Comment Re:Usurping Congress Again (Score 1) 63
Again, the executive order is directed to the justice department, not to the states...
Comment Re:EO aren't laws (Score 1) 63
The only thing the executive order does is to instruct the Justice Department to sue states over AI regulations.
Comment Re:The US needs this to compete with China (Score 1) 63
Compete with them on what? Wasting money on unprofitable enterprise? Most Chinese models train off of foreign models anyway. It's not so much a competitive relationship as it is a symbiotic one.
Comment Re:Would Pablo Escobar pass these tests? (Score 1) 152
But at least when we were kids, the barrier between the plebeians and the ruling class was thinner and more permeable.
Yes, it was closer to that war and that deal before it. But elsewhere people may not have been so lucky. Sad that it was lost where it happened, really.
Whispered in a Catholic church, perhaps?
No, but there was an Eastern Orthodox one nearby.
Comment That bad, bad, EU (Score 0) 22
Totally anti-consumer, totally destroyed apple's value, totally communist.
Right?
Comment Re:Would Pablo Escobar pass these tests? (Score 2) 152
anyone who thinks that the dumbing down of society and the sabotaging of education aren't part of a plan,
Of course they are, and they've always been. I heard a proverb once somewhere in Europe that went something like "an unlearned populace makes a weak country that is so easy to govern".
Submission + - U.S. employee well-being hit new low in 2024, survey reveals (phys.org)
alternative_right writes: The latest research confirms a decline in general employee well-being since 2020. In 2024, employees reported the lowest well-being scores on record, as opposed to 2020, when employees reported the highest well-being scores.
"In some cases, the lower scores represent a reduction in employee flexibility for either flexible hours or remote work," the latest research states. "In other cases, these scores could be related to challenges associated with greater economic shifts related to inflation or productivity needs."
"What we're seeing is a growing gap between how leaders and their teams experience the workplace," said Smith. "Managers may feel a return to normalcy, but that doesn't mean their employees do. Leaders must be cautious not to assume their own well-being reflects the broader workforce at their organization. The data shows a potential disconnect, and that's a signal for action."
"In some cases, the lower scores represent a reduction in employee flexibility for either flexible hours or remote work," the latest research states. "In other cases, these scores could be related to challenges associated with greater economic shifts related to inflation or productivity needs."
"What we're seeing is a growing gap between how leaders and their teams experience the workplace," said Smith. "Managers may feel a return to normalcy, but that doesn't mean their employees do. Leaders must be cautious not to assume their own well-being reflects the broader workforce at their organization. The data shows a potential disconnect, and that's a signal for action."
Comment Re:The talented ones can (Score 4, Insightful) 152
Talent, as one talented person put it once, is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration.
Comment Re:Would Pablo Escobar pass these tests? (Score 1) 152
To American kids the ability to do math is completely irrelevant, they'll be able to ask the AI and get an answer right away.
Submission + - Moss spores survive 9 months outside International Space Station (phys.org)
alternative_right writes: To find out, Fujita's team subjected Physcomitrium patens, a well-studied moss commonly known as spreading earthmoss, to a simulated a space environment, including high levels of UV radiation, extreme high and low temperatures, and vacuum conditions.
They tested three different structures from the moss—protenemata, or juvenile moss; brood cells, or specialized stem cells that emerge under stress conditions; and sporophytes, or encapsulated spores—to find out which had the best chance of surviving in space.
The researchers found that UV radiation was the toughest element to survive, and the sporophytes were by far the most resilient of the three moss parts. None of the juvenile moss survived high UV levels or extreme temperatures. The brood cells had a higher rate of survival, but the encased spores exhibited ~1,000x more tolerance to UV radiation. The spores were also able to survive and germinate after being exposed to 196C for over a week, as well as after living in 55C heat for a month.
They tested three different structures from the moss—protenemata, or juvenile moss; brood cells, or specialized stem cells that emerge under stress conditions; and sporophytes, or encapsulated spores—to find out which had the best chance of surviving in space.
The researchers found that UV radiation was the toughest element to survive, and the sporophytes were by far the most resilient of the three moss parts. None of the juvenile moss survived high UV levels or extreme temperatures. The brood cells had a higher rate of survival, but the encased spores exhibited ~1,000x more tolerance to UV radiation. The spores were also able to survive and germinate after being exposed to 196C for over a week, as well as after living in 55C heat for a month.
Comment People shouldn't get a high school degree (Score 2) 152
until they pass the basics. If they have to take remedial courses, so be it. Graduate at 21 if necessary.
Comment Re:It's over. (Score 3, Insightful) 152
in rot mode now. No better evidence than more than half of the US voted for the orange one.
This 'splains it:
TFA: "One of the course's tutors noted that students faced more issues with "logical thinking" than with math facts per se. They didn't know how to begin solving word problems."
Comment Re:won't be able to count genders (Score 0, Flamebait) 152
One's gender shouldn't be the govt's fucking business at school. Tell the Talibanjelicals to keep their religion to their OWN asses, I don't believe in your Fox Jesus.
Comment Re:Trump Mania (Score 1) 234
Worth researching the history of vaccinations. The first polio vaccine, for instance, killed and maimed thousands of children, yet there was the government pressuring everyone to take it.
We eventually perfected it, yes, but all that means is we were experimenting on the public under the guise of "public health".
Comment Re:But it's a self-defeating loop (Score 1) 30
This.
My take on vibe coding is simple: Don't.
At least not the way most people understand it. I'm totally ok with having an AI do the tedious work. But only do it on stuff you could do yourself (i.e. you're just saving time). Because otherwise, you'll never be able to maintain it.
This, in general, is the whole problem: The entire "vibe coding" movement only worries about CREATING code. But in the real world, maintaining, updating, refactoring, reviewing, testing, bugfixing, etc. etc. are typically more effort than writing it in the first place.
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