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Comment Re:Huh (Score 4, Insightful) 162

It's even more basic than that.

I live by one simple rule of morality: Do unto others as you have them do unto you

It's the "Golden Rule" that I believe appears in the bible in a few places. And as a strict anti-theist atheist, I'll give that book this one point. It's the simplest source of morality. If I don't want someone to do something to me, I won't do it to them. Boom. Done. All other rules/laws/etc can be distilled down to this one. I don't need a "god" to enforce morality. I have my own sense of existence and wellbeing to protect, and by correlation if I have that sense, everyone else will most likely have that sense, or at least should.

Comment This makes no sense (Score 1) 97

The convenience of a smart phone is that it's many devices in one, and part of that is the connectivity to the rest of the world. You can take pictures with a reasonably high resolution camera, and immediately share them with your friends and family, or post to social media. In orbit (and beyond), you aren't going to have that instant global network access, nor do I assume astronauts are going to be itching to share pictures of their food on Spacebook. I would think a dedicated camera, that has its battery tech and other electronics vetted for extra-atmospheric conditions, would be a far better choice.

Comment Re:How much longer would it have taken? (Score 2) 66

My fear is that we are in a sort of interstitial bubble with this stuff. Right now, we have smart people who can possibly use these tools to save some time. As you say, take 15 minutes to generate and spend an hour correcting errors, vs taking 3 hours to do the thing by hand.

But what happens a few years from now when people who have the ability to spot those errors are "left behind" and there isn't anyone left to realize what the thing gave you is slop? I keep seeing it over and over where people are just turning their thinking over to these LLMs which are demonstrably incapable of actual "thinking". Then the slop will just perpetuate until the model fully collapses. Then what do we do?

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Comment Re:I would tend to theorize standing tall (Score 1) 170

This is trainable though. Humans, naturally, have a balance of slow twitch and fast twitch muscle fibers. While to some degree this is genetic, sprinters and weight lifters don't have a higher percentage of fast twitch simply from nature, rather they train those energy systems to perform the way they want. And again, within limits of genetics, almost anyone who is a typical fast-twitch person can retrain their bodies to have a higher slow twitch balance. And vice versa. Look at a guy like Ryan Hall, who was a top level marathoner who retired from marathons, and started lifting weights. Suddenly a guy who was able to run under 2:05 for a marathon is now bulked up and picking up big weights.

Comment Re:Humans are good at this... (Score 1) 636

If I rode in a city I wouldn't ride these tires. I don't ride in cities. I ride in the country. The roads are generally clean out there.

Almost every person I have stopped to help with a flat bike tire tells me they didn't check their pressure before they rode, or some such lack of maintenance. It's fine if you don't believe me but it's still the truth. Maintain your stuff and it will work as expected.

And since you insist on throwing a derogatory (if stupid) term at me like "shellhead", instead of keeping this conversation civil, I am done.

Comment Re:Humans are good at this... (Score 1) 636

I think you need to read up a bit on your tire technology.

I ride 25mm Continental GP400SIIs on my road bike. I think I can remember maybe 2 flats in tens of thousands of road miles on them, both times when I went over a thorn or something impossible to see. On my race bike I run 25mm Continental GPTTs which are certainly considered a bit fragile, with latex tubes, I have never had a flat on them in hundreds of race miles. All run 80-90psi

Road bike tires are just fine for the typical road and when well maintained will take quite a bit of effort to flat.

Comment Re:The roads were for bikes first (Score 1) 636

In the US a driver's license only proves you know the meaning of a handful of signs and you showed a guy who doesn't care all that much about his job that you know how to turn a steering wheel, and push a gas and brake pedal. Sometimes they might ask you to prove you can put your car in a parking spot correctly.

It does NOT in any way prove you know how to actually drive a car. Most people do not know how to drive their cars, and it is painfully evident every day I drive around with people breaking the most basic of rules like keeping right except to pass, or properly navigating a double turn lane.

It becomes even more obvious when road conditions become less than ideal. A little bit of rain and everyone is driving even worse than usual. How many people really know how to handle their cars when conditions become slippery? What to do in a slide, or spin and how to recover? They don't teach that stuff and knowing it isn't required for obtaining a license to drive.

Let's also forget about that other strawman that seems to be floating around - that of the cyclist that doesn't own a car at all. Sure in the cities that might be a case but out in areas where you see recreational cyclists, you can guarantee those people also have cars, pay taxes, buy gas, etc.

Comment Re:Humans are good at this... (Score 1) 636

What ARE you talking about? I spend a significant amount of time, like 99.99% of my road riding time, looking where I am supposed to be going and holding my safe line. I am not terribly worried about anything flattening my tires as I maintain my tires just fine and they can handle a bit of debris. And most roads are perfectly clean enough to ride on without me worrying about it.

Most roads don't need bike lanes, at least out in the country where I ride.

I don't know who you are talking about, but that person isn't me.

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