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Comment #48959743
Because it won't take twice as long, but 10x as long. There's typically a large rush on a new design, followed by a slow tick in sales. Meanwhile you have to pay to warehouse it, p…
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Comment #48747011
You're 75% correct, one of the 4 products does have an amp though.
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Comment #48721730
You see that a lot in AI (and honestly, other discussions) where people with differing requirements are talking past each other. Some people are listening to music as an experience…
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Comment #48646918
> This isn't without its risks to the mother and the child > The result is unnecessary birth trauma. Not trying to be snarky, but which is it? This is definitely a situation in whi…
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Comment #48614341
It's replies like this that make me wonder which is more demotivating to artists. LLMs, or people screeching "it's ai" regardless of proof. It has to be absolutely demoralizing to …
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Comment #48600732
somehow I suspect it was a bit more involved than: Claude, please solve Linear A.
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Comment #48447353
Which censored prompts do you test with non-chinese models?
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Comment #48430351
No religion on the list, I suppose that counts.
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Comment #48248758
Your points are valid, but they're also on the wrong side of what I'm saying; however, you're speaking from the consuming side, I was talking from the producing side. AI is never g…
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Comment #48247931
Is the next Terry Pratchett not writing because AI exists, or because they'll just get accused of being AI? This is a little like saying no one will ever paint anymore because came…
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Comment #48193181
Yeah, and the fact that no one is doing "practice runs" on them is telling how serious any colonization effort really is. Zero chance of a successful mars city if we can't even col…
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Comment #48049136
It's just the "outline" of the controller/puck, it doesn't include internal features for the internals. You won't be building your own controller off these files (without a lot of …
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Comment #47975126
Close the email client. No emails, no notifications. In the mood for dealing with email, open client.
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Comment #47927807
Fair, I was talking more the initial pregnancy use, but even still that further pushes my point that those examples have either never been considered perfectly safe, or have been i…
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Comment #47926944
Those aren't really great examples, considering that Arsenic and Asbestos have been known to be harmful for centuries/millennia. Thalidomide never even made it to use in the USA. F…
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Comment #47719063
No, because the Soviets have to in on faking the moon landing. They were also landing a spacecraft at the same time as the landings. To fake the moon landing you'd also have to fak…
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Comment #47674138
Syncthing? I'm taking 'offline' to mean 'not requiring the internet', which means you can have plenty of computers!
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Comment #47420330
They did though! From what I understand from people who made those profitable games is that Facebook funded, either though investments or grants most vr games out there. Even ones …
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Comment #47417921
Despite the shock at the amount of money meta spent on their version of the metaverse, I don't think they spent nearly enough to accomplish their vision. Meta, to the detriment of …
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Comment #47017639
Even sites with that option already (like wikipedia) still report being hammered by scrapers. It's the full-funded aligned with the incompetent at work here.
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Comment #46655496
Good luck. To have something that a regular family could use would require remote access from the company for troubleshooting, updates, maintenance. So you get all of the downsides…
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Comment #46425186
Honestly? They might. A game I play (Torn.com) started using AI and over dramatic ads, and they outperformed (higher signups, and higher retention) the more traditional and even pl…
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Comment #46392356
You're not. You feel obligated to send a thank you, but don't want to put forth any effort, hence giving the task to someone, or in this case, something else. No different than an …
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Comment #46316716
Convienence. Consoles are popular because you just plop down, hit the on button and play (in theory). And while people don't care how much spy/adware their computer is, they do car…