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Comment Expect the court challenge (Score 1) 329

And one way the plaintiffs may win will be based on the difficulty of calculating the wealth of an individual. And, in calculating that value, you would need to look at their assets, a court may disfavor peeking into private parties' private assets.

Heck, Trump has resisted anyone adding up how much he is really worth. It seems he inflates it for some purposes and minimizes it for others. Isn't that what the NY case was at least partly regarding?

Comment Re: Yes zero emission cows is the way to go (Score 1) 24

Zero emission cars are an accounting trick.
Just like carbon neutral flying. Where I live the local government sells credits for the forests they were already going to have. Companies claim full offset, but it really isnâ(TM)t.
It would be great if more farmers fed their cows diets that produce less methane. That would be a net benefit

Comment Re: Yes (Score 3, Insightful) 91

But should you go to jail for public commentary?
I think not. Off the work truly damaged the function of a building or space, then go ahead and charge the person.
If it is fostering discussion of important issues, I think we can tolerate some spray paint on a wall.

Comment Re:Neo is pretty significant.... (Score 1) 226

I think it will be interesting to see how the 8GB Neo does compared to 8GB Windows laptops. I suspect the way the different OS's use their RAM will make a large difference in the average user experience. With MacOS using memory compression since Mavericks for non-active RAM areas, I suspect MacOS users will have a better experience that Windows 11 users for the same amount of RAM which I don't believe using memory compression. (Ah, good old RAM Doubler)

Comment A dangerous precedent on lack of privilege (Score 2) 79

Destroying attorney client privilege just because some words touch AI is a dangerous concept in an age where AI touches more of our lives. So much of what we do passes through some level of 'AI' whether we ask it to or not. My entering these words is facilitated by the swiping keyboard on my phone. There is processing done to guess what words I want. Does that mean everything I write is now exposed? Sadly, yes.
If this ruling is allowed to stand as precedent, you may be left with scribbling notes on paper as the only way to keep your legal materials privileged.
Well, that or a truly dumb word processor that absolutely cannot connect to the Internet.

Or... An AI is created that is given a status that allows it to preserve attorney client privilege.

Comment Any reports of effects on automobiles? (Score 3, Interesting) 61

I would love to know if this is having much effect on automobiles. Notably on cars with semi autonomous driving.
Do we know how those vehicles are handling this? It seems the later Teslas make good use of their cameras, but what happens when they think they're far from where they really are?

Was it Honda that tried an inertial navigation system?
Could Tesla and others use camera input to override the bad signals?

And do expect systems to use normal broadcast signals to verify position. Hard to coordinate jamming all radio and TV signals.

Comment Re: Huge it ain't (Score 3, Informative) 31

Your perception in the moment may have been skewed by lack of details to measure scale by. Without the commonplace rows of windows and stories it doesnâ(TM)t look that big. However, it is still the ninth largest building in the world by volume. 3.66 million cubic meters Was eighth only a couple years ago. Curse you Gigafactory.

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