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Comment How Language Works [Re: psychiatrist for AI] (Score 4, Insightful) 77

We should introduce you to how language works. Words get adapted to fit the requirements. Sometimes new words are coined; sometimes words are borrowed from other languages... and sometimes existing words get used in new contexts.

Nobody kvetches when we use the word "aviation" to flying in an airplane ("Aves" means "bird." Airplanes aren't birds.) Nobody objects when we talk about a computer memory configured as a "stack" (nothing is piled up in a stack. It's all electronically-addressable electronic bits.) Nobody objects to "opening" a "file" in a new "window" on your "desktop".

Words get adapted.

Large language models hallucinate. Learn the word.

Comment Re:What policies are they fighting for? Electricit (Score 1) 20

because data centers run 24/7 they need electricity sources that run 24/7. There's only two options for electricity production that runs 24/7, coal and nuclear fission. While natural gas can technically be a 24/7 source of electricity there's more value in using natural gas for load following.

You just made a statement and then immediately contradicted it.

Of course natural gas power plants can produce 24/7 electricity. The fact that natural gas has the advantage of being well adapted for load-following does not mean that it does not also have value for baseline power, and the natural gas companies will be happy to sell you natural gas for both applications. And natural gas plants are cheap and fast to build compared to nuclear.

Also, solar plus batteries is a strong contender in locations with abundant sunlight.

Comment Re:Citation needed [Re:Blaming the victim] (Score 1) 125

The tickets to the theme park had nothing to do with their trip to the restaurant. The restaurant was not at the theme park.

The point which you missed is that Disney claimed that agreeing to the terms of service of any Disney-branded product meant agreeing to arbitration even for products that had no relationship.

Comment Re:Make more (Score 1) 24

Can't they just make more of the ones that used to work and improve that design rather than burning up piles of cash reinventing the wheel, badly apparently.

Which ones are those?

The Apollo capsules were made by North American Rockwell, which was renamed Rockwell International in 1973, then sold to Boeing in 1996.

So, actually Boeing was the company that had designs that used to work.

Comment Citation needed [Re:Blaming the victim] (Score 1) 125

1) They also agreed to the terms when they purchased their tickets- though they likely did not read them, that makes them no less binding.

Unless you have a citation for that, I will continue to believe the facts as stated in the article we are discussing and not the "facts" that you just made up.

Oh, and you don't need to "purchase a ticket" to eat at a restaurant in Disney Springs. I'm trying to think of any restaurant in which you sign on to terms of service before dining, and can't think of one.

Comment Re:Blaming the victim (Score 5, Informative) 125

Disney uses the same TOS for many of their online portals, which was why the news ran with "it's the Disney+ terms of service".

The victim had signed the terms of service years ago for the Disney+ streaming service, and Disney declared that since he agreed to those terms for watching videos, he was bound by them for eating at a restaurant.

Plus, it really is the victim's fault if you go into a restaurant with a potentially life-threatening food allergy and don't bother to let the wait staff know you have an allergy.

Which was not the case here. They chose that restaurant because of its promises about accommodating patrons with food allergies, according to the lawsuit, and "The complaint details the family's repeated conversations with their waiter about Tangsuan's allergies. The family allegedly raised the issue upfront, inquired about the safety of specific menu items, had the server confirm with the chef that they could be made allergen-free and asked for confirmation "several more times" after that."

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