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> Think of a problem that we saw coming in the future and we collectively solved. I can think of none. My favorite counterexample is the ozone layer. When I was a kid, that was the…

> run-away climate change

We have one. But according to Down Detector's Down Detector's Down Detector's Down Detector, that's also down.

What's Updog?

It does. I eat small portions, rarely. My son has fortunately not expressed any interest in eating it, and I won't encourage him to.

I dislike Sea Shepherd as an organization, due to their distasteful methods (and personal bias, being a Faroese resident). But I spoke with several of their volunteers during one o…

I feel the same way. I've hiked a few times at one of the locations in these photos with my 8 year old son (under close supervision). I think it's a great way to build a sense of r…

But who will the align the aligner of aligners? :(

Apropos mixing bitterants, it's quite common to apply a bitter nail varnish to help people stop biting their nails. Not an addictive substance, but an addictive behavior.

> How can you ensure that the exercise actually teaches the students anything in this case? By participating in the exercise during class. Introducing the cases, facilitating group…

There is a middle ground between artisanal powerpoint craftsmanship and AI slop.

I agree you shouldn't use LLMs to produce material wholesale, but I think it can be positively useful when used thoughtfully. I recently taught a high school equivalent philosophy …

That sounds horrible. Thanks for the insight.

> Some thesises had hallucinated sources, some had AI slop blogs as sources, the texts are robotic and boring. But should I fail them, out of principle on what the ideal University…

Possibly. I have a Samsung TV with all of the associated bloatware. Did a hard reset, never connected to the internet, use it exclusively as a display for my Apple TV. Turns on and…

Thanks for explaining, I've never heard about this. In my social circle, nobody would seriously try to argue that it should still count as a "real" planet, but we still refer to Pl…

I know it's not a planet, hence my sarcastic "sue me". I suppose the self-irony didn't work too well over text. My point was that many people still know about Pluto as a body that'…

Because more people know about Pluto than Eris or Sedna. And we know that Pluto is the furthest away planet (sue me). So 15x Pluto is much easier to visualize in context of the ent…

I use it in much the same way as you, and it's been extremely beneficial. But I also would not dream of signing my name on something that has been independently produced by AI, it'…

We missed the boat for that a few million years ago. If we're engineering anyway, we might as well engineer for healthy old age directly.

Someone has to be the first. Granted, us being first is extremely unlikely. But the same is true for whoever it ends up having been.

Like how my biggest weakness is that I work too hard.

> Should they feel any obligation to help my siblings once the time comes? Absolutely not, but hopefully your siblings will have been positive enough presences in your children's l…

> the definition is clear enough. It really isn't though. There's so many different forms that we can't reduce it to "I know it when I see it" territory and depend on case-by-case …