absurd it sounds?

Another example is the new Disney's Pinocchio, were the Blue Fairy is portrait by a black woman. The problem is not that she is black of course. but that the original story is set in Italy, Tuscany, mid 1800, were no black woman was ever seen

It’s quite clear that that is YOUR problem. It’s funny when people like yourself claim “I’m not X” while then clear laying the case.

And for the récord, i hope you open up a geography book. There’s been black people in Italy for pretty much all it’s history. You may want to also read a few history books. (Black moors, Alessandro de' Medici, etc )

Also, can people just chill with this racist crap. It’s freaking art, up to interpretation. An actor can be of any race or gender. Get over it.

I hope it isn't, of course. ( the nuclear taboo).

But, what this war has exposed is how bad the russian army is trained, and how not so great their equipment is. While a prolonged war would be hard for any country, they struggled from the get go.

I hope this doesn't embolden the US and Europe to be more aggressive. I really hope that cooler heads eventually prevail.

WRT to the really really far fetched ( I hope ), that Russia would launch any nuclear strike. The missile defense systems that NATO and the US have were built exactly to counteract Russian missiles in a situation like this. This will even accelerate the development of hypersonic interceptors ( afaik, already in final stages) .

It would mean total annihilation of russia, as their in flight missies would be intercepted, and it would guarantee a total attack by the us. ( we as a nation tend to over react... and not go tit for tat ).

I hope this never happens. The reason why countries need leadership changes often. And why stable leaders are needed everywhere :-/

Ah yes, nothing like building a "sustainable" community in the dessert.

Yes, there's sarcasm in there.

But part of long term human sustainability is well, figuring out the areas we should not fight the environment ( more than reasonable ) to be able to sustain a human population.

oh, and the relation to virgin galactic...

" In 2004, it signed a deal with Virgin Galactic to develop the Virgin SpaceShip, a suborbital spacecraft, for space tourism. Virgin Group and Scaled Composites have subsequently formed a joint venture, The Spaceship Company, to manufacture the spacecraft."[0]

[0]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mojave_Aerospace_Ventures

Or you know, you could just go to their website and confirm that in fact, they did win it[0]

There will always be naysayers, detractors, and people who will always question the value of exporation and human inventiveness.

Like in business, if it was obvious, it would have long been done. Yes, it does tak ea bit of brashness and self serving to do new things. and their practically is seldomly obvious at the beginning.

But this is EXACTLY how humanity moves forward!!! The crazy ones, the selfish ones. The ones that sometimes do it for the glory, or just because its' hard.

It's very easy to critique, but in the words or someone else... "what have you done that is so great?"

[0]https://www.xprize.org/prizes/ansari

Relevance here[1]

[1]https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2021/05/14/apple-airtags-ha...

Hijack is the right word.[1]

And again, you may not understand the ad space, as apple is doing what you think they are not doing. [2]

[1]https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2021/05/14/apple-airtags-ha...

[2] https://www.adexchanger.com/mobile/is-apple-giving-its-own-a...

Explain AirTags and their ability to highjack the internet connectivity of any apple device. Did you get asked about that?

So why is it ok for apple to do that, and non of their vendors?

I'm not saying it's a slam dunk at all.

I'm saying Apple is ok with exempting themselves. How come their apps are not using the same dialog? Why do they hide behind "location services", when in reality, they are used for similar purposes?

Example, Airtags. https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2021/06/remember-apple-airtags-an...

How can AirTags highjack ANY apple device to report their location, without asking the device owner? Do IOS owners get asked in a dialog about allowing air tag tracking? NOPE

  "here’s a bunch of reasons why this might not work, not least that no-one except Google and Apple want Google and Apple to have that much control over publishing and advertising. "

The enemy of your enemy is not necesarily your friend.

Things SHOULD change. Moving the power from one big corp to another big corp is not the answer. No matter how convenient it may seem.

Just no. I really don't understand this irrational, baseless fear. Water does clean.

- Fatbergs ( danger in flushing them )

- Hands touching excrement, then you touching other surfaces.

- No, an active nozzle can't get soiled the way you think. This is almost akin to thinking that a faucet can get dirty. The force of flow is a LOT larger than projectile acceleration no matter how bad those tacos where. In any case, most bidets have self cleaning, and anti microbial surfaces.

But sure, keep on smelling. it's your choice after all.

I guess you need me to list them. ( this is just getting funny.. telling people that cleaning their bum after number two is a positive thing.. i thought we covered this in pre-school, next up.. why you should use a washcloth or equivalent and not stick the bar of soap up your... crevices )

- smells

- dirty laundry

- Comfort (not wallowing in your own filth)

- sweat does tend to flow.. bringing with it.. you guessed it.

But onto your point about "disinfection". I don't know which alcohol baths you take, but full disinfection isn't the goal. But since you need evidence.. "How effective is soap over plain old water? It works, but all else being equal, water has a greater marginal effect. " [1]

[1] https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2012/06/soap-how-...

What you just described is an issue with every toilet seat... it is not unique to bidets.

What I think you mean is that the sprayer/nozzle can get dirty? Do you have similar fears of your kitchen/bathroom faucet? because there's no way anything can stay in the spray nozzle of a bidet. that part self cleans instantaneously.

Two things...

- Flushable wipes should be avoided ( FATBERGS!!! ) ( although they are great )

- Spray bidets can get you to overcome your fear of seeing the random poop stain in a toilet.. :)

When your hand is full of lets say chocolate... do you feel you can do a "reasonable" job cleaning your hands with dry paper towels?

Think about it for second...

That's why bidet seats ( and the often overlooked spray bidets ), are vital to good bum hygiene :)

"Commercial free childhood"

Every comment here seems to be around social medial. That doesn't seem to be their ploy. They object to commercials.

Did everyone else here have a different childhood? I'm 40+ and i've been bombarded by commercials since I can remember. How is Facebook the biggest offender and not

- Video Shows (TV/Streaming/Insert anything that needs sponsorship)

- Any Visual media

- Food

- Toys

- insert anything that is sold.

I'm not seeing anything here except go after "big target we don't like based on things we think are right" were all of these are very subjective...

For X sake... the US has an obesity crisis, and we are worrying about screen time?...

Love this article. As a former EE ( been in software too long and never actually worked as an EE LOL ), demystifying common misconceptions about a subject is a great way to get people to build a better mental model. Wish more educators would do this in college/university.

But, if you don’t read the whole article, do read this tidbit.

“ ...little use by educators of the wind/sound electrical analogy:

AIR is a physical substance.

SOUND is a wave that propagates rapidly through a volume of air.

WIND is a flowing motion of air already present.

—-

ELECTRIC CHARGES are a physical substance.

ELECTRIC ENERGY is a wave that travels via a column of charge.

ELECTRIC CURRENT is a flowing motion of the charge already present.

—-

The confusion between charge-flow and energy-flow is similar to confusion between wind versus sound. Do you know that sound is not wind? To believe that electrons flow at the speed of light is similar to believing that air must travel at 720mph out of your mouth to distant ears. “

Yes, it does matter that it's outside of US laws. Just like the inverse matters too. ( an American company collecting Chinese user data should matter to Chinese users ).

This "whataboutism" is getting tiring. What Xiaomi does here is really bad. if google does/did the same thing it would ALSO be bad.

There is no "but they do it too!". It's bad, period.

...or Apple could be a true platform and not compete unfairly?

You know, just a thought.

They want secure app distribution? Great! Build an equitable charge model. Charge for transactions, charge for usage, don’t charge flat rates that don’t scale. Certainly don’t prohibit other payment gateways.

And certain don’t punish your competitors in ways you don’t punish yourself. ( blanket certificate removals for a company and all its subsidiaries)

The ends do not justify the means. Apple can run a profitable and secure app distribution platform. It requires being open and fair. They are not doing that.

“Article continues after video.”

Isn't it a bit ironic that a magazine who’s page is PLASTERED by advertising and data collecting beacons is claiming the model is dead...

Has the concept of journalistic integrity gone by the way side? Do as I say, read these 10 things that you didn’t know about famous celebrity?

It’s in fashion to gang up on Facebook, it’s a lot harder to actually analyze the Ad market space, realize how we got here, and where the true dangers lie. But yea, that would take research... and well, journalistic integrity.

( newspapers didn’t adapt to the new media in the late 90s and they’ve been suffering ever since.. it’s sad.. but clamoring for the old days of TV and Papers domination of advertising is naïveté. Apple just wants to be the new network.. that’s all.)

"There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there always has been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge." -Isaac Asimov

or more to the point

"Reality has a well-known liberal bias" - Colbert

You're not entitled to be heard. That isn't a tenement of Democracy or Liberty. You're entitled to be able to speak (as long as you don't hurt others rights).

So what is un-american thinking that Youtube needs to allow conspiracies and crazy un-proven, and way out there content.

That’s basically the footprint of 1500-2000 employees.

A FAR cry from the 25,000 they were planning for HQ2.

This is just normal expansion or office moves.

It’s really sad to see the anti-success rhetoric.

I was around during the “search wars”, and what’s usually forgotten is that well, they were by far the best behaved as a corporate entity.

This “romantization” of this ideal state, devoid of historical context or acknowledgement of the world we live in is extremwly counter productive.

Should google, Facebook, Amazon, Apple do better? Absofuckinglutely!!!

Regulate them, hold them to a higher standard!

But Will breaking them up do anything except destroy them and just empower the next competitor ( who will have to learn the same lessons?

Even worse, likely in a country that won’t match your same values of “freedom”

Are imbalances in power great? Nope

Are monopolies awesome? Most never

Are billionaires awesome? Nope

But this is the stage we are at due to an interconnect global economy. We built this.

Knee jerk solutions don’t and have never fixed anything