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Expressing it that way removes a useful word from our vocab; when people say "halicinations" in this context it specifically means that the generated response does not match reality. If you say that it's just a coincidence when it's correct, and that it's hallicinations all the way down, how do you communicate succinctly to a human that AI responses are not necessarily bound in reality? (I mean in the specific case, not the general case).

I'm similar to you there; the old addage "one is too many, two is too few" (or whatever the current version of that is) always ruled my drinking; I didn't need alcohol, but when I started I'd keep going - nice to have a name for it.

Unrelated to any of this, I have a number of mental health issues, and recently I found that alcohol no longer gives me any of the euphoria effects that is used to do (obviously I still had the negative effects); once I noticed that, my desire for alchol went to zero and I've not touched it since - no idea if I am still have the same response to alcohol, but I'm not going to test it, for obvious reasons :)

Is that a case of missing externalities? The person who pays in this case is the pedestrian, and the courts do not seem to value pedestrian lives the same way that they value someone's ability to legally drive - that must drive down premiums because what is lost is not repaid.

Regardless of whether or not it's actually true, I think there are enough people who believe it to be true that it will stick around; and people believe it to be true because they think they see examples in real life - that's why I believe it to be a useful concept and believe it is a real thing. Obviously I could be as blind, or just wrong, as anyone.

This used to break google docs copy/paste - haven't tried for a while though, maybe that's fixed

And similarly anyone playing modern tabletop RPGs will probably associated "Bard" with the smart, charismatic person who buffs the party and debuffs your enemies; perfect for an AI assistant

I disagree; in that if they try and sell the rights, they're trying to get out of their obligations to make the content available - that's the point at which it should be blocked; or the new rights holder needs to pick up those obligations to existing customers with the same terms.

thank you for this; I've always wondered what renormalisation was all about!

Nitrates in meat have long been known as a problem for other reasons too, haven't they? Particularly with regards to various digestion related cancers - this gives another reason to cut back.

The linked artical is a bit ambiguous though; initially it says:

> diet with lots of meat and processed foods

and then later

> patients with Alzheimer's tended to eat a diet rich in "processed food and meat items"

is "processed" in the second one referring to just "food" or both food and meat?

I have noticed a serious decline in the quality and quantity of good posts to the front page since the API changes; I wonder if that's noticiable from the internal numbers, or if the remaining people are engaging with the system in a more monetisable fashion and so it doesn't matter.

I'm slowly using it less and less; don't think that will change.

I've had content insurance as a renter before, and it was useful (my flat was burgled; my flatmate did not have insurance).

That was a while ago, when things like CDs were still targetted by theives, and I got everything replaced, which would have cost me thousands.

I still keep contents insurance; haven't claimed on it more than once in a couple decades though - it's there for the case where my appartment is destroyed (I live in a block of flats), and it's nice to have the lost property/damaged devices cover for travel and general use.

Closed captions also provide hints as to non-dialog audio; song lyrics, musical tones, important noises in the background etc.

Personally I always use subtitles, and closed captions if it's available; there are quite a lot of audio clues that I wouldn't otherwise know are even interesting, that get highlighted - mostly extra detail rather than plot important, but it does key you up to things happening or about to happen in the background.

very different causes though; the xerox one was an image compression bug, IIRC; this is a "chop up multiple photots and stich together the best composite".

Still got room for library bugs! (wasn't the Samsung moon pictures sort of more like the xerox one?)

No, but anyone who has used the tube or busses more than a couple of times will know exactly what they're talking about when they see the pictures of the seats associated with the word.

you will need to tell us your location; it will vary greatly across the world.

In the UK, for me, diagnosis wasn't too hard via BUPA - my phsychiatrist seeing me for my other mental health problems recommended me and it was relatively quick to get an ADHD diagnosis; now, however, I am stuck - there's a UK shorage of medication so my psychiatrist is unwilling to proscribe for a new patient whilst existing ones aren't getting what they need. Until that gets unblocked I'm in limbo; additionally BUPA do not cover any ADHD costs (except the diagnosis) - after that you're on your own and you either need to self-fund or go via the NHS; the NHS won't "just" prescibe; for me they want that to come from the psychiatrist and they'll then pick up the medication part of it - but see above about BUPA not funding ADHD costs.

If you go NHS all the way then you'll be on long waiting lists and, presumably, some sort of post-code lottery as to your experience.

I'm willing to self-fund to get to the point where the NHS will take over (and apparently that's a dice-roll too; my GP says he will prescribe once the shrink gets me on a stable dose, but not before - apparently some GPs refuse and require that you go via the NHS for everything, so you're on long waiting lists again); but am currently unable to progress due to the shortage of medication, as mentioned. I am also expecting relatively large bills as I will need to self fund both the psychiatrist and the initial medication prior to the NHS picking it up.

Anecdotally (reading ADHD forums on reddit) experiences in the US sound much more random.

do you find that todo lists help you?

I certainly agree with calendars/alarms but todo lists for me are a place to put things instead of doing them and then they become a separate problem all of their own

FWIW I think nightdive studios are planning on remaking that next (following their System Shock 1 remake)

There's quite a common Sci-Fi trope of sending an AI proxy to represent oneself or to triage inboxes etc.; guess the future is now

You fundamentally misunderstand ADHD and your word choices are very antagonistic.

I (and OP if they'll forgive me speaking for them) are aware of that - but when you start to call copyright infingement "theft" you are combining two different legal issues.

And whilst IANAL, my understanding is that copyright infringement is a civil issue, whereas theft is a criminal one - they're trying to move the burden of the courts onto the taxpayer

> There is no nuanced discussion about this. Theft and stealing are legal terms

I think you missed OP's point; those calling copyright infingement "theft" (or "stealing") are being disingeneous to try and gain support for their argument - they're conflating legal terms about ownership with the idea of copyright infringement and they are not the same as theft/stealing include the concept of depriving the owner the use of whatever it is that was stolen.

firefox containers can help there

the first 4 seasons, where they had complete source, were really good; fell off a cliff afterwards obviously - they should do OK with a complete trilogy, though personally I don't understand the interest in those books beyond the premise.

YouTube Premium also provides access to YouTube music, which many people will not want; if Google split YTM from YTP I think they would have an easier case to argue that everyone should either watch ads or pay the premium price.

I think this is making the mistake of conflating piracy with lost sales; there is only so much money to go around, and saying that a pirated view is lost revenue is missing the point that that person was never going to pay for that particular content anyway.

From a music perspective we have too much music; we have decades of history to stream, and each year more and more is released - ultimately only a few people will be able to sustain themselves with streaming revenue, and indipendent acts will need to survive with live acts and merch until they break through (or accept that they arne't going to become superstars).

Because the potential upside is so huge, many people are willing to gamble on that, much as people buy lottery tickets. Most people will be disapointed.

OP didn't say that Corbyn caused brexit, but that we might not have had it if he had behaved differently, and I broadly agree; government could not agree what brexit should look like and rather than stopping to think it through, they bickered us into a corner - there was a brief (litterally hours) moment when the "rebels" had control over the order sheet and could have done something useful, but instead were fighting over who should be the figurehead.

Corbyn is a long way from blame for brexit, but he was part of the lunacy.

how much of the difference is attempts vs successful? Men tend to be more successful, as I understand it - I doubt that it would account for the entire discrepency, but might reduce the gap a little

Sonos are also agressively pushing out app updates that sunset older models of their speakers, as we all arbitrarily doing things like blocking streaming of audio from your phone.

Sonos might have been good in the past when they were selling a way of streaming your ripped mp3s around your house, they are no longer good now that they think they own the content too.

Many more birds are killed colliding with windows each year, but we still install transparent windows too.

Much human activity negatively impacts wildlife - we should be pragmatic in addressing these problems, and the harm to wildlife from renewable energy is significantly less than the harm caused by fossil fuel energy.

I think this is a combination of kind-hearted, but contextually unaware, people shocked that wind turbines can kill birds, and bad-faith attempts to stigmatise wind turbines for disingeneous (or at least biased) reasons.

Others have pointed out that there probably is a difference in the kinds of birds killed by cats vs wind turbines, but I've not seen any report breaking down the deaths by species (not that I've looked).