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by quickthrowman 3d ago
> I’d say Terrance has recently left the denial phase, … There’s a byline at the top of the article that lists the authors of this blog post, neither of which are Terry Tao. > [This is a guest post by Silvia De Toffoli and Eamon Dued
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by quickthrowman 3d ago
Thanks for the advice, I will look into that!
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by quickthrowman 3d ago
> Anthropic specifically is basically saying that they believe it's even more dangerous if someone else gets to AGI before they do, so they have to either stop everyone or not stop themselves. That’s how people rationalize being a f
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by quickthrowman 3d ago
If I really thought what my company was working on had a greater than 1% chance of ending human civilization I would feel obligated to destroy what my company was working on. Given they keep grinding away towards our alleged collective doom
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by quickthrowman 4d ago
“Nub City” is a nickname for Vernon, Florida where the residents ended up filing far more dismemberment insurance claims for amputated limbs than was statistically likely, the town of 500-800 people was the source of 2/3rds of the clai
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by quickthrowman 4d ago
I have $500,000 in coverage for bodily injury liability and $100,000 for property damage and I feel like that’s not enough but those are the highest options to select for coverage. I’d prefer to be covered at double those amounts in case of
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by quickthrowman 4d ago
CME is launching futures contracts for GPU compute: https://www.cmegroup.com/markets/energy/power/compute-future...
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by quickthrowman 4d ago
A Lexus is just a Toyota with nicer materials on the inside. They use Toyota parts that cost Toyota prices, they aren’t out to gouge you on parts like European manufacturers. Sometimes Lexus vehicles are cheaper than a similar Toyota, a Lex
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by quickthrowman 5d ago
I experience the falling feeling in my legs and feet as well.
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by quickthrowman 6d ago
A 98% efficient condensing boiler will be cheaper to operate than a heat pump, we have a ridiculous amount of cheap natural gas in the US.
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by quickthrowman 6d ago
The “common” places I’ve seen ammonia refrigeration in use are hockey rinks and cold storage warehouses. I assume it’s used in industrial installations as well for heat rejection.
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by quickthrowman 6d ago
Yes, if you release propane into an enclosed space like a mechanical room and then introduce a spark, it could cause an explosion. The explosion risk (in a commercial setting) is mitigated by having gas detection sensors and an exhaust fan
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by quickthrowman 6d ago
Here you go: https://www.homedepot.com/p/Hydro-Systems-Fusion-Low-Voltage... Drain heat exchangers are really expensive, this 3” by 48” copper one costs over $1000: https://www.homedepot.com/p/Po
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by quickthrowman 6d ago
The backup heat source of a heat pump is extremely nice to have if your furnace craps out, just shut off the gas supply and let the heat pump do its job. If I had to replace my A/C condenser I’d probably opt for a heat pump to replace
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by quickthrowman 6d ago
Japan has no domestic source of oil or natural gas. The US has so much natural gas that it’s flared off to the atmosphere in some places. Natural gas is insanely cheap to heat with as a result and condensing boilers are extremely efficient.
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by quickthrowman 7d ago
> but it's ridiculous that people have this sense that shopping should somehow fund your vacation. Some people are dumb and think tax refunds are free money when in reality they’re an interest-free loan to the IRS. Money is fungible
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by quickthrowman 7d ago
> I cannot understand why silicone rubber is not more commonly available for cable insulation. It is so much better than much of the badly plasticized PVC and other plastics that are now used. PVC, XLPE, and rubber insulation is more dur
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by quickthrowman 8d ago
I would encourage you to refrain from saying things like ‘lol. Talk about cope.’ here, let your argument stand on its own without baiting the other person into responding emotionally. I’m not offering this advice because I’m perfect either,
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by quickthrowman 8d ago
I assure you that Nathan Fielder is not rehabilitating her image. If you’ve see his work, you’d understand. He gets people with personality disorders or a lack of embarrassment to act insane in front of cameras, more or less. I don’t see wh
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by quickthrowman 8d ago
> (The second-largest problem -- the smell -- is a different issue entirely. It usually ramped up pretty well by the time the first problem was approaching being solved.) Makeup air unit and exhaust fan, just like a commercial kitchen, s
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by quickthrowman 8d ago
Hot water heaters don’t heat water enough to kill bacteria and also they’re absolutely disgusting inside unless you’re one of the rare 0.1% of people who drain it annually and replace the sacrificial anode when it needs replacing. Don’t dri
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by quickthrowman 9d ago
Unlike Hock Tan, you forgot to raise the prices 5-10x. Then your 0.1% of customers generating 20% of your revenue turn into 0.1% of your customers generating the same amount of revenue as 100% of customers were before with lower operating c
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by quickthrowman 9d ago
I fail to understand why anyone is scared to place their bare thighs on a public toilet seat. Do you have open wounds on your legs?
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by quickthrowman 9d ago
The entire current US Administration has adopted the grievance rhetoric of its chief executive because the alternative is expulsion.
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by quickthrowman 11d ago
Who do you think benefits from the use of oil? Everyone. We’re all guilty, it’s not just oil companies. Goods are transported on ships, railroads, planes, and trucks. Virtually none of these are electrified because of energy density constra
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by quickthrowman 11d ago
I understand now, my apologies for the pedantry.
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by quickthrowman 11d ago
What’s next, force the troops to drink as much whiskey as the SecDef does on a daily basis? Most of them would die on the first day, after their BAC hits .3% at 3 PM, a double whiskey on the hour every hour hits the liver hard.
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by quickthrowman 12d ago
I fail to see how the author of this piece is the one who called those things “perversity”, here is a direct quote from the piece that refutes your claim: > he wrote about what he called perverseness: the “unfathomable longing of the s
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by quickthrowman 12d ago
The first three apply to any construction project with a paved surface and there are ways to mitigate that, you can collect the runoff in a cistern/tank that filters back into the groundwater or collect it in a retention pond which doe
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by quickthrowman 12d ago
I think unethical behavior is necessary to have a certain amount of wealth, I’m not sure where the line is, but I do think it’s there. Also, it seems that higher status/income people benefit a lot more from acting unethically than lowe

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