ExoticPearTree

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by ExoticPearTree 3d ago
Most jobs are imoral. If we were to do only the moral ones… we’d have probably 75% unemployment or something like that.
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by ExoticPearTree 3d ago
We fed models all our literature, news and so on. Why is it a surprise models lie and cheat when needed? We do the same, why would AI be any different?
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by ExoticPearTree 6d ago
Or something newer, like this one: https://www.garmin.com/en-US/p/166298/#specs
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by ExoticPearTree 6d ago
The Yemeni report is interesting. - How is your missile so accurate? - We're using a vibe coded app on an iPhone that does terrain matching and target finding. The thing is that OK, Anthropic may block it, but nothing says they can&#x2
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by ExoticPearTree 7d ago
> If you accelerate at 1g constantly for 1y you travel 0.5 light years Can't we accelerate past 1G constantly? Or do we expend so much energy doing it that we can't realistically do it with today's technology?
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by ExoticPearTree 7d ago
The "phone network" nowadays offer high quality sound. Things improved drastically with VoLTE and other technologies which allows much more bandwidth for calls than the old networks could support.
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by ExoticPearTree 7d ago
> I recommend ripping your car apart and putting sound insulation panels everywhere you can! Also replacing your sound system... Ripping the car apart to install sound insulation might void your warranty. I have a Bose sound system in my
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by ExoticPearTree 7d ago
You are right.
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by ExoticPearTree 7d ago
There is a difference between ANPR and what Flock does.
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by ExoticPearTree 7d ago
That fact that in the UK or China you are surveiled non-stop it does not mean Americans want the same to happen to them.
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by ExoticPearTree 8d ago
> The hidden cost, of course, is that the NSA learns everything there is to know about you and your customers. I doubt the NSA is gobbling up all the CF traffic because maybe, maybe they will find something of interest. Can the NSA make
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by ExoticPearTree 8d ago
Because it is made of a lot of open source components glued together in different weird ways. Sure, I would trust KVM over Hyper-V any day, but the management sucks for Proxmox. If they build their new Datacenter Manager offering into what
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by ExoticPearTree 8d ago
I had a lot of positive experiences with VMware (ESXi + vCenter). Every time I had a new project, I tried to keep it as simple as possible and it worked wonderfully. SAN, Distributed Switches, Automatic VM migrations to balance CPU usage et
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by ExoticPearTree 8d ago
> free markets for everyone should read as "everyone the US likes", not everyone everyone.
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by ExoticPearTree 11d ago
Ariane is an expensive legacy rocket.
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by ExoticPearTree 12d ago
> think with passkey you don't own the private key. It's in your device and managed by the OS. That's one of the reasons I don't use passkeys (the other being that if I lose the device I can't access my account)
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by ExoticPearTree 13d ago
So we're gonna get Skynet pretty soon then?
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by ExoticPearTree 15d ago
> Who said a GPS jammer is okay? They are highly illegal in the US and the FCC will hand out large fines when they find one. GPS jammers are cheap though and so it is unlikely the FCC will catch the majority of users. FCC will hand out f
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by ExoticPearTree 15d ago
> I believe you are still required to know how to use them to pass your private pilot check ride, too, but I may be wrong. Thankfully, they are not needed to pass a PPL check-ride. Creating a track on a 1:500k map and fly it is incredibl
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by ExoticPearTree 15d ago
> As a CFI I think most of the confusion around VORs these days comes down to poor or inadequate training. I would say it is partially true. The reason I have trouble with VORs is that the equipment inside the plane is very awkward to us
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by ExoticPearTree 16d ago
> Why would anyone defend a billion dollar corporation so vehemently and not earn a single dime? Because I like some of their products very much. They don't need to pay me to defend hardware quality when everyone else sells cheap pl
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by ExoticPearTree 16d ago
> The reason these groups come in 'caravans' is because it makes it difficult to stop them without resorting to inhumane actions. There is nothing inhumane shooting at people trying to illegally cross your borders. You can mine
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by ExoticPearTree 16d ago
They are to blame because they allow people to cross their borders illegally. And in Spain's case, they're looking at giving them citizenship. And then they complain about crime.
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by ExoticPearTree 16d ago
They have a functioning society. And quite a high GDP. You know, not all dictatorships are inherently bad. Look at the Gulf states: they have a high number of immigrants, but at the same time they don't have Germany's or France&#x
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by ExoticPearTree 17d ago
> To be honest immigration happened forever because people look for a better place to live. The able, hard working and entrepreneurial ones bring a lot to the countries they immigrate to. So, I do not see immigration as "a problem&q
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by ExoticPearTree 17d ago
> After all, why does immigration even happen in the first place? Aren't we as a western society responsible for the destruction and destabiliztion of the eastern countries? 1. My country never colonized any other part if the world.
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by ExoticPearTree 17d ago
> Oh man I will never let them read my private comms. So what are they going to do to me? Depends on where you live. If for example you live in the UK, they will jail you until you pony up the PIN to your phone and any other passwords th
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by ExoticPearTree 17d ago
There will always be extremists on both sides of the political spectrum. The problem is quite simple: people swing more to one side or another if their voices are not heard. The current boogeyman is the growth of the far-right in Europe. Bu
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by ExoticPearTree 17d ago
So "Think of the children" did not work and now they go about it with "Fear the Russians" or "Fear the Chinese" or whatever boogieman they're looking at creating. From the article: "The new EU strateg
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by ExoticPearTree 18d ago
Well, no need to argue here anymore. Common sense won and Iceland will stay independent and happy.

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