Even so, law enforcement would also have access to the cellular records of countless individuals, the vast majority of whom were merely passing by a location at the 'wrong' time

What if, instead of asking: "Give us the list of everybody using this tower during this period", police asked for something narrower, like: "Give us the list of everybody using this tower during this period, and this other tower at this other period" (which is, what police would've done themselves)? What would make the request palatable to the Court — and Slashdot?

Enough AND-clauses until the resulting list is shorter than a certain number? 500? 50? 5? What if it becomes so short, the phone company employee(s) themselves can identify the suspect(s)?

I can't place a Polymarket bet on there being a hurricane and then go out and cause a hurricane.

Admitting your weakness is the first step towards growing strong!

Seriously, though, I do acknowledge this as a (potentially) valid concern in my next paragraph. But there are lots of other cases, where the bettor either has insider knowledge prior to betting, or can affect the outcome afterwards — both legally and otherwise. Lawmakers betting on financial markets' moves in response to their own legislation is still legal, for example. Other methods exist for the rest of us.

Yet, this proposal is limited sorely to setting wildfires and for the most bullshit reasons of all: "all so the rich and powerful can profit". Hence my contempt...

A lot of it has already switched to Discord.

It shouldn't be hard to include something like that in the training data.

Ignoring whether these agents can have "concepts" or "knowledge," either way it can certainly have the ability to treat a test environment differently than the live internet.

Perhaps the prompt that created the post was "LLM, please tell me all the false myths about COVID in as brief a format as possible"

Good point. I don't entirely understand that dynamic, but it is surely related.

There is certainly not a shortage of crappy candidates for CEO positions.

Of course they considered it, they not only considered it, they told the world. They aren't trying to hide it, it's not nefarious.

The most important difference between Waymo and Tesla isn't the type of cameras.

The most important difference is that Waymo depends on having an extremely detailed 3D map of the area in which it is driving, whereas Tesla tries to YOLO it wherever it goes.

I don't know, maybe you should work on your mental math. I can calculate the square root of 58 squared without blinking an eye.

You're intentionally ignoring the side effects of ivermectin.

I knew someone who died of coronavirus after refusing the vaccine due to all the FUD.

So this disinformation does kill people. I don't know how many, but more than enough.

That's within the normal variance of the traditional flu shot, which ranges in effectiveness from 22% to 56%.

The reason to believe the new one is better is because it 2-3 months to go from strain selection to fully manufactured vaccine, whereas the traditional vaccine method takes about 6 months. It makes it easier to choose the right flu strain.

This is about electing the governor.

It is a statewide election, so gerrymandering is irrelevant.

Same with my Toyota Innova.

I have to tap "Agree" before I can use the car.

After tapping "Agree", it turns on the radio, so I also have to turn that off again. Every time.

I'm not sure what I'm agreeing to, since the terms and conditions aren't listed on the screen.

Offering bets on destructive wildfires threatens to minimize communities' suffering

Totally different from hurricanes, floods, and tsunamis, right?

There's also the heightened risk -- according to state and local fire officials -- that individuals could be tempted to commit arson in order to make sure their bets are successful

This is, actually, a valid concern. I don't think, freedoms — including the freedom to bet one's own money — should be curtailed by such concerns, but it is valid.

Funny, how the authors don't hate the would-be arsonists — nowhere close to their disdain for the "rich and powerful", who might (might not!) profit from the betting...