mormund

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[–] mormund@feddit.org 33 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Because it is "the one joke" of transphobes

[–] mormund@feddit.org 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You'd think so. But at least Germany struggles massively with missing personnel to staff trains (which includes roles beyond the driver). As far as I know there is no automated solution on the horizon for any form or scale of train traffic. The only self driving trains I have experienced require tight control of the rail environment (entirely underground or lifted above the surface) and special stations with airlocks.

Maybe there is just more money in self-driving cars. But I'm pretty sure they will happen before wide spread automated trains. Which sucks.

[–] mormund@feddit.org 15 points 2 weeks ago (11 children)

Well I don't know what there USP is in world where OneDrive/Google Drive/iCloud exist. And there future plan is a focus on AI, so yeah, goodbye Dropbox is my guess

[–] mormund@feddit.org 14 points 2 weeks ago

They are mostly ice crystals. But they form around soot from the exhaust. There is research into reducing those emissions to reduce contrails since they contribute to the greenhouse effect https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-dlr-study-finds-sustainable-aviation-fuel-can-reduce-contrails/

So the conspiracy guys are kinda correct that the contrails are bad, but once again for all the wrong reasons.

[–] mormund@feddit.org 3 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I mean technically, aside from the name, all statements on the right are correct I think. Don't think huffing turbine exhaust is healthy for you 😄

[–] mormund@feddit.org 22 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

They couldn't keep Maggy Thatcher down, slay ~queen~ baroness 👑 https://www.theguardian.com/politics/1999/jun/27/uk.politicalnews1

[–] mormund@feddit.org 19 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

Ah the dark days before PBR... If only gameplay had also evolved with graphics.

[–] mormund@feddit.org 51 points 3 weeks ago (9 children)

What awful waste of human lives. And I guess there is no good way to die in war, but this just seems so atrocious for everyone involved

[–] mormund@feddit.org 25 points 1 month ago

Yeah, no, that is not what the article says. AlphaChip is better at component/module placement in terms of connection length between them.

Not to say that that isn't cool. But it is not recursive. That would imply that the chip with shorter connection length improves the models performance significantly, which they do not claim at all. Because it would quickly reach diminishing returns.

There is a thousand things that go into making chips. Many will benefit from the automatic optimization of such algorithms. But this doesn't suddenly give you a new manufacturing node or anything comparable out of thin air. Just a marginal improvement on existing design.

[–] mormund@feddit.org 2 points 1 month ago (3 children)

If AI is only a "parrot" as you say, then why should there be worries about extinction from AI?

You should look closer who is making those claims that "AI" is an extinction threat to humanity. It isn't researchers that look into ethics and safety (not to be confused with "AI safety" as part of "Alignment"). It is the people building the models and investors. Why are they building and investing in things that would kill us?

AI doomers try to 1. Make "AI"/LLMs appear way more powerful than they actually are. 2. Distract from actual threats and issues with LLMs/"AI". Because they are societal, ethical, about copyright and how it is not a trustworthy system at all. Cause admitting to those makes it a really hard sell.

[–] mormund@feddit.org 2 points 1 month ago

I just hope Anno gets out of this in a good state. 1800 is probably the best one, if I ignore my nostalgia for 1602.

[–] mormund@feddit.org 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Well, without Israelis causing trouble, the Saudis and Iranians would still be jousting in proxy wars across the region, Turkiye would still be trying to kill the Kurds, and Syria would still be locked in civil war.

Maybe I'm ignorant or thinking of older conflicts, but isn't all of the above still happening?

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