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blackoil··on Mind-altering 'brain weapons' no longer only science fiction, say researchers
Looking around. I don't know what feels worse; a drug that induced compliance or world is in general this stupid.
blackoil··on Iran begins cloud seeding operations as drought bites
Considering it is done for many years all over the world no reason that particular should be on anyone's radar.
blackoil··on ICC ditches Microsoft 365 for openDesk
Isnt UN most bureaucratic organization possible. Would be funny to see all nations discussing/voting on features in next version.
blackoil··on Solarpunk is happening in Africa
You are right except off by couple of decades. So 60s to 80s.
blackoil··on Microsoft Can't Keep EU Data Safe from US Authorities
https://www.alibabacloud.com/en?_p_lc=1
blackoil··on US startup Substrate announces chipmaking tool that it says will rival ASML
Chip making is one of the unique tech which is at the farthest end of humanity's engineering capabilities. Not just ASML, its entire supply chain is full of extremely precise components which 1 or 2 companies have mastered. e.g. the mirrors used are so precise that if scaled to size of earth tallest mountain will be 1cm high. Sure China will make it one day and maybe will beat rest of the world, it is not given to be in near future.
blackoil··on OpenAI says over a million people talk to ChatGPT about suicide weekly
More like, What it says about half that selected him and how it effects the other half.
blackoil··on California invests in battery energy storage, leaving rolling blackouts behind
Unless all batteries are installed at once and will fail after a fixed duration it won't be a big issue. After 10-20 year 2-5% batteries will fail and will have to be replaced, along with any new capacity addition. We can emphasise on diversifying the supply chain or having multiple technologies so that a Covid like scenario doesn't completely conks the system, but it isn't much different from any other system we use. And in case of battery, we actually get a real-time info about its health and so can easily calculate capacity of the system. Batteries go from 90% to 0% in extremely rare case.
blackoil··on What is intelligence? (2024)
Most animals like cow, turtles are born with many skills including walking etc. So, having some skills being as a genetic program do exist.
blackoil··on Apple loses UK App Store monopoly case, penalty might near $2B
So you agree that government should take over the finances of the people as they can't be trusted to lose it all in gambling, get rich quick schemes.
blackoil··on Thieves steal crown jewels in 4 minutes from Louvre Museum
Or create a separate museum for Monalisa and few top exhibits for tourists interested only in them.
blackoil··on Titan submersible’s $62 SanDisk memory card found undamaged at wreckage site
Is this sarcasm? 99.999% people will never take it beyond a meter in a pool.
blackoil··on AI has a cargo cult problem
Tech has a winner takes all problem. All those billions are chasing trillions of valuation. Many will fail, but some will be ruling(metaphorically) the world
blackoil··on Claude Skills
Most of the experience is general information not specific to project/discussion. LLM starts with all that knowledge. Next it needs a memory and lookup system for project specific information. Lookup in humans is amazingly fast, but even with a slow lookup, LLMs can refer to it in near real-time.
blackoil··on Tesla is at risk of losing subsidies in Korea over widespread battery failures
TSLA is near all-time high and more valuable than next 10 automakers combined.
blackoil··on Don’t Look Up: Sensitive internal links in the clear on GEO satellites [pdf]
Issue is the satellite was launched 10 years ago with 20-year-old tech. So, calculations of today may not be applicable on them.
blackoil··on Apple Renames 'Apple TV+' to 'Apple TV'
Trademark conflict. BBC has itv.
blackoil··on Rating 26 years of Java changes
If you want to build an application from scratch, you must first create the universe.
blackoil··on China's New Rare Earth and Magnet Restrictions Threaten US Defense Supply Chains
More like monopolies are bad, be at company, country or currency level.
blackoil··on Figure 03, our 3rd generation humanoid robot
Tell me you haven't seen Chinese humanoid robots' exhibition without telling me.
blackoil··on Figure 03, our 3rd generation humanoid robot
Most likely you are right. Best way to peddle a lie is to believe it.
blackoil··on Figure 03, our 3rd generation humanoid robot
McD must be selling millions of burgers every day and cameras are cheap and omnipresent, so should not be difficult to get videos for single type of tasks.
blackoil··on Jeff Bezos says AI is in a bubble but society will get 'gigantic' benefits
They evolved into Instagram(8 billion), WhatsApp(20 billion) and FB(trillion)
blackoil··on Vertical Solar Panels Are Out Standing
Can they be used in apartment. We don't have roof space but can hang them vertically from balcony. Bi-facial won't work but what about mono-facial?
blackoil··on Marissa Mayer will close her old AI startup, sell assets to her new AI startup
I think it boils down to you get what you pay for. If information is free, it will become same as noise.
blackoil··on What if I don't want videos of my hobby time available to the world?
You are free to quit the party, but host won't be arrested for recording and sharing video.
blackoil··on Samsung now owns Denon, Bowers and Wilkins, Marantz, Polk, and more audio brands
> all reviews praise for sound quality

objectively or compared to similar bluetooth, noise-cancelling headphone? Most of the reviews I heard agree that even a mid-tier IEM or wired headphone beats shit out of them.

blackoil··on Cloudflare Email Service: private beta
Changed by informing in advance. If they change it to scrape your data to sell it to advertisers or someone, drop their service.
blackoil··on China's 200M gig workers are a warning for the world
Not just that, HN normally avoids political topics; anything related to Israel is quickly flagged to oblivion. But as soon as China is mentioned suddenly it's all about Mao.
blackoil··on China's 200M gig workers are a warning for the world
Is it different from American exceptionalism or Indian nationalism?
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