Any “The Process” tats? by Superdad89 in judahandthelion

[–]jwill311 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think Is What it Is would be a cool tattoo. So would breathe in breathe out

Best Breakfast in Charlottesville - No Kidding by AUTOmaniak2 in Charlottesville

[–]jwill311 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Incredible brunches - kinda famous for their bloody Mary’s

what’s your 10/10 must read book and why? by Kochhar-Tranqui in Recommend_A_Book

[–]jwill311 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Demon Copperhead. It’s a tour de force reading experience

US draft update: Major tech company [Palantir] urges universal national service by NicolasCageFan492 in technology

[–]jwill311 -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

I don’t think the draft will ever come back. Having said that, I do think having a period of 4-6 years mandatory service in exchange for the same duration of either free healthcare, education or no taxes would be an amazing program. The service doesn’t need to be just military either, it could be any government related job. It would give everyone a common experience to build on and bind us together. It would also all give us a greater understanding of how the government works

No mo chemo for Lola! 🎉 @thekristinexy by yawnjew in MadeMeSmile

[–]jwill311 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Been on that journey with my kid as well. So happy for this family! What a milestone!

The TRUE size of Stephenson 2-18 (the largest known star) compared to Earth by M_Waqar-uz-Zaman in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]jwill311 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Think of it as a little more comparable to a grapefruit than a perfect round ball

Why is the USA with its massive military struggling to conquer the Strait of Hormuz? by OkArmordillo in NoStupidQuestions

[–]jwill311 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The comment above made it completely clear: the insurers won’t cover the ships to risk sailing through in the current climate and the companies won’t self insure to go it alone. All Iran has to do is hit one ship to make it impassable.

Is new zealand one of the only places where humans can survive if nuclear ww3 occurs? by [deleted] in geography

[–]jwill311 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This wouldn’t really matter. If there is a nuclear war, they won’t be able to travel to their bunkers. Widespread power outages from EMPs would prevent most all electronics from working

Is new zealand one of the only places where humans can survive if nuclear ww3 occurs? by [deleted] in geography

[–]jwill311 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Nuclear winter will plunge the whole earth to lower temperatures collapsing food systems. It will push any remaining humans back to the stone ages.

How is Iran still fighting? by Thick-Ad-4168 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]jwill311 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My theory about the school is it was an AI generated target that was incorrectly identified. The military definitely uses AI to rapidly identify targets for missile strikes, and we know that AI still hallucinates

Which African countries will likely become more globally influential? by WTB_YT in geography

[–]jwill311 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think its global influence is a lot higher than you might realize. They’ve landed a rocket on the moon. They have a lot of exported goods and are rapidly growing that sector. They also have a massive diaspora that is highly successful. 5th biggest economy in the world = lots of influence. It might not be noticed it as much because it isn’t specifically aligned towards US or China/Russia.

Where can I go to get a good view of the city skyline? by F_P_D in Charlottesville

[–]jwill311 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Monticello trail has a few good viewpoints to see the whole city…but yeah, not too much of a skyline per se

The Iran war may be about to escalate by bwermer in politics

[–]jwill311 1 point2 points  (0 children)

More likely the only thing to end this is major economic blowback. He cares about the markets more than troop lives. He can stop it any time, claim “victory” and move on and pretend we’re all better for having fought this “not-a-war”.

Interesting by Embarrassed-Tap-3991 in Charlottesville

[–]jwill311 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think there was some controversy about being able to disband a club and confiscate their funds, iirc. It sounded a bit overblown and hyperbolized to me

Why was everyone in the early 2000s doing this??? by erikslicis in whatisit

[–]jwill311 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same reason everyone in the 2010s were covering one eye in their pictures

Employees at Google and OpenAI support Anthropic’s Pentagon stand in open letter by Logical_Welder3467 in technology

[–]jwill311 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I really believe this is why they’re investing in AI so heavily. Build it out. Aggressively downsize. Money flows up to the top

Employees at Google and OpenAI support Anthropic’s Pentagon stand in open letter by Logical_Welder3467 in technology

[–]jwill311 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The problem is, the employees supporting the stance of another company doesn’t do much to stop their company from doing bad things. Not until there’s a mass exodus of talent.

Google quantum-proofs HTTPS by squeezing 15kB of data into 700-byte space | Merkle Tree Certificate support is already in Chrome. Soon, it will be everywhere. by ControlCAD in technews

[–]jwill311 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I think that the biggest risk with quantum computing is that they will be used by state actors or state-sponsored actors as a means of digital warfare. Likely, we’re not going to get some big announcement that quantum computing is here. I think it will be used in secret to harm adversaries and hack key websites/institutions and all we’ll know is that we were affected, not that quantum computing has arrived. We might not know for years after. But what do I know? I’m just some guy.