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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Because the reasons to oppose AI are complicated and hard to understand, so they need to be explained. The only reason to like AI is if you just look at it and assume it works. Explaining why it isn’t answering your question accurately, why it isn’t “thinking”, why it doesn’t understand your prompt, why it’s a waste of resources- these are all complicated arguments that require explanation.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is there a word for people who will mess something up and blame the victim for it?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s poor emotional regulation/lashing out. Anger issues. Short-tempered, belligerent, possible mental health disorder.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨how much money is there in total?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  up until yesterday i had assumed that the total amount of money in the world is zero ($0) because what one person has in bank account, another person has in debt at the same time, since money is literally nothing else than a codified form of debt.

  Nah, money is constantly growing. Whenever anyone does anything of value, there is more money. People are alive and doing things every second of every day. Unless there’s a catastrophic bubonic-plague level event, the total value of money in the world is constantly increasing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  The late 1800s/early 1900s was an era of technological progress. The camera, the airplane, the radio, new manufacturing enabled high rise designs like we’d never had before, high speed rail was redefining cities and towns. They were beginnings of the progress that we have today. I think they would be proud, not surprised.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's the difference between the UK justice system and the U.S. justice system?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Not just judges! Also the coroner! Think about what kind of nasty shit goes down when the government lies about when someone dies. Many small towns across the US had that issue in the 1900s, so a lot of states replaced the position with a medical examiner (requires an actual medical degree to be licensed).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's the difference between the UK justice system and the U.S. justice system?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  That is more “something that happens” in rural areas than intentional by design. In a lot of the US, judges are elected positions. In the majority of states, non-lawyers are allowed to run, but in competitive districts it’d be difficult to win without the bar association’s recommendation.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's the difference between the UK justice system and the U.S. justice system?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Generally, they’re struggling with the same issues of being severely under-staffed and under-funded to the point where they can’t really function without a “McJustice” style system. They recently stopped offering jury trials for sentences less than 3 years. You only get a judge. However, the UK has MUCH shorter sentences than the US (because American long sentences are outside the global norm and generally just irrational). The average length of a sentence to jail is under 2 years, so most people will never get a jury trial.

  Unlike in the US, graduates require a “pupilage” position under someone else before they’re allowed to practice, and only about 5-10% of law grads receive them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Should businesses (big or small) be allowed to kick you out because of your speech?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  You can be banned from private property for anything. That is a basic right of owning property. If anyone can go onto your property without your consent, it’s not your property. If you want to go on someone’s else’s private property, you have to follow their rules. That goes likewise for your own property.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When a judge tells the jury to ‘forget XYZ,’ how can the jury possibly do that?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Keep in mind that statement is not allowed for a reason. Eg. One time a prosecutor implied that the defendant was in a gang because they were wearing a shirt with the color red. He wasn’t in a gang. If he was, the prosecutor would’ve had actual evidence. It’s literally just a manipulation tactic you to try to get a conviction, and that’s why it was objected to.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Should hate speech be protected under freedom of speech laws?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I think we basically accomplish the same thing with libel and criminal statutes. There’s a pretty clear line. It’s kept limited to a strict victim-perpetrator dynamic, where you’re not going to get arbitrary speech suppression where no one was harmed.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If you could make a magic wish so that your crush liked you, would you do it?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s much better to be with someone who picked you back.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's the deal with AI datacenters using water for cooling?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  still a proper closed loop cooling system isn’t exactly wasting water is it?

  If you take good water from underground, it evaporates, and you’re in a drought-prone area, your area effectively just lost the water. Even if you’re not in a drought-prone area, you’re never going to have easy access to that clean, underground water again.

  https://arxiv.org/pdf/2304.03271

  I found this, and it has a cool overview of water towers and such.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How prevalent are cash transactions in the USA?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It depends on your age and area. The elderly prefer cash and may not have access to cards. Gen-X (people in their 50s-60s) have cards but will still carry and use cash for things here or there. Young people in urban areas almost never use cash. We mostly use tap to pay with our phones. Poorer, rural areas don’t always bother to get the new card readers though, so when traveling in rural areas it’s best to bring a physical card or cash.

  Personally I only carry my phone in daily life. My bus pass, student ID, credit card, etc. are all on my phone. The last time I used cash, which was many months ago, the cashier verbally said to me “It’s been so long since anyone has paid cash” and had to ask his manager to show him how to operate the cash register.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Part of internet most harmful to teens?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Anything could be harmful. They haven’t been taught how to discern whether a source is credible. They’ll just believe what people tell them if they see no reason to doubt. I do think that just because misinformation exists, that doesn’t necessarily mean your teen will buy into it forever. I think being misled is part of the process of learning how to identify trustworthy sources. Rather than controlling access to information, reinforcing your kids’ understanding of logical and evidence-based reasoning will pay off in the long run.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do people have an issue with people in their mid-20s dating much older people?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s pathetic to care what other adults do

  Meanwhile: this entire post

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do we have alcohol advertisements. We don't allow cigarettes to advertise⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It took decades of fighting to get smoking banned, and if everyone and their uncle didn’t have a parent dying of lung cancer, it probably wouldn’t have happened.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Would it be unnecessary or annoying if I put "boycott israel" post it note on a sodastream at Lidl?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Of course it is, to anyone who thinks people shouldn’t be boycotting Israel. I can’t imagine thats’s a popular belief in Finland.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How did old-money people of color maintain their wealth through racist times?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Segregation actually helped with that. While most communities were exploited and failed, some took off.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What was the stupidest form of US defaultism you've encountered in real life whilst they're abroad?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  A lot of countries do have tourist areas where staff are taught to speak English and will take USD. Like the only places in Spain I went where someone didn’t speak English were a beauty store and a taxi stand. Otherwise there was always at least one who spoke English. The card reader allowed me to choose between USD and Euros. Touristy areas are designed to accommodate foreigners.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨For people who distrust police / the legal system: If you ran a small bussiness and need to hire people, and someone has a conviction but they claim innocence, do you hire them?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Did they complete rehab? Do they have a recommendation letter? Do they pass a drug test? I’d be more concerned about that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why would anyone doordash food from a place that already does delivery?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I can’t speak to dominos, but most pizza places have switched to using apps for delivery. Except, since you’re not the one booking through the app, there’s no option to set the tip ahead of time, so your food is guaranteed to take an hour and be cold.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨should the BBQ cover be put back on after every use ... or just once at the end of BBQ season⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  How rainy is your area? If it rarely rains, you don’t need to cover it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If you were to generated a completely random sequence of sounds, how long would it take to produce music or a voice?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  have you ever used that random book generator? no matter how much you click it, it’s never going to randomly generate something workable. there are way more unusable combinations of letters than usable ones. I think the same principle would apply. you’d just get string after string of random, discordant sounds.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do I ACTUALLY get hired by the United States Postal Services (USPS)?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  This admin only seems to be interested in hiring white male republicans, so if you’re outside of that demographic, you may be out of luck.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can a company stop operating in a country to avoid paying a lawsuit?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  There is a hague convention for that, but the US hasn’t ratified it. I would guess if there was actually a concern that they would leave the UK, they’d probably settle for a much lower number.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why the world doesn't have a backup plan for the oil crisis?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  If you look at a map, that’s the most convenient and direct way for the oil to get out of that area. That whole region is mountainous. There are plenty of other ways to get oil, but it would take more than a few months to increase their supply.

  It’s like, imagine your local grocery store burnt down, and everyone in your neighborhood had to go to the next grocery store over. That grocery store would sell out of goods almost immediately, and you would just have to wait until adjusted to increase their supply.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨is my sister likely to be aroace? we think so but we would like a good starting point to help her on her journey.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s not abnormal for teen girls, though. A lot of girls need to meet the right person before they develop sexual libido, even into their 20s. Instead of speculating and looking at people, she should try talking to them, making plans, going out. Does not need to be romantic, just meeting different people and seeing what kind of people you get along well with. Although modern American society really doesn’t allow kids to do that until college now.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What happens if someone refuses to work in a socialist economy?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Ask your older family members. They’ve probably seen what happens.

  I saw a public housing block in Romania, where people don’t have to pay, and what is provided is not a huge improvement from being homeless. You have a concrete apartment, but there’s no heat or electricity unless you pay for it. There’s a benefits office that will make sure food is available to you, but you’re definitely not getting name brand or getting to choose what you want to eat. The area around them was blighted and isolated- no community playground, parks, or shopping areas like a typical neighborhood. The community’s medical needs were addressed by pop-up clinics run out of a van. It was definitely not a situation anyone would’ve chosen to be in if they cared about themselves.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do people in real life actually care who dates who and who is in or out of "people's leagues"?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  It doesn’t work the other way, because women very rarely have any desire to exploit men for sex. There also isn’t an element of paternalism, where the man can take be a controlling influence over a woman’s life and choices. I would just assume he’s nice to her, so they have fun together.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If someone is involved in illegal stuff... like say you built a drug empire... do they every get like... therapy for all the times they have to murder someone or almost get murdered?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  fun fact, that’s the plot of the sopranos. you can’t disclose anything that’d make the therapist believe you’re a threat to yourself or others in therapy. they probably vent to their co-workers.