As I told you clearly, not changing the clock kills MORE people.

So fuck yourself.

Agreed. An orchestra can record a performance of a public domain song and claim copyright to their performance. An artist can use open source software to create a copyrighted work of art. An author can use FOSS software to write a story or book and claim copyright on the work.

If someone creates something using AI, the SCOTUS has ruled that the AI cannot own the copyright. The individual that submitted the prompt, reviewed the game, tweaked the prompt, tested again, decided that the work matched their intention CAN claim copyright on the result. The tool doesn't define what is copyrightable, it is the human or team that receives the copyright.

Had better be sure that the contracts are as bulletproof as the domes over their reactors. The silicon valley, tech-bro mindset is absolutely 180 degrees from the way that nuclear needs to be done. Google has a reputation for ruthlessly abandoning projects, pretty much “whenever they feel like it”. If the AI bubble bursts and Google doesnt need the billion-trillion-gaajjillion-gigawats of power they were expecting, they will dump the agreement as fast as it takes to slam out a code update, if they can.

Those nuclear companies had better watch their asses. The tech companies do not give a rats ass about the wreckage they leave behind. That attitude is antithetical to nuclear stuff.

If you had any critical thinking skills, you'd realize that my original point applies not only to keeling over, but also to feeling unwell.

More feeble people would suffer throughout the year with either permanent DST or standard time than the current one bad night in March. (Which, BTW, could be totally avoided by planning ahead and adjusting your bedtime a few minutes per day in the preceding week.)

Biology matches DST adjustments more than a fixed clock. Most everyone woke up with the sun from the dawn of humanity until the late 19th century, and adjusting the clock for the seasons stays closer to that.

Then I suggest you never travel east or west by more than a few miles. You seem feeble.

You know what's aligned even more with circadian biology?

Keep the current system, get up off your ass, and change your clocks twice per year without whinging like a precious snowflake.

That way you you don't have to deal either with the sun beating down on you while you try to sleep at 4am or with your poor children getting run over in the dark on their way to school.

Sure, a couple of codgers might keel over in march, but they were probably gonna die soon anyway. It's much harder to measure the statistics of all the other people who would die steadily throughout the year due to the aforementioned issues, as well as similar problems caused by a static clock that doesn't adjust at all to when the sun actually rises. However, I would bet good money that it would add up to far more casualties overall.

For some reason, I seem to be in a small minority on this issue, though. It's probably because everybody would rather believe in a solution to the problems of living on a tilted axis that's clear, simple, and wrong.

When economists analyze the effect of corporate raiders like Broadcom, it turns out that this is actually good for capitalism. Even if vmware was a loved product, other, smaller companies will fill the niche, the skilled engineers will go on to do other things, and the capital will be dispersed and redistributed.

Yes, it pisses off the vmware customers and its infuriating to watch those insufferable wall street bros light their cuban cigars with flaming hundred dollar bills. But, in the big picture, it’s a bit like taking down the primary bull in a large herd. It’s messy, painful, chaotic, disruptive and brutal, but the end result is a healthier herd.

And I learned they have a social security program with unique numbers the hackers can steal. Is theirs also funded by currently working individuals paying for seniors like in the US?

People don't read a lot of things that they agree to, especially if it's 20,000 words in a postage stamp-sized text box on the new toy they just turned on. However, anybody who's not an idiot realizes that most everything in an agreement that they haven't read is against their interests, and plans accordingly. I personally always look for binding arbitration agreements and make sure to opt out of those whenever possible.

Oddly enough, the Anthropic TOS and privacy policy actually aren't all that obtuse and can be skimmed in a few minutes. They make it clear that they'll be looking for problems with what you upload and what kinds of problems those might be. Like I said, you can easily avoid all that by using a paper notebook for your diary.

If you look at Anthropic's terms of service and privacy policy, it clearly states that they can look at your content in order to enforce their usage policy. You have to agree to this when you set up an account or use their service. Given that this is an AI company, you can bet your content will be screened for violations more efficiently than if humans were involved at every step.

If she really didn't mean for anyone else to view it, she would have scribbled it down in a notebook instead of uploading into a cloud owned and policed by strangers and their robots.

You're dumb. Cancer treatments are one of the things that I'm absolutely sure are being pursued honestly, because it hits everyone basically equally. A US president, a homeless guy, a middle-class mother of 2, an IT worker, it doesn't matter. Everyone is about 20% likely to die from cancer. A billionaire is just as likely to die from it as a local dockworker. When a billionaire gets incurable cancer, they straight-up die, regardless of how big a check they can write. Just like everyone else.

When Jimie Carter got inoperable, terminal cancer, they found the worlds best biotech firm to build a custom drug for him in an attempt to help him. He died pretty soon after. Maybe the drug bought him a few extra months. Maybe it didn't do anything at all.

It's a paper copy of underground utility records and a backhoe.

The Kindle has thought of this and has a few features that make things easier.

1. Just tap the upper-right corner of the page to create a bookmark for that page. You can later view your bookmarks, jump to them, or erase them.
2. Highlight a paragraph or section of the page you're reading. You can review, jump to, or clear the highlights later.
3. Create your own notes to review later. You can add notes like "proves earlier occupation" or longer entries
4. Search for text. If you are on page 456 and remember somewhere previously in the book it mentioned geode crystals, you can search for that phrase to find it

Kindle bookmarks, notes, and highlights

I understand that an ereader is not perfect for research, but knowing what features are built in can help make it slightly easier to use

This "new" site is part of a larger effort by that slob to kneecap or compromise US government Web sites, and steal your personal data.

I first read about the effort here: https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fthedreydossier.substac...

Yesterday, she took a look under the hood of America.gov, and yes, it's as bad as everything else the DOGE vandals have been doing: https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fthedreydossier.substac...

Up until this point, government Web sites were designed, built, and maintained by the agencies responsible for that government service. For example, if you wanted to apply for or renew your passport, you would go to state.gov, which is run by the US Department of State, which is responsible for processing applications for and issuing passports. No other department has lawful jurisdiction over passports.

From the point of view of the law, that's still true. But the slob, without anyone's permission, kluged together passports.gov. This site was built and is run by the White House's "National Design Studio," completely outside the law and without any independent oversight. The State Department was not consulted and has nothing to do with it. Further, the site is filled with third-party trackers, analytics, and some custom code that copies every page you view, including form contents, to an unknown third party.

Oh, and the guy leading the National Design Studio and in charge of building these fake sites? He's Joe Gebbia -- cofounder of Airbnb. Read both articles for more details.

In short, you should treat America.gov as a malware site and stay well away from it. Under no circumstances should you feed it any of your personal information.

Skip the video - here is the short answer. Marxism as a form of government can take a country up to middle-income status. So can a monarchy, a socialism, a communism, a theocracy, or a plain old dictatorship. But. Getting any better requires one of two things. One possibility is your country us dealt a stupidly lucky hand (a tiny theocracy that happens to form on a patch of land that sits on an ocean of valuable oil). The other is to have a liberal democratic capitalism. Marxism is an interesting philosophy but fails as a form of government.