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Comment Re:Russia Is Doing Everything It Can (Score 1) 26

Consider how WW2 would have looked if it was UK that executed some kind of preemptive attack on Germany

Well, UK has declared war on Germany on 1939-09-03, then done nothing for a year until Germany was done with Poland and France, then started attacking them for real. Thus, a "preemptive" attack wouldn't be a big deal...

Comment Re:The Itsukushima girl is an absolute Karen (Score 1) 96

They had set out to descend after sunset, and I don't remember seeing any lights on the path. Even a paved road can be dangerous in pitch black.

This. I've had to descend a mountain as the sun was going down once (got stuck at the top due to weather for some time, and when it let up enough for a safe descent, it was late). It's absolutely not fun, even when there's still some light. Had it been dark, I think I would've taken my chances staying at the top rather than going down.

That said, anyone not a complete idiot checks things like "time of last cable car" a) in person, b) at the day, c) at the location. Because even there is an official website that is well-maintained (and that's already two big if's) things might change at the location due to weather, workers being ill, no tourists that day or whatever.

Also, checking in person means at least one other person knows that you're up there.

Comment it's a tool like any other tool (Score 1) 39

AI is a tool. And like any tool its introduction creates proponents and enemies.

Some might say I'm a semi-professional writer. As in: I make money with things I write. From that perspective, I see both the AI slop and the benefits. I love that AI gives me an on-demand proof-reader. I don't expect it to be anywhere near a professional in that field. But if I want to quickly check a text I wrote for specific things, AI is great, because unlike me it hasn't been over that sentence 20 times already and still parses it completely.

As for AI writing - for the moment it's still pretty obvious, and it's mostly low-quality (unless some human has added their own editing).

The same way that the car, the computer, e-mail and thousands of other innovations have made some jobs obsolete, some jobs easier, and some jobs completely new, I don't see AI as a threat. And definitely not to my writing. Though good luck Amazon with the flood of AI-written garbage now clogging up your print-on-demand service.

Comment Re: does it, though? (Score 1) 244

The human using the LLM, obviously.

Trivially obviously not. The LLM wasn't trained on texts exclusively written by the human using it, so it won't ever speak like that particular person.

If someone wants to train a specific "Tarrof" LLM - go ahead. I'm simply advocating against poisoning the already volatile generic LLM data with more human bullshit.

Comment Re:So in other words... (Score 1) 113

You need a home 24/7/340, you need a car only sometimes. "Parking" the house is a hassle too (need the flowers watered, etc). An analogy to the rental car would be going abroad for a few years -- in that case you rent the house away.

Not using a car is unthinkable to Americans, most of whom need one just to go to the nearest store -- but the company in TFA is in Germany.

Comment Re:RF Jammers (Score 1) 144

The moment you use a gun during a crime, it's +5 years in the pokey if you get caught. Most of US states have a law that says: carrying a gun while committing a crime is +X years, brandishing it +Y years, discharging +Z years. That's a lot compared to a shoplifting charge.

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