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s1artibartfast

17,131 karma · joined March 19, 2019

Biotech/MedDev Engineer, Founder, Corporate sellout, and Contrarian in remission.

Interests in self organizing systems and cooperative economic structures.

For inquiry or long term discussion, please feel free to reach out to me: s1artibartfast.hn.correspondence at gmail

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s1artibartfast··on Nazi Germany had no hope of making an atomic bomb, uranium cubes reveal
What law did it break? Crime has a specific meaning different than "bad thing"
s1artibartfast··on Nazi Germany had no hope of making an atomic bomb, uranium cubes reveal
What odds would you give it?
s1artibartfast··on FTC is investigating OpenAI, Anthropic and other AI companies over product risks
California assembly passed a bill on ai safety and Gavin Newsom vetoed it. Thats not hypothetical
s1artibartfast··on Burning Man death rates – A short lesson in statistics
Sure. So you can commit to going nowhere without roads, or be willing to drive and camp places without them.

You can do a lot without designated and built roads, as buring man up to that point obviously demonstrated. If it wasn't constantly growing, they probably could have gone several years without another death

s1artibartfast··on Burning Man death rates – A short lesson in statistics
Basically anywhere you have dispersal car camping, of which salt flats are one example, even without burning man.

Also drive on beaches would be a good example.

s1artibartfast··on Singapore govt dating app uses Gale-Shapley stable marriage algorithm
Seems pretty different. What is the incremental cost for additional users? I assume it aproximates to zero in this case.
s1artibartfast··on Burning Man death rates – A short lesson in statistics
Yet you can go many so many places where that is not the case. It also takes people to build and designate them
s1artibartfast··on Singapore govt dating app uses Gale-Shapley stable marriage algorithm
I mean, it sucks if you're a taxpayer over 35 that wants to use the service, especially considering that DS is easy to screen for using modern tests of a mother's blood and Singapore has a reasonable abortion policy
s1artibartfast··on Singapore govt dating app uses Gale-Shapley stable marriage algorithm
This seems to raise the question of why there is a clearing problem.

Is it fair to say a clearing problem is a missmatch of expectations?

It seems to me that people are simultaneously becoming more specific and demanding, while simultaneously seeking risk aversion and comfort

s1artibartfast··on Burning Man death rates – A short lesson in statistics
I find it to be a microcosm of life and human nature. Turns out it is is entirely about people, including them at their best and worst. You can focus your attention on the good or the bad, or ignore both and build something.

With humans at play, you are bound to get sensual experiences, because that is what many people enjoy. You also have people who do epic amounts of work and engineering, because that is also what many people enjoy.

Cant really speak to your experiences with social strife. My burning man camp became my family back in the real world. Some of the smartest and most exceptional people I have ever met. Conservative goat ranchers to bay area they/them environmentalists going out of their way to be kind and give 110%.

I just got a bunch of painstakingly hand made quilts to celebrate the birth of my 2 month old in the mail from a campmate I haven't seen in 3 years.

s1artibartfast··on California farmers are struggling to sell grapes as demand for wine drops
I do! It is very common in my culture for it to be central to social gatherings.

Being inebriated makes it easy for people to open up and bond while common interests in drinking helps motivate them to get together.

s1artibartfast··on California farmers are struggling to sell grapes as demand for wine drops
You seem pretty entrenched in your opinion, but also note that loneliness and unhappiness are at record levels.

If alcohol is part of the solution to that, then it is certainly worth considering trade-offs. A lonely and miserable life is not one worth living

s1artibartfast··on California farmers are struggling to sell grapes as demand for wine drops
And do what with it?
s1artibartfast··on California farmers are struggling to sell grapes as demand for wine drops
Depends on the staffing issue, but many cant be solved by raising wages without going out of business.

Not every industry has tech level profits.

s1artibartfast··on California farmers are struggling to sell grapes as demand for wine drops
They didnt say it was in the article
s1artibartfast··on Who should be held accountable when an AI Agent (accidentally) acts maliciously?
Then we jail politicians if it messes up. If that doesn't work, we start jailing voters
s1artibartfast··on Who should be held accountable when an AI Agent (accidentally) acts maliciously?
Have you ever seen someone claiming ai labs should have no liability in the wild? I haven't.

I see people claiming they aren't being held liable, and some saying it should be situational.

The problem imo is defining what the core function sold is such that you can define malfunction and liability.

s1artibartfast··on Palantir founder purchases large swath of forest in Sweden
not really comparable. That looks to a parcel with road and and nearby power access, within a few km of a small town that has an airport.

Quite cheap tho!

s1artibartfast··on Every Household in This Rural Town Receives $10k If a Data Center Gets Built
I dont understand why data center development is so location specific.

Is it proximity to the city power grids and fiber backbones?

Seems that would be solvable then land is trivial if they go somewhere without objetors

s1artibartfast··on Allegations of US interference in Quebec election
I agree that a patriot can be cognizant of shortcomings and Im not advocating jingoism.

I think there is a class of people who are less interested in constructive reform, and more interested in seeing america fail. They would rather everyone suffer than improve and thrive. Maybe they do see that as a form of atonement.

s1artibartfast··on Allegations of US interference in Quebec election
I think a significant portion of the political culture war does revolve around this idea of anti-partiotism.

There is a vocal population that say america is evil, as are it's institutions, laws, and principles. This faction is particularly dominant in places like reddit.

s1artibartfast··on U.S. appeals court upholds designation of Anthropic as supply chain risk
That's true for every company and every individual involved with the dod. They can all put guns or pencils down and refuse at a future date for a unspecified reason.

That has nothing to do with supply chain risk designation. That comes from sabotage

s1artibartfast··on U.S. appeals court upholds designation of Anthropic as supply chain risk
They won't because Trumps family has billions invested in OpenAI.
s1artibartfast··on U.S. appeals court upholds designation of Anthropic as supply chain risk
There are limits.

I bet they could get a better deals if the military went and started taking hostages to aid in price negotiation.

After all, getting the best price is in the public interest.

s1artibartfast··on U.S. appeals court upholds designation of Anthropic as supply chain risk
"Lay down on my couch and take off your shirt, or you'll never find work in this town again"

>I'm just exercising my power as a purchaser.

No shit. The point is it shouldn't be used that way and that is not what this law is for.

Should the government be able to designate a company supply chain risk if they don't like the price?

s1artibartfast··on U.S. appeals court upholds designation of Anthropic as supply chain risk
I think it is thuggery. If DOD doesn't want to use anthropic as vendor, thats fine.

Prohibiting contractors and departments from using it to produce products well within anthropic terms of service has no risk.

It is petty retaliation and strong arming.

Imagine if Ford said they weren't interested in building tanks, and then the DoD said employees and contractors can't use Ford for any purpose, because they are a supply chain risk

s1artibartfast··on I'm Tired of Being on the Network
American biased - sure. I assumed all this conversation was about america
s1artibartfast··on I'm tired of being on the network
you are mixing up posters
s1artibartfast··on I'm Tired of Being on the Network
That seems like a lot? Single digit overall and more if you consider concentration and bulky high value items.

I would complain very loudly as well.

> 29.7% of U.S. households experienced package theft within a single 12-month period.

That seems like enough households to make tracking an important feature for most retailers.

While many of those packages might be classified as junk, others might contain medicine for your child or an auto part needed to get to work.

https://www.omnisend.com/porch-pirates/?utm_source=gemini&hl...

s1artibartfast··on Australia says OpenAI agent hacked into government website
There is such a weird duality to ai company hate. Hate for releasing products that can hack, and hate for wanting to slow down and work on safeguards.
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