Endy0816
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On 5/13/2024 at 1:41 PM, Linkey said:
For me, this is a too simple explanation. I believe that in a theoretical ideal democracy the civil wars are inpossible - the people in different regions of the country would simply vote for some compromise decision.
There were a number of compromises made prior to. Ultimately they only pushed the problem into the future with devastating results.
With runaway slaves and attempt to maintain the power balance between the sides, the issue of Slavery ended up crossing State borders.0 -
4 hours ago, Mordred said:
Roughly 10^90 particles all in a state of thermal equilibrium so indistinguishable from one another. The initial volume if you extrapolate back corresponds to roughly 1 planck length in volume for a temperature of 10^19 GeV which if you convert corresponds to Planck temperature. Any math prior to 10^{-43} seconds will give a singularity condition.
I sometimes wonder if there's an issue with zero (maximums/minimums) as a concept. Not sure what we could replace it with though.
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Big Bang is after a hypothetical t=0, so universe already had some volume.
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3 hours ago, TheVat said:
Generally, all of these "saving lives" arguments operate on the morally abhorrent principle that "our lives are of more value than their lives, so yeah, let's nuke a whole city full of noncombatants."
Japanese civilian casualty estimates from Operation Downfall are also much higher.
Perhaps they would have unconditionally surrendered or the invasion forces flagged though. There are several ways events could have played out.
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5 hours ago, Ken Fabian said:
I'll wait until one happens where I am - 2030 looks good for here. The last time I was where a full eclipse happened (suburban Sydney) the hush that descended was a surprise - most people headed inside (to watch on TV?) and the traffic mostly stopped. It seemed like some people were spooked (and fearful for children) as much as they were interested and the park we headed to was nearly empty, only one person with a telescope. Didn't have the gear ourselves to view directly - but did the pinhole thing and saw the impression. Mostly we observed the effects, like the sharpening shadows as it became a crescent, saw stars and watching/listening to birds, some doing their morning calls as the light came back.
Same here. We have one passing over in 2045.
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Was a typo, setTimeout is missing an 'i'.
I think you do need to have it call a function though.
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The Vice President Elect, who is also the current Vice President.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vice_President-elect_of_the_United_States
https://simple.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_line_of_succession
There is a couple month transition period before Inauguration, so wouldn't immediately impact anything were they different people.
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@Externet If you meant for the machine itself, there is a standpipe nearby that goes to the sewer and a separate(unused) pipe that runs through the wall to the backyard.
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1 hour ago, TheVat said:
A wood frame house can be protected from fire (proper shingles or sheet metal roof, clearing vegetation near structure, mineral wool insulation, fire-rated sheathing etc.), but it's impossible to stop a strong temblor from cracking or even tearing apart masonry. Give me popsicle sticks any day.
That's really a good idea to have those air chambers, which reduces the vibration as flow shuts off - "water hammer" would tend to tear those screws out of the concrete, otherwise.
Glad to know what those are.Whoever did the plumbing before I bought the place really knew their business. Even the window AC unit has actual drain piping lol.
1 hour ago, Externet said:No drain nearby...
Leaking water would flow outdoors.
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This is how mine is attached.
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Here are a few options, the first will also let you search by name.
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes
https://www.congress.gov/roll-call-votes
I tend to use Ballotpedia most though as it also covers local politicians and ballot proposals.
https://ballotpedia.org/Main_Page
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4 hours ago, MigL said:
This has nothing to do with science, or even common sense.
It is nothing but politically ( with religious basis in Southern States ) motivated agenda.In Canada, every once in a while, a conservative MP brings up the abortion issue, but is quickly slapped down by the rest of his/her caucus. There is an 'understanding' where none of the parties, nor the courts, will touch the issue.
I don't know how American political has gotten to the point where the people elected to make laws have given up that responsibility to unelected courts, who are, in no way, beholden to the wishes of the electorate.
American politics suck !We elect many judges here... How are they picked in Canada?
Do need lawmakers more willing to amend the relevant Constitution above them or to pass laws that will hold up to challenge.
Creates impermanent law situation times fifty-one.
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2 hours ago, PeterBushMan said:
BRICS will break the USA into three pieces.
It's concerned with dedollarization. Some of the countries involved emphasize currency controls or have issues with each other, so not sure how it'll work out in the long run.
Honestly, wouldn't be the worst thing in the world to have an opposition. States tend to only unite if they think it necessary to counter a perceived threat.
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Might try the below and see if that works. Is this a personal computer?
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7 hours ago, MigL said:
Sorry if I didn't explain myself well enough; lower birth rates leading to aging population problem.
Currently countered by immigration from high birth rate countries to low birth rate countries. But what happens when most all countries go to a low birth rate as in the extrapolation ?
If there are less young working people to pay taxes, there is less money available for the greater number of the elderly pensions.
The system becomes unsustainable unless people work, and are able to work, to a much older age.We'll probably switch over to widespread automation and/or artificial means to maintain population levels.
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On 2/7/2024 at 3:06 PM, AIkonoklazt said:
First I want to say that I couldn't take the hawlings of those AI apocalypse crowd too seriously let I burst a cranial vein (I'll explain the above pic in a moment. It's either going to be Ripley or Babylon 5, but I don't think B5 has a direct quote about what's going on the screen). Here's the copy-pasta reply I do whenever I encounter one of those "posts" on LI:
Second, who in the world are these so-called "researchers"??? They "don't know why" it behaved the way it did? Did the article misstate things here?
Oh come on! It's not "biases" but the training corpus as a whole! They're staring at that fact and it's right in their faces! It's RIGHT HERE (bolded by me):
IT MIGHT AS WELL ALSO OUTPUT "NUKE IT FROM ORBIT, IT'S THE ONLY WAY TO BE SURE" FROM RIPLEY'S LINE IN ALIENS SINCE THAT'S CERTAINLY PART OF THE FICTIONAL CORPUS STORED ON THE INTERNET TOO
/screamholler
Are they pretending to just "not know," or these "researchers" have no ****ING IDEA how these things work!?
They'll know the math that goes into them, but that offers limited insight.
Lot of them are functionally blackboxes, though there are ongoing efforts to make things less opaque.
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Maybe that was meant in terms of mitochondria.
It's estimated that we need at least 500 people to be viable as a species. Having more than 2 children was the average historically.
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A variation on the concept I've seen that bypasses the atmosphere issue, was to have a continual stream of projectiles keeping aloft their own vacuum tube. Would require constant energy to maintain though.0 -
Why not simply work together as equals?
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On 1/29/2024 at 9:23 AM, Photon Guy said:
Not by conventional means but there are theoretical ways of breaking the lightspeed barrier, such as if you were somehow able to move space itself and "ride" it, much like a surfer riding a wave.
c is more the point at which you run out of road in terms of distance and time.
Might be possible to bypass with something like a wormhole, but you likely can't reach/push through it due to the inherent paradox.
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Moon Lands on Spacecraft!
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12 hours ago, AIkonoklazt said:
Which part do you refer to which isn't subject to algorithmic operation?
Human neurons aren't results of design, and thus are not artifacts.
The True random numbers are not the result of an algorithm.
Most of us are more familiar with a computer's typical pseudorandom numbers, but that isn't the only option.
Not sure what you mean by artifacts here.
This article talks about it:
https://futurism.com/neoscope/computer-human-brain-cells-perform-voice-recognition
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2 hours ago, AIkonoklazt said:
The hardware level is still considered to be programming.
Partly isn't programmed by anyone though...
There's always human neurons we use too, if you think intelligence is limited to those .
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47 minutes ago, AIkonoklazt said:
Who or what wrote the algorithms that take the input?
People started addressing my objection regarding the article cited by OP. I agree to split thread.
You're probably see an initial compiler and or interpreter program. They're really nothing fancy as far as coding goes.
You could also do this at the hardware level. Programming isn't really required though it would make it easier.
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Civil war in USA (19th century)
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Yeah, the parties are not exact opposites in some respects.
Main issue with a national referendum is the limited powers granted to the Federal government. A referendum wouldn't open up a new mechanism for change. A majority of States hold referendums and similar at their level though.
I feel need to expect our representatives to represent us on the more complex issues. There's legislation that truly requires specialists to spend time to analyzing and debating.