LCEnzo
1yr ago
I enjoyed Why The West Rules - For Now by Ian Morris a few years back, though I think it's not exactly what your looking for. It is a overview of global history, but it's in service of the titular topic with a focus on geography and environment. Recommended by /r/askhistorians, for what it's worth.
LCEnzo
1yr ago
There is a contiuum of people in Russia (and other nations using Cyrillic). Those who know and are comfortable with English you won't generally notice as any different from the mean player. They're filtered out from this perception. Those who are left have some combination of tribalistic sentiment, anti social inclinations, and youthful immaturity which stops them from engaging normally.
LCEnzo
6mo ago
It's sad, and off-putting as someone who likes CS and programming, but needs must. There is a need for programmers, so supply emerges. We can't expect most profession to be filled by the passionate, the wants and needs of people are not aligned.
LCEnzo
1yr ago
The volunteer/janitor page has a link for the rules which should https://www.themotte.org/rules instead of localhost/rules.
LCEnzo
1yr ago
[...] point of the royal family after the end of monarchy
What end? The monarchy is still in place.
What is the actual difference between her passing and like a Kardashian passing?
Part of it is that her lack of controversies and the sheer length of her reign bred a pleasent familiarity, and another is that she's a symbol and common cultural touchstone for British (and more broadly and to a lesser extent Commonwealth) citizens. She has sentimental value for people.
LCEnzo
3mo ago
Almost certainly cherrypicked, but sam a. has been sharing videos of people's prompts on X.
https://x.com/sama/status/1758220311735181384?s=20
https://x.com/sama/status/1758218820542763012?s=20
https://x.com/sama/status/1758218059716939853?s=20
https://x.com/sama/status/1758206987094147252?s=20
https://x.com/sama/status/1758200420344955288?s=20
Some of 'em are bad, some are decent. Still an improvement over what came before.
LCEnzo
11mo ago
Fuck Sam Harris, all my homies listen to the Bailey.
On a more serious note; why like random archaeology videos about how to make stone tools? Predictive coding -> the system optimizes for (besides good predictions) for interesting stuff (ie. unpredictable). Otherwise, you could stare at paint drying (or the sky as the case may be for our ancestors) until hunger/thirst/horny strikes.
LCEnzo
1yr ago
The fact that they're made up of humans doesn't seem to be all that relevant, because the corporation itself is not human despite humans being the "material" from which it is made.
The problem with corpos being made up of humans is similar to trying to make ever better computers without changing transistor size. You can optimize the layout, cooling, etc, but you'll forever be bound by the size. Corpo capabilities and architecture are chained by their components. They would be a lot more dangerous if they could produce better humans at scale (compare the performance of Jane Street vs retail investors, or special forces vs green Army grunts), or produce a new part to do mental and social work (AI).
LCEnzo
1yr ago
If my response is to claim the fire I'm talking about is invisible, doesn't produce any smoke, and doesn't trigger any fire alarms, you'd be right to dismiss what I'm saying as complete fucking nonsense because I'm not conveying any useful information to you.
I understand the example was made to illustrate a point, so it's unfortunate that invisible, smokeless fires do exist.
E.g. Methanol is used as a fuel for racing cars, and burns without being visible or producing smoke.
LCEnzo
4mo ago
In light of this, the idea that there is something bad about 20% of men sleeping with 80% of the women seems a bit contradictory. Isn't that just evolution in action?
You minsunderstand the point of eugenics. It's not to promote what is most evolutionary advantagious. That requires no action and no ideology. The point to improve the next generation in acordance to out values. That generally means we want them to be healthier, happier, selfless, and more intelligent. That is why people didn't want poor (which are generally lower IQ), or criminals to have children, and is the reason for the Nobel sperm bank.
That said, ofc people use this kind of thing to argue their own genes and children are great. People are universally biased towards themselves. That applies for both eugenics and intersectionality.
In theory, they have cracked 14nm. In practice, using DUV means they will, and already do, have very poor yield. Without access to ASMLs EUV machines, they might eek out a symbolic advance in some lab, but will not advance in any way that matters (ie, producing chips at scale, economically, which is what matters). ASML makes the most advanced lithography machines, and they are deeply dependent on a global supply chain, including firms from America, Germany, etc. AFAIK SMIC has followed Intel in doing 14nm with DUV, and is also having problems with it. Intel eventually started using EUV, though it's now lagging behind TSMC, and even having some CPUs fabbed by TSMC because they lag behind in their process. SMIC now doesn't have the option to buy EUV machines to even try transitioning to them. ASML is something of a system integrator like Boeing and Airbus. Replicating it means replicating all their suppliers, including leaders in optics, robotics, etc. How long will it take? And when they manage, how far will have the West advanced? China will not only be competing with the USA, but all the nations which in some form or another contribute to making the chip industry function. The USA, EU, Japan, UK, SK, India, Israel, and Taiwan, together have almost 2x population, are far richer, and have a good head start.
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