turmacar

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[–] turmacar 18 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Sure.

GPT4 is not that. Neither will GPT5 be that. They are language models that marketing is calling AI. They have a very specific use case, and it's not something that can replace any work/workers that requires any level of traceability or accountability. It's just "the thing the machine said".

Marketing latched onto "AI" because blockchain and cloud and algorithmic had gotten stale and media and CEOs went nuts. Samsung is now producing an "AI" vacuum that adjusts suction between hardwood and carpet. That's not new technology. That's not even a new way of doing that technology. It's just jumping on the bandwagon.

[–] turmacar 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Well now I'm retroactively annoyed they didn't use it in the Mad Max game a few years ago. It was still really fun but that would've been a great addition.

[–] turmacar 5 points 7 months ago

Who fuckin' knows, which is the problem.

SCOTUS reaffirmed a few years ago that limits can be put on what private citizens can own, to the disappointment of the "arms means 'arms'" crowd. But that was before this whole fun angle of "justify it historically" was added.

[–] turmacar 25 points 7 months ago

Residential =/= short term rental

AirBnB and equivalents are usually a better deal for landlords. The property is vacant a majority of the time, meaning less maintenance or chance of damage. The rates are significantly higher, a booked weekend or two can exceed a month's rent. You/your management company deal with customers significantly less than renters, it's usually just collecting money and asking for a review.

But this means there's now less housing available in the city, and not in places where it's expected to be. Which other than the very obvious "thing meant for housing is now a hotel", screws up a ton of public funding/planning because there's not people living there, it's just the occasional vacationer.

Like anything, if there was only one or two people doing it it would just be annoying. But it's being done on an industrial scale. So cities are banning it unless the property owners get explicit permission, which they may deny.

[–] turmacar 9 points 7 months ago

I know what you're talking about, but got an image of Harrison Ford being absolutely pampered in China. Which in fairness would probably happen.

[–] turmacar 8 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

The mental fitness question isn't because of his view that we're already in a Mad Max hellscape only he can lead the true believers out of.

The mental fitness question is because he sounds like he's having a stroke anytime he has to string together more than 2 sentences.

[–] turmacar 1 points 7 months ago

As someone who loves it, It's less a game and more a story generator. Until the company was hired to do the nicer graphics and interface for the Steam version it was a math PhD and his brother programming it as a work-in-progress complete fantasy world simulator. It still is but now it's prettier. It feels very comfortable to call it the most complex game on Steam. Rimworld and Minecraft among others took direct inspiration from it, he's been working on it awhile.

Famous patch notes include fixing cats dying from alcohol poisoning because they walked through a puddle of beer before cleaning themselves, egg yolk and egg white having different fluid densities, and nerfing mer-people farming because that's just disturbing.

[–] turmacar 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Would be interested in seeing/reading more about it, don't have/want the subscription to read the white paper. Just seems like it could be somewhat like mirrors where it's important for the glass to be liquid at one point so there's no distortions and a strong bond but then once it's constructed it just sits there.

[–] turmacar 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

And before that there were several decades of massive incentive to develop smaller more powerful ICE engines.

Lithium probably has some room to grow, but it also has a lot of problems like volatility and materials sourcing. EV manufacturers have been searching for ways to make better/cheaper/denser batteries, not better/cheaper/denser lithium batteries. They've been actively searching for alternatives.

[–] turmacar 7 points 7 months ago (2 children)

It does say "during assembly [...] to form a solid current collector while maintaining a liquid-like contact with the electrolyte".

After it's made it could be not under pressure at all.

[–] turmacar 4 points 7 months ago

Mostly outdated, but not "throw coins in aircraft engines" crazy. It's at least based on good advice, just a bit cargo-cult-y.

[–] turmacar 12 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Batteries it depends on the chemistry.

NiCad/NiMH and some other older battery tech it can prolong shelflife, especially if you're in a hot/humid climate. Lithium batteries it doesn't really do anything.

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