Finally, the riots will give cover to a police force that is widely recognized as brutal and incapable of maintaining public order without dishing out violence to bystanders. But a tragedy that should have prompted a long-overdue process of police reform now seems likely to push French politics in the other direction.
As a child, I was thrilled by the LEGO Technics sets. Especially 2-in-1 or 3-in-1 sets. While looking for Technic sets for my son, I found that this range went in a direction I didn’t like at all....
The “slur filter” was causing so much arguing that the devs stopped hard coding it. Now the whoever is running the instance can choose any or no filter.
After Ireland was occupied by the British Army, they resisted, fought a war, negotiated peace. They agreed to give up 1/4 of the country, to stop the war and to guarantee freedom for the majority....
Yes the Irish had no option to avoid war, to negotiate a deal instead.
The more I think about this, it’s probably status quo bias. If the Irish had fought more years and won the while island, people would have said they were right to do so. If Ukraine had negotiated a peace early on people would have said they were right. If they fight for years until the country is rubble people with say that is right too.
One key thing was the Irish guaranteed the UK access to its ports. The UK was willing to fight for the shipping industry in Belfast and for the important ports. It was happy to give away the rest of the country. Everyone got what they wanted and the war ended (if I may ignore some huge details)
I think Russia is in the same position. It had always had access to Ukraine’s ports. The threat if losing that access is worth going to war for. If Ukraine signed something guaranteeing Russia access to its ports, Russia would have no need to keep fighting. But while Ukraine refuses to talk, we will never find out.
Maybe that is the thing the Ukrainians need to learn from history.
In Ireland we used to have a violent police force. They often killed people. They were kind to the majority and abusive to the minority. They protected the government, not the people. It was just like France....
This was interesting. Her real innovation was structuring the hospitals she managed hierarchically. She made the nurses fully subservient to the doctors, which was not the case before. This was maybe or maybe not good for medicine, but certainly good for the people at the tops of the hierarchies, who celebrated her. Other people...
And of course if you learn about Nightingale, you should learn about Semmelweiss too. He is a much more interesting historical hospital manager, and reading about him dispels the other big myth about Nightingale.
So we already have AI that can make paintings (and diverse visual art) in response to prompts, and AI that can generate text in response to prompts....
Since I posted this, Microsoft claims to have built an AI which does have "world knowledge". It was able to explain how to pile up some objects so they don't fall. We'll see though if its claims are true.
Millionaires Are Begging Governments to Tax Them More (www.wired.co.uk)
What France Has Found in the Rubble (slate.com)
Finally, the riots will give cover to a police force that is widely recognized as brutal and incapable of maintaining public order without dishing out violence to bystanders. But a tragedy that should have prompted a long-overdue process of police reform now seems likely to push French politics in the other direction.
May be written here about compatible alternatives to LEGO Technic? (lemmy.world)
As a child, I was thrilled by the LEGO Technics sets. Especially 2-in-1 or 3-in-1 sets. While looking for Technic sets for my son, I found that this range went in a direction I didn’t like at all....
Against Bravery Debates (slatestarcodex.com)
"Teddit is Shutting Down. Lemmy is the New Reddit" (tedd.it)
Irish perspective on Ukraine
After Ireland was occupied by the British Army, they resisted, fought a war, negotiated peace. They agreed to give up 1/4 of the country, to stop the war and to guarantee freedom for the majority....
Rogue wave - Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)
The Irish perspective on police violence
In Ireland we used to have a violent police force. They often killed people. They were kind to the majority and abusive to the minority. They protected the government, not the people. It was just like France....
The Problematic Myth of Florence Nightingale (lithub.com)
This was interesting. Her real innovation was structuring the hospitals she managed hierarchically. She made the nurses fully subservient to the doctors, which was not the case before. This was maybe or maybe not good for medicine, but certainly good for the people at the tops of the hierarchies, who celebrated her. Other people...
When a Bough Breaks (getpocket.com)
Network of geothermal power stations ‘could help level up UK’ (www.theguardian.com)
We thought the hydro was the answer, but it destroyed river environments....
What is wealth
I've noticed a pattern, that wealth is privacy. If you take for example how people live....
Reconstructing History Sewing Patterns (reconstructinghistory.com)
Is Consciousness More Like Chess or the Weather? (nautil.us)
Electric vehicles and tyre pollution (www.nytimesn7cgmftshazwhfgzm37qxb44r64ytbb2dj3x62d2lljsciiyd.onion)
As car engines are getting cleaner and tyres wider and softer, pollution from tyres is already as high as pollution from engines. But:...
Google has copied my idea, and made it worse
If you have seen this piece of news, and are a Lemmy user, it might look familiar.
AI generated music
So we already have AI that can make paintings (and diverse visual art) in response to prompts, and AI that can generate text in response to prompts....
There’s a Massive Antarctic Exploration Vehicle Lost Somewhere at the Bottom of the World (getpocket.com)
The Sentences Computers Can't Understand, But Humans Can (yewtu.be)