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I don't know if you've ever played Risk, but it's generally not a good thing to be neighbors with a belligerent lunatic.
December 10, 2025 at 9:13 PM
I don't know if you've ever played Risk, but it's generally not a good thing to be neighbors with a belligerent lunatic.
There appear to be a bunch of Zionists in these threads just saying unsubstantiated stuff to slander the DSA.
December 9, 2025 at 4:36 AM
There appear to be a bunch of Zionists in these threads just saying unsubstantiated stuff to slander the DSA.
I once had an I2C communication bug caused by motor noise on a robot arm which was very hard to prove because you can't just attach probes to a moving arm like that.
December 5, 2025 at 6:35 AM
I once had an I2C communication bug caused by motor noise on a robot arm which was very hard to prove because you can't just attach probes to a moving arm like that.
You are putting words in my mouth. There is no gay gene. There are existing treatments that try to make people straight that are banned (as they should be) in many states. My point is that there are straightforward cases and we should help people when we can.
December 5, 2025 at 12:50 AM
You are putting words in my mouth. There is no gay gene. There are existing treatments that try to make people straight that are banned (as they should be) in many states. My point is that there are straightforward cases and we should help people when we can.
I work in sports data, no way in hell should anyone be gambling on sports. There was a brief window a decade ago where someone with the right training could expect to win some money (someone I know was banned from early platforms after making a decent bit), but that's a long way gone now.
December 5, 2025 at 12:09 AM
I work in sports data, no way in hell should anyone be gambling on sports. There was a brief window a decade ago where someone with the right training could expect to win some money (someone I know was banned from early platforms after making a decent bit), but that's a long way gone now.
No, but if those genes existed I would be okay with sickle cell disease. I think it's possible to regulate this so-called "eugenics" to narrowly allow for prevention of disease. There might be areas folks see as grey, but that shouldn't prevent us from tackling extremely straightforward cases.
December 4, 2025 at 9:10 PM
No, but if those genes existed I would be okay with sickle cell disease. I think it's possible to regulate this so-called "eugenics" to narrowly allow for prevention of disease. There might be areas folks see as grey, but that shouldn't prevent us from tackling extremely straightforward cases.
It doesn't make sense to force people to repeat a process with some randomness if it's possible to simply cut through the randomness with gene editing to get the same result. This just results in better outcomes for those with the wealth to repeat the process.
December 4, 2025 at 8:38 PM
It doesn't make sense to force people to repeat a process with some randomness if it's possible to simply cut through the randomness with gene editing to get the same result. This just results in better outcomes for those with the wealth to repeat the process.
There is no way to measure the criteria of "society isn't ready for this" and in the meantime children are being born with diseases that could be prevented. With IVF, people are already screening out some of these and I don't think it's appropriate to call that eugenics.
December 4, 2025 at 8:38 PM
There is no way to measure the criteria of "society isn't ready for this" and in the meantime children are being born with diseases that could be prevented. With IVF, people are already screening out some of these and I don't think it's appropriate to call that eugenics.
You mean that multiple loads can draw power greater than the breaker for the circuit would normally trip for which could mean more power through the wire than it's rated for? i.e. drawing 9A from main and 5A from the panel on a circuit that would trip at 10A.
December 4, 2025 at 3:50 AM
You mean that multiple loads can draw power greater than the breaker for the circuit would normally trip for which could mean more power through the wire than it's rated for? i.e. drawing 9A from main and 5A from the panel on a circuit that would trip at 10A.
Only difference I can think of is GFCI receptacles (which is addressed in the pod).
December 3, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Only difference I can think of is GFCI receptacles (which is addressed in the pod).
In fairness, this was very clearly going to be bad press and it is something the company could fix. The robotaxi can't see under itself, but it can see all around and the model can attempt some object permanence.
December 3, 2025 at 11:10 PM
In fairness, this was very clearly going to be bad press and it is something the company could fix. The robotaxi can't see under itself, but it can see all around and the model can attempt some object permanence.
I also noticed the LIDAR bulb on top will show a pedestrian symbol when they're waiting for a pedestrian which is a nice touch since a lot of people will honk at cars waiting for pedestrians thinking they're just stopped for nothing.
December 3, 2025 at 11:05 PM
I also noticed the LIDAR bulb on top will show a pedestrian symbol when they're waiting for a pedestrian which is a nice touch since a lot of people will honk at cars waiting for pedestrians thinking they're just stopped for nothing.
I spent the last two weeks in SF and during my runs had to wait for many cars at a zebra crossing with shark teeth. Waymos will stop for pedestrians there and something like 95% of regular drivers will not. I think they have some benefits though I hated them before I had spent time in SF.
December 3, 2025 at 11:04 PM
I spent the last two weeks in SF and during my runs had to wait for many cars at a zebra crossing with shark teeth. Waymos will stop for pedestrians there and something like 95% of regular drivers will not. I think they have some benefits though I hated them before I had spent time in SF.
I have run a lot of miles around several US cities and waymos are certainly more willing to stop for pedestrians. I don't think city govs should consider robotaxis a solution for traffic like they have been but I don't think they're inherently bad either.
December 3, 2025 at 11:01 PM
I have run a lot of miles around several US cities and waymos are certainly more willing to stop for pedestrians. I don't think city govs should consider robotaxis a solution for traffic like they have been but I don't think they're inherently bad either.
It feels similar to C++ where systems which can't accept the stack unwinding have to disable exceptions and can't use the standard library so you have huge divides in the library ecosystem.
December 3, 2025 at 1:42 AM
It feels similar to C++ where systems which can't accept the stack unwinding have to disable exceptions and can't use the standard library so you have huge divides in the library ecosystem.
Right, like if you can't panic then handle the poisoning by scrapping the connection and disallowing sharing of global state with a mutex. Don't foist this architectural decision on domains where broken invariants can mean a robot arm suddenly losing stable control by pushing it into std.
December 3, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Right, like if you can't panic then handle the poisoning by scrapping the connection and disallowing sharing of global state with a mutex. Don't foist this architectural decision on domains where broken invariants can mean a robot arm suddenly losing stable control by pushing it into std.
I went to a festival in Valencia where they were burning constructed statues in the middle of intersections of streets less wide than that. Firefighters were standing by to spray trees nearby, but there's no way they were getting large trucks in there.
November 13, 2025 at 11:20 PM
I went to a festival in Valencia where they were burning constructed statues in the middle of intersections of streets less wide than that. Firefighters were standing by to spray trees nearby, but there's no way they were getting large trucks in there.
The Flock cameras should be uninstalled.
November 13, 2025 at 2:23 AM
The Flock cameras should be uninstalled.
Just one more lane will fix it for sure.
November 12, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Just one more lane will fix it for sure.
David is not well informed on AI and it shows when he reports on companies like this or in his pod about Utilidata. More and more use cases for technology applied to the grid are going to come up and he's going to need to become more knowledgeable to do useful interviews on the topic.
November 11, 2025 at 11:13 PM
David is not well informed on AI and it shows when he reports on companies like this or in his pod about Utilidata. More and more use cases for technology applied to the grid are going to come up and he's going to need to become more knowledgeable to do useful interviews on the topic.
True, but it is their job to inform. Using a term that's overloaded in today's media environment to mean something other than what folks generally expect it to mean isn't informing. In this case commenters are trying to inform the messenger who apparently has fingers in ears.
November 11, 2025 at 12:46 AM
True, but it is their job to inform. Using a term that's overloaded in today's media environment to mean something other than what folks generally expect it to mean isn't informing. In this case commenters are trying to inform the messenger who apparently has fingers in ears.
I think his point here is that people aren't generally aware of how many consumer goods contain rare earth magnets and so the details of negotiations between countries over magnets feel disconnected from people's lives maybe?
November 10, 2025 at 11:48 PM
I think his point here is that people aren't generally aware of how many consumer goods contain rare earth magnets and so the details of negotiations between countries over magnets feel disconnected from people's lives maybe?