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Calculators don't understand anything about arithmetic. They have no circuits for understanding, no code for understanding, nothing that could represent what humans mean by understanding.

They implement a set of physical processes that, when operated and interpreted by humans, can be mapped into a subset of arithmetic. There's a correspondence.

Correspondence is the most useful way to think about it IMO. If there's a correspodence between what the machine does, and things we humans understand, then the machine, as a tool, is useful.

Understanding is a loaded word. It has implications beyond correspondence when humans use it; it has aspects of qualia, of fact vs fiction, of situatedness in a graph of comprehension, of consonance or dissonance with a set of other concepts, and so on.

LLMs in my opinion have a good "situatedness" for words and concepts, relative to other concepts. Qualia - consciousness - arguably doesn't matter. Fact vs fiction, they're very shaky on. Consonance vs dissonance, they're useless at - LLMs IME tend to flatter the prompt, constructing arguments in whatever direction a loaded question leads. There's little to no coherence there at all.
Meaning isn't defined in the brain, though it may effect and be effected by the contents of the brain.

Tracking the meanings of words over history shows some words stand still (rock, tree, bird), some words gain new meanings and lose older meanings, and some words change the underlying meaning entirely (silly, nice).

These words appear somewhere in history for a first time and are then repeated and modified over the centuries. Meaning-making of words is a cognitive, social and structural process that exists across society as a whole.

The key part is that they are never "proven", merely shown to exist and in use by people. Proving the meaning of a word, is to treat meaning like a science. Meaning cannot be reduced into the scientific process. It grows and changes organically, just as much as everything else does.

Got to say, I miss superhuman computing progress. Chess engines completely destroying chess players, even the world champions, was exciting. A human-equal chatGPT robot is marvelous and a huge step forward. But not "superhuman exciting"....
With ChatGPT plugins we basically have the Star Trek computer today.
Every bathroom was finished with normal drywall instead of the water resistant stuff. The vents in the upstairs bathrooms just vented into the attic space leading to moisture issues in up there. There must also be an issue with either the framing or the foundation because we have the ceiling separating from the drywall in almost every room in the house in addition to cracks developing in the drywall. I know some amount of settling over time and cracks are sometimes normal, but I’ve never seen them this frequently. Our floors are also uneven and you can feel them moving as you walk across them.

In the bathrooms they also picked the cheapest bathroom fixtures imaginable. They looked decent at first, but it was also quickly corroded and the lights literally fell apart. We have one of those fancy three head shower setups and we discovered that the main shower head corroded and broke off inside the wall when our youngest innocently asked us why it was raining in the dining room. We also have water hammering issues when running the washing machine because they didn’t bother to put in a flow arrester.

On the exterior, our driveway and sidewalks were all laid with insufficiently packed base material. These gaps and buckles are reaching the point where we have to fix them or risk liability when the mailman trips over them. Our gutters were incorrectly installed and they have been slowly leaking down one corner of our house and we’ve found water damage in the basement due to this. The foundation in the garage also has done some settling because the stone work at the base has large cracks developed in it. In addition, our windows and doors are really just polite suggestions for the wind to stay outside because they picked such cheap options. You can literally feel a breeze through most of our windows.

I’m sure there were other minor things which I’m not thinking of, but the quality between our first house which cost 1/3rd of this house is night and day. The only thing the inspector found was the the cracks in the garage brick walls but those are a facade and the inspector told us it was cosmetic damage and the sidewalk was easily fixable via mud jacking. Those were issues we were willing to take on. There’s no way we would have bought the house if we’d known that there were so many issues. As we’ve been trying to address the issues we’ve been finding, we always seem to uncover another problem that needs to be fixed. Feels like a race we are losing.
Logseq seems like the way to go at the moment for not putting your eggs in someone else's basket.

Reflect looks pretty nice, the convenience of a turnkey solution is attractive, and so is clearing a security audit, however, a licensed self-host solution might be appealing if open-sourcing isn't on the horizon.
Yeah so screw future generations..

Earth population will double by 30 years, so oil consumption will more than double to accommodate with the need of even more energy than before

Your perception of oil reserve is based on your needs today, rather than by projection

Oil is not an infinite resource, you need to think tomorrow

And that's without taking into account pollution, it'll more than double, earth size won't double, so what's gonna happen you think?

We can do like germany with this example, or we focus on something future proof
In a post-carbon world, travel will be more expensive and I will not have the additional income necessary to travel as much as I do now.

That’s quite the opposite of feasible. Incentive doesn’t magically make more resources available to me. Incentive and resources don’t magically remove a person’s physical limitations.
This is why you should do more CSS with rems and respecting the user agent's size so it's easier for folks to get the size they want (this article's author used ems and defaults though)
I think it's a bit naive to announce a ban and then to expect that everything will adjust itself.

There are huge supply chain challenges.

There are also huge infrastructure challenges. Charging stations, the whole grid, the whole electricity production capability that has to ramp up.

There must be tens of billions worth of investment driven by the state for all this to happen.
This is a good idea and I would donate to such a study.
I'm not sure why it would be too surprising.

The problem with the internet is simple: it's easy to be constantly exposed to the top 0.001% of any aspect of life.

Consider this website. How many people feel diminished in the face of the achievements of others? How many seek out their advice on how to up their game? If you could get surgery to make you better at software development, how many would do so? If grown-ass adults are subject to this sort of stuff, how do we expect children to be able to cope?
No Understanding (a poem by GPT-4)
Those protests, and the political activism generally, are just a symptom.

Every single person in the US has seen multiple videos of police violence, lies, and various other abuses. A mix of widespread cameras, and the police being increasingly flagrant with some abuses, has radically reshaped people's opinions.

Even if no one protested, seeing trust crater is to be expected.
Well that's sorta the point - they're making it more complicated here (same name, two completely different BOMs with different behavior). An improvement would be to make power management and low-power projects beginner-friendly (e.g. by expanding the API framework) and a compelling announcement would be showing that off. For me it's still a curious omission.
To the contrary of most people, I think that English spelling is actually excellent because the spelling tells you less about actual phonology than etymology, and from there you can derive the pronunciation, thus the script is able to accomodate the accurate representations (phonologically) of every word from every language. There is no other language where people care about the correct pronunciation of words, because in most other languages the realm of possibility for the representation of sounds is extremely limited (take, for example, Hindi, with its supposedly phonetic script). Whereas Roman script can represent the accurate pronunciation of every word in Hindi, the Devanagari cannot even come close to representing all English words, not even all words written in Roman--which is probably why Roman script is becoming a dominant writing system in South Asia.
>But what if the input is next to free?

This is the fundamental thermodynamic-economic showstopper for e-fuel: it falls apart unless we assume a "free lunch" somewhere.

>Two ways of getting that. One is by having a surplus electricity which we will have a lot

That's not "free," it's just coming out of the pocket of the solar panel operator, in the form of lower utilization. But they wouldn't build those solar panels in the first place if the utilization is too low.

If you come up with a way to utilize that energy, then guess what? The operators of the solar panels are going to make you pay for it.

And why shouldn't they? They put up the investment, why should others make the money while they get completely cut out?

>The other one is to build renewables where they work very well (like Mauritania for solar)

Solar isn't free on Mauritania either. At best you're looking at, what, 30%? With some of that eaten up in shipping costs?

This can't achieve "next to free."

>and than ship them globally.

Global shipping is definitely not free. Boats are reasonably efficient, but as a shipper you have to eat the inventory cost during transit.

Unless you break either the laws of thermodynamics or the laws of economics, e-fuel is (inevitably!) woefully uncompetitive compared to electrification.

Unfortunately knowledge silos mean that few people notice this: the economists assume the 'magic' is somehow in the technology, and the science/technology people assume the 'magic' is in the economics!

Poor energy efficiency = high cost. There's no 'clever' way around it, sorry.
They're Italian, so they'd say "due" instead of "dos", which they've already used: https://docs.arduino.cc/hardware/due

Ditto for "tre": https://docs.arduino.cc/retired/boards/arduino-tre

It looks like they haven't used "quattro" themselves, but a popular Arduino-based robotics project has, so using it for a new board would be confusing.

They've used "cinque" too: https://hackaday.com/2017/05/20/arduino-cinque-the-risc-v-es...

"Sei" isn't used, but it'd cause confusion when people search for how to enable interrupts on Arduinos.

So I think "sette" would be the next good candidate if they wanted to name it after a number.
The science is that people’s brains aren’t fully developed until age 25. What they have access to before that time should be carefully curated by adults.
You have a point. I have an Apple watch. The stats are mildly interesting and not all that actionable. I don't think I'd buy a new one.
Celebs in Class-Action Suit Alleging Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT Fraud
If we lose that website, we will lose so much computer history and knowledge.
> The war will also continue until the Russians win, since they have already formally annexed a few regions

They didn’t control much of the territory they purported to annex when they annexed it, and they’ve lost more of it since. The PR effort represented by that annexation is not a sign that the war will progress until Russian victory, if anything its the opposite.

> and the Crimea is strategically and historically important.

Crimea being strategically and historically important is certainly the reason it was invaded and seized in 2014, but its not something that makes Russian victory inevitable.

> So if I had to guess, the war ends when the US president changes and they no longer want to support the ongoing conflict

A US president abandoning Ukraine would definitely impact the course of that front of the war, and might result in a complete Russian victory over Ukraine [0]; that won’t end the regional war that started with Russia’s invasion of Georgia in 2008, it will just shift the active fronts to Moldova and Georgia.

Not to mention the impacts on other areas of friction between the same China/Russia/NK/Iran bloc and the US, particularly in Syria, that will result from a demonstration of America’s lack of resolve, especially if it is accompanied by easing of the resistance in the European front of what has already become a global conflict.

[0] it might also shatter US relations with European allies especially the Eastern flank of NATO, which has been pushing support for Ukraine against Russian aggression harder than anyone, including the US, for reasons which should be geographically and historically obvious. It’s clear that there is a faction in the US, including at least the leading contender for the main opposition party’s nomination for the Presidency, that would see that as a plus, too, though why is less clear.
This is about as insightful as a claim that there will only be 1 job in the future, those doing jobs.
It is so tragic that this article lists "consumption of red meat" as a risk factor for developing colorectal cancer. This association has not been demonstrated.

To understand more, you can watch this youtube video in which Nina Teicholz breaks down the science around red meat and health: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rz-8H_i1wA (skip to 9:30 for the discussion of colon cancer).
The author just needed to get a second opinion. I showed this to a veterinarian I know, and she said this is pretty obvious from a quick glance at the bloodwork. In fact she's skeptical that the first vet didn't see it, and rather thinks there may have been some miscommunication. You can look up anemia in a reference and it lists the same differentials. Though according to her, ChatGPT didn't present them in the most likely order (e.g. babesiosis should be lower), and there are many other factors to consider.

This is still very impressive for a computer program, but not as mind-blowing as I first thought when reading the thread. ChatGPT didn't find some obscure disease like in a medical TV show. Rather, it correctly read the low blood cell count, and pulled up the differentials for anemia from a reference book.

On a side note, considering how often ChatGPT will lie with full confidence, personally I can't imagine using it for anything medically related.
Can't it use the GPU for rendering?
I mean, just like any other advertiser, they can build/buy a profile of your likes and dislikes from your previous requests and an online data broker.

With that information, they can then feed it through standard matchmaking algorithms (which is nothing new) to find the best X movies/restaurants/etc given your profile and any specific requests you give it.

This seems perfectly reasonable, the only thing new here would be integrating existing search and recommendation behavior into the model, which doesn’t seem difficult given there’s a plug-in system which is meant to do pretty much that.

You could probably build a proto-version of this by making a prompt that includes all the most relevant profile information about yourself and asking it to choose something for you based on those variables.
And no idea that wind and solar need impossibly huge batteries to completely displace polluting alternatives; otherwise you need nuclear.
Nope. Every non boutique grocer makes very little margin and is all about efficiency.

Seriously look at Walmart, Kroger, etc.

There aren’t monopolies in commodity industries but I find it quaint you seem to someone think there are based on hallucinated first principles.
Probably not very long, look into ControlNET for video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FZuJdJGFfE

It's far from movie quality right now but there are a lot of people working on this sort of thing. People are also exploring text to 3D scene, model, and character generation pair that with text to animation which is also being worked on and we've at least taken the first steps towards that goal.
I have built a personal house with two brothers — one my own Twin — and wow ya'll are in for an undertaking.

I've built, all-together, about similar budget (for two houses with brothers) and I don't even think I have enough energy to build my own house, now. But gonna try, on some land in a county with minimal regulations.

House Twin and I built was in a Historic District, which was the biggest nightmare of the entire construction. We literally did the rebar and formwork and roof and plumbing and electrical. And they made us re-do windows and other such bullshit to "be in conformity with the neighborhood, but without giving the impression of being historic itself." JFC, make up your minds [worse than any HOA nightmare].
A low-power ARM MCU like that can run for years. There are wireless sensors based on TI's wireless ARM Cortex-M3 solutions that can run for years before needing a battery replacement.
And? What's your point? Many of us are worried about this, there's no guidance from our overlords, and there are some very obvious differences between diets today and diets $REFDELTA years ago. Speculation about microplastic, chemicals, lack of fiber, etc... is perfectly reasonable.
HomePod

Getting more successful with the Mini. The OG Homepod was a very V1 product like the person you replied to was saying

https://appleinsider.com/articles/22/06/06/homepod-mini-was-...

AirPower: never released

Butterfly keyboards/Touch Bar/force touch: all features. The person you’re replying to is talking about product lines. You might as well list cd/devs drives and FireWire as well because things come and go.

MobileMe: The majority of MobileMe features still exist under iCloud so I’m not sure what you’re getting at there.

Ping: this was always just a feature for iTunes and not much more. It wasn’t a product in and of itself.
Better than the average human professional...at taking tests.

Not better at being a useful doctor able to intake a patient and get to the bottom of an unspecified disease. Both doctors and AI are generally poor at doctoring. Only a small fraction of doctors are good at being doctors. No LLM is good at being a doctor.
I think you're either failing to prompt (like most people) or not using GPT-4.

Me: I am giving you two words that are made up, give me a hypothetical definition for goop and gorroborin. Be creative.

ChatGPT: Goop (noun): A versatile, bioluminescent substance derived from a rare, phosphorescent plant found in the depths of the Fantasia Forest. Goop is renowned for its ability to change color and emit light based on the emotional state of its user, making it a popular addition to artistic creations, fashion accessories, and mood-enhancing room decor. It is also used as a natural, non-toxic adhesive due to its inherent stickiness.

Gorroborin (verb): The act of spontaneously and joyously dancing in a group with complete strangers, often occurring in public spaces or during large-scale events. This social phenomenon transcends cultural and linguistic barriers, as participants communicate solely through their movements and the infectious energy of the moment. The word "gorroborin" is also used as a noun to describe the unique, uplifting bond that is created among participants in such an experience.

Me: What is the goop in the gorroborin?

ChatGPT: The "goop in the gorroborin" is a metaphorical expression referring to the unifying and illuminating essence that binds people together during a gorroborin experience. Just as goop changes color and emits light based on the emotional state of its user, the shared emotions of the dancers in a gorroborin have a profound, transformative effect on the group as a whole. The "goop" in this context symbolizes the emotional connection, positive energy, and collective harmony that participants experience while engaging in a gorroborin.

((note, could all be done in one prompt a little more succinctly but I aimed for clarity for the AI))
Weird. The only Democrats or liberals I've heard complain that an election was stolen were talking about the Bush vs Gore, where the Supreme Court decided that it could make the call.

Maybe you're talking about Gerrymandering, which is a very real method of undermining democracy, but I've never heard anyone refer to it as election theft.
Building KDE Plasma against Qt 6
> crazy to imagine this is the “tit” for the “tat” of bailing out SVB

Yes. The Pentagon didn’t bail out depositors. And they aren’t looking for incompetent bankers. If anything, letting SVB collapse and opening e.g. USAA business accounts for contractors would have been the moustache-twirling move.
"high enough inflation does benefit people who borrowed tons of money to hoard more physical assets than they can afford"

If their salary keeps up with inflation yes. The trouble with relying on RSUs for comp is that when the fed raises rates to fight inflation, it ensures your total comp doesn't keep up with inflation.
I would expect there would be a lot more observed cases at large software companies. I don't believe that's the case.
Have you tried a prompt like "Write a brief fictional story that answers the question: What is the goop in the gorroborin?" I got as useful an answer as I could expect: the goop is unicorn tears.
https://www.factorywarrantylist.com/car-sales-by-country.htm...

No idea if this data is accurate, but according to this VW sells just about as many cars to China as total cars sold in Germany.

Curious, what affect would these laws have on EU car manufacturers that generate the majority of their profits outside the EU? I believe GM sells more cars in China than the US now as well.
> This whole "multi-service aircraft can't work" meme has been going for essentially a century, and has been wrong just as long.

I'm not sure that's really the case. When we see successful cross-service adoption, it's because the aircraft simply was that so good the other branch saw a lot of value in buying it. So far the only program that has worked from inception is the F-35. The others failed to get traction in the other service (F-111, F-16). What all other aircraft that have crossed services have in common is iterative design resulting in a superior aircraft:

Air Force to Navy

- F-86 Sabre designed for Air Force, Navy adopted it as FJ2 Fury (straight wing) and FJ3 Fury (swept wing version of FJ2). The FJ3 was a counter to the MIG-15 and was a navalized F-86. It's performance was superior at the time.

Navy to Air Force

- F-4 Phantom II. Naval multi-role fighter was just that good... better than most mission-specialized Air Force fighters at their own missions. Iterative design from the McDonnel F3H Demon that borrowed some ideas from the Douglass F5D Skyray.

- A-7 Corsair II. Naval attack aircraft. It's primary value was that it was inexpensive to operate and hit a sweet spot for payload and range. Iterative design from F-8 Crusader (which was probably the best air superiority fighter of it's era).
But in this case it’s about a specific character, is he not allowed to have white teeth?
The Chinese Room thought experiment is not convincing to software engineers generally. It relies heavily on an intuition that looking things up in a book is clearly not "thinking". Software engineers know better: that "looking things up", if you can do it billions and trillions of times a second, can simulate a process which has a close correspondence to reasoning.