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fucking_tragedy

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    Comment #21309770

    > Watching Disney+ is hardly some inalienable human right nor essential for survival. Neither are never-expiring copyright laws, and there's no reason someone in a country that doe…

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    Comment #21206400

    > the actual reaction of Chinese people on Weibo and other Chinese social media People are censored and punished for disagreeing with their government and its dictator-for-life.

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    Comment #21204267

    Just ask for an extension to reach them at when you call their public number.

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    Comment #21204064

    Used to happen to me in New York 15 years ago. Hasn't happened since, though.

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    Comment #21203972

    People have well-documented biases, besides reflecting biases of humans, AI systems will also have arbitrary biases that are hard to predict.

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    Comment #21203960

    > We better design these systems not to fail then Too late, we're commenting on an article about them failing in common scenarios.

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    Comment #21199839

    It matters to me as a pedestrian because drivers will become reliant on their AEB, and when it fails, they might run me over.

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    Comment #21199650

    > Just because they aren't perfect doesn't mean they don't make your car safer. There is no evidence that they make your car safer, but there is evidence that AEB fails in common s…

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    Comment #21199395

    > But just because they don't hold public elections doesn't mean they do not draw their legitimacy from the people Got any other zingers you want to tell me with a straight face?

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    Comment #21198365

    Combustion is a reaction between fuel and oxygen. Part of the weight comes from the fuel, the other part comes from oxygen in the atmosphere.

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    Comment #21197328

    Communist hunter-gather societies have been studied extensively and it's the earliest forms of production.

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    Comment #21197226

    It's weird to hear you describe Xi Jinping's dictatorship as the voice and sovereignty of the people.

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    Comment #21197164

    All the EEOC would need to do is to prove that there is disparate impact[1] based solely on the hiring outcomes of companies using AI to hire. This is what they already do. [1] htt…

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    Comment #21197085

    You're assuming that an inscrutable AI is basing its decisions off of something you can change on your CV. Maybe it doesn't like your name, one of your past employers, or Oxford co…

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    Comment #21196893

    It's difficult to take a look at modern China and call it communist with a straight face.

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    Comment #21120844

    I haven't watched it in a few months, but salmon farming happens in net-enclosed partitions of natural bodies of water that are polluted with industrial waste. Pesticides are spray…

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    Comment #21119919

    Farmed salmon is often high in mercury[1]. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsbtit20DLo

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    Comment #21116912

    Affiliate, referral and influencer marketing will game your model.

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    Comment #21116527

    Doctors in my area pay firms to pad their bad online reviews with glowing ones.

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    Comment #21116253

    > Why is it that everybody is so interested in “lifestyle” changes, and so uninterested in things like OP or Project Vesta [1]? Project Vesta hasn't proved efficacy or ability to s…

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    Comment #21110409

    > Seems to me that every time this subject comes up, an arbitrary list of things are considered protected by whoever is making that point. It might feel that way to you, but it see…

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    Comment #21081511

    > Talk to the actual couriers I have: they don't like the current arrangement. When they're tipped via apps, they don't even get to keep them. Doesn't sound like they're independen…

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    Comment #21039498

    Other countries were able to figure it out, so can we. Voting license proponents never seem to want to send eligible voters their free voting licenses, though.

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    Comment #21039405

    Or you can just send every eligible voter their voting license when they turn 18 and cut out the middleman.

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    Comment #21028433

    Astroturfing has been happening for as long as I've been online.