adiabatichottub (u/adiabatichottub)

adiabatichottub commented on 4chan will refuse to pay daily online safety fines, lawyer tells BBC bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c... · Posted by u/donpott

hluska · a day ago

That’s a form of political change - direct representation democracy and recall legislation are both possibilities. The solution is to make electoral change happen, not to complain that everything is hopeless on the internet.

adiabatichottub · a day ago

But how can those changes be made if the representatives don't act to make them? It would take a pretty big act of solidarity amongst various constituencies to send the message that failure to act is not an option.

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fullshark · 2 days ago

It has one major use case: Converting natural language into a logged and understood FAQ issue.

adiabatichottub · 2 days ago

That actually sounds like a good use case. I always wondered how support departments tracked frequent issues, beyond ye olde drop-down menu of previously categorized reasons for contact. I guess it's something people use RAGs for nowadays?

adiabatichottub commented on Marines managed to get past an AI powered camera "undetected" by hiding in boxes rudevulture.com/marines-m... · Posted by u/voxadam

FirmwareBurner · 2 days ago

If your use case has such a high bar, why not pay some offshore workers to watch your camera 24/7 and manually flag intruders?

Since AGI for cameras is very far away as the number of false positives and creative workarounds for camouflage is insane to be caught by current "smart" algorithms.

adiabatichottub · 2 days ago

Because machines don't get bored or take smoke breaks. And, really, how would you feel if that was YOUR job?

adiabatichottub commented on How well does the money laundering control system work? journals.uchicago.edu/doi... · Posted by u/PaulHoule

mothballed · 2 days ago

I'd like to see intrastate commerce of plants not be interstate commerce, but until the supreme court decides otherwise most of the legal finding in Wickard v Filburn are still intact that it is interstate commerce to even grow a crop (in this case weed) on your own property and consume it even if you don't sell or transfer it.

Finding intrastate regulation of cannabis as outside of interstate commerce would basically implode most the government at this point, which I'm doubtful they would allow. The Civil Rights Act, ADA, FDA, EPA, OSHA and a myriad of other stuff all squarely rely on the same precedent that makes federal intrastate marijuana regulation legal.

adiabatichottub · 2 days ago

Thanks for the reference to Wickard v Filburn, definitely an interesting read. On it's face it looks like a questionable decision and politically motivated, but I see your point about how it helped to create the current regulatory environment, for better or worse.

adiabatichottub commented on How well does the money laundering control system work? journals.uchicago.edu/doi... · Posted by u/PaulHoule

mothballed · 2 days ago

It's my understanding that cannabis is still federally illegal virtually without exception, therefore changing AML law might not do much for your industry since it was always an illegal conspiracy to knowingly aid and abet the commission of a felony.

adiabatichottub · 2 days ago

It hasn't been my industry for years, and the legality of intrastate cannabis is still being fought in the courts, see the Canna Provisions case which has been ongoing since 2023 and is currently on the Supreme Court docket.

adiabatichottub commented on How well does the money laundering control system work? journals.uchicago.edu/doi... · Posted by u/PaulHoule

adiabatichottub · 2 days ago

I worked in the legal cannabis industry in California before the pandemic. The business I worked for had to jump through a lot of hoops, including dividing itself into multiple LLCs, in order to deal with the disparity between state and federal laws, and the business policies of banks and even some of our equipment vendors (I remember specifically that McMaster-Carr would not do business with you if you were a cannabis company). Most cannabis businesses were forced to work in cash, which made a lot of financial transactions difficult, but also made it easier to do business with those still in the "traditional market". In the end, the stricter regulations had the effect of greater concentration of ownership, but questionable efficacy in stopping illegal exports.

adiabatichottub commented on French firm Gouach is pitching an Infinite Battery with replaceable cells arstechnica.com/gadgets/2... · Posted by u/pabs3

Animats · 3 days ago

Is this a problem due to bad cell quality control? Car-sized lithium batteries are lasting 200,000+ miles. Why aren't e-bike batteries?

adiabatichottub · 3 days ago

Battery service life depends on many other factors besides just manufacturing quality: time, operating temperature, number of charge cycles, charging parameters, etc. On top of that, each cell design is optimized for some set of operating parameters: load, energy density, specific energy, price. It's all variables, so you'd have to narrow that question down quite a bit to even hope to have a reasonable answer.

adiabatichottub commented on Toothpaste made with keratin may protect and repair damaged teeth: study kcl.ac.uk/news/toothpaste... · Posted by u/sohkamyung

drivers99 · 7 days ago

What's IR?

adiabatichottub · 7 days ago

I think GP is referring to Insulin Resistance

adiabatichottub commented on Toothpaste made with keratin may protect and repair damaged teeth: study kcl.ac.uk/news/toothpaste... · Posted by u/sohkamyung

majkinetor · 7 days ago

Not if you drink coca cola, which is even listed in medical books as a way to disolve it. You might get IR though :)

adiabatichottub · 7 days ago

Which would neutralize the effect of the hair on your teeth! I guess there's no free lunch. ;)

adiabatichottub commented on Toothpaste made with keratin may protect and repair damaged teeth: study kcl.ac.uk/news/toothpaste... · Posted by u/sohkamyung

hawk_ · 7 days ago

But why not chew on hair directly?

adiabatichottub · 7 days ago

Because you'll get a bezoar (hairball).

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