by pkvi
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the-new-style 2 points ago +2 / -0

There's an 1983 paper, The Ironies of Automation

Anyway, the point being that if humans to not master the easy and medium parts of a system, they can never understand the difficult parts.

An example would be the stupid idea that a human can sit in a car and take over when the alarm sounds because the car doesn't understand what's happening. Unless the human was paying total attention then it is a hopeless situation, he does not have a feel for the road conditions, was not observing the environment, is not "warmed up" to operate the controls and needs to do all those things because the car is about to crash!

I have experienced a similar sensation myself, turning the cruise control off as I leave the motorway I always take a moment to reacquaint myself with the position of the pedals (we have 3 of course, with a clutch, not automatics) and give the brakes a squeeze before I need them at the intersection I am speeding towards.

Same goes in a factory control environment, unless you have solved the easy problems a sudden requirement to avoid disaster will be hopeless.

But this was all anticipated by E.M. Forster in 1909 in his short story The Machine Stops which was written as a counter to the hubris of the H.G. Wells type techno utopians.

You might also enjoy The Technological Society by Jaques Ellul (1963) although that is more in-depth. It was Ted Kaczynski's bible (according to his brother) and is a required reading for those who wish to call themselves Neo-Luddites.

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the-new-style 2 points ago +2 / -0

Good job she got none of it in her eyes, that would make taking selfies a lot harder.

by pkvi
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the-new-style 1 point ago +1 / -0

Treaties just make the legal process smoother, you don't have to argue the base case.

Any government will give you up if they feel like it.

As Roman Seleznev (son of Deputy of the Russian State Duma, Valery Seleznev) discovered when he was arrested by the authorities in The Maldives for massive credit card fraud and handed over to the US for extradition and ended up with a 27 year sentence.

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2017/04/the-backstory-behind-carder-kingpin-roman-seleznevs-record-27-year-prison-sentence/comment-page-1/

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the-new-style 2 points ago +2 / -0

220 dB is also physically impossible to generate in open air, 194 dB is the limit.

by pkvi
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the-new-style 2 points ago +2 / -0

Not everyone working in Machine Learning thinks General AI is even theoretically possible, let alone imminent. Like myself, some think machines will never win the Imitation Game (aka The Turing Test).

The animal brain is not clockwork.

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the-new-style 2 points ago +2 / -0

There is a great documentary about this called The Light Bulb Conspiracy which goes beyond the lightblub

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWJC5ieUAe4

Which starts with the story of the light bulb. Manufacturers used to compete on the lifespan of incandescent bulbs. The Phoebus Cartel of lightbulb makers - Osram, General Electric, Associated Electrical Industries, and Philips, and others - decided that was bad for business so agreed to stick to a 1,000 hour lifespan.

https://spectrum.ieee.org/the-great-lightbulb-conspiracy

by pkvi
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the-new-style 2 points ago +2 / -0

Stops paying everyone to stay home

"It's a booming economy"

by pkvi
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the-new-style 2 points ago +2 / -0

"Investors"

In what way were they planning on adding value to their holdings ?

by pkvi
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the-new-style 3 points ago +3 / -0

Same in the UK. It has gone from 1.94 per litre to 1.72 per litre in the space of a few weeks, which is 81 pence or $1 per gallon

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the-new-style 1 point ago +1 / -0

I don't really know who your question is pointed at but the phenomena is called "Ideological Possession".

by pkvi
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the-new-style 2 points ago +2 / -0

(((studies)))

by pkvi
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the-new-style 2 points ago +2 / -0
  • raises the question

Begging the question, (Latin: petitio principii) is using a conclusion as part of it.

by pkvi
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the-new-style 1 point ago +1 / -0

A result of Churchill

by pkvi
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the-new-style 2 points ago +2 / -0

The interesting thing about Morrisons is they are vertically integrated - they sell food from their own farms.

So they sell "wonky veg" which reduces waste (rejection at the farm gate is a major contribution to food waste).

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the-new-style 2 points ago +2 / -0

This is all posturing, you think Nancy is really stoking the ire of her buddies in the CCP?

by DrLeaks
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the-new-style 1 point ago +1 / -0

That's why the Afghans are fucking their kids

by DrLeaks
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the-new-style 1 point ago +1 / -0

Heating is the main concern when it's minus 25

by DrLeaks
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the-new-style 1 point ago +1 / -0

If you've been out shopping in minus 25 you know why that is.

by pkvi
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the-new-style 1 point ago +1 / -0

If you assume a normal distribution of outcomes then most would be neutral with excellent / terrible being outliers.

We rarely see excellent so that could be a few things

  1. The distribution is not normal

  2. The options are neutral / terrible

  3. The reporting of outcomes is biased

  4. Terrible is the goal and we only "see" the ones that succeed

My position is the government is not working for the population but against it. So many things reported as terrible are, in fact, success for those attempting them.

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the-new-style 1 point ago +1 / -0

I've participated in politically motivated violence and disorder, including organising, promoting and training.

I've known people killed, seen people go to prison, known people hospitalised, been surveilled by cops and had affiliated groups infiltrated by undercover cops who were eventually outed.

I've been arrested a couple of times and even been in a televised police chase where I escaped!

So I know it does happen.

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