Readit NewsDoubleDerper commented on If we want a shift to walking, we need to prioritize dignity strongtowns.org/journal/2... · Posted by u/philips
Fire and EMS demands have more impact on our built environment than I see in these comments.
Some of this is direct from land use regulations. Some of this is from political influence of Fire depts.
It's only recently that people are waking up to how the regulatory requirements of staircase design in multi-family buildings for the ostensible purpose of evacuation impact the look and feel of US cities.
Same for street widths. You will rarely find support from fire depts. for compact and connected streets.
Do fines to big corporations even work? I tend to suspect paying them is a part of the business model - they will keep doing whatever they want to generate huge profits covering whatever fines they may have to pay.
Corporate Crime and Punishment: An Empirical Study
"Put simply, for large companies, criminal penalties may be just another cost of doing business—and quite a low cost at that."
source: https://scholarship.law.upenn.edu/faculty_scholarship/2147/
DoubleDerper commented on 10-acre underground home and gardens in Fresno (2023) [video] youtube.com/watch?v=mUKRP... · Posted by u/8bitsrule
The Boring Co. could have a new consumer market on its hands helping people excavate underground as they seek cooler temperatures.
It's interesting to think about why many people believe tribes like this should remain "uncontacted". For better or worse, it's revealing of modern values.
Also, what is the long term fate of such tribes? Without genes flowing in, it's probably not good.
I wonder about a protocol that a high technology civilization could use to contact them. Priorities would be to avoid violence, disease, misunderstandings and so on but at the same time, to allow them enter into the modern world over some generations. Kind of like sci-fi where an alien species contacts humanity (e.g. Childhood's End).
I think this comment is not intending to be anything other than curious, but it strikes me with a bit of techno-savior assimilation sentiment. These autonomous tribes have plenty of opportunities to reach out to modern western culture when they are interested in doing so. Suggesting how they should "enter into the modern world over some generations" seems presumptious, even culturally aggressive.
DoubleDerper commented on Welsh government commits to making lying in politics illegal theguardian.com/politics/... · Posted by u/stubish
Completely ridiculous and destructive to any political system. In any democratic system political conflict is also a conflict about determining truth, giving some institution the power to determine truth from lie puts far too much political power into that institution. That institution will naturally be a target for capture as it allows the criminal prosecution of the opposition.
This is a genuinely insane idea and goes against essentially all democratic thought, which always wanted to give political opposition some means of participation.
"There is a fire in the theater" when there isn't one creates a chaotic stampede. People die.
The theater is the political culture war. Millions of human lives will die in the chase for politically charged click bait.
In no sane world should this not be punished severely.
DoubleDerper commented on Microfeatures I love in blogs and personal websites danilafe.com/blog/blog_mi... · Posted by u/fabianholzer
This is an example where I'm skeptical that AI will be able to "appreciate" craft. Situationally aware enough to identify and articulate what makes these features notable. There's so much context baked into identifying these features.
Conflict of interest is one of the most pernicious problems in our society. When I talk to people about it I get this blank stare, which really confuses me.
it's not a conflict, it's a feature
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DoubleDerper commented on The Internet Isn't for Humans Anymore chrbutler.com/the-interne... · Posted by u/delaugust
AI has the potential to minmax networking and capital, leaving humans behind. Eventually, humans may stop cleaning the dust from the cooling fans of this system that no longer meaningfully benefits them. The way I see it, AI is the largest threat network capitalism has ever seen.
"AI's capacity to optimize networking and capital allocation could exacerbate existing inequalities, potentially marginalizing human involvement in economic systems. As AI-driven efficiencies increase, there's a risk that traditional roles and benefits for humans could diminish, necessitating careful consideration of policies to ensure equitable outcomes in an increasingly automated world. Addressing these challenges will require proactive measures to safeguard human welfare while harnessing AI's potential for societal benefit." --AI
Not a Doctor but if I had a loved one at-risk or experiencing age-related cognitive impairment, it's probably worth trying rather than waiting for scientific consensus which may take years and will probably be blocked by the FDA so some pharma company can develop patented neuro-nicotine or whatever.
https://www.reddit.com/r/QuittingZyn/