mythrwy

That doesn't describe the candidates on offer though.

Look, I just want good rational, wise, humane low touch governance without excessive political ideology nonsense. I'm sick of the wars, sick of the lies, sick of the economic yo yo of boom/bust, sick of progressivism and "woke", sick of religion being injected into the conversation, sick of idiot candidates put there by the wealthy. And no, I'm not going to pretend that Joe Biden administration or Kamala was acceptable. Nor am I going to pretend that socialism is really gonna work this time, it's not and will leave most people worse off over the long term.

I realize this might be too much to ask, for but a boy can dream.

I didn't say "Both sides are the same". I said both candidates were morons.

As far as terms, I don't like really like either side we have on the menu right now.

"when the weapons of mass destruction are found it will be too late!"

The composition of the forests changes in managed stands yes. But these are not most stands. And if the hardwoods are removed mechanically or with herbicide the change occurs.

The real reason most out of control wildfires occur is because of too much fuel buildup. Poor management. Not letting smaller fires burn.

That Glyphosate is used on a small fraction of forested land to kill hardwoods doesn't mean "Glyposate is causing forest fires!"

I haven't either, but I imagine it being the exact opposite of Dylan's. Kind of a thunderous booming bards tale voice as opposed to nasal whining.

I'm not a fan of Glyphosate but it's just not used enough in forests to be a primary factor in wildfires. Additionally, in the article you link, they are really reaching and again, this is just their activist opinion (chemicals bad! ok) and I don't see any actual studies on the topic.

Doesn't pass basic sniff test.

That isn't science that is some activists opinion and the amount of forests actually sprayed with glyphosate is not the majority or even close yet we still have wild fires. The article linked is mostly nonsense with regards to wild fires, it may have some validity for the areas sprayed regarding biodiversity.

I'm not a big fan of synthetic chemicals in the food supply but I can't help wondering how Glyphosate has made forest fires worse?

Especially Bob Dylan. Nasal whining isn't historical America.

I'm just one small data point, and significantly in the minority I'm sure, but I got chickens and started gardening hard 4 or 5 years ago and get around 1/3 of my food from there.

"If a function needs a new argument, all the callers have to pass it and all of their callers recursively".

That is not the case if you default a value in the function.

`def foo(x=None)`

Of course then you usually have to deal with it in the body of the function even if you didn't need the arg all the time so your point isn't without merit.

The US can "win" for some definition of the word but at what cost to the US and the world in general? Would that really be a win or would it be a loss?

The Mongol army was much less industrialized than the people they conquered though so I'd say it's factor but not decisive.

The doll is missing that part!

Some friends and I lit a wheat field on fire with Roman candles in Oklahoma when I was 18.

We were having a blast driving down the road shooting candles out of the car window when we topped the crest of a small hill and looked back to see smoke. We drove back and the field was on fire. Fortunately we were able to put it out before it spread any further and the area was so isolated no one saw us.

Not the mountains. They are great in summer.

The internet doesn't have 10000 IQ points though. So where will it get the knowledge to be that smart?

Right but it looks back well before that.

I notice the study is "in the past" when models weren't as good and also it appears to focus on office workers writing text.

Ya, using AI to write your emails isn't that huge of a time savings. But coding is different matter.

That is one option.

Another is we discuss actual policy positions rather than using presumed pejoratives to brand everyone who doesn't agree with us as "literally Hitler!".

Democratic political leadership were fighting Trump 10 years ago long before No Kings.

I don't think they have done much real, if anything.

AI can presumably make a preferable podcast no problem.

Headline: "A large comet is approaching the earth and all life is expected to be wiped out within 20 days"

HN: "The scrollbar is two pixels too narrow on the article!"

I've wondered the same thing but Gemini (free, just in the browser) helped me complete a GIS/radar app that Codex/GPT didn't seem informed enough to do. Really gave some excellent suggestions and I was impressed and feeding it into Codex we were off on a positive track again.

Then I tried to use Gemini for coding and it was like being back to GPT3 or something. Really bad. But on this topic at least it had possession or access to more knowledge than GPT.

My "digging for roots to eat" skills have also atrophied. Fortunately I don't need those much anymore because of modern agriculture.

I wonder how much of this "you are gonna lose your skills!" stuff matters. And if knowing how to properly iterate a for loop with my eyes closed matters all that much anymore.

She is reasonably intelligent. Not necessarily intellectually inclined but not stupid by any means.

And I'm with you, I can't wrap my head around it either.

To be fair I didn't really get her choice of movies before AI (superhero flicks, hallmark type movies, 200 watches of "Twilight" etc). I think to her it's just sort of "turn off your brain comfortable background noise" from inquiries.

I'm different and when I watch things I pay attention and think about it and notice plot holes etc etc. I watch to be entertained or informed and if it doesn't do either of those I tune out. So I can't sit through most movies even before AI. But some people I think just "vibe watch" for lack of a better term.

I also have never understood people who come home and watch "whatever is on TV" or watch news all day or that kind of thing either so I'm not sure the problem is AI in this case. It just produces more volume of junk than the junky junk that existed previously. Some of the AI stuff is egregiously horrible though.

My girlfriend mindlessly watches those sometimes. I think they are from China maybe.

I heard one in the background last night and it went something like this:

"A girl becomes pregnant in college and it turns out to be triplets. But she doesn't know who the father is. She raises the children and they grow up very successful. One becomes a surgeon. The children's father is actually a famous <something> and one day he is giving a speech. While he giving the speech one of the children dashes out of the audience and hugs his leg!"

Total logistical nonsense. Doesn't even have a story line that fits. I asked her why she watches that but it's mostly just background noise why she is doing something. It's awful.

probably not

"Ever since I was just a simple Perl script I wanted to be a DJ on SomaFM"

The US does have potash mines for example around Carlsbad New Mexico. But these cover only a percentage of domestic need. Perhaps they could be scaled up not sure.

I started at age 39 though and did pretty well up until a year or two ago (16 years total).

Like many people I've been sad about the loss of a career I spent years developing skills in and I'm 55 now and won't be quickly retraining for another high paying career. Fortunately I do have other skills I developed earlier in life and low needs so will probably limp by fine but it's still a painful adjustment.

Point being, you could always write code as an older person. Well, back in the old days when we wrote code anyway.