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Comment #48280918
As to continue my anecdotal story, I could safely say that all of my interactions with computers up until the age of 14 were purely gaming with occasional drawing in ms paint. Even…
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Comment #48277523
So how do we get out of this mess? Because now, as an adult, I see no value in those electronic gadgets, videogames, especially at ages <16yo. Do we create laws and ban all of this…
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Comment #48277193
The generation that lived through that, the next generation does not wish to live through it, as alternatives are "available" now (at least on paper). Those kids who grew up in 50m…
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Comment #48277099
This. I do remeber as a kid in the 90s, who was among the first who got a confuser at home - at age 5..6 I remember actually being pulled to my apartment, to play all those DOS gam…
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Comment #47832657
Though, I generally like the idea of circuit traces embedded directly in mechanical design of a product, I suppose this would make devices completely and utterly non-repairable. No…
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Comment #47750593
I've been dreaming of exiting big CAD cloud prison for some time now, really looking forward to see your product!
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Comment #47688968
So, does that mean that Kremlin is freeing a country..?
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Comment #47488718
While that could be true, it's important to remember that these people probably grew up in a culture that had religion influence for thousands of years. In order to become atheist,…
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Comment #47453259
To add as a sad example, mother of a acquaintance of mine got scammed into withdrawing all her money from an ATM, gave it to the scammer person, then sold her car and apartment (!)…
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Comment #47136609
a new kind of operating system, that instead of having all those annoying apps, will just be an agent, that does whatever stuff you need|want|it can - why not? But still, we gonna …
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Comment #47134463
I suppose, if we reduce this problem to it's core - the question remains - who pays for the servers? That's the reason we don't have a idealistic web platforms - or am I wrong?
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Comment #47120797
Well, the energy levels used in those devices should be miniscule, and the wavelengths used are well studies. The problem with x-rays - was lack of studies on health effects, and r…
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Comment #46868443
> Datacenters in space for people on earth? That's just stupid. But if completes the vision of ancestors who thought god living in the sky So "Lord give me a sign from heavens" may…
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Comment #46855582
Eliminate C/C++ in favor of what? Perhaps the plan is to use AI to write plain assembler? Why stop there, maybe let's do prompt in - machine-code out?
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Comment #46764735
True. Yet, somehow more and more cities install them blindly because efficiency. I remember when I moved to Odense Denmark in 2013 - they had LED street lights all over the place. …
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Comment #46587362
But wouldn't the position of a strong government be to trust it's people, and allow them to see the whole spectrum of information available in the world, and give them essentially …
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Comment #46272711
Well, allow me to make a suggestion, that the US came up with the original idea, in 1947 - the transistor, and has been capitalizing on that ever since. Similar to how Germany had …
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Comment #46272530
It's a fascinating book indeed, just finished the second chapter, and it is surprisingly accurate in many regards of AI representation, given it's from 1994. Will read on, thank yo…
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Comment #46107523
In the part of the world I'm form, my childhood of the 90's to early 00's was exactly the same, and I experienced explosive increase in "stuff" surrounding me. Going from landline …
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Comment #45952178
On that - naive proposition; shouldn't we establish say "humanTube" - service which would strictly prohibit AI content? With all this AI slop engulfing our web 2.0 - maybe this is …
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Comment #45875201
Valid point. I guess then in Canada they could have a lot of such cases, as it has been a major destination for migration. In any case, sounds like an good topic for a research pap…
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Comment #45874710
I wonder, wouldn't this mean that in nordic countries, where in winter get less than 6 hours of sunlight in total, and where that sunlight is mostly obstructed by heavy clouds, wou…
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Comment #45412218
"The result is silicon metal and carbon monoxide." The article keeps mentioning of silicon metal, but wasn't silicon a metalloid at best?
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Comment #44950223
I had the same problem, but then discovered that chrome extension StayFree (used to be called StayFocused or something) released and app for android, that can block sites on androi…