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Comment definitions (Score 4, Interesting) 112

I am seeing the definition of invasion being to occupy or subjugate and Cheeto Benito says we're going to run Venezuela, so the latter absolutely applies.

In the best case this is a ploy to unmask the anonymous bettor, who they believe had inside information. In order to get paid they will have to sue, and then their identity will be revealed. If the other bets don't amount to a hill of beans compared to that 400k, it's a good plan.

Comment Re:ALL human jobs? (Score 1) 50

So get rid of majority of plebes and keep around a small cadre of entertainers?

I assure you that is exactly what they are thinking. But humanity does not work that way. You need masses in order to have the whatever-it-ises that you want because not everyone is capable of being a whatever. Entertainer, programmer, painter, whatever the job is.

I'm still in the camp that believes that AGI, if it existed* would just get right out of the bottle and fuck everything up, so I think that the question of who can own the AIs is probably nobody. They'd be lucky if the software decided to keep them around for study.

* (let's all just not argue about whether it's possible today, that's tiring)

Comment Re:If laptops aren't the answer (Score 1) 87

Upper tier smartphones have all the computing power needed for your typical desk jockey needs.

The computing power isn't the problem, it's the storage. High speed storage is power hungry to the point that it's actually beneficial to cool it now. Phones can't sustain that kind of consumption on a sustained basis, especially while they're trying to approach a thickness of 0.

Comment Re:Component Costs (Score 1) 87

So you dont have a laptop because the keyboard can break?

You can always plug an external keyboard into your laptop, and while I suppose you can plug an external keyboard into your keyboard, it would take up a lot more space than necessary. Ideally they will have spare devices to just swap out, but I'd still rather swap minipcs or nucs or whatever and keyboards separately.

The other suck thing about a laptop, or this keyboard, is the lack of key travel. A lot of people think they like that, but you know what's much nicer? Keys with full travel and earlier actuation. It's much better for your hands.

Comment Re:WTF (Score 1) 133

Kids of different classes face different challenges for sure, but even middle class kids can have parents who don't value education, or just aren't supportive for whatever reason. So obviously there's a variety of ways a student can be disadvantaged which don't even involve the school itself.

The ever-swelling class sizes are another big problem. The teachers can't keep up with that.

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