A much smaller global population is something most people can agree would be a good thing and at 125 million people Japan would be better off as a less crowded country. The issue is how fast this population decline can safely occur without bringing about a total collapse of civil society. At 1.15 births per woman and an average life span of 90 years, it's simple math to figure out in just a couple generations you are going to have 10% of the population working to support the elderly 90%...this isn't currently possible (and modern society as it currently functions would collapse before it happened). Robots and AI might help, but ultimately, birthrate will have to return to 2.1, or else the population will go extinct.

Let's see, sue a startup ran by 166 people or sue mega corps worth trillions of dollars... It's a mystery.

We just need to eradicate the ones that are disease vectors for humans. There are over 200 distinct species of mosquito and only a handful of them are predatory to humans (with by far the worst being Aedes aegypti, the Egyptian mosquito). If we can safely extinct just a few of the worst species we will be saving over a million lives annually.

Total number of K-12 deaths from 2000-2022 school shootings is 131, which (although insane) is hardly "hundreds and hundreds". Let's see what Europe looks like in another 30 years with a combination of a below 1 child per woman birthrate, 100 million+ MENAPT climate refugees and footing the bill for your own defense. It's going to be paradise on Earth, I'm sure...

These pieces make it sound like US scientists are just going to flee to the open welcoming arms of Europe, Canada, et al. Sure, a few might be poached, but for the vast majority there is unfortunately not much alternative, as other countries are hardly in the position to increase research grants to make up for the billions being cut from US government funding. That $17 million from Aix-Marseille University is a good example, as it's absolute pocket change. Current cuts to the NIH and other agencies are a loss for the US and the whole world and not a boon to anyone.

Nynorsk is the 11th most common language of Youtube Videos, but Svenska doesn't register? Sweden has more than double the population of Norway. Is it because most Swedish Youtubers just use English?

Good to see CP/M living on...

I just want to be able to have light banter with a kitchen appliance while I eat my breakfast. Is that too much to ask??

Ah, comrades! Rejoice in the glorious achievements of our People's Republic! The unparalleled expansion of wind and solar power in our beloved China is a testament to the unwavering leadership of our great helmsman, Xi Jinping, and the brilliance of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics!

Indeed, while the rest of the world stumbles in darkness, our China shines as a beacon of progress and enlightenment! Our 180 gigawatts of solar power under construction, coupled with 15 gigawatts of wind power, is a monumental achievement that surpasses the combined efforts of all other nations. This is no accident, but the result of our collective strength, guided by the scientific outlook on development and the resolute implementation of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era!

Under the wise guidance of our Party and the ironclad will of our people, we have achieved in one year what others cannot fathom in decades! Between March 2023 and March 2024, we have installed more solar power than in the previous three years combined, outshining the entire world in 2023 alone! This is the power of a united people, a people who march forward with the invincible spirit of the Long March and the relentless drive of the Great Leap Forward!

Our path to 1,200 gigawatts of installed wind and solar capacity by the end of 2024, six years ahead of schedule, is a clarion call to the world that China leads the way in the new energy revolution. This monumental wave of construction ensures that we will continue to dominate in wind and solar installations, forging ahead to meet our ambitious targets of 1,600 to 1,800 gigawatts by 2030!

Comrades, let us celebrate these triumphs as victories of the proletariat, of the Communist Party, and of our indomitable spirit! With the radiant light of our renewable energy prowess, we shall illuminate the path to a future where 25% of all energy comes from non-fossil sources by 2030! This is the dawn of a new era, where the Red Sun of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics rises to banish the shadows of fossil fuel dependency!

Long live the Communist Party of China! Long live our great leader Xi Jinping! Forward to a brighter, greener future, comrades! For the glory of the Motherland and the prosperity of all people under the red banner of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics!

Found the Wumao...

Check this repo: https://github.com/InstantID/I... There is now an implementation within controlnet in both automatic1111 and comfyUI. It only requires one image (although you can use multiple images, which I think does work marginally better) requires zero training and yields EXCELLENT mind-blown results, significantly better than LoRA (at least for human faces). Individual person LoRA's are now basically obsolete with this tool.

"Domestic cats and European wildcats (a species to which the Scottish wildcat belongs).." Scottish Wildcats are a sub-species not a distinct separate species and they can interbreed just fine.

Talk about bad timing. Pull out Neal! You're being used and it's not worth your good name!

The majority of prescriber offices use typed electronic prescriptions generated and transmitted to a pharmacy electronically by software like EPIC nowadays. However, since the advent of e-fax, quite a few handwritten and scanned (or ipad/tablet written) prescriptions are also electronically transmitted to the pharmacy. So yes, the volume of physical prescriptions has gone down substantially at all pharmacies, but bad hand writing is still a significant problem (unfortunately).

Yeah, quite the strawman argument they are putting forward here. No one is disputing that using AI to generate copyrighted characters wouldn't violate the owners copyright, any more than hand drawing those characters would. This is all just massive cope.