I've been buying business grade ThinkPads for 30 years. How is Framework better?

Yeah.

They completely ignore panserpmia.

They just quote Isaac Asimov's writing from almost half a century ago (Europa). Ignores Enceladus, Titan, Venus, Mars; all of which have *BIOSIGNATURES* of a probability curve not too dissimilar to Europa.

They are likely a dilettante. Those folks do not do "prior art" research because they believe in the Auteur Myth.

  "An auteur is a filmmaker whose personal style and thematic focus are so distinctive that they are considered the 'author' of their films, a concept known as the auteur myth."

Real science isn't that. Real science is a rational discipline. The null hypothesis -- know what that means. Prior art -- know what that means. Mental biases -- know those, too; you'll see what you want to see, hear what you want to hear. Science is the discipline of mind that ensures you're not just spewing random nonsense. You verify what you think; that's the discipline.

As Isaac Newton said ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... ), "nani gigantum humeris insidentes."

Ignore them.

Everything seems obvious once it is explained.

Why do 12-14 steps of algebra, when calculus works in 2?

Obvious. People should know calculus.

Yet they don't.

Define Green's Theorem: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... -- is obvious.

Everything is obvious *IN HINDSIGHT*.

It's called Fascism, as defined by Mussolini: A totalitarian political movement linked with corporatism which was invented in Italy to run the country like a business belonging to, and for the benefit of, the Head of State (Mussolini himself).

but is it as simple as possible, and not any simpler?

We're making quite a bit of progress in understanding how they work. The main issue is that the popular imagination of some mysterious human like intelligence is not how they work. I blame generations of AI researchers who fill the introductions to their papers with fluffy pseudo-science about neurons and brain models.

Correct. And later on he tied his various literary universes (robots, galactic colonization, empire, foundation) into a cohesive whole where a benevolent god-like robot pulls the strings of history.

It's a great canon, but the obvious endpoint of making a metal god in our image is not a good aspirational argument in favour of the Three Laws.

These assholes are literally arguing for insider trading in every domain to justify their "wisdom of crowds" bullshit. Because, if the game is rigged, then the prediction outcomes actually look good.

They are mainly fooling 20-something poor students who worry about the future and think gambling is the only way to escape the underclass.

When an out of state company makes decisions inside a state, the state's power to force outcomes becomes limited. The out of state company can always say "take it or leave it" and threaten to exit the market.

So it's always better to keep companies that do business on the inside of a state, then the state can properly punish failures to uphold required standards.And if the company wants to shut down or exit, the state can attempt to take over the assets and force desired outcomes in various ways.

Toxoplasma gondii infection can lead to a variety of neuropsychiatric conditions.

I remember watching this movie with my mom when I was 10.

Too late! I already watched it (in 1902).

There's a difference:
- In the case of a remote test, those who fail are not out the cost of travel and accommodation.
- In the case of an in-person test, those who fail are out the cost of travel and accommodation.

Thanks for sharing!

Ironically, the industry trend of doing SaaS has pushed the need for customer support way up, compared with the traditional model of selling a finished product once and issuing refunds or replacements in rare cases.