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Ok but can we have another post on how to subtly signal that you do not want to be talked to?

A throttle is excellent on an e-bike especially for city riding. It is far easier to move at slow speeds by applying a small amount of throttle vs. trying to torque the pedals just the right amount, if behind someone or near pedestrians.

Many e-bikes don't have torque sensors and instead use a cheap rotation sensor so the motor engages almost randomly at certain points in pedal rotation when moving at slow speed.

The next headline will be that it also damages human retinas.

It's not safe just because it's infrared. And the claims that it's safe because of the exposure time is highly questionable, would you be okay with that for any other laser?

I disagree. If doing thing x brings benefits, then you have reason to do thing x regardless of the wager. Utilitarianism is sufficient.

The wager is only interesting on those rites where the expected-value is uncertain or unknowable.

The problem with Pascal's wager logic is you have to change your behavior based on all kinds of crazy low-probability events. You must worship every god, be an AI-doomer, a climate-doomer, a nuclear-doomer.

Pascal's wager is generally agreed to be logically unsound, so it's somewhat insane that we've revived it in all these modern contexts. If you believe in it, at least be consistent and sacrifice a goat to Zeus every couple years.

If you ride enough Waymo, you will realize it is a far more cautious driver than a human but not a better driver. If you need to get somewhere even at an average speed, you still take uber/lyft.

Waymo still takes many wrong turns and can easily get stuck in situations where a human would not.

Yes hopefully this is the case. I'd prefer if it were worded more like:

He has access to reply but has been told not to reply without human approval.

> Fiu checks emails every hour. He's not allowed to reply without human approval.

Well that's no fun

Paid news is a mostly no longer trusted in the US.

Having the right context is far more effective. Context-switching cost is a major component of procrastination. At least for development work, having the right set of tabs open, the right project loaded in the IDE with the right console windows open is far better than "Nothing".

So why have pensions rather than direct ownership and control via a 401k?

It's pretty obvious that pension fund managers have ulterior motives. It also seems insane that a bad pension fund or company directors can destroy people's retirement.

Most people don't know what VPS and Node are.

The data doesn't support your position.

Birthrates historically increase when the world is burning. They fall during times of peace and prosperity.

It's far easier to control and prosecute communication when an identity is attached.

It's often hard to beat bulk mining. When you're already mining a quarter billion tons of iron and 5B tons of coal, you get a decent amount of all other trace(rare-earth) metals as part of that stream.

It's far easier to just collect tungsten as it rolls down your conveyor belt.

Who wants to bet one of his 'agents' wrote and posted this article?

Agents work but still mostly produce slop.

Earth does have plenty of sand and iron. Literally all you have to do is grow the sand into a crystal, slice it up, etch some patterns onto it, then add some metal.

Making only 1TW of pv cells per year is a skill issue.

The witch trials never end, they are simply renamed.

How about a chemical causing a flagellum motor to change direction, would you consider that making a decision?

and what if there is indirection, IE light triggers some sensor molecule that then triggers the flagellum motor.

I guess it all comes down to your definition of decision. The most amazing is mitosis, it sure looks like a massive amount of coordination is required.

For those on Medicare, the cost will be $50/month.

Maybe it should be free but it's quite affordable at 50, that is relatively easy to make up in saved junk-food/snack costs.

If you exclude obese individuals US life expectancy is quite high. Health is the ultimate marginal good so exorbitant expenditure is relatively logical. You can't take the money with you so it often makes sense to spend on health even assuming extreme diminishing returns.

Yet another "trust the science" statistic.

This isn't actual science, it's tabloid news.

Did you remember to consider commute times, context-switching costs, office overhead and facilities staff overhead in your efficiency calculation?

Both. First make the product work, then optimize cost.

Not your keys not your {thing}

Scarcity mindset is not the way

Disappointing. These are so poorly defined they are useless.

Broadly safe - Slaves were often told it was safer for them to remain illiterate (and to remain slaves). Safety can justify just about anything.

Broadly ethical - The cultural revolution was considered highly ethical, ethics were tools to justify the mass killing.

Compliant with Anthropic's guidelines - Let me guess: Not listed here because the guidelines are subject to change.

Genuinely helpful - Quite vague but this is probably the best one. Fair to ask however: helpful to whom?

Sam Walton would argue for taking it from margin and making it up with volume.

So do buyers also pay for 96% of the advertising, 96% of the manufacturing, etc.?

I read it, seems like an ad for some Afghan e-learning NGO (of course only for girls).

Think of the children, LLMs are not safe for kids, use our wrapper instead!