Robot Bastard!
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Here we go again. *sigh*
That's a nice thing to see, because I was seeing references to "asset duplication is meant for older physical hard drives" and I'm thinking "wait, *I* have an older physical hard drive..."
December 2, 2025 at 8:27 PM
That's a nice thing to see, because I was seeing references to "asset duplication is meant for older physical hard drives" and I'm thinking "wait, *I* have an older physical hard drive..."
is it a shoulder or a butt, make up your mind omg
December 2, 2025 at 8:25 PM
is it a shoulder or a butt, make up your mind omg
Everyone always wondered how we would get Bolos to be so devoted to saving humanity, and it turns out the answer is that you write "Rule One: Save Humanity" and a sufficiently-powerful processor can write its own code afterwards.
December 2, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Everyone always wondered how we would get Bolos to be so devoted to saving humanity, and it turns out the answer is that you write "Rule One: Save Humanity" and a sufficiently-powerful processor can write its own code afterwards.
We're going to put AI into army tanks, and John Dee and Aleister Crowley are gonna high-five in Hell
December 2, 2025 at 5:31 PM
We're going to put AI into army tanks, and John Dee and Aleister Crowley are gonna high-five in Hell
expired: "we're gonna make Heinlein's 'The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress' into reality!"
tired: "we're gonna make Banks' 'Use Of Weapons' into reality!"
inspired: "we're gonna make Pratchett's 'Feet Of Clay' into reality!"
tired: "we're gonna make Banks' 'Use Of Weapons' into reality!"
inspired: "we're gonna make Pratchett's 'Feet Of Clay' into reality!"
December 2, 2025 at 5:29 PM
expired: "we're gonna make Heinlein's 'The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress' into reality!"
tired: "we're gonna make Banks' 'Use Of Weapons' into reality!"
inspired: "we're gonna make Pratchett's 'Feet Of Clay' into reality!"
tired: "we're gonna make Banks' 'Use Of Weapons' into reality!"
inspired: "we're gonna make Pratchett's 'Feet Of Clay' into reality!"
(I mean if you're signing onto the latter, then okay)
December 2, 2025 at 5:26 PM
(I mean if you're signing onto the latter, then okay)
Are you sure? Because it looks like this person's position is less "exploitative AI is bad" and more "in the glorious communist future it will be impossible for anyone to say that AI has stolen or misused property because 'property' as a concept will not even exist..."
December 2, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Are you sure? Because it looks like this person's position is less "exploitative AI is bad" and more "in the glorious communist future it will be impossible for anyone to say that AI has stolen or misused property because 'property' as a concept will not even exist..."
Let me know when you take your argument that ELO is sexist bullshit to the international chess-playing community. I'd like to watch that.
December 2, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Let me know when you take your argument that ELO is sexist bullshit to the international chess-playing community. I'd like to watch that.
Also if you want to claim that ELO is actually sexist bullshit then don't be yelling at me, yell at the guy up-thread who said that "chess sorts by ability and it works very well".
December 2, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Also if you want to claim that ELO is actually sexist bullshit then don't be yelling at me, yell at the guy up-thread who said that "chess sorts by ability and it works very well".
Polgár was ranked #55 in the world before competing in any men's tournaments, although is is true that she was not awarded a Grandmaster title until winning the Hungarian Chess Championship men's bracket in 1991.
December 2, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Polgár was ranked #55 in the world before competing in any men's tournaments, although is is true that she was not awarded a Grandmaster title until winning the Hungarian Chess Championship men's bracket in 1991.
ELO doesn't ask what your gender is.
December 2, 2025 at 3:27 PM
ELO doesn't ask what your gender is.
"if the dumb broads were any good they wouldn't have got pushed out the bottom" hey keep on defending women's sports, you're doing great
December 2, 2025 at 3:20 PM
"if the dumb broads were any good they wouldn't have got pushed out the bottom" hey keep on defending women's sports, you're doing great
I think the only thing they're legally required to broadcast is political advertising for Federal elected positions. Anything else, they're given discretion as to whether or not to air the message (that is, to form a business relationship with a particular client.)
December 2, 2025 at 3:18 PM
I think the only thing they're legally required to broadcast is political advertising for Federal elected positions. Anything else, they're given discretion as to whether or not to air the message (that is, to form a business relationship with a particular client.)
how was I supposed to interpret "if people stopped gatekeeping with bullshit like this, more women would play chess"
December 2, 2025 at 3:14 PM
how was I supposed to interpret "if people stopped gatekeeping with bullshit like this, more women would play chess"
I think LIDAR is preferable to vision systems for autonomous vehicles. My question is what this chart is actually measuring because there are all kinds of things that might be happening here.
December 2, 2025 at 2:48 PM
I think LIDAR is preferable to vision systems for autonomous vehicles. My question is what this chart is actually measuring because there are all kinds of things that might be happening here.
"ELO is sexist gatekeeping" is an intriguing point of view
December 2, 2025 at 2:46 PM
"ELO is sexist gatekeeping" is an intriguing point of view
The claim was that her not finishing first in one event "proved" that there was no inherent advantage to her having been exposed to gonadal testosterone during adolescence, but if you look at literally the entire rest of her record she is, as it were, head and shoulders above the rest of the team.
December 2, 2025 at 2:45 PM
The claim was that her not finishing first in one event "proved" that there was no inherent advantage to her having been exposed to gonadal testosterone during adolescence, but if you look at literally the entire rest of her record she is, as it were, head and shoulders above the rest of the team.
...there's no difference between imperial seconds and metric seconds, sir.
December 2, 2025 at 2:41 PM
...there's no difference between imperial seconds and metric seconds, sir.
(It's typical in electronics development to call for max-spec parts in the first builds, and then after field experience you can back off the parts that don't need it; this can lead to dramatic cost decreases with no change in physical design or process.)
December 2, 2025 at 2:39 PM
(It's typical in electronics development to call for max-spec parts in the first builds, and then after field experience you can back off the parts that don't need it; this can lead to dramatic cost decreases with no change in physical design or process.)
I feel like there's all kinds of ways to goof that chart, though. Does it include engineering and development costs? Does it include installation/calibration labor? Or is it just the components, and is it the same level of components each year?
December 2, 2025 at 2:38 PM
I feel like there's all kinds of ways to goof that chart, though. Does it include engineering and development costs? Does it include installation/calibration labor? Or is it just the components, and is it the same level of components each year?
we live in a time of miracles
December 2, 2025 at 1:58 PM
we live in a time of miracles
My grandfather was so mad about the "black bars" that he insisted on setting his TV to "stretch" so that regular broadcast content would fill the entire screen. He claimed that he didn't notice how everyone looked like Jabba the Hutt.
December 2, 2025 at 1:57 PM
My grandfather was so mad about the "black bars" that he insisted on setting his TV to "stretch" so that regular broadcast content would fill the entire screen. He claimed that he didn't notice how everyone looked like Jabba the Hutt.