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yujzgzc commented on Statement from Dario Amodei on our discussions with the Department of War anthropic.com/news/statem... · Posted by u/qwertox

qaid · 15 days ago

I was reading halfway thru and one line struck a nerve with me:

> But today, frontier AI systems are simply not reliable enough to power fully autonomous weapons.

So not today, but the door is open for this after AI systems have gathered enough "training data"?

Then I re-read the previous paragraph and realized it's specifically only criticizing

> AI-driven domestic mass surveillance

And neither denounces partially autonomous mass surveillance nor closes the door on AI-driven foreign mass surveillance

A real shame. I thought "Anthropic" was about being concerned about humans, and not "My people" vs. "Your people." But I suppose I should have expected all of this from a public statement about discussions with the Department of War

yujzgzc · 15 days ago

> the door is open for this after AI systems have gathered enough "training data"?

Sounds more like the door is open for this once reliability targets are met.

I don't think that's unreasonable. Hardware and regular software also have their own reliability limitations, not to mention the meatsacks behind the joystick.

yujzgzc commented on EU–INC – A new pan-European legal entity eu-inc.org/... · Posted by u/tilt

alibarber · 2 months ago

But there is no threshold for cross-border selling in the EU.

Fine if you're selling widgets at a market in Germany - but if you sell software abroad, make sure you're following [each] one of the 27 VAT codes correctly.

(From what I understand - would love this to be wrong)

yujzgzc · 2 months ago

Following US sales tax has way more complexity. In my county alone there are many different rates depending on the city in which the sale is made. Even just finding out authoritatively which jurisdiction to pay taxes to is nontrivial, practically impossible to solve without dedicated software.

yujzgzc commented on Statement by Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands,Norway,Sweden,UK presidentti.fi/statement-... · Posted by u/calcifer

yujzgzc · 2 months ago

When Trump said NATO allies needed to increase defense spending, did he mean it to protect against US?

yujzgzc commented on STFU github.com/Pankajtanwarba... · Posted by u/tanelpoder

what · 2 months ago

How about don’t ride on the sidewalk or any pedestrian path.

yujzgzc · 2 months ago

Right, I don't! it's the other way around where I live. Lots of pedestrians distractingly lolling about in the bike lane, maybe with a dog and a loose toddler too. So, music.

yujzgzc commented on STFU github.com/Pankajtanwarba... · Posted by u/tanelpoder

VorpalWay · 2 months ago

That is definitely the wrong thing to do. It isn't rude to use the bell, and as a pedestrian I appreciate a single ring (obviously, don't ring like a madman either). Playing music loudly in a public space is way more rude than using your bicycle bell.

yujzgzc · 2 months ago

Too many close calls with inattentive pedestrians in my area. I ring, no move, or worse, they get startled, and turn around into the middle of the bike lane. If I have to choose between coming off as rude and keeping my brain enclosed, I know what to do.

yujzgzc commented on STFU github.com/Pankajtanwarba... · Posted by u/tanelpoder

mlfreeman · 2 months ago

In potentially-dangerous-animal country (e.g. grizzly bears, mountain lions, etc), it could be a safety mechanism...I was told repeatedly you need to make some kind of distinctive noise regularly so they won't get startled by you rounding a bend.

yujzgzc · 2 months ago

This is my reason for blasting music from my bicycle. Feels less rude than clicking a bell at the pedestrians and somewhat more effective at attracting attention.

yujzgzc commented on Postal Arbitrage walzr.com/postal-arbitrag... · Posted by u/The28thDuck

yujzgzc · 2 months ago

It's not arbitrage until you can make money by selling something that costs you less than what you bought it for. What it is is bundled product (item + shipping) being priced lower than just one of the elements in the bundle (shipping) therefore making a case that one might as well always buy the bundle.

yujzgzc commented on Lessons from 14 years at Google addyosmani.com/blog/21-le... · Posted by u/cdrnsf

vbezhenar · 2 months ago

One of my work involved automating some process which was very manual and tedious, took a lot of time and there was dedicated employee for that process. After I did the project, it turned out that this job wasn't necessary anymore and that employee was fired. I felt uneasy about the whole situation.

yujzgzc · 2 months ago

"Laid off" may be more appropriate than "fired", but in essence, removing the need for costly labor is often the main "value" of any technology. Society as a whole comes out ahead from it, I mean for all the ice transporters and merchants put out of a job by electric refrigeration, and all the sailors put out of a job by modern cargo ships I think we're better off for it. But at the individual level it does make one uneasy about the prospects of individuals affected by it. My personal conclusion is that people have a personal duty to anticipate and adapt to change, society might give them some help along the way but it doesn't owe them that their way of life will be maintained forever.

yujzgzc commented on Daft Punk Easter Egg in the BPM Tempo of Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger? madebywindmill.com/tempi/... · Posted by u/simonw

richrichardsson · 2 months ago

> And why bother to add a decimal point?

Perhaps they wouldn't need to? iirc Modern MPC you can enter 12345 on the BPM touch entry field and it will fill that in as 123.45

yujzgzc · 2 months ago

TFA mentions that some sequencers at the time did not support generating at more than one decimal place

yujzgzc commented on Clicks Communicator clicksphone.com/en/commun... · Posted by u/microflash

yujzgzc · 2 months ago

That looks like it's trying to do too much and too little. Too smart for a dumb phone, too limited for a smart phone. The hard keyboard feels antediluvian now that we have swipe or voice recognition typing with relatively acceptable accuracy, or for typing in multiple languages.