ContrarianTrail @ ContrarianTrail @lemm.ee

Independent thinker valuing discussions grounded in reason, not emotions.

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so risking import sanctions from the rest of the world over Ukraine war seems like a bad idea?

While I think that Russia winning is in China's interest, I believe this to be the reason they can't openly support Russia and since they saw the sanctions Russia was hit with after the invasion, I'm sure they realize, that the same thing is going to happen to them if they invade Taiwan, so I don't think they will. China is way too dependent on trade and keeping their popularion relatively content. Sanctions like this would make the country implode.

Also, I'm a plumber so better not take any of this too seriously.

The term AGI was first used in 1997 by Mark Avrum Gubrud in an article named 'Nanotechnology and international security'

By advanced artificial general intelligence, I mean AI systems that rival or surpass the human brain in complexity and speed, that can acquire, manipulate and reason with general knowledge, and that are usable in essentially any phase of industrial or military operations where a human intelligence would otherwise be needed. Such systems may be modeled on the human brain, but they do not necessarily have to be, and they do not have to be "conscious" or possess any other competence that is not strictly relevant to their application. What matters is that such systems can be used to replace human brains in tasks ranging from organizing and running a mine or a factory to piloting an airplane, analyzing intelligence data or planning a battle.

AI implies either sentience or sapience constructed outside of an organ.

It definitely doesn't imply sentience. Even artificial super intelligence doesn't need to be sentient. Intelligence means the ability to acquire, undestand and use knowledge. A self driving car is intelligent too but almost definitely not sentient.

LLMs are true AI. AI doesn’t mean what most people think it means. AI systems from sci-fi movies like HAL 9000, JARVIS, Ava, Mother, Samantha, Skynet, and GERTY are all AI, but more specifically, they are AGI (Artificial General Intelligence). AGI is always a type of AI, but AI isn’t always AGI. Even a simple chess-playing robot is an AI, but it’s a narrow intelligence - not general. It might perform as well as or better than humans at one specific task, but this ability doesn’t translate to other tasks. AI itself is a very broad category, kind of like the term 'plants.'

The benefit of infrared heaters is that they only heat what they're pointed at where as a normal heater heats the entire room. Depending on the usecase, running an infrared heater may be cheaper.

Heat output of a candle is between 30 and 100 watts. It'll definitely be able to heat a small room if you have enough of them but they also worsen the air quality and cost more money than running an electric heater.

My heat pump is 300% efficient roughly meaning that it outputs the same amount of heat as three 1kW heaters but instead of 3kW it only consumes 1kW or energy.

He may very well be motivated by racism. I don't know him so I don't have an opinion on the matter. My comment is about this specific thing he said where I don't detect any obvious signs of racism.

I don't see how your comparison is in any way equivalent to what he said.

Would he have mentioned a beeper if the recipient was a white Christian?

Ofcourse not, but I don't see how that implies racism.

On browser you can put this onto your custom filters

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I dislike that Lemmy is such a left-wing echo chamber. Reddit had a much wider variety of opinions being voiced openly; on Lemmy, there’s almost none. It doesn’t take long to figure out what’s acceptable to say here and what isn’t. It’s a kind of self-gaslighting because it can make you feel like the opinions of the average Lemmy user represent the wider population when that couldn’t be further from the truth.

Also, there are almost no blue-collar workers here, and most discussions revolve around office jobs and big city life.

EDIT: and the extreme levels of cynicism.

We’ve reached a point where, whenever I see someone called a racist, I assume it’s a false accusation - and after reading the article, my suspicion is usually confirmed. The term has been so overused that it’s lost much of its meaning. What he said was needlessly personal and inflammatory, but I don’t see the racism that so many others here seem to.

Mine so far:

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On browser you can put this onto your uBlock origin filters. Just make sure the instance in the beginning matches yours.

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Or for lemmy.world user

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I guess it's not so much a test I perform but a signal I listen for. However my attitude toward lying is probably a bit different from most people. It’s a major red flag for me, and usually, people are completely unaware they’re waving it. Even if it’s something relatively inconsequential, when I see someone effortlessly lying to another person, I assume they’d do the same to me. The fact that they’re so oblivious to it, not even trying to hide it, just strengthens the impression that lying is normal for them. This applies to many, if not most white lies as well.

What am I completely wrong about exactly? I haven't made any claims about the quality of the steel.

Most of the articles I find when googling about the rusting points towards iron particles.

I came across a cat while riding my bike. I pstpstpsted at it for like five minutes, and it kept pretending not to be interested. Then, out of nowhere, it just walked up to me - didn’t even stop to sniff, just went straight in for a headbutt and demanded petting.

I gave him a full deep-tissue massage, and he loved it, as if no one had ever petted him before. I don’t think I’ve ever met a cat that friendly.

The point was that both are morally wrong and I still keep doing it.

I’m not mad. If I come across that way, it wasn’t my intention.

I agree about the paint - the best way to prevent rust is to keep the steel from coming into contact with water in the first place. I’m not sure how well paint adheres to stainless steel, but if I were to get a Cybertruck, wrapping it would seem like the obvious thing to do, which is what many people do with new, expensive cars anyway. Another advantage the Cybertruck has over other vehicles is that its steel is much thicker, so it’s not only less likely to dent, but it would also take much longer to rust through, even if it were made of normal steel.

I’m not saying that you are, but many people get overly emotional about this vehicle because of its controversial CEO, and I feel it’s getting a bit of unfair treatment as a result. I don’t think there’s a vehicle on the planet that would pass this level of scrutiny without criticism. Just yesterday, I watched a video of a $700k brand new Lamborghini that was never driven or washed, needing extensive paint correction due to poor quality finish straight from the factory. It seems indefensible for a vehicle of that price, but it is what it is.