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- Comment on I'm not sure they will 3 days ago:
There are ‘computers’ made using clockwork and hydraulics, so I guess yes.
- Comment on I'm not sure they will 1 week ago:
it uses a very simple algorithm.
That is AI too. If a machine can make a decision based on some input, it is AI. A (functional) if statement in a programme makes it AI.
- Comment on I'm not sure they will 1 week ago:
This is why it’s important to distinguish between LLMs and AI. Turn off all LLMs and life will go on. Turn off all AI and you lose everything from automated supply chain management to room ACs.
- Comment on An American city has been without power for 2 weeks, unacceptable. 2 weeks ago:
Shanghai rankings account for the number of Nobel Prize / Fields Medal winners, meaning they look at how good the institution was historically, rather than purely how good it is now. If you rank universities by current research output, such as the Leiden Ranking, it’s a very different picture.
- Comment on Has Piefed omitted some instances? 2 weeks ago:
Days since piefed devs fucked something up: 0
- Comment on Every payment option has a fee 2 weeks ago:
Domestic transactions in my country have zero fees. Because it’s a fully computerised system. Because we live in the year 2026. Catch up.
- Comment on XCancel and Nitter: Why bother with US Law? 2 weeks ago:
They can put it under the TLD of a country like Belarus or North Korea. But I guess that would be too much of a hassle.
- Comment on How are North Koreans who escape to the South integrate, like what do they do for work, home, etc? 2 weeks ago:
They’re not allowed to leave South Korea or do many types of jobs for a certain number of years. They get a little help from the government, but most rely on giving interviews to the media or public speaking to make ends meet. This suits the South Korean government, since saying positive things about North Korea is illegal, so these people can be starved into saying whatever they want.
- Comment on Is this true? 2 weeks ago:
Genshin does have a story somewhere, but exploring the world is the real fun.
- Comment on Like what you like 2 weeks ago:
I believe in freedom of opinion, but facts are sacred.
- Comment on Why does China have so many multi billionaires if they are aiming to be a communist country? 4 weeks ago:
Now?
- Comment on Ecosystem services 4 weeks ago:
Diclofenac. It is now banned for veterinary use in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal. But vulture populations will take decades to recover. Sadly, diclofenac is still used in Spain and some other European countries, and can impact local vulture species.
Sky burial is fine as humans do not eat that much diclofenac anyway, but just to be safe they are banned in China (but not in India or Nepal) for the bodies of people who died of infectious diseases.
- Comment on "Digital Signatures" just ask you to type your name into a box now. Am I right in thinking this almost-completely defeats the purpose of a signature? 5 weeks ago:
Could be a jurisdiction thing. Non-cursive signatures* get rejected in my country if the recipient bothers to check.
( * If written in the Latin alphabet.)
- Comment on I can't believe this is the only comm that will not throw a hissy fit about this. 1 month ago:
Free for the poor. Others have to pay a nominal fee. I pay 2 rupees to see the doctor and 20-30 rupees for tests / medicines.
(100 rupees = 1 USD / Euro or 7 CNY approximately)
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
‘ln’? My brother in Euler, that’s jist log. We aren’t engineers [derogatory].
- Comment on About half of lemmy today 1 month ago:
The blocklist wasn’t in the publicly viewable repo, but on a server owned by the dev. This also means users can’t change it or switch it off. Luckily someone forked the repo and disabled the blocklist.
- Comment on Badge of Honor 1 month ago:
- Comment on Badge of Honor 1 month ago:
Still malding about losing the space race.
- Comment on She's just defending her country 1 month ago:
I think they’re a lady.
- Comment on She's just defending her country 1 month ago:
I’m not Usian. I think Sanders and Mamdani are decent based on what I’ve heard, but I don’t know a lot about them.
You are claiming that people who served in the IDF in noncombatant roles are still responsible for war crimes because they enable others to fill those roles.
No, I’m saying they have some responsibility for the war crimes because they didn’t do anything to stop it.
Then am I complicit in war crimes because I didn’t become a cop or go into the military?
You aren’t Israeli. So as long as you aren’t selling them weapons or funding them, you aren’t complicit.
- Comment on She's just defending her country 1 month ago:
nobody should be hated for their country of origin
I don’t think anyone hates all Israelis. Those who refuse to collaborate with the IDF should be respected. And there are many incredibly brave Israelis who work as journalists, lawyers, etc. to help the Palestinian people.
The people that I know served in the IDF because it was the path of least resistance, and they played in the marching band or did graphic design.
Understandable on an individual level, but their silence enables Israel to continue the genocide.
- Comment on "Censorship" ☠️ 1 month ago:
Well if the powers that be shamed attraction to and relationships with minors, they would have to accept that forcing themselves on people who aren’t in a position to refuse consent is shameful, and then they would have to answer some very uncomfortable questions about what some of their heroes did in Korea and China …
- Comment on Then a drone collapses the waveform 2 months ago:
We’re safe as long as no waves hit them. Or particles, for that matter.
- Comment on Then a drone collapses the waveform 2 months ago:
Map credits: OpenStreetMap contributors
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- Comment on 🤔 Interesting 2 months ago:
Nobody talks about what came next.
Most of the monarchies and aristocrats in Europe fell / lost all real power / reformed themselves to avoid losing their heads?
- Comment on 🤔 Interesting 2 months ago:
Are those people so detached that they think industry is people writing emails to each other?
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
Most people who live in the US for even a few years get this very distinct ‘American’ accent, even when they are speaking their mothertongue. I don’t know how to describe it; I would say that the vowels get sharper. If you are from the US, listen to a German or Russian speaking English, and then take the opposite of the difference you hear.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 months ago:
and being treated horribly there out of spite / revenge.
Very unlikely, unless they keep acting entitled. Yes, the ‘kuttae’ stereotype is there, but in the end they’re just people who tried to get a more comfortable life.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 months ago:
Accent, mostly. And most Asian-Americans do not learn their respective Asian language.
