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penguin,

Why would they slaughter natives so a distant relative could have a virtual field?

The post is about video games.

penguin,

Because it’s clearly the best for numerous reasons.

  • when the 4 digit year is first, it’s obvious month is second. So 2024-01-02, for example, is definitely jan second and not Feb first (unless you’re insane)
  • you can name things with the date first and an alphabetical sort will automatically sort the files by date (you can’t always sort by date and sometimes you actually want a mixed sort like this
penguin,

I think it’s almost at the point where the only games that don’t work are games with anti cheat that refuse to play nicely.

penguin,

Well no one can prove they have a mind to anyone other than themselves.

And to extend that, there’s obviously a way for electrical information processing to give rise to consciousness. And no one knows how that could be possible.

Meaning something like a true, alien AI would probably conclude that we are not conscious and instead are just very intelligent meat computers.

So, while there’s no reason to believe that current AI models could result in consciousness, no one can prove the opposite either.

I think the argument currently boils down to, “we understand how AI models work, but we don’t understand how our minds work. Therefore, ???, and so no consciousness for AI”

More boomers are staying in their jobs instead of retiring. They’re working longer hours and making more money, new Pew data finds (finance.yahoo.com)

The graying of the American workforce continues: Baby boomers are working longer and earning more than their predecessors did in what Americans typically think of as retirement years, new research finds....

penguin,

No, but it’s still correct.

Retired individuals make use of tax funded systems all the time and those only work if younger people pay taxes.

penguin,

Every year, the government funds itself with taxes being paid now. Not years previously. If older people who are retired use the hospital, the hospital’s resources were paid for by the most recent taxes.

And when I pay my taxes now, the government doesn’t take a small percentage of it, put it aside, and mark it as “for road maintenance in X decades”.

If working people stopped paying taxes, all programs would collapse entirely, they wouldn’t keep working only for retired people who paid into them sufficiently.

It’s pretty obvious that all of government needs tax payers every year

penguin,

He’s successful in spite of himself. He makes terrible decisions constantly.

penguin,

For people who value reading: if they have no books on their shelves. They might be avid readers of ebooks, or just use the library.

But this should clear itself up with a rather simple discussion started by mentioning a book you read recently.

penguin,

Yeah, fuck em all

penguin,

What does betrayal have to do with the morality of killing something?

It’s either right or wrong to kill something if you don’t have to for survival.

If you think killing dogs is wrong, then killing cows or pigs should also be wrong.

penguin,

I hear you. I don’t eat meat, and I haven’t for several years. I still find it extremely tempting sometimes to eat some chicken wings.

The only reason I don’t is because whenever I actually think, “maybe I should just have some,” I get overwhelmed with flashes in my mind visualizing the deaths of the chickens and then I just… can’t.

But if those flashes weren’t there I definitely would’ve caved by now.

penguin,

I agree. I still eat shrimp and some fish. The fish bother me, but not enough to stop eating them, and the shrimp don’t bother me cause they’re basically underwater crickets.

For example killing an elephant is worse than killing a chicken. And everyone draws the line somewhere already (unless you’re fine with eating endangered animals and even cannibalism). It’s just where does your own morality draw the line at what level of creature it’s ok to ask to die for your next meal?

penguin,

Is killing a person a moral issue, or is that also simply marketing?

penguin,

Clothing doesn’t require the death of anyone the same way eating meat does.

One it’s possible to be cruelty free, and the other is not.

Also, if I knew for a fact that a company committed acts of evil, I would avoid them as best I could, just like I do with meat.

Complaining that eating meat is not actually wrong, it’s just marketing, is just a laughable way to look at ethics and empathy.

Lastly, whataboutism is a joke of a defence.

"Super pigs" — called the "most invasive animal on the planet" — threaten to invade northern U.S. (www.cbsnews.com)

An exploding population of hard-to-eradicate “super pigs” in Canada is threatening to spill south of the border, and northern states like Minnesota, North Dakota and Montana are taking steps to stop the invasion....

penguin,

We should handle it the same way we treat invasive animals 🙂

penguin,

Fireplaces?

penguin,

Also for security cameras, connect them to something like a Synology NAS so you have the recordings locally and then configure a firewall to block the cameras from any internet access.

Viewing the cams remotely just means using a VPN to connect to your network and then connecting to the NAS.

It’s possible to maintain privacy/control and still use modern tech.

penguin,

For me, they could be trying to report on it, but the firewall blocks them from the internet.

penguin,

I can. I VPN into my home and the connect to the NAS. The cameras are only allowed to talk to the NAS and any attempt for them to talk directly outside is blocked.

penguin,

Peanut M&M’s?

penguin,

Have you considered trying it from a good pizza place?

penguin,

But the good news is that it’ll be the coolest year for the foreseeable future 🙂

penguin,

It would help all of their competitors. A non zero number of people would move from windows to each of the others.

Whether or not the number moving away from windows and on to each of the others is significant or not is a different matter.

The biggest thing helping Linux right now is Valve’s work improving the gaming experience, IMO.

penguin,

Hold on. Pornos aren’t a form of documentary?

penguin,

I have 64 too and my usage breaks down to basically be 32 for windows, 32 for different VMs.

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