Readit NewsSpaceX is too big to fail. It's important for national security.
I wonder if Elon wants to tangle all his businesses into SpaceX so they are all kept afloat by SpaceX's importance.
I was pretty delighted to realize I could now delete the lame Calculator.app from my iPhone and replace it with something of my choice. For now I've settled on NumWorks, which is apparently an emulator of a modern upstart physical graphing calc that has made some inroads into schools. And of course, you can make a Control Center button to launch an app, so that's what I did.
Honestly, the main beef I have with Calculator.app is that on a screen this big, I ought to be able to see several previous calculations and scroll up if needed. I don't want an exact replica of a 1990s 4-function calculator like the default is (ok, it has more digits and the ability to paste, but besides that, adds almost nothing).
I looked at that calculator. But HP Prime and TI-89 have CAS systems that can do symbolic math, so I prefer to emulate them.
I clicked hoping this would be about how old graphing calculators are generally better math companions than a phone.
The best way to do math on my phone I know of is the HP Prime emulator.
What a waste of resources. Imagine employing some of the most brilliant engineers on the planet and allocating man-hours towards artificially worsening the experience for your userbase in order to blackmail them into paying you, and giving them back what they had in the first place.
At least this is a loosing game for Google, since this is client side behaviour.
It's a testament to the health of our free markets and competition that the winning move here is to spend a lot of time and money making your product worse for the average person.
Buttons840 commented on Code is cheap. Show me the talk nadh.in/blog/code-is-chea... · Posted by u/ghostfoxgod
I think if your job is to assemble a segment of a car based on a spec using provided tools and pre-trained processes, it makes sense if you worry that giant robot arms might be installed to replace you.
But if your job is to assemble a car in order to explore what modifications to make to the design, experiment with a single prototype, and determine how to program those robot arms, you’re probably not thinking about the risk of being automated.
I know a lot of counter arguments are a form of, “but AI is automating that second class of job!” But I just really haven’t seen that at all. What I have seen is a misclassification of the former as the latter.
My job is to make people who have money think I'm indispensable to achieving their goals. There's a good chance AI can fake this well enough to replace me. Faking it would be good enough in an economy with low levels of competition; everyone can judge for themselves if this is our economy or not.
Buttons840 commented on Two days of oatmeal reduce cholesterol level uni-bonn.de/en/news/017-2... · Posted by u/brandonb
I mean good for you for being able to eat a breakfast of plain soybeans but even if it extends my life a bit I don’t that I could do it.
Have you eaten edamame or mukimame? These strange names refer to young soy beans. You can buy them frozen. They're a pretty good snack food. I think they're the best of vegetables.
Buttons840 commented on Two days of oatmeal reduce cholesterol level uni-bonn.de/en/news/017-2... · Posted by u/brandonb
Doesn't soy mimic estrogene, thus causing potentially other issues?
I think that's an overblown concern that mainly applies to processed forms of soy like soy milk or tofu (I don't consume soy milk or tofu). It would be difficult to consume that much of the raw bean; we're probably talking hundreds of grams of fiber per day if you tried. I'm not certain though, do your own research.
Buttons840 commented on Two days of oatmeal reduce cholesterol level uni-bonn.de/en/news/017-2... · Posted by u/brandonb
I prefer soybeans. They have more fiber (including more soluble fiber), and they have more protein.
I realized this when tracking micronutrients with an app (tracking every gram I put into my body), and realized my 600 calorie steel-cut-oats breakfast was often outdone by soybeans I'd eat later in the day. The soybeans had more fiber.
And I think they're easier to eat. It's pretty boring, but I microwave a bowl of frozen soybeans and then just eat them plain. They're clean, you could eat them with your fingers without causing a mess (I use a spoon though), and their cleanliness means I'm comfortable having a bowl next to me at the computer or wherever; if they spill I would just pick them up with my fingers and that's it.
But when it comes to a theoretical problem we must take action even if it takes freedoms and opportunities away from normal people.