Ah, yeah but not at the lower levels like this soldier.

I feel certain that any allegiance he expressed was to protect the well being of his family, rather than a genuine position.

Meh. I don’t think anyone that matters was really fooled.

I’m incredulous.

There was that thread asking what people are using LLMs for and it pretty much came down to “softening language in emails”.

For most jobs LLMs can provide a small productivity bump.

IMO if an LLM can do most of your job then you’re not producing much value anyway.

Pretty much non-profit in name only. Some shady hybrid model.

It’s USB-C.

The android app developed by the syncthing dev is deprecated, the fork is still fine. While the fork’s dev has no plans to publish to google play, there’s presently no reason to think they will discontinue supporting the fork.

I absolutely agree with point 1.

I’ve never really thought about point 2. I don’t think I’m ready to say I don’t believe in free will, but I do agree that people are largely a product of their circumstances. I think in the case of a serial killer, it might not meet your definition of “free will” but it’s a person who has been methodical about the taking of life and not shown any contrition.

I would however add point 3. I don’t want to take someone’s life even if they deserve to die.

… and point 4 I just thought of… there’s not really any good reasons for capital punishment. It’s not a deterrent, and who cares about the cost of incarceration really.

As a point of reference, Lenovo Thinkpad’s have something of a cult following for their reliability and versatility.

My T490s has a USB-C power supply which provides 45w (20v at 2.25a).

The thing is, when docked it’s not only pulling power through that cable, but also network, USB devices, and providing video for 2x monitors in 1920x1080. It’s kind of astonishing to me how much can be crammed in to one little connector. That said, it’s frustrating trying to find a usb cable that works reliably, because as you’d imagine not all USB-C cables support the same specs.

Collecting passports from people away from their country is a huge “no, you don’t” thing.

Not really, in many cases it’s a necessity.

That’s not to say that giving your passport to your employer for safe keeping is a good idea.

Not really.

That particular comment doesn’t really enter into the “why” of Russia’s behavior, it’s just talking about the difficulties of repairing these cables in war-like conditions.

Those conditions don’t really exist presently. Russia is not “at war” with Finland and some sneaky cable cutting is not the same game as sinking merchant / civilian ships. I also feel certain that Finland would be happy to underwrite the risk to the repair company, and provide naval support while the repair was conducted.

Yeah this.

I don’t keep all my photos in sync though. Only the last few months.

I’m using photoprism to browse photos on my server but I’ve been meaning to look at other options because it’s not that great IMO.

Again, it’s not a great system but it’s the best available.

I think the problem of “idiot jurors” is mitigated somewhat in that a unanimous verdict is required. A hung jury is a better outcome than an incorrect finding.

I pretty much agree with you on all points.

Anyone who works in law will tell you that justice is pretty thin to the ground.

I think you’ve misconstrued my position though. I’m not saying the current system is fine, merely that the role of jurors is to determine whether the defendant is guilty of the charges against them, and the role of the judge is to determine the appropriate punishment, and that this separation of duties is the best structure we have to mitigate corruption.

I’m not saying there’s no corruption, merely that allowing a jury to determine whether a defendant should be punished despite their guilt is tantamount to corruption. If a jury can determine penalties then the whole court process is basically a popularity contest.

A few months ago, I would’ve told you that I’m holding to the belief that might doesn’t make right and that no one is above the law. However, recent events have demonstrated that more than half the voting public prefer a system where the law does not apply to wealthy nor powerful people. I’m astonished, but apparently my views are not represented amongst the population generally. It seems that in the current era there is no denying that there is a class of people to whom the law does not apply.

Most countries just regulate the content of baby formula.

There’s loads of ways you can monetise being the window through which billions of hours of attention are spent every day.

It’s not working for Firefox because they just don’t have many users any more. I haven’t checked recently but it’s less than 5% market share or something.

I absolutely agree with you, but it just doesn’t seem viable at this point.

I think you’re right about affordability.

There’s a subset of the population who will pursue VR for gaming et cetera, but it’s a limited subset. While the same hardware or tech might be able to be used for casual AR / VR helpful type things like meetings or informational things those applications just aren’t beneficial enough to make it worth the cost of the hardware.

If there was more content, more useful applications, and the cost was negligible, then sure it will take off.

In my 20s I would’ve been interested in VR for gaming and would’ve been excited about the potential applications of AR. Now in my 40s it’s clear that tech doesn’t bring me joy, and I’d like to diminish it’s role in my life. As in, I want tech to improve my well being and quality of life rather than consume my time and limit my experience of life.

20 years from now, I can imagine myself as a reluctant late-adopter of AR. I just absolutely will not tolerate ads in this regard. I’d rather forage for twigs and berries in the wilderness than allow adverts to be injected into my experience of realiity.

Dude it’s a book.

“Gladiators would be popular because there’s this movie called Gladiator that everyone loves and that has heaps of Gladiators.”

Do any of these applications really require AR / VR though?

I had assumed the metaverse was more about augmented reality than an alternate reality. I don’t really know anything about it though.