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Endy0816

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  1. Think Sunak would be the better of the two. One would hope he'd at least be pro-business. Could still avoid the one scenario, WTO terms with retaliatory tariffs and Nontariff barriers. Still be funny if the Countess of Cheddar won.
  2. Recently been found that the rate that they shorten seems to play the larger role. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41684-019-0388-5#:~:text=Although previous studies suggest that,but have much longer lifespans. Complicating things is the fact that telomeres can be lengthened as well via telomerase. Further complicating things is that only us Eukaryotes have this issue.
  3. The Earth isn't actually fixed at zero we just treat it as such. Sometimes it's potential can rise however and pose a risk. Also have the Earth itself serving as half the loop at times.
  4. In some sense they are(size dependent). Eventually Universe will cool enough though.
  5. I'm guessing he'll actually go sooner. This really is a bad time to effectively not have top positions manned. Realistically going to be a long road back to EU. I think a major demographic shift is coming for the UK but still early days. I'd at least hope the different opposition groups will work together to blunt the impact in the meantime. You start the GoFundMe, I'll supply the tar and feathers.
  6. And now the man himself: https://www.axios.com/2022/07/07/boris-johnson-resignation-uk-prime-minister I don't know about waiting around until October, but at least the end is in sight.
  7. One online class at Eton College in Canada and you're good to go! Seriously, even just a few sane policies would make a world of difference for the UK. What gets me is that there's still plenty of money to be made while simultaneously doing what the UK needs. Allowing Asylum requests to be made from outside the UK. Finding/Training all the inspectors/veterinarians needed. Building proper facilities in the UK for housing migrants and more housing in general for the public. Hopefully get someone who can at least reset interational relations, if nothing else.
  8. IMO pet infections(and infections from pets) suggest natural zoonosis explanation is correct. Suggest a fairly lengthy period of prior interaction.
  9. They do that too but yeah they can go out and arrest as well. Yeah would cause issues with Seperation of Powers if we saw them used more often, but they could be called to haul people in necessary.
  10. Relevant bit from wiki:
  11. They do have a Sergeant at Arms. They can arrest and hold people for a time. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergeant_at_Arms_of_the_United_States_Senate
  12. Might be able to leap outside volume of the observable universe and partially get around causality that way. Would likely have to be a one-way trip though.
  13. But it wouldn't remain just an input. The rules being applied can change the rules themselves in a nondeterministic fashion. Programs do all exist in some form physically too. They're not really the symbols we might represent their doings as.
  14. The author Jorge Borges wrote a story about the main character finding the infinite and randomly ordered 'Book of Sand'. Would one's transcription of page numbers from that book be an act of purely human creation? If you create a program incorporating an external source of randomness, are the results, potentially every program and every calculation, purely your doing? Speaking for myself this suggests algorithms can be as independent as we are and posses some separate agency. At the same time without that external randomness they can be as deterministic as a rock. Just depends. On learning I'd say there's simply multiple options for finding a solution within a search space. Sometimes we lack previous knowledge to build upon too. They might still be pretty dumb for a long time though. Like trying to compare an insect brain to ours. Very very fast but no ridiculous number of connections per neuron.
  15. Yeah not sure dimensions actually make sense, but area should be: ((12 × 22 )/11) + ((20×13)/10) You want to multiply two areas together then divide by the area of the rectangle they both share one side with, to find the area of one portion of the unknown area. (AB × CD)/(BC) = AD One possibility is that the unknown area isn't actually a rectangle(though is depicted as such).
  16. I find some points problematic. ie. That no human will mistake an ape for a person, but might apparently mistake a machine for one. That rather suggests an issue with training data and/or limited senses. Plato's Cave. Likewise dismiss randomness as mere symbols, but those symbols can also be the entire program. One could easily create an Infinite Monkey Program and have it generate every other program. At some point feel can be a co-creation. There's our code and then there's this outside input that can find it's way in. Do have to say is an excellent first post.
  17. Glad I could help. Have to say your code is nicely done and well commented.
  18. Not sure if the problem, but noticing that the value of x is being immediately overwritten without being used. Will try and look at it when back at home.
  19. Honestly Google and FB were always more data brokers, whatever their front business. My only gripe is that often companies often won't compensate you for the sale of your data. I'm only okay with fair value exchange. In the late 90's though, many sites were acting only as digital billboards or selling low value services. People were investing without looking into profitability or even if these companies needed that much investment. While this was going on, knew a large number would be joining the industry in the next couple of years all expecting relatively high wages.
  20. I agree cooking can be rewarding. Got pretty into it during the furlough actually. Since time is scarce though Market will try and nudge the masses at least towards convenience. Novel and varied recipes are doable. Probably have to anyways as identical meals would still get old fast. Could pause to ask your opinion as well.
  21. Market will value your time as a resource.
  22. Energy and food sources should be based on your preferences. House could just as easily check your garden or fly a drone over to your local farmer. Typically not much but pretty much everything requires some processing. ie. Wheat into flour Adds to cost while typically starting the clock ticking. We have most of the bits and pieces so just a matter of integration and bringing costs down.
  23. We sort of do though we're still presently stuck deciding between time/quality/cost when all three variables could be improved. Your house could order all the raw ingredients, process as needed and cook a Michelin quality meal for you. Wouldn't appeal to everyone naturally but would be beneficial for vast majority.
  24. 'Don't delve into the labyrinthine code or the magic will escape.' Earlier crash was part of it... Investment all rushed from the more dubious Foreign Markets to Dotcoms to Housing. Was like watching a slow moving tidal wave.
  25. Even as a kid some of that seemed crazy. Everyone and their brother kept over investing into a single area. Most websites were really not making much if anything at the time. Really glad I shifted away from a web development focus before graduating in '02.

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