Endy0816

Population growth is expected to slow after it hits 10 billion.

I think we'll be able to manage in terms of resources, but we'll need to rethink things. A focus on arcologies and multi-use midrises would be ideal. Widespread urban farming(in all it's forms) and reducing food waste would likewise help with improving efficiency

9 minutes ago, Irma said:

What if someone designed a space ship that travelled faster than light? And they managed to prevent the space ship from crushing into another object and from disintegration (because of the speed)

Nothing with mass can travel at or exceed c.

Reaching a speed 'near' c, will shrink how long a journey is down to next to nothing though(assuming you and your ship can survive).

On 8/25/2023 at 5:11 PM, mistermack said:

PS. The British Museum are in the firing line for similar shit management at the moment. Thousands of items stolen, in spite of the management being alerted at least two years ago that it's treasures were being sold on ebay. Just like the Chester Hospital, they "investigated" and it was "case closed" until the true facts came out. 

I'd read about this and mostly just found it ironic considering 'keeping artifacts safe' was often used as an excuse for not repatriating artifacts to their respective countries.

I'm otherwise of the opinion it reflects several issues though not least with the management like you say. Requires a breakdown at multiple levels for stuff to leave unnoticed over such a long period. This was no Thomas Crown Affair level art theft lol. On the plus side should be easier to recover the items.

31 minutes ago, John Cuthber said:

Is this the sort of data you were looking for?
The average salary for Hospital Chief Executive Officer is £141,327 per year in the United Kingdom. The average additional cash compensation for a Hospital Chief Executive Officer in the United Kingdom is £43,772, with a range from £17,122 - £111,900.

from
https://www.glassdoor.co.uk/Salaries/hospital-chief-executive-officer-salary-SRCH_KO0,32.htm#:~:text=The average salary for Hospital,from £17%2C122 - £111%2C900.

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The average salary for Hospital Ceo is $203,578 per year in the United States. The average additional cash compensation for a Hospital Ceo in the United States is $66,214, with a range from $49,661 - $92,700.

https://www.glassdoor.co.in › Salaries

 

Salary: Hospital Ceo in United States August 2023 - Glassdoor

Yes, thank you. Not to discount cronyism, but looks to be pretty comparable factoring in the current exchange rate.

@mistermack

How do those salaries compare with salaries elsewhere in the Anglosphere?

With only the normal devaluing of currencies by governments, pay has to increase to at least try to keep pace.

It's honestly weird how we're more understanding of companies raising prices of goods they sell, but not when people go to sell their labor.

Submarine toilets use sea water. The top two green valve handles are for filling and the bottom lever handle allows flushing to a tank below.

The resulting sewage isn't ever treated though, rather it flows to the tank and then eventually blown or pumped overboard(when at sea).

Suspect the salt mixed in with the sewage would pose problems for your typical water treatment plant. Grey water or rainwater is a very viable alternative option however.

The big thing would be axing costly signage and signal lights. Millions of dollars could be saved. Could also have vehicles continually flow through intersections. We spend around 58 hours each year just sitting at stop lights.

19 hours ago, studiot said:

Combined with suitable human oversight, monitoring and controlling dangerous situations, places or activities such as prisons.

That's definitely a good use case

25 minutes ago, studiot said:

Well thanks for that.

It is certainly non functional for me atm.

All I did was test some Tex in the sandbox.

 

Gosh that lot came up when I came to type in a reply, after entering your quote into the box.

 

Weird.

 

Anyway I would be very grateful if you could point me at any Firefox settings I can look at in W10

Would recommend a general cleaning and making sure SFN wasn't blocked for some reason.

Check here:

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/storage

I have switched to the Brave Browser my desktop, if you want a different one to test with.

3 hours ago, studiot said:

In the past when I wanted to test or check something something during composing a reply a reply I could leave that thread make my check and then return to the original thread.

So long as I simply clicked in the reply box before I did anything else, my previous typing reappeared and I could carry on.

 

Why does this useful feature no longer work ?

I believe stored client-side. Have any browser settings possibly changed?

1 hour ago, swansont said:

“AI-Created Art Isn’t Copyrightable, Judge Says in Ruling That Could Give Hollywood Studios Pause”

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/ai-works-not-copyrightable-studios-1235570316/

U.S. copyright law, [the judge] underscored, “protects only works of human creation”

(Implications will probably be wider than Hollywood, of course)

I'm still wondering what mixed human-AI creations qualify as or how would prove AI contribution.

The one tool previously offered by OpenAI has been removed due to false positives.

6 hours ago, iNow said:

It also offers me that time back in my day where I can catch up reading news, responding to emails, attending calls, etc while being chauffeured. It also simplifies transportation of children too young to drive to school or sporting events, or over to friends houses and back (actions today owned by parents who basically become unpaid Uber drivers).

Every parent secretly wants to be a kid chauffeured around again

I'm imagining we'll eventually have a kid mode once the technology is mature enough or it'll be completely hands-off in the case of taxi services.

23 minutes ago, swansont said:

How do you reduce the cost to the point where it’s cheaper and as convenient to use this service than to own your own car?

It’s not just cities that are car-centric. In the US it’s everywhere, and one could argue that cities are less car-centric than the suburbs are

I expect Insurance, maintenance, purchase price, fueling and parking costs for personal vehicles to increase. More about the relative cost compared to alternatives.

And yeah, I know it's more than the cities, that's just where you would expect the earliest adoption to be.

Once that happens we can start improving density, which will improve the numbers for public transit viability.

Realistically I don't see our car centric cities changing anytime soon.

What automation offers is a reduction in unoccupied vehicle cost and more efficient routing. There's likely to be more trips total, but not necessarily more traffic.

Lot of the issues stem from us making decisions as individuals without any coordinating mechanism.

3 minutes ago, iNow said:

Who owns and manages this fleet of vehicles large enough to provide rides to every human being?

Probably be companies. The cost of vehicles sitting idle is insane not even considering the land required.

The air you're breathing is compressed when you are underwater and exposed to sea pressure.

As pressure is reduced during ascent it expands again.

1 hour ago, npts2020 said:

At present, they are not but it isn't impossible to make transit systems self contained. 

Yes really does make sense for major corridors. Highways in the US are semi-exclusive to an extent already.

Would at least want trucks for efficiency and to be able to alter logistics in an emergency.

Main question is what future population density will look like.

10 hours ago, Sensei said:

 

Things that are not directly edible by humans can be edible by animals, insects, bacteria or fungi, which will transform them into something edible for humans. Or converted into fuel, such as bioethanol.

Indeed. One paper I read was talking about using fermentation to improve edibility.

Been reading about it being used for adobe type bricks.

https://fortomorrow.org/explore-solutions/sargablock

At least one variety is apparently edible too.

I've been using them for original recipe ideas. Would be cool if could be done as part of an experimental restraunt menu.

Likewise something similar for products. They come up with interesting and unconventional design concepts. A simple system to bring them the rest of the way into reality would be incredible.

I figured was based on the original, classical view, of a BH in terms of escape velocity.

They kinda look like the ice spikes that sometimes form here on Earth.

I often think would be more secure with only a decent shackle secured by an unusual bolt.

NiteHawkInLight released a great video on this recently, including his work and process to make a home kitchen version.

Interesting stuff.

Do think needs to be a discussion on the subject, though unsure if actors and writers aren't already too late. You can digitally generate entirely artificial individuals.

For food and drugs, like for the fluoride in toothpaste, can also be required by regulations.