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Comment Re:Who thought this service was a good idea? (Score 2) 92

Actually, I like it. There just needs to be a local override that only the owner would know... say, a passphrase or some other code along with a key. That way, external events can not disrupt the normal operation of the vehicle. Yes, there is now the risk of getting kidnapped or otherwise violated to get that information out of you, but, no anti-theft system can be perfectly reliable while allowing reliable operation of the vehicle.

Comment Re:Was it a Russian drone? (Score 1) 127

They're both full of shit, as parties at war tend to be.

I tend to side with the defender rather than the aggressor unless there is indisputable proof that violence was the only answer. Ukraine is fighting for its very existence, which was previously guaranteed on paper. *shrug*

Comment Re:I see something like that as well (Score 1) 231

If they leave before 30 minutes, they are likely getting F; leaving between 30 to 45 minutes is likely A; leaving within 40 to 55 is likely B; leaving before 70 minutes is likely C, staying to the end are usually Ds and Fs.

I would have utterly destroyed your world view if I were to have taken your classes. I typically finish tests very rapidly and I even know beforehand how many questions I did not answer correctly. It is hilarious turning in a test after just 15 minutes and saying that I had 3 incorrect answers out of 100. Watching the teacher grade it it and tell me I had 3 incorrect answers with a look of bewilderment on their faces is priceless.

Comment Re:This is how the US works unfortunately (Score 1) 231

It is not only wealthy people abusing this. I know of some families that work REALLY hard to ensure that their children are labelled a certain way so that they can get 'free' money from the government. The wealthy abuse it for future money, the poor abuse it for current money. All classes abuse and 'benefit' from this.

Comment Re: ADHD does not exist (Score 1) 231

If we're going to make college the last bit of preparation standing between "children" and the real world, at some point we have to require them to do something hard.

It is not that it is hard, it is that it is REAL. Reality can not be faked, explained away, or tolerate excuses. Reality is what everyone is trying to hide from. These are all mental games. Reality will not be fooled, only people will be fooled by these less-than-rigorous 'tests'.

In other words, by allowing these 'accommodations', we are bypassing Darwin and saying that Reality can be excused. That never works out well in the Real World (TM). We are fully corrupted with nonsense with so-called Conservatives leading the charge. WTF? Conservatives are supposed to respect/abide reality.

Comment Re:BSoD was an indicator (Score 1) 79

Maybe I am misunderstanding what you are saying. it appears that you assume the "computer" always knows what is "right", but with hardware issues changing the information at hand, there is no certain way to "know" which address is good information or bad information. The information provided is what is used.

So, the CPU, in a non-ring zero moment reads a memory address that has corrupted data in it while trying to write to "%windir%". The result could be a write to %windir%, but it could equally be written to the wifi driver's address space.

In other words, once the kernel detects that something within itself is incoherent, the ONLY safe thing to do is shut down IMMEDIATELY. Most operating systems have a "fail safe" to write one last message to the screen... but with bad enough hardware issues, even that can fail and end up corrupting your disks or frying other hardware with incorrect voltages.

Comment Re:How Language Works [Re: psychiatrist for AI] (Score 1) 78

Large language models hallucinate. Learn the word.

You missed the nuance of what he was saying, or so it would appear. What he is saying is that ALL answers are hallucinations. Every single answer is a hallucination. He is arguing that calling a wrong answer a hallucination is a weird thing to do since ALL answers are hallucinations. I do not think he is objecting to the word, just to its incorrect usage.

Comment Re:Sounds like enshitification (Score 1) 125

No, my attention and eyeballs are not for sale

Yes, they are. You may not be directly selling them yourself, but everywhere around you it is being sold. Billboards? Yep. Constant robocalls? Yep. Your Subaru? Yep. Live radio? Yep.

And you have no choice. Go ahead and sign up for the Do Not Call list. It just adds your phone number to a list of active phone numbers for them to robocall. You can't report them because they display numbers from your area code. Most are inactive, but the robocallers don't care and will display actual live numbers too.

You are being held down and your eyes and attention are forced from you.

Not for sale? Nobody asked you for permission.

Comment Re: It's because no one changed their mind (Score 1) 107

The most obvious explanation to me is that our environment defines what is normal to us. If everyone around me is racist, I'm more likely to end up accepting the idea of racism and to question it less.

I was raised racist and religious. I am not merely a product of my environment. I have tested out many Truths and found many of them lacking. I am now neither racist nor 'religious' (I do not deny that there may be a GOD and I do acknowledge that there are things beyond what humans experience directly).

If you are merely a product of your environment and older, then I likely will not respect you at all... but, you don't have to be 'perfect'. I am not able to judge in that manner. You just have to try.

Comment Re:Such a strange system (Score 1) 95

but I wonder if it wouldn't have been safer to design schoolbusses with exits on both sides and just let the kids out on the right side of the road?

That is not how it works. That is not how any of this works. Roads are inherently two way roads. Busses will generally go one direction only on any particular road. The implication being that some kids absolutely WILL have to cross the road.

The question is: How do we achieve that safely? Doors on both sides of the bus will not help here.

Comment Re:Meanwhile (Score 1) 95

I'd say the safest place to cross would be in front of a huge, impossible to miss bus, with a flipped-out sign reading "STOP" and with flashing lights.

I have been hit by a vehicle while I was in the crosswalk with the light telling me that it was my turn. A giant yellow bus isn't much safer; motorists tend to do whatever they want whenever they want. There is not a lot of discipline there. Something is causing a majority of people to not have the time nor energy to deal in a disciplined manner with others. It is quite exhausting.

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