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Replace philosophers for mathematicians and Douglas Adams was spot on again. Whilst current models can't 'intuit' and come up with conjectures, they can certainly disprove some of …

> Apple have deep enough pockets that they can actually sue OpenAI but I bet OpenAI are surprised they got caught. Maybe? But more likely their 'surprise' will be that it's actuall…

> because the populace was not asked at all about the treaty Well, the UK has only been asked about Europe twice - once to join and once to leave. Unlike many other European countr…

If I add water to a glass of whiskey and dilute it, why don't I get twice as drunk?

I probably did ;)

I said kerfuffle. I didn’t say ‘export’.

I guess if the new model has the capability to do 'something' that's national security threat, then this makes sense. Otherwise this move makes zero sense, and actually is a drag o…

Back in the 90s, my post-doc piracy was photocopying and distribution at every conference, and large mail drops.

It would be nice if billion dollar big tech, in particular those that have R&D donate and form a not-for-profit together with universities that puts this to sleep once and for all.…

That's UK politics in general, which I suppose is microcosm of the UK. Everything is now a career. We have many, many, sitting MPs, that have only ever studied topics like politics…

Indeed. I paraphrased this line from wikipedia - "The LTV is usually associated with Marxian economics" perhaps I should have read the next bit ", although it also appears in the t…

Perhaps. Though if you strike endlessly, you have no product to sell. So people buy elsewhere and you go out of business. If you disagree, perhaps edit this line in wikipedia: > Th…

In which country, the USA? In the UK, all Government bodies are unionized.

The reverse is true. Unionization of the UK car industry in the 1970s, more than played its part in the collapse of the UK car industry, for example: > The company became an infamo…

The Labour party was founded by unions, so it's no surprise they're still completely beholden to them. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Labour_Party_(U...

In a jobs market place of wide choice, unionization is unnecessary. The tech job pool spans multiple industries, so if your employer is treating you poorly, leave. In a jobs market…

This is the correct answer. Win2k was probably the most solid and cruft-free release that they did. Then the enshittification started with Window XP, jelly-mold/curved glass button…

It's the UK gov. Rather than do something, it's endless inquiries and 'research'. Example, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lower_Thames_Crossing - the planning application is 360,000…

More context: > Elizabeth Louise Kendall (born 11 June 1971)[1] is a British politician who has served as Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology > [sic] graduati…

MS has inertia on its side, and its abusive marketing and lock-in strategies of the 90s. Remember when you couldn't buy a PC without Windows from most vendors? Meaning you were pay…

I'm not sure what this obsession is at the moment with 'fat pensions'. Pensions are far from 'fat', and (european) governments have been very dishonest about what will happen state…

> If only there wasn't a global power invading countries for oil reserves over the years and causing mass migration and destabilising those places? Do you think that's the only rea…

Channeling your inner Douglas Adams.

The automotive part is interesting: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axial_flux_motor#Automotive > Mercedes-Benz subsidiary YASA (Yokeless and Segmented Armature) makes AFMs that have…

And is development of batteries (and better magnetics) not just chemical engineering and material science? Motors might be a 'solved problem' - there might not be much innovation, …