durdenhobbes
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durdenhobbes
5d ago
Oh I agree that everyone, myself included, gets a bit kneejerk-y on Election Night, but this feels different. Trump has been the most polarizing political figure in generations, and now that a good portion of his base feels betrayed by him? I feel those effects may echo for a little while than the typical pendulum's swing.
durdenhobbes
5d ago
The only hope in the medium-future for the GOP is to have the requisite number of senators side with the Dems in impeaching Trump as quickly as possible. Get Vance in there ASAP and basically reverse course on (most) everything they've been doing, starting with getting the fuck out of Iran.
durdenhobbes
15d ago
I doubt anyone would take that seriously.
Obviously not, because men are expendable and women are wonderful.
durdenhobbes
21d ago
I'm sure they exist, somewhere. I just said I can't think of one (and don't interact remotely with any of the organizations you listed).
durdenhobbes
21d ago
I've already issued the mea culpa for not being aware that they were two different organizations. But just so we're all clear: I'm dumb.
durdenhobbes
21d ago
Yeah I can't think of a single all-boys club, anywhere in the U.S.
durdenhobbes
21d ago
the Boy and Girl Scouts are two different private organizations.
Well I feel silly. Again, I'm new to all of this.
durdenhobbes
21d ago
If you're stupid but you don't know you're stupid, it's not your problem. It's everyone else's.
Via evolving parenthood experience, it's recently come to my attention that the Boy Scouts no longer exist, but rather a co-ed institution called "Scouting America". Boys and girls welcomed equally. No scout troop for males only.
Girl Scouts? Same as it ever was. Girls only.
How is this not a layup discrimination lawsuit? I can't even find any online discourse about it; any attempt to Google the topic simply directs me to the scouts "anti-discrimination" efforts.
edit: I was tragically unaware that Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts are two independent organizations. The naming structure led me to assume that they operated under a common parent organization, and we all know what happens when you assume...
durdenhobbes
22d ago
Typical F1 acceleration is 2.1 to 2.7 seconds 0-60
durdenhobbes
23d ago
Was it previously possible to build a car that drives upside down, flips through the air with a soft landing, and then performs a .81 second 0-60?
No, I never would've believed this was humanly possible. I think every other automaker would agree.
durdenhobbes
23d ago
A car that can hang upside down, standing still? A sub-second zero to sixty? Can corner at 2g's?
Forget the flying thing; that was just the cherry on top to show off what they could do. It was easily the most impressive tech demo of all time.
durdenhobbes
23d ago
I considered making a culture war post about this, but I suck at writing.
When I watched it, I audibly gasped; the most incredible feat of engineering I've witnessed since I saw the dual Dragon landings on that ocean platform. That said, I've been amazed to see the polarizing response on all the usual sites. You have a vocal contingent going "HOLY HELL THIS IS INCREDIBLE", but also a sizable movement going "this is stupid"/"what are we gonna use this for?"/"you could've solved world hunger instead", etc.
To me, this could've been a rallying reminder of the greatness of human ingenuity. Instead it's just another scissor statement.
durdenhobbes
25d ago
Conan was also the first two-tiime editor of the Harvard Lampoon
durdenhobbes
1mo ago
Maybe this is just me, but I actually don't enjoy writing. I enjoy having written my thoughts in a way that conveys my internal dialogue in a format that is digestible to others, but that's time-consuming and often misses the target. Given the option of a super-intelligent entity that can save me the trouble... well it's difficult to deny the appeal (btw I've never used an LLM, yet). Language is limited whereas thoughts are not, and bridging that gap can be frustrating.
One thing I love about this forum is in stumbling across a post or comment that brilliantly summarizes my internal thoughts in a far more coherent and eloquent way than I could ever hope to do myself. I'm often tempted to copy and paste some of these passages to others who have shared in a relevant conversation previously. In a way, I use TheMotte as my own LLM, I suppose.
durdenhobbes
2mo ago
That part is not open for debate.
This is a space centered around debate, and I don't appreciate that attempted consensus-building
durdenhobbes
2mo ago
And don't you dare speak trainly.
durdenhobbes
2mo ago
Doing a barrel roll with a passenger plane has likely never been done before
durdenhobbes
3mo ago
The aggregate demand is what affects prices and impact; one single facility is irrelevant.
durdenhobbes
3mo ago
Independent power or not, the fuel source has to come from somewhere, and these things have enormous power requirements; like, potentially more than your entire state currently generates. Given the laws of supply and demand, there is no earthly way they won't increase energy costs for consumers (barring government intervention).
durdenhobbes
3mo ago
If there's an enormous car factory in his town, he either works at it or knows scores of people who do. It's easy to see the benefit.
The benefit to an enormous loud data center that employs next to no one, and potentially triples your electric bill? Yeah obviously that's not gonna go over as well.
durdenhobbes
3mo ago
Agreed, I can't help but question the methodology of this poll, if only in the sense that it might outrank any other poll in terms of dissonance between its assertions versus personal observations.
Are you including smartphones and tablets in your definition of “computer”?
Certainly. Pretty much any internet-accessible device is a computer, in my mind. Hell the TI-84+ has an argument to make.
Beyond that: yes I have a very old soul, as well as relatives who typically live into their 90s. So I'm sure that skews my perspective on the technological adoption curve.
But I still don't believe that half of Americans are intentionally accessing LLMs or generative A.I. Not even close.
durdenhobbes
3mo ago
What did you think takeoff meant? Vibes? Papers?
I don't know what you mean by this, unless it's an "exponential adoption curve spurred by the inevitable singularity"-type of way, which I don't want to assume.
durdenhobbes
3mo ago
I mentioned previous in this thread to the parent comment: I'm not sure we're both using "A.I" in the same way. Speech-to-text functionality? I completely believe that half of people use that. He told me that Siri/Alexa/Google Home were not "A.I", so I struggle to see how speech-to-text (a far older technology) qualifies.
For clarification: when I say "A.I.", I am referring to Claude/Gemini/ChatGPT LLMs, accessed with intention, likely with a paid subscription (at least if the user has any seriousness).
Difference being, of course, is that women are a relatively small percentage of workers who contribute to physically building and maintaining the infrastructure that keeps the country humming.
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