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NeatNit

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  • What's with those people?

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  • I agree with you. The thing is, the overriding principle (and law) of driving is to be cautious. By my interpretation, all other laws can be bent if bending them is safer than strictly adhering to them. Hence my previous comment.

  • What's with those people?

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  • Depending on the road, this might be reasonable.

    The right lane is often used for exiting or merging, so being in the middle lane is safer and allows others to use the right lane for this purpose more easily.

    Frequently switching between right and middle lane because of the occasional slower/merging car only increases the chances of a collision, because switching lanes is more complicated than staying in one lane.

    Staying in one lane all throughout the drive reduces cognitive load for the driver. This means they're less distracted and can respond better to surprises or emergencies. (I'm assuming they're not distracted by something else like using their phone, that's a whole other topic)

    In urban areas, the right lane is closer to parked cars, cyclists and pedestrians, making it inherently more dangerous to drive in.

    So yeah, if the right lane is completely empty of cars and it's not an urban area, they should use it. Otherwise, middle lane is probably the best choice.

  • What are some of the worst code you have seen in a production environment?

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  • I wasted all my generational luck for this

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  • I wanted to downvote you for failing to pick up on the sarcasm, but then you went and did all that math that I was too lazy to do and I ended up upvoting you instead. Damn you!

  • I wasted all my generational luck for this

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  • Either this is faked for the meme or something is very very wrong.

  • Switzerland government release full FOSS LLM under Apache 2.0, argue for AI as Public Utility

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  • Thanks... I have downvoted my own comment in shame. Godspeed!

  • What's an unscientific opinion that you firmly hold?

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  • There's no probabilities involved. The machine predicts the future perfectly.

  • What's an unscientific opinion that you firmly hold?

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  • The lever is designed in such a way that it can only be operated by pulling.

  • What's an unscientific opinion that you firmly hold?

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  • Yup, that's the premise. It's just an annoying thought experiment. Your actions physically can't change the past, but somehow they still do, because the past was decided based on a perfect prediction of your actions. I was just playing devil's advocate. I agree with your answer 100%.

    "Now" is the moment where you decide whether to pull the lever. As is conventional in trolley problems, this moment can last anywhere from 2 seconds to hundreds of years :)

  • Switzerland government release full FOSS LLM under Apache 2.0, argue for AI as Public Utility

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  • Obligatory nitpick: open weights ≠ open source. For it to be open source, they need to release the training data as well as all the parameters they used in training it.

  • What's an unscientific opinion that you firmly hold?

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  • Alas, it is a perfect simulation of our universe with perfect knowledge. Machine learning was not used in the construction of this machine. It can't technically see the future, but it can predict anything perfectly except quantum phenomena. It has been demonstrated in countless trials that it can accurately predict human choices and decisions.

  • What's an unscientific opinion that you firmly hold?

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  • Correct, IMO. But right now, before you make the decision.... The machine has already made its prediction. The track either has people on it, or it doesn't. Changing your mind now will not change that. If you are so sure of that decision, then the machine must have put no people on Track B. So now if you do pull the lever, no one gets killed! So why don't you?

  • What's an unscientific opinion that you firmly hold?

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  • Reminds me of a trolley problem variant I saw once. It went roughly like this:

    A trolley is headed for Track A, where a single person is tied to the tracks. You can pull a lever and cause the trolley to switch to Track B, which enters a tunnel that you cannot see inside. Track B might have 3 people tied to the tracks, or it might be free of people. You can't see which.

    Two hours ago, a perfect prediction machine inside the tunnel predicted whether you would pull the lever.

    • If it predicted that you would pull the lever (sending the trolley into the tunnel), then it tied 3 people to Track B, thus setting it up so pulling the lever would kill 3 people.
    • If it predicted that you would not pull the lever, then it ensured Track B is free of obstacles.

    The perfect prediction machine is guaranteed to have made the correct prediction. Do you pull the lever?

  • What's an unscientific opinion that you firmly hold?

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  • Sheeple

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  • it's a spectrum

  • Modern problems require modern solutions

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  • If a fake laptop isn't fake running Linux I don't want it in my home.

  • Mastodon CEO steps down with €1M payout and a deep sigh

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  • According to https://joinmastodon.org/about :

    Mastodon gGmbH is a non-profit from Germany that develops the Mastodon software.

    [...]

    Mastodon, Inc. is a non-profit entity in the United States that supports the growth and operational capabilities of Mastodon, including being able to receive tax-deductible U.S. donations and in-kind support.

    Doesn't seem like it was a move, just a different entity. Seems like there's a bit more history to this if you want to look it up, for example the German GmbH lost its nonprofit status in 2024, strangely.

  • Trolley rebase

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  • Brilliant

  • Trolley rebase

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  • YourJokeButWorse