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> But you can do away with all that messiness of all that exchange and just have AI micromanage the economy. AI should be able to figure out how much to produce, how to limit waste…

> I would say that it is more likely than not that a graphics card exhibits some form of consciousness. But I am a panpsychist, I believe an individual atom has some form of consci…

It's a pointless debate in a scientific, left brain sense. Who can prove that you aren't the only consciousness in the universe and you are basically dreaming your experimental res…

> When the consciousness itself not understood and well defined in the first place, it is pretty pointless to debate if something is or isn't conscious. That's like saying if matte…

> blocking a door for a few minutes. Or betting against many trains and throwing a hopefully fake body onto a busy line. Not necessary. If you just bet against them being punctual …

And centralization is ineffective long term

> The problem is, even as you ignore the internet, it goes on without you, and yet your ignoring it doesn't make you immune to it. I recently moved and had a lot on my list in real…

> The amount of DRM and locking down Amazon bolts onto its ereaders and ebook formats feels insane to me. I can understand the profit motive but god damn. I don't. I would be much …

> "Apple Intelligence" meant whatever Apple marketing wants it to be. Now "GPT 5" is also a marketing term. You are paying for the abstracted experience and brand. Not a specific m…

I didn't try it yet, but it seems you should be able to do that via their GitHub repo: https://github.com/nazdridoy/kokoro-tts

Parent asked why it's not a good proxy measure for reliability. You admit that it isn't. > Yes, TÜV does not assess reliability of a car, but road-worthiness So, great - that's all…

Oh, wow - as soon as real information is required, you pull out. Didn't expect anything else.

If that's the case, then please cite reliable sources about the exact issues that occur and what Tesla did or did not do to mitigate them or let them slip. If you'd have those, you…

> I just take note what companies do No. You are obviously not doing that. You take note of what the media emphasizes in an obvious press campaign that oversimplifies the actual in…

You can mark whatever you want with your bright and bold marker. It doesn't make your argument more sound. If you are worried about the brakes, brake hard occasionally to avoid rus…

Look, HN people don't like Tesla. A lot of German people in positions of power don't like Tesla. Suddenly an article appears that explicitly highlights Tesla vehicles as not passin…

> My 25 year old car aces the test all the time You wouldn't do a regular service right before the TÜV appointment, would you? Also, this doesn't sound environmentally friendly to …

If you translate the article and read it, you will find that there are a lot of reported issues with the headlights. It is hard to find exact information on the actual issue in det…

Have you ever brought a car through the German TÜV?

> https://www.adac.de/news/tuev-report-2025/ This is about what cars made it through the German TÜV. Not about reliability.