I’d ask what specific, measurable benefits this policy provides to the pupils and staff.

My kid went to a school with no uniform, just rules about dressing appropriately. Never once did I see any reason why a uniform would be needed.

ASML makes the machines and they’re restricted from exporting to China. Does China have the capability to make comparable ones itself?

I’m hoping sodium ion cars become available soon. I’ll happily trade some range in ideal conditions for being more resistant to very cold temps.

First, YSK that doctors’ offices overbook patients.

From first hand experience, I can tell you that this isn’t the case everywhere.

Was it this slop company that recently said it wasn’t going to do any more “side quests”?

Oh, I know. My comment was more about how we tend to anthropomorphize this stuff and give these models traits they don’t possess.

It could be a moronic sysadmin, it could just as easily be a moronic exec pushing staff to implement this crap right now and damn the consequences.

it thinks

I’m not attacking you but we really need to figure out how we use language to accurately describe what these programs are doing.

How do they succeed though?

I’m not seeing the market for LLMs in any meaningful roles given they are prone to saying things that aren’t true. Would you hire someone who does good work 90% of the time and for the rest, tells you the work is done, when it’s not, or worse.

I’ve still not heard a convincing argument explaining how these companies are going to make enough money to offset the billions they’ve spent on R&D and hardware.

It’s strange really, if I was an investor that would be the first question I’d ask but I guess VCs are smarter than I am.

At least it’s a hardware person taking over and not some marketing twat.

It’s always wild to me when adult human beings without any obvious brain damage start talking about what a made up deity may or may not be in favor of.

Oh totally. I’m mostly doing it to create a financial buffer against uncertainty and because I want to do my (very small) part to damage Pedolf’s economy.

I’m not fretting, I’m simply not buying anything other than necessities until Pedolf is gone. I’ll have a nice little pile of cash ready to go, assuming this nightmare ever ends.

“In response to the growing backlash, AIPAC’s supporters have called its critics “antisemitic””

These guys could really use some new material.

Sodium ion batteries are already in cars in China, this iteration is even safer. You should read the article.

This battery is even safer than Li-ion cells, why is that “gaslighting”?

Just a wierd example, I guess. Some authoritarians want to keep their lineage in power. Others, like Trump, can’t stand the idea of sharing the limelight with anyone else so there’s a free for all when he loses power. Same with Stalin.

“To ensure a full succession of leadership to his son and designated successor Kim Jong Il, Kim turned over his chairmanship of North Korea’s National Defense Commission – the body mainly responsible for control of the armed forces as well as the supreme commandership of the country’s now million-man strong military force, the Korean People’s Army – to his son in 1991 and 1993.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Il_Sung#Final_years_and_ensuring_succession_to_Kim_Jong_Il

I’m not sure I follow?

The people in that orbit are greedy sociopaths who can only be kept in line through fear. Once he dies, the fear vanishes and they’ll turn on each other so fucking quickly.

I can’t wait for it.