Comment Re: Plague is a problem in Russia? (Score 1) 68
There are conspiracy theories, but if you really don't want to engage in whataboutism then it's best not to waste time going through them here.
Comment Re:Directionally Right, Specifically Wrong. (Score 1) 160
You aren't contradicting anything I'm saying. NSA/CIA, and maybe military intelligence (which will be working together with the NSA and CIA).
Comment Consequences (Score 1) 160
Let Altman face the consequences for the damage done by his AI. Seems like an acceptable trade-off.
Comment Re:Sounds like... (Score 2) 160
Are you really interested in the many things Charlie Kirk had to say about gun violence? If you were, you could spend time looking up his extensive commentary rather than posting speculatively here.
Comment Re:Directionally Right, Specifically Wrong. (Score 1) 160
Putting AI development under the oversight of the NSA and CIA seems like a bad idea. Which is what would happen were we to "nationalize it".
Our elected officials know nothing about AI and would be forced to resort to the few government agencies that might have understanding.
Comment Re:Plague is a problem in Russia? (Score 5, Informative) 68
Also don't most of the rodent->human infections result in bubonic plague? The malady mentioned in the summary was said to be pneumonic plague, which is the same bacteria but much much worse.
Comment Re:You need this for an emergency (Score 1) 198
Cars absolutely are a part of emergency kit. When you need to pack up and leave home to get to a shelter or rally point, your car is the first option. It might not be the BEST option (due to all the other people in their cars doing the same thing at the same time) but that's a different issue.
Expecting that everyone have a hand-cranked anything on hand is ludicrous. Everyone in the US has access to a car (usually), which is why putting AM radios in them assures that people will actually have radio access in time of need.
Comment Re:You need this for an emergency (Score 1) 198
Clear Channel (and Sinclair) snapped up struggling stations nobody else wanted. Maybe take a hard look at the reason why people sold out?
Nobody's gaining marketshare from automobiles continuing to have AM radios in them. Even conservative talkers are going the hybrid podcast route. Savage and Shapiro basically dumped their AM broadcasts.
Comment Re:Pay people better (Score 1) 191
https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fincendar.com%2Funited-st...
Check out 1929-1940 in particular. Notice how the population surplus was higher then than it is now? And no economic conditions aren't worse today than they were during the Great Depression so fuck off with that rhetoric.
Comment Re:The U.S. should open all immigration from China (Score 1) 142
That doesn't seem like an improvement.
Comment Re: China is a totalitarian hell (Score 1) 142
A serious country? Now I know you ain't serious.
https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fm.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D...
Comment Re:Who's waste is it? (Score 1) 74
I see your joke but actually moving waste to port via truck or train is a thorny issue. Nobody wants it moved on their roads or across their rails.
Comment Re:Who's waste is it? (Score 1) 74
It's probably military/DoE waste from the 50s or 60s, or however long ago they were still able to ship large quantities of the stuff without getting NIMBYd.
Comment forced concession? (Score 1) 120
Did Paramount's threat to leave Cali force this agreement to the table?