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Comment Re:Proof of concept is one thing (Score 1) 21

Actually traveling to other star systems beyond the one we live in is impossible with current technology

FTFY. The actual feat is theoretical and we lack to proper technology to do it but that doesn't mean it's impossible because the roadblocks have real solutions.

The problem of fuel can be solved by using antimatter. Our present ability to generate antimatter sucks but that doesn't mean there isn't a far more efficient method. By using antimatter reactions to accelerated to relativistic speeds, the problem of time and supplies is exponentially reduced as time comes to a crawl near C for the passengers. Resource requirements can be further reduced by placing passengers in an induced state of hibernation. However, that may be a moot point if we need to also propel a shielding mass like a captured asteroid to keep interstellar gas from impacting the ship.

Physics supports these theoretical solutions but it's all underdeveloped technologies. In the future this could change, especially if someone identifies a way to rapidly generate antimatter.

Comment Avoid Wolf 359! (Score 2) 21

This was demonstrated in 2020 when the probe beamed back pictures of two nearby stars, Proxima Centauri and Wolf 359, to Earth.

They better not be sending a probe to Wolf 359. It's not uncommon that I find myself yelling, "All hands abandon ship! I repeat, all hands abandon ship!" before I either get jabbed in the neck by Borg assimilation probes or the Enterprise explodes and I wake up in a cold sweat.

Comment Re:We are born, we live, then we die. (Score 2) 40

Get over it. It is the circle of life.

Death is inevitable but one's quality of life can vary greatly the later stages of life. Understanding aging will help us understand what can be done to improve the quality of life for all people because we all age.

However, you are free to abandon all notions of preventative healthcare and sprinkle lead flakes on your food with a few dashes of thorium for flavor.

Comment Who he is: (Score 1) 28

Neil Druckmann is an Israeli–American writer, creative director, designer, and programmer. He is the studio head and head of creative of the video game developer Naughty Dog, and is best known for his work on the game franchises Uncharted and The Last of Us, having co-created the latter as well as its television adaptation.

It's important to know that he has a full-time job that is a leading role which explains why shifting focus has an impact.

Submission + - Cloudflare Begins "Pay Per Crawl" (businessinsider.com) 1

joshuark writes: Cloudflare will block Big Tech AI bot crawlers; the Pay Per Crawl lets creators charge AI giants for content access.
The moves address concerns about Big Tech exploiting content without consent or payment--a shift that could reshape the dynamics between content creators and AI companies. The company will automatically block AI crawlers from scraping the websites it powers, unless site owners explicitly opt in.

"Original content is what makes the internet one of the greatest inventions in the last century, and we have to come together to protect it," Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince said.

Cloudflare hopes to create a transparent, consent-driven marketplace that helps creators decide whether to allow all AI crawlers, permit specific ones, or set their own access fees, turning previously unmonetized content usage into new revenue streams.

Comment Good but also bad. (Score 2) 17

While it's good for the company to open their high-end manufacturing to clients rather than than merely making their own CPUs, it's bad to completely scrap the newer development process without an alternative route forward. This will definitely boost profits in the short-term but without investing in a new fab process then those profits will wane.

This does not appear to be a sustainable strategy but rather an approach to cash out. It seems to me that the best way forward would be to decouple their fabrication from their CPU development, much the same way that AMD did.

Comment "innovation" (Score 1) 45

A lack of restrictions results in companies being sloppy and "expanding filing the container" much like a lack of resource restrictions has resulted in a lot people writing complex beasts in very high level languages. Take Microsoft's VSCode IDE for example, it's easy to write and extend because it's written in typescript but it is an obese monster of a program.

Google is basically whining that they cannot consume an excessive amount of resources in the tech market because it's quick and easy. Time cost money to businesses and anything costing money is heresy to a public traded company like Google. "Innovation" is just code for "it will cost use money".

Comment Re:Wrong on all counts. (Score 1) 137

The reason this is an absurd overgeneralization is a huge number of products kill people. Knives, ladders, cars, ovens, electrical sockets, baseball bats, wood chippers, hammers, log splitters, screwdrivers, surge suppressors, power supplies, toasters, lighters, chainsaws.etc.

This is a false equivalence because none of what you listed are intrinsically harmful. They can all be used safely without hurting anyone. The same is not true for fossil fuels.

What I intended by saying look in the mirror is the accountability is ours. We should all face the climate death lawsuit. If you burn less hydrocarbons or cause less hydrocarbons to be burnt then it stands to reason the amount you would be compelled to pay for your transgressions would be lower than someone who is less careful.

I'm 100% in favor of a carbon tax!

What I intended was to convey political support for policymaking. A consensus view where a majority of policy makers are able to agree on a course of action.

If it weren't for gerrymandering and other efforts to minimize representation then I'd be on board with that. The consensus of the public is in favor taking action but the will of the people is not being represented.

Not only do I not support it...

Your opinion on the matter is not relevant.

Comment Re: Time to pick up the toys. (Score 1) 29

so what we need to do to send up rockets (which aren't cheap) and fly them towards the dangerous orbiting items, then somehow grab them, attach a sort of 'space anchor' to them to eith cause them to drop out of orbit or be pushed out of orbit to be incinerated upon re-entry into our atmosphere... right?

Why would you assume any of that? Are you so incapable of orthogonal thought that you can only see one way of solving a problem? With such a limited approach to problems, the Voyager missions would still be on their way to Jupiter.

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