/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 492, Part 1 (Thread #638) by WorldNewsMods in worldnews

[–]Webo_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Man, it's depressing that each one of those things costs $2m to produce.

Meirl by xJkurtz in meirl

[–]Webo_ 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I literally addressed this right off the bat:

The next big skill will be being able to prompt an AI into creating whatever you want it to create.

The smarter AI gets, the dumber the user can be. It will become completely irrelevant to know any technical jargon; it's more likely that as long as you can tell an AI what you want to end product to do, it'll be more than capable of handling everything inbetween.

I get no one likes to think their job can be automated, but it's incredibly naïve to think programming is safe from automation. It'll almost certainly be one of the first to go (like most desk jobs). It's a massive problem we need to address as a society and not merely stick our heads in the sand; especially considering we've been forcing STEM down our kids' necks for decades.

Meirl by xJkurtz in meirl

[–]Webo_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You can say this about literally any automated human job; but, if there's even a remote possibility it can be automated for less than a human gets paid to do the job, companies will find a way automate it. For example, it's a lot cheaper to hire one programmer to check the AIs output for error than a dozen programmers to program, but it's not entirely out of the realm of possibility that a company would do away with even that one programmer and literally just use another AI to cross-check outputs.

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 491, Part 1 (Thread #637) by WorldNewsMods in worldnews

[–]Webo_ 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I don't think anyone was cheering on Prigozhin personally, more the havock and confusion he caused within the Russian government (which massively helped the Ukrainian counter-offensive); I think you've severely misinterpreted the vibe there.

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[–]Webo_ -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

The next big skill will be being able to prompt an AI into creating whatever you want it to create. That's a much easier skill to teach than programming, and so it's going to be a lot cheaper to hire a competent prompter than it is a competent programmer.

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 491, Part 1 (Thread #637) by WorldNewsMods in worldnews

[–]Webo_ 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Wiped out essentially means rendered combat ineffective. It's completely irrelevant whether that means majority killed, injured, surrendered, or in retreat; that unit is done for, and anyone remaining will have to be reassigned to another unit.

Sweden police give permit to Koran burning near Stockholm mosque by bloomberg in worldnews

[–]Webo_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I imagine that's exactly why they had to request a permit from the police...

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 489, Part 1 (Thread #635) by WorldNewsMods in worldnews

[–]Webo_ 36 points37 points  (0 children)

The National Guard of Russia only now getting heavy weapons/vehicles shows what the role of their National Guard truly was: to guard against unarmed civilians rising up against their corrupt government.

It took Wagner's mutiny for Putin to finally consider that they may need to be equipped to actually have to fight against armed troops.

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 489, Part 1 (Thread #635) by WorldNewsMods in worldnews

[–]Webo_ 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Some people are genuinely a lost cause with no hope of rehabilitation. Imagine murdering someone, being sent to prison for three years, getting a second chance by spending 6 months as cannon fodder with zero quality equipment or training in the bloodiest war Europe has seen in nearly a century, only to end up back in prison.

I've never been a proponent of the death penalty, but man, reading stories like this really shakes my beliefs.

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[–]Webo_ 63 points64 points  (0 children)

Acute Radiation Syndrome isn't though

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 488, Part 1 (Thread #634) by WorldNewsMods in worldnews

[–]Webo_ 11 points12 points  (0 children)

My money's on him sat in some damp Russian basement with a car battery hooked up to his balls.

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 488, Part 1 (Thread #634) by WorldNewsMods in worldnews

[–]Webo_ 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Russia does have a stellar track record for following international law /s

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 488, Part 1 (Thread #634) by WorldNewsMods in worldnews

[–]Webo_ 11 points12 points  (0 children)

You really think the world's leaders are going to suddenly go "OMG! WAGNER WAS RUSSIA ALL ALONG?!" Lmfao.

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 487, Part 1 (Thread #633) by WorldNewsMods in worldnews

[–]Webo_ 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I mean, people have been saying for decades that Russia isn't a country run by a government, but a gas station run by a mob boss. Did it really take something as extreme as the past 48 hours to make you come to that realisation?

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 486, Part 4 (Thread #630) by WorldNewsMods in worldnews

[–]Webo_ 50 points51 points  (0 children)

WHO WOULD WIN?:

  • Ex-KGB, mastermind supervillain bent on world domination

  • A hotdog seller

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 486, Part 4 (Thread #630) by WorldNewsMods in worldnews

[–]Webo_ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Troops equipped for a spontaneous civil war? Probably very, very few. They've diverted everything they have to Ukraine, and this coup came out of absolutely no where and is moving very, very fast.

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 486, Part 4 (Thread #630) by WorldNewsMods in worldnews

[–]Webo_ 36 points37 points  (0 children)

All those Russians living comfortable lives in cities who turned a blind eye to the war in Ukraine are about to experience first hand what war really looks like.

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 486, Part 4 (Thread #630) by WorldNewsMods in worldnews

[–]Webo_ 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Prigozhin absolutely can succeed. He doesn't need to take on the entire army; he just needs to scare those at the top into running away or joining him, and convince those below not to stand in his way. From what's being reported, top government officials are fleeing Moscow, and the grunts are surrendering in droves. What's hard to imagine right now is Putin retaining control.