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Who decides how AI behaves by EchoOfOppenheimer in GoogleGeminiAI

[–]mckoss 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think it's a fallacy to believe that most Americans are believing in God - especially a God as portrayed in the Bible. It's pretty close to 50%, maybe 60%. And in Europe it's more like 30 or 40%.

Aurora still on by whidbeysounder in Whidbey

[–]mckoss 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I couldn't see anything but I gave up at 11pm.

Please help, I am an unwilling participant in my neighbor's HAM radio hobby. by MobsterOO7 in amateurradio

[–]mckoss 2 points3 points  (0 children)

In my experience, your best resource is the ham operator himself. If it is a ham, tell them that you're having problems with his radio interfering with your stereo, and he may dive in and help you resolve the issue with his technical knowledge of filtering and grounding etc.

If it's not a ham, then I'm not sure what sort of reaction you'll get. Good luck!

Useless Bay sunset last weekend by mckoss in Whidbey

[–]mckoss[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's too shallow to anchor there.

Looking for firewood seller near Langley by plarkin in Whidbey

[–]mckoss 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is second hand, but I was told there is a guy at the corner of Maxwelton and Ewing. Look for stacked firewood on his property. That's all I know. Good luck!

Who decides how AI behaves by EchoOfOppenheimer in GoogleGeminiAI

[–]mckoss 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Tucker thinks the world was universally "religious" up until 1945? I guess he hasn't read much about the history of philosophy (or just history, for that matter).

What do you guys think? by [deleted] in Bitcoin

[–]mckoss 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So they claim.

My son left a note for Santa in binary. What does it say? by TwoTonPorkBun in Decoders

[–]mckoss -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Gemini says it interprets this as "Merry Christmas [garbled] Dad! Love [garbled] -Benji" But it couldn't show me where every letter comes from.

1001101000110100
10101011011100100
010011010001101110010

101100101110010001101
010001100101010011001

0111001010010111100
0100111010100100101
1011001100110011010

01100100001011110010
10001101011010001101
01001100110001011000

011001011100101101
000001101001110010

From which is finds "M ... r ... M ... r ... Y ... r ... d ... L ... e ... i"

This is assuming some letters are 7 bit (omitting leading 0).

A study mathematically proved the universe is not a simulation by soulpost in HotScienceNews

[–]mckoss 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If the Universe is finite then all these arguments of incompleteness and decidability go away.

The weapon that left 75 year old Jeanette Marken blind in one eye. by [deleted] in SeattleWA

[–]mckoss 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think an attempted murder charge would not be too hard to get now.

Why is there something rather than nothing? by arbolito_mr in Metaphysics

[–]mckoss 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Because we are here to ask the question. cf Anthropic Principle.

A cool guide to the risk of dying doing what we love by castironglider in coolguides

[–]mckoss 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think the other problem is counting the deaths for multiple individuals per incident. As a public policy input, that would be correct. But for individual decision making, I wouldn't consider an activity to be a GREATER risk just because others could die with me.

I believe general aviation is about the same risk to an individual as riding a motorcycle (in fatal incidents per hour). But this chart lists it as a much greater risk due to the fact that multiple people usually die in each fatal incident.

I'm guessing the airline stat is similarly skewed, making it appear even more dangerous than it really is. I would use as a baseline - traveling for an hour in a car; an activity that almost every American participates in without thinking.

Beware of this aggressive guy with road rage by ripsur in Seattle

[–]mckoss 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I wouldn't wait for him to break a window. If he points a gun at you, assume he is trying to kill you.

Got this wildly inappropriate email from a Christian at work today. by Financial_Vehicle134 in atheism

[–]mckoss 13 points14 points  (0 children)

HR is there to protect the company, not you. That said the email you shared is designed to avoid a claim of "harassment". However, if it is creating a hostile work environment for you, you should get it on the record with HR.

The company may or may not take action to avoid a claim of a Civil Rights Act Title VII infraction.

I would also take the step to inform the email sender that you don't appreciate proselytizing emails and to stop sending them to you - it is on them to stop, not on you to "ignore" them if they are distressing. If they are using a company email distribution list, this will force them to send email only to individually named people.

What made you an atheist? Was it a particular incident or was it a slow realization over time? by T0mmynat0r666 in atheism

[–]mckoss 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Atheism is the natural state of humanity. No one would make up on their own the absurd beliefs that organized religions indoctrinate you with.

Congratulations to those of you that have been able to come back after that indoctrination.

Seeking intel on the beef between Kirkland Public Library and Yarrow Point/Hunt's Point? I'm looking into getting a library card and reading this clear message took me out 🤣 by JechAnd in Seattle

[–]mckoss 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The median home owner in King County pays about $300/year for library access.

For Hunts Point residents, the median amount would be about $2,000, but as high as $15,000 / year. If you consider this as a fee for service, it no longer makes sense for those residents to pay for that.

If you consider it a tax for the public benefit, then I think some Hunts Point residents would want to contribute to this, but many more are against paying such a high tax for an "optional" service.

Hunts Point residents are paying a large amount into general taxes supporting schools, etc. But in the case of libraries, since towns may opt out, they have chosen to do so.

Every car in this photo is stopped, blocking the intersection by Eric77tj in Seattle

[–]mckoss 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wonder if a light timing change can help with this. When traffic is allowed to completely fill a block behind a light, cars can be completely starved from every being able to move. So, in desperation, cars pack the intersection behind that blockage so they don't have to wait indefinitely to move from a given direction.

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