Saw a drone video on Dennis Davydovs (former Ukrainian commercial aviation pilot, now posting war correspondence and analysis videos multiple times per day, mostly about the Russian-Ukrainian war but also geopolitics and the US/Israel-Iran conflict) Youtube channel this morning where this clearly happened in so far that the target mode was set to auto, visible on screen, the soldier was targeted and the drone was clearly steering (using AI) towards the target until the footage stopped, presumably because the drone exploded.

First time I saw what I'd consider irrefutable evidence, published publicly. So, yes, it's real.

What are you talking about? Buying a phone without leaving personal details is possible at any electronics/computer/phone store in the Netherlands (country in Europe I live in). And pre-paid sim cards you can buy with cash in the supermarket.

Does this mean if an AI ingests any GPL related code - at all, and we can somehow prove it, that all code generated by it MUST be licensed GPL? Afaik, any use of (non-L)GPL code in your project requires you to open the code you add to it as GPL as well. The logical conclusion would be that any AI ingesting a piece of GPL code and generating (vibing or otherwise) code (without providing proper references so you can prove no contamination), means that code MUST be GPL'd when products of that code are publicly distributed. This might become a win for OSS instead of a lose, at least for these 'restrictive' OSS licenses.

Sure, keep believing that. The world will move on.

Many people don't realize climate change isn't just about hotter weather. Climate change means more energy in Earth's atmosphere. That does cause hot weather in places but also more water evaporation, more storm energy (tornadoes and cyclones), more precipitation, more melting ice in Greenland which is not compensated by the extra snowfall, which causes less salty water to form on the surface of the Nordic sea maybe one day weakening or blocking the Atlantic gulf-stream which could then drop median European temperatures on the entire continent by 10 C (about 18 F?)..
Doesn't matter if its man made or not, climate change is messy and we're not prepared.

In the late middle ages, the area that's now the Netherlands (at least, the dry parts) was recognized for its wine. We are making a comeback ;)

I've generally preferred to pay people a salary, when reasonable to do so.

I hire(d) people (I still employ some people directly) to do a job. So long as the job was done properly, I'm not a big stickler when it comes to spending time at work. If the job can be done in 4 days, so be it. My concern is that the work is done on time and properly. It's also not important to me how they did the work, so long as it was done right.

I'm all for a 4 hour work week, so long as their wages match what they'd make for a 40 hour work week. Yes, minimum wage is too low. Then again, I'd never consider paying someone the least amount I could pay them by law. That's just a kick in the proverbial nuts and pretty damned degrading. "I'd pay you less, but the law won't allow it."

My house was built before CAT6 came out. It should be easy to upgrade as everything runs through in-wall conduit. I figured I'd do that for future-proofing.

I've not really seen a need to upgrade. It works well enough and there are jacks in most rooms. I also don't have the bandwidth to make it matter much, though fiber will be here before too long. Upgrading then may matter. (Fiber wasn't going to come up my road, but I contacted the company and a couple of neighbors and I will pay for the fiber to be run.)

Cat5e should still be fine. I'm not going to bother paying for full GB service, as I don't need that much bandwidth. I'll be fine with half of that and CAT5e should be viable.

This is about the 'inadequate' comment you made.

I could see it being inadequate for some people. As for me, it's still holding up and still fit for purpose. I've lived in a bandwidth-impoverished area for going on two decades. So, my needs, perhaps better said expectations, are different. I don't even see a reason to go full boar on the GB speeds. As I am technically a business, they say I can request even higher speeds. I'm simply not interested in that.

Then again... We'll see how I feel after a few months. I may end up wanting to splurge and increase my speeds. It could happen.

You'd think so, but you won't feel a thing. You won't have to adjust your diet because you'll naturally lose weight. Then, well, you won't even suffer a headache, a toothache, a stubbed toe, or any of those other painful things.

Hmm... This needs a pithy statement that can be summed up enough to fit on a bumper sticker.

I dunno... I'm a doctor and if you're dead then you're in perfect health. You no longer have any ailments of any kind. You're not going to catch any diseases.

Just to be clear, I'm not a medical doctor. I don't even play a medical doctor on TV. But, I am a doctor - though I don't tend to use the honorary, for a variety of reasons.

As mentioned elsewhere, per 100,000 cars, ICE powered vehicles catch fire more often than EVs.

This may be of interest, so I'll share it...

https://core.verisk.com/Insigh...

This doesn't mean that EV fires aren't important, it's just that they seem to happen less often (per 100,000 cars) than ICE-powered vehicles. There are other citations, some newer, but I just grabbed the first one from Google.

EV fires still suck to get under control, especially for small volunteer fire departments without a lot of money to upgrade what they have. EV fires still release some pretty awful stuff - but so don't ICE-powered vehicles.

For better or worse, Nissan's are often sold (here in the US) to people with poor credit. No, I do not know all the details. I suspect Google knows, but that's the perception. The end result of this is that they're often in horrible condition and driven by drivers who did not care.

And no, it's not a 'classist' thing. I'm sure there's some confirmation bias but they're frequently in horrible condition, to the point of being unsafe. Then, of course, there are the drivers who have less care about their driving habits. Again, that could be some confirmation bias going on, but that's generally why there's a negative view here in the US.

One of my favorite vehicles was a pickup truck that I owned a long time ago. It was just called 'Nissan'. The side helpfully said, 'Pickup'. It was just 2WD but went anywhere I asked of it. The inline 6 cyl engine was amazingly reliable. The body was less reliable and rust was the eventual killer of the truck - but it was already in poor condition when I bought it.

I'm reminded of Archaeology grad students. I'm convinced they get the worst treatment.

They are quite literally started off by shoveling dirt. Well, that's if they don't start by sifting dirt, but that's usually a volunteer task on a popular dig site.

Over their scholastic career, they'll shovel literal tons of dirt. They'll do more of that after they graduate but at least they have grad students to work down to the good stuff.

Couple this with the goal of bringing manufacturing back to the US.

Yeah... Outsourcing the pollution is a good thing for us. I mean, it sucks for them but it's good for us.