The Junk Drawer

DIY-HP-LED

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It's one way to keep poor countries poor, syphon off the talent and brains, that's the flip side of the issue. Why are we not producing doctors and nurses? Perhaps because we are not paying them enough and treating them like shit, as the pandemic demonstrated when they were thrown under the bus by governments. We need more tax cuts for the super-rich and more wealth imbalance, that will solve all problems, at least "conservatives" say so and are paid by the wealthy to do it.

The funny thing is, most doctors can be replaced or at least supplemented by AI, nurses and other such care givers not so much. The diagnosis can be done by AI, tests and scans, its rules based, the caring and treatment part are not so easily automated, yet. Brain work is the most vulnerable to AI, physical tasks less so, the engineer might go before the maintenance mechanic, the middle manager and accountant before the worker.

 

Sativied

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Well played though. Unlike Republicans in the US, Erdogan figured out when you actually help to improve the lives of people in cunt farmer regions you can get away with murder and a lot more and they’ll still remain loyal.
 

DIY-HP-LED

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There are two sides, one side is bullshit and the other is not, it works like that with republicans and democrats, Russians and Ukrainians, science and religion. Teach both sides to kids because some adults can't figure it out and when it comes to LBGTQ issues, it is illegal to even mention that side in some US states.

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Sativied

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And the joy I saw on that very day once again told me that the euro is so much more than cash in our pockets. The euro defines in many ways what we are as a Union: A Union between national identity and a European destiny. The euro is a symbol of the ideals we share and the stability we promote. 20 Member States, 350 million citizens, one single currency. And we will need this strength. Because when we talk about climate change, digitalisation and our massive need for investment, the answer is not just wind turbines, semiconductors and speed. The answer is also a strong and reliable currency.

As I mentioned in the war thread recently, a “strong and reliable [euro]” is much more than a currency for EU lovers, it’s a holy symbol, the pillar.

Before the end of the year the EU will decide whether to go forward with the e-euro, which they undoubtedly will. At least the 3-year pilot phase will follow, and then maybe in 2026/2027 it’ll be introduced.

Polls in for example Germany show 75% of the public is against it but that’ll have little influence.
 

DIY-HP-LED

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It doesn't matter if America and Europe have certain morals and ethics, even those based on rational caution. Others do not share these beliefs and assholes run many countries even if their societies are generally moral and ethical. We cannot stuff the technological genie back into the bottle once it starts granting our wishes.
There are many dire warnings and predictions about AI which is neither aware nor conscious and is in a primitive state of development. The same goes for engineered humans with greater intelligence or other desirable (depends on who is doing the desiring) traits.

 

Sativied

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A situation very similar to several other EU member states. The left is too left for the center-right (PP, as usual christian democrats / conservatives), but far-right is also too far right. Center right can survive working with the left, while excluding the left in favor of working with far-right will leave them tainted for several elections to come. If you work with the left you’re ‘pushing the left agenda’, if you work with far-right you might as well get a swastika tattoo.

Leading socialist now calling for national elections is betting on this to work in his favor. Risky bet.
 

Roger A. Shrubber

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AI industry and researchers sign statement warning of ‘extinction’ risk
our entire race sucks bloated balls at risk assessment...
Lead pipes? why not?
Lead based paint? why not?
Mercury to cure animal hides we'll then wear? why not?
industrial pollution? dump it in the rivers, what could go wrong?
Pesticides to kill ALL insects on crops? what could go wrong?
unregulated fishing, mining, logging? what the fuck, go for it, we only live once....
something our grandchildren might make more literal than we ever intended.
 

cannabineer

Ursus marijanus
our entire race sucks bloated balls at risk assessment...
Lead pipes? why not?
Lead based paint? why not?
Mercury to cure animal hides we'll then wear? why not?
industrial pollution? dump it in the rivers, what could go wrong?
Pesticides to kill ALL insects on crops? what could go wrong?
unregulated fishing, mining, logging? what the fuck, go for it, we only live once....
something our grandchildren might make more literal than we ever intended.
I’m not worried.
I built my survival compound entirely of the modern miracle material Asbestos.

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DIY-HP-LED

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our entire race sucks bloated balls at risk assessment...
Lead pipes? why not?
Lead based paint? why not?
Mercury to cure animal hides we'll then wear? why not?
industrial pollution? dump it in the rivers, what could go wrong?
Pesticides to kill ALL insects on crops? what could go wrong?
unregulated fishing, mining, logging? what the fuck, go for it, we only live once....
something our grandchildren might make more literal than we ever intended.
The lure of profit, it too great to resist, imagine a specialized AI that can trade stocks better than any human can, able to integrate gigabytes of economic and social data to predict future stock prices even a few seconds into the future...

That lawyer used a general AI and got into shit, but there will be a specialized legal one that will guarantee its precedents and charge lawyers or anybody online a fee for a case that can cite shit that no human could ever find! An AI lawyer, pay $100 bucks and it will give you or your lawyer the text of your case. Or it could represent you with an irresistible artificial personality in a virtual courtroom that can sell most people on anything and besides it would use a detailed personality profile of each of the jurors to sharpen a case from the emotional angle...

I remember reading about a lawyer decades ago who made a fortune. He leased office buildings, then rented out offices to lawyers and his hook was a central expensive legal library in the building that they all could use. Likewise, an AI legal service would serve a similar function as online legal search services and databases do today, but they will be much more powerful and eventually cut the lawyer out of the picture for many cases.
 

Roger A. Shrubber

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Freon’s bad for you. All my heat-pumping needs are served by clean, green Anhydrous Ammonia.
we have a heat pump, but we rent, so i have no idea what it uses as a refrigerant. it's in an akward spot to get to, so i've never looked.
I do know anhydrous ammonia will suffocate you if you get in a cloud of it, they built an anhydrous plant close to the town i grew up in in Mn., and twice in 20 years they've woken people up in the middle of the night because of possible leaks with the winds blowing toward town.
Not a horrible average, but if they miss one event, that's all it will take.
 

Roger A. Shrubber

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a specialized legal one that will guarantee its precedents and charge lawyers or anybody online a fee for a case that can cite shit that no human could ever find!
that actually sounds like one of the better uses for it...lawyers, good ones, anyway, are busy people. If you could automate part of their jobs, reliably, i don't see a real reason not to.
 

Roger A. Shrubber

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https://www.wbir.com/article/travel/east-tennessee-airbnb-rentals/51-eb78e72d-ef87-45a5-90a8-089a9eeb32b0

when i tell people this is tourist hell, they don't seem to get it...All 17,000 of those units are booked almost solid at least 9 months a year.
They all bring at least one vehicle, some of the larger units can hold 20 plus people, so three, four vehicles for each of them...call it 20K cars a day all summer cramming into two smallish towns.
It plays hell on the park. Some species are dying where they're anywhere close to the roads, they can't take the higher temps and auto exhaust.
Even if they don't pick any flowers or take any souvenir rocks, they still drive wildlife away from the roads and trails, and clog up everything worth doing.
 
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