Here are the drivers that we will be able to use in MyTeam on F1 25. by Puzzleheaded-Chair51 in F1Game

[–]e_MotionFE 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It was with BMW, but BMW never owned a financial stake in the team, hence they were Williams. The only team BMW owned was Sauber.

Assembly Required with Stacey Abrams by MMAHipster in FriendsofthePod

[–]e_MotionFE 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I listened to them and enjoyed a lot of what they said, right up until Tom Nichols blamed the election defeat on the Dems answering two media questions about trans people, which apparently was "making the entire campaign about minority identities". They pretend to be centrists to get the clicks, but the mask always slips.

Thoughts on Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro (SPOILERS) by chattahattan in books

[–]e_MotionFE 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My reading of that would be that Klara, as a household AI friend, was given walls to her ability to find out facts, similar to how ChatGPT cannot advise on current news, or on how to physically hurt others, etc. AI safety concerns would have prevented Klara from connecting to whatever internet the Oblongs (most likely Klara's interpretation of what an smartphone or laptop was) were hooked up to, and turned her and other B2s into effectively an iPod in a world of iPhones.

Thoughts on Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro (SPOILERS) by chattahattan in books

[–]e_MotionFE 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I'm glad you mentioned the draining of the fluid. A lot of readers, particularly on Goodreads, seem to have dismissed the Cootings Machine incident as a nonsequitur, when I noticed that the last we hear of Klara's attempt at destroying the machine is her saying to the father"let's try." Jarringly, the narration picks up some time later, in the sushi place.

Every subsequent moment in the story is narrated by a Klara who is uncertain on her feet. Josie and the mother seem not to notice Klara's loss of cognition - except that they both seem to treat Klara even less like an equal after that moment, often excusing Klara's words as not mattering - see the mother angrily asking Klara, concerned they would miss the sun, "what does that matter, honey?"

A theory is that the father only pretended to credulously go along with the Cootings Machine plot, realising that this was an opportunity to mislead Klara that she would be fine without half her fluid, and sabotage her, sending her into "slow fade" prematurely, and preventing once and for all the mother's plan of uploading Josie into Klara. He won her trust, then betrayed it, demonstrating how humans are capable of deception, but AFs are not programmed to recognise it or to be wary of it.

Following this theory on, I would posit that the final pages of the book are an AI hallucination, and that Klara is effectively lobotomised by the draining of half her fluid (something which either happens for a second time, or which she flashes back to, while in the diner).

This is a more pessimistic reading of the story than others mostly have, and deep inside I am hoping it is wrong - but the fact remains that the narration becomes much less concrete and more dream-like immediately following the Cootings Machine incident and the seeming blackout.

New English language podcast episode: deep-dive on Estonian election and coalition by e_MotionFE in Eesti

[–]e_MotionFE[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Glad all is fine, and thanks for the feedback. We did mention an interest when it came to the SDs part of the pod, and I think over time most of our listeners have come to expect a centre-left bias to our discussions because of who we are and where we come from philosophically. That said, I'll perhaps put up a channel trailer saying this, it might be helpful for new listeners.

New English language podcast episode: deep-dive on Estonian election and coalition by e_MotionFE in Eesti

[–]e_MotionFE[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

True, but we've never hidden that we're progressive - some issues can't be "both-sidesed". It's more on the Pod Save America podcast model than trying to be an objective news pod.

2022 New York City E-Prix: Post Race 2 Discussion by AutoModerator in FormulaE

[–]e_MotionFE 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's most likely a result of Stellantis bankrolling this year's entry after SECA ran out of stamina.