Comment quantum frequency converters (Score 1) 34
> quantum frequency converters, which compensate for residual frequency differences between the photons
Would it be too much to ask to call them Heisenberg Compensators? Please, it would be fun.
> quantum frequency converters, which compensate for residual frequency differences between the photons
Would it be too much to ask to call them Heisenberg Compensators? Please, it would be fun.
China's geology is really bad for petroleum production. A bad lot in the luck of the draw.
They are building a monster pipeline and rail system across Mongolia and Siberia to Russian reserves but it's a decadal project.
Electric transportation is a smart option for their situation. Their necessity has become their Mother of Invention and they are dominating the world in electric power systems innovation.
If we're graduating Seniors with Junior level math skills that's hardly "Can't do Math."
I suspect even that claim is wrong and we're also teaching the wrong math for an informed electorate. In undergrad we need people sharp in probability and statistics more than matrix algebra. So they can be numerate against politicians' bullshit. I guess we should ask politicians to work on that.
Some of us are neither Republicans nor Democrats but would support a strong 10th Amendment with strict observance of Article I limitations.
But nearly all the Democrats and Republicans want to selectively choose which parts of the Constitution to ignore. There is no will for Rule of Law.
The Congressmen get elected on the principle of stealing money from one person to give it to five. That's a guaranteed win in a Universal Suffrage system with no strong moral foundation.
The trick is they inflate the money supply to actually do it so everybody pays. The five "winners" suffer the most in real numbers.
I'd rather see a stable Constitutional order but it's fantasy to believe that's achievable. We'll see fiscal collapse, likely War and a Draft, and chaos instead. All because oligarchs and the poor want "free stuff". And it's hard to blame the poor when everything they want is unachievable for them because the markets are all rigged against them.
The Gini Coefficient is too damn high, so don't get between them and the guillotines.
EO is just a Presidents Diary, they aren't laws and nobody has to listen to them.
The BCG vaccine has also been found to be effective against bladder cancer. One of the two manufacturers bailed out of the market about a decade ago, limiting supply for both TB and bladder cancer.
They just opened a new manufacturing facility in Durham this past Spring to make much more. Not sure if it's producing yet, but it was a four-year build.
TB affects so few Americans that you can't even get BCG for TB prevention if you want it. Hopefully high-risk folks will be able to elect to get it soon.
Which is the bot-driven sales. Followed by commission sales agents enabling the process.
I may never see another major act in person. Just don't want to participate in the fraud.
> The software had a built-in limit of 200 bot detection features. The enlarged file contained more than 200 entries. The software crashed when it encountered the unexpected file size.
A built in limit is:
if ( rule_count > 200 )
log_urgent('rule count exceeded')
break
else
rule_count++
process_rule
This sounds like it did not have a built-in limit but rather walked off the end of an array or something when the count went over 200.
I know a few who would take the extra money and see a quack doctor. I did, for instance. Good enough results to recommend them.
I heard earlier today that a court has determined that since governments are using all of this data, including license plates, that a FoIA request for all of the license plate data gathered from Flock in a city area for a range of dates was valid.
They want to have a power advantage over their serfs but turning their advantage into a burden changes that dynamic. Something to look into for those so inclined.
We seem to be well past the point of being able to expect them to follow the Law or "do the right thing".
> I see no reason why the government shouldn't be allowed to buy the same data that jim-bob the farmer can purchase.
Jim-bob is likely to face some serious problems if he smashes down your door and drags you away in a pre-dawn raid.
The IRS people get a promotion.
This is why the Constitution places strict limits on the actions of government agents.
(in its original interpretation)
Here I am about to think "damn, people losing their jobs to AI" and then I realize its the "pizza in 4-easy payments" people.
They should probably go all-in on AI as soon as possible. For their investors' sake.
OK, that was pretty funny. +1.
Anthropic's entire pitch has always been safety. Innovation like this tends to favor a very few companies, and it leaves behind a whole pile of losers that also had to spend ridiculous amounts of capital in the hopes of catching the next wave. If you bet on the winning company you make a pile of money, if you pick one of the losers then the capital you invested evaporates. Anthropic has positioned itself as OpenAI, except with safeguards, and that could very well be the formula that wins the jackpot. Historically, litigation and government sponsorship have been instrumental in picking winners.
However, as things currently stand, Anthropic is unlikely to win on technical merits over its competition. So Dario's entire job as a CEO is basically to get the government involved. If he can create enough doubt about the people that are currently making decisions in AI circles that the government gets involved, either directly through government investment, or indirectly through legislation, then his firm has a chance at grabbing the brass ring. That's not to say that he is wrong, he might even be sincere. It is just that it isn't surprising that his pitch is that AI has the potential to be wildly dangerous and we need to think about safety. That's essentially the only path that makes his firm a viable long term player.
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from a rigged demo. - Andy Finkel, computer guy