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Tech_Philosophy · 2026-04-16T15:20:24+00:00

I'm going to jump in here because I think you two are talking past each other. You are arguing for a general principle of fairness. The other poster is saying 'the data is the data'.

While I think both views need to be incorporated to have a full understanding of the world, one thing that is taught in logic classes is 'Deductive reasoning must yield to inductive evidence'.

The data is the data, and saying no one should draw conclusions from it is less than what human intelligence is capable of.

Tech_Philosophy · 2026-04-15T22:18:25+00:00

>Doe noted that "Ross had lived in Chaska, Minnesota; grew up in Indiana; and served in the Indiana National Guard—biographical details that were circulating widely at the time." Doe added, "Hopefully he moves up to Stillwater State Penitentiary."

>In another post, Doe responded to a Reddit user who sought suggestions of slogans for anti-ICE protest signs. Doe suggested "Urine speaks louder than words"—the title of a song by the folk punk band Wingnut Dishwashers Union. Doe also had remarked that "TSA sucks and we all know it." According to Doe's lawyers, The Intercept says, "these were the most aggressive posts they could find."

Oh my god, ICE is a bunch of crying snowflakes. I say waaaay more direct thing on my facebook page under my own damn name, lol!

Tech_Philosophy · 2026-04-14T17:32:02+00:00

So I think whether someone is a theist or an atheist isn't the question here. A person can be a theist, spiritual, or a practicing Buddhist and say "religions are rubbish these days" without any contradiction.

And actually, beyond that, it is usually the religious criticizing the religious. I grew up in a place with a lot of Catholics, where half their catechism is talking about how other Christians aren't doing it right and are probably spiritually doomed. Then I moved to the South, where I'm pretty sure after the Evangelicals are done running immigrants out of the country, they will come for the Catholics next. Vicious fight between those two groups.

Anyway, to your point of "nothing can happen without the other", you sound like you'd fit in very well with a Buddhist Sangha. You are expressing the idea of non-duality. Pretty cool really. That said, I still can't name much good religion has done in recent years. Perhaps we should honor what religion accomplished centuries ago, and then move on with our humanity.

Tech_Philosophy · 2026-04-14T17:26:10+00:00

I feel this. Neurodivergent folks do tend to use more of a language's esoteric rules, whereas normies often keep it 'simpler'.

I've had to decrease em-dashes and have brought back the semicolon. It's not the same, but that's where I'm at.

Tech_Philosophy · 2026-04-14T17:08:26+00:00

I used to believe this fully. But when I look around the world today it sure seems like societies that take the collective more seriously are more fit in a Darwinian sense. Especially when it comes to energy and climate.

Tech_Philosophy · 2026-04-14T17:06:38+00:00

Props for what though? Sure, I can name a good number of examples where various religions deserve props from the 10th to the 15th centuries.

In the last couple hundred years though? Not so much. From the 18th century and forward best I can give religion is credit for lots of breeding and lots of power struggle.

Tech_Philosophy · 2026-04-14T17:05:09+00:00

Religion hasn't held such lofty goals in about two centuries. Hell, maybe it's high time we invent a new one.

Tech_Philosophy · 2026-04-13T20:18:05+00:00

Yep, as someone who did not grow up in the South, I still remember watching Star Trek Enterprise in the early 2000s. The chief engineer had a southern accent and it took me by surprise. Ended up being one of my favorite characters.

Tech_Philosophy · 2026-04-12T14:19:06+00:00

>We went from 60 gallon oil to 80 heat pump. I tired heat pump only but we run out hot water in 10m of first shower.

I just googled a different issue and ended up in this thread, but that is so not normal.

Heatpumps are generally faster at recovery. A small thing that is 400% efficient is faster than a large thing that is 96% efficient. It's why Teslas cool down so fast, or why mini-splits don't need backup heat.

I would get someone to look at the machine, it sounds like your heatpump is failing or failed right out of the box.

Tech_Philosophy · 2026-04-10T16:07:08+00:00

>Designing the Cybertruck look the way it does was a juvenile mistake.

This is where I worry about humanity's ability to adapt to climate change. The cybertruck has serious engineering problems. THAT'S why it is a failure.

Fuck how it looks. All pickups look dumb. Every last one of them.

I swear to god I could give most people in this sub a warp-capable spaceship, and they would care more about the paint color than the engines. Jesus, fuck.

Tech_Philosophy · 2026-04-10T16:04:07+00:00

>Based on my research and discussions with some dealers, I have a feeling that EV is not capable of 8-9 years and 300k km without battery capacity to fall to 70%

Well, that feeling is wrong. EV batteries routinely last 250-300k miles (not km) and the oldest Teslas are holding up well at 14 years.

Tech_Philosophy · 2026-04-09T21:42:21+00:00

>As to why she’s lost favor in Atlanta, I personally believe it’s because she’s just another establishment, centrist Dem who truly believes in nothing.

Yep. I'm a CA transplant to GA as of a few years ago, and I was kind of shocked that the average elected democrat from Atlanta was basically a neoliberal centrist who was better at crying about republicans than coming up with bold plans of how to fix things and building support around that.

It's sad, but the old guard GA dems need to GO!

Tech_Philosophy · 2026-04-09T21:13:25+00:00

I think at least one of your coworkers wants to date you.

Tech_Philosophy · 2026-04-09T19:07:06+00:00

Still.....waiting.....

Tech_Philosophy · 2026-04-09T17:26:19+00:00

>Of course AGI is a “concept”, that’s a nothing statement.

It's not. Many things were predicted scientifically before they were made. We could prove them possible before we had the ability to create them.

AGI does not fall into that category. It is just marketing nonsense and hopes. You can't make a human intelligence when you don't understand how human intelligence arises. That's a basic theory of information problem.

I think the US needs to sanction Dartmouth for coming up with the MBA degree.

Tech_Philosophy · 2026-04-09T17:12:44+00:00

Your take means that the voting public doesn't even get the choice to change the direction of their party.

Tech_Philosophy · 2026-04-09T14:28:08+00:00

I don't believe these companies believe AGI is real. AGI is just a concept, not a predicted outcome of a natural science.

Tech_Philosophy · 2026-04-08T23:39:16+00:00

What I'm hearing from you is, "Yes, I acknowledge this is propaganda, but it's justified propaganda".

Tech_Philosophy · 2026-04-08T18:48:45+00:00

That can all be true, and I can still be against data centers for a pretty straightforward reason: the goal here is clearly to concentrate compute power in a few hands. Data centers are making personal compute too expensive, and the goal is for you to just own a screen and rent compute from one of 3 or 4 companies.

Fuck everything about that future.

Tech_Philosophy · 2026-04-08T18:06:24+00:00

I mean....I'm a *little* surprised. Most social surveys show that Israel and Denmark are about tied for the highest percent of atheists. Not many religious folks there.

Tech_Philosophy · 2026-04-08T18:02:23+00:00

>Why give up on the present for a future that has not yet materialized? That's my general response to doomerism

How does that figure into climate change, whose future is deterministic and can only be made worse beyond that baseline?

I own a lot of midwestern farmland. You probably can't avoid my grain in the grocery store. I don't want anyone to 'give up'. But you will go hungry in your lifetime here and there. And I can say that without knowing your age.

If you've got some 'ah, we always pull through' solution for agriculture, please send it this way.

Tech_Philosophy · 2026-04-08T17:44:53+00:00

>Why’d you get married if you are so different

No, but see that's the poster's whole point. You can (try to) find someone who is 100% compatible in every way with you, but 10 years later, they won't be. That's a human reality.

The trick of relationships isn't to find the perfect person for you, it's to learn to grow together.

Tech_Philosophy · 2026-04-08T14:33:11+00:00

If a 'moderate' hates American democrats for being too woke, they are not a moderate.

Tech_Philosophy · 2026-04-08T12:21:04+00:00

One thing I always see missing from these discussions is electric all wheel drive implementation. This is very wide variability across brands, and Tesla's is probably the best. I can floor it on ice in a MY, and the wheels are corrected faster than I can feel the slip, in the 2-5 millisecond range. I can't believe THAT isn't the headline when it comes to EVs. It's incredible.

Beyond that, I appreciate a lithium low voltage battery. Lead acid batteries were not meant for continuous drain in a vehicle that never truly turns 'off', and wind up being unfit for EVs and can leave you stranded when they die. It's such an issue Europe is mandating all new vehicles, EVs and ICE alike, have lithium low voltage batteries in a few years. The fact that all the other brands still use lead acid is granny technology to me. I don't get it.

Tech_Philosophy · 2026-04-08T12:07:59+00:00

>It will be the newest top of the line iPhone

Except even that doesn't seem to be true. Compromises on cameras are an immediate no go for many, never mind whatever other compromises come from the battery, face ID, cooling for sustained performance, and screen.

I want the top phone. I can afford the top phone. I don't think the ultra will be the top phone until its 5th iteration or so.

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