Isn’t retirement a fairly modern idea? Didn’t people in relatively recent times (say, 100 years ago) just work till they died or lived off the alms of their relatives? We got an economic boom for the boomers which allowed pensions as an invention and they used it heavily, but now the economic situation is completely different so the new generation does not stand to have the same retirement luxury.
I am by no means a historical or economic expert so I may be completely wrong.
I think there would be a whole lot of excitement, possibly a lot of religious turmoil.
I’d recommend the movie “Contact” which explores this exact scenario :)
What do you mean “meet”? The way we would reach contact is by radio signals at first, not by actual physical visits. So at first we would only be communicating with probably a very long light delay as they’d be very far away. Realistically speaking neither would be able to visit the other in any feasible way, unless they have technology that is far, far beyond what we can imagine right now. Interstellar travel is very hard.
Personally think it’s just really not the software’s job to handle this or have an opinion on this - it’s rather up to the instance admins to decide.
I suppose if you have an instance wide policy against AI moderation, then any mod using AI for moderation is going against the rules. But what anyone “should” do on their own instance is really up to them.
They don’t need to federate even, they’re probably already scraping everything.
Interesting analogy. The future is hard to predict. Hopefully things turn out better than this prediction.
Interesting, chat about what? I’m in Denmark and it’s rare that anyone says anything to someone they don’t know in a shop, unless it’s the customary “hi” to the cashier. Where are you where this is more normal?
in checkout lines
I dunno, is this a good venue? People are there to shop, not to socialise. Most people will likely want to get on with their business and get back home.
Would this mean it’s a bad idea to give kids sunglasses?
Well if that is actually the causing effect, yes. I checked the paper and they do actually mention light brightness as a potential cause, as well as the other things but they have nothing on what actually causes the problem for real.
But I mean, clearly we aren’t naturally meant to need sunglasses so in a way I’d say yea, don’t give your kids sunglasses.
A third idea is that sunlight is much, much brighter than most indoor artificial light, and the lack of this very bright light causes some sort of problem for the developing eye. Maybe the brightness of the sun is a sort of “calibration” method for the eye and when it doesn’t get that really bright sunlight, the development of the eye goes out of whack.
So is it vitamin D, or far-away views or bright sunlight? I’ve heard all these theories before but I’m not sure which is it. Does the meta analysis say anything about which effect is most likely the cause? I mean could we “fix” this by going outside to view things far away, or should we just take vitamin D supplements, or should we have much brighter indoor lighting? I’d love to know.
I’m… Very confused. Why does this guy think he can affect something about the Hagia Sophia in Turkey?
I don’t get it, why are they worried about people making firearms using a 3D printer? I might be wrong, but isn’t it fairly easy to acquire a real firearm in the US? So why would anyone use a 3D printed one?
15 was minimum for me too (I’m in Denmark) a few days ago, but now it’s 0. They’re probably rolling out gradually, just check again in a few days and make sure the app is updated.
I had 15 mins at the lowest setting a few days ago too. Now it’s 0. I think it’s rolling out gradually, just check it again in a week or so.
Keep in mind this book is really long - I believe it’s something to do with authors being paid by the page in the US? But anyways, it’s very detailed but that may not be a bad thing. I don’t have any other suggestions.
Good on you for stepping up! Hope it encourages others to volunteer for the communities they care about :)
But in any forseeable timeline
500 years was just a number I threw out there as “clearly beyond any forseeable time”. It could be 200 years, 1000 years, maybe never. Point is just that it’s completely wrong to think that we just need to land on the moon or on Mars and then we’re an “interplanetary species” and if Earth goes, we have a backup plan.
A moon base could not be truly self sustaining for a long, long time, of ever. Probably never, definitely not within say 500 years.
So if Earth goes, the moon base is definitely gone too. There is no saving humanity without saving Earth.
So is air cooling actually feasible but we don’t do it cause it would make data centers look like nuclear reactors? Or is it just not feasible?