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Except that the word, "recall", doesn't have two different meanings. It literally means the same thing here as it does for a recall wherein a Jeep has to have its shifter replaced …

I too enjoy putting "quotes" around a word to make it seem like it means the thing I want to pretend it means, instead of engaging honestly with the actual situation. :-)

It should when it's required by the NHTSA and comes along with mandatory reporting, notification, and deadline obligations, along with optional free on-site execution of the fix. T…

"your car has a defective part, * is unreliable* , and needs to be brought in to have that part replaced.". Precisely! NHTSA determined that these vehicles are unreliable in this s…

Oh, and I agree - it'll be useful for a number of reasons, but 'being generally intelligent' won't be one of them. :-)

I think you make a good point, benchmarks and metrics are indeed a better proxy for performance. Seems worth pointing out that, while "nowhere near half in [your] experience" are c…

Heh definitely an eyebrow-raising comment! On a second read of it though, I took it more as "because minimizing the code written is a pattern observed in the wild, AlphaCode mimics…

I was tempted to just post "because f** you, that's why" to be funny, but then it just felt like a quick path to the banhammer. :-) Seriously though, I'm beginning to believe that …

Tl;dr - "Profitable company makes reasonable decision to stay profitable." I don't really understand why the walled garden seems to still surprise so many people.

This is... A bizarre take. Impressive how wrong you can be in just two sentences. Kudos! :-)

Key difference - Uber didn't break the law while wiping out entire life savings volumes . I understand that's a much broader-scoped situation than mentioned in the article (who car…

"This is the value of cash. People can choose how much they want to trust 3rd parties and how much personal responsibility they want to take on. Some people may always choose a cen…

"Just follow these 17 arcane steps and boom! Problem solved!" isn't a great flex. That goes waayyy beyond "not wrapped up in a convenient user experience". Talking of finances is n…

Just a nit - it was about pseudonymity, not anonymity. Still worthless tech, but in the interest of fairness. :-D

"As such, if I stand up a new email server and start sending email to Gmail addresses, I am at the whims of Google deciding what email from me gets delivered." This is the critical…

Wait did you actually say "all money falls into the greater fool category"? You... Really ought to look up what greater fool theory is. And maybe money, too, while you're at it.

I mean, sure, if you'd like to ignore the entire point of inherent or intrinsic value, then... go for it? Weird flex, but sure. And no, it's not circular - "negative sum game" is l…

This. In the event that the world falls apart, the Mac is at least usable as a weighted object, if all else fails. Bitcoins become purely thought in such a situation, and even in f…

Sure - today, as the situation stands, I'd sell it in a heartbeat, because there is still a vast supply of greater fools. That doesn't mean it has intrinsic value, nor that it woul…

Value is subjective in many cases, yes, but there is still intrinsic value in the device itself, if we have to boil it down. You missed that bit - the intrinsic part is literally t…

Anyone notice how the author goes to great lengths to 'bold' the claims in the original letter that talk about how worthless the technology is - and then fails entirely to address …

No, the Mac is worth something in and of itself . It is a tool of productivity, entertainment, education, creation, etc. And, failing all of that, it's valuable for its parts. A bi…

But what if - and just hear me out here - there are not ways around the fundamental problems of social media platforms as they exist today? I think we've had plenty of years to dem…

If one woman can make a baby in 9 months, why can't 9 women do it in one?

Fortunately there are compounded racemic ketamine options in a lot of places, whether troches (lozenges) or nasal spray (that's the one I use). I pay out of pocket fully, and it's …