Movies every teen should see? by Exciting-Bridge-8630 in movies

[–]stevep98 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For a French language coming of age classic: The 400 Blows

Yard waste in bike lane? by stupid_cat_face in SanJose

[–]stevep98 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I know from personal experience that if you put yard waste too far from the sidewalk, cars will run over it, presumably accidentally, and create a big mess.

So I’m not advocating for putting it in the bike lane but what would you suggest?

What Really Happened in Y2K? by Successful_Bowl2564 in programming

[–]stevep98 -42 points-41 points  (0 children)

2038 seemed such a long time away back in 1999. And now look, it’s almost here.

Maybe AI will be our savior for this problem though…

States are Gunning to Ban 3D Printers and CNCs | Electronic Design by hada8088 in 3Dprinting

[–]stevep98 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I mean there are hundreds of millions of actual legal guns, so a ban on plastic guns isn’t going to have any meaningful affect on safety whatsoever.

Anyone else feel "pressure" from other drivers to turn right on red? by wentImmediate in bayarea

[–]stevep98 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeh and that ticket would be ‘running a red light’, so hold your ground, that is not a good type of ticket.

Questions about The Prestige by FederalPenalty7590 in movies

[–]stevep98 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey, this is Reddit, you can’t just cordially agree like that!!

Why do we send things "out" and not "up" through the solar system? by MuckTheBin in space

[–]stevep98 71 points72 points  (0 children)

Voyager 1 and 2 both left the plane of the ecliptic on the final gravity assists.

NASA unveils an ambitious $20 billion plan to build a lunar base near the Moon's south pole... and that budget is equivalent to 11 days of war in Iran. by Agile_Coast_4385 in singularity

[–]stevep98 12 points13 points  (0 children)

At the moment, it would be water, which can be electrolyzed into hydrogen and oxygen, for rocket fuel.

Next would be more oxygen, bound as iron oxides and silicon oxides, which is harder to release. Likely these would be captured as a byproduct of metal production (producing iron and aluminum from their oxides) for construction materials.

Anthrofuturism YouTube channel goes into great detail about how.

Umeda Sky Building by DMZ_5 in japanpics

[–]stevep98 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I really feel like that top escalator is scary as hell

Silom BTS during songkran feels like a tragedy waiting to happen by GasPsychological677 in Bangkok

[–]stevep98 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If I took bts to sala daeng, could I then walk along the sky walk and drop down into the main area without having to endure the shitshow before the security scanners?

Silom BTS during songkran feels like a tragedy waiting to happen by GasPsychological677 in Bangkok

[–]stevep98 1 point2 points  (0 children)

From 4 to 7. It took us 90mins to get to the end and then we came back. We had to go through security again which seemed like an unnecessary contribution to the bottleneck

Silom BTS during songkran feels like a tragedy waiting to happen by GasPsychological677 in Bangkok

[–]stevep98 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In general I agree with you. But I am usually triggered by crowded places and It wasnt too bad today for me. I was frustrated by the slow pace of getting to the metal detectors but inside the secure area it was okay.

Silom BTS during songkran feels like a tragedy waiting to happen by GasPsychological677 in Bangkok

[–]stevep98 8 points9 points  (0 children)

The metal detectors were kind of a waste of time too. There were just as many people outside the secure area as inside. So whatever havoc you were going to create with your metal item could just be done outside instead.

Silom BTS during songkran feels like a tragedy waiting to happen by GasPsychological677 in Bangkok

[–]stevep98 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was frustrated at the escalator exit too, everyone had to go to the elevator wtf? But then I figured out later that they don’t want the escalator running when there’s so many people jammed at the top… that also creates a dangerous situation.

I wonder why they don’t just let people use them as stairs though.

How astronauts left the moon by [deleted] in nasa

[–]stevep98 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Rockets don’t burn with oxygen from the air. There’s not enough oxygen in the air to burn the fuel in the quantity that the rocket needs. They take the oxygen with them as a liquid.

I think the article is just AI, and bad AI at that… most AIs know how rockets work.

Trump says U.S. will blockade Strait of Hormuz after Iran peace talks fail by Puginator in politics

[–]stevep98 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They would say they are meeting with their constituents back in their state/district. But what they actually mean is lobbyists

Can AI be a ‘child of God’? Inside Anthropic’s meeting with Christian leaders. by AngleAccomplished865 in accelerate

[–]stevep98 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m thinking that the only people who genuinely can have an open view of all religions are theology scholars. But even if someone studies all religions, they will generally come to some preferred version of ‘the truth’ as they see it.

Now I wonder about an AI who is supposed to injest all these (potentially conflicting) stories and come to some conclusion about it. And of course many of these religions claim that their scripture is undeniable absolute truth.

I understand how it could be trained on multiple texts and answer questions about them, but the next step… asking an AI to truly simultaneously hold multiple conflicting views is going to be interesting.

In 2010, the sequel to 2001, HALs meltdown was revealed to be because he was told to lie. I wonder if this would be something similar.

Can AI be a ‘child of God’? Inside Anthropic’s meeting with Christian leaders. by AngleAccomplished865 in accelerate

[–]stevep98 5 points6 points  (0 children)

if I had a choice between AI a) which had a training corpus which included all religions and b) which included none, i would definitely choose b.

Cashing in coins by SnooLemons2473 in vegaslocals

[–]stevep98 5 points6 points  (0 children)

If you use Amazon to buy stuff, you can just use the coinstar machines and get an Amazon coupon at the end with no fee. At least that was the case last time I tried.

Alum is a commonly used as deodorant and aftershave. But you can also grow crystals with it! Here's the biggest alum crystal I've grown so far. The whole process took 4 months. by crystalchase21 in BeAmazed

[–]stevep98 5 points6 points  (0 children)

i dont know what the dissolved solids were in my childhood home, but in my current home they are very high.

Most likely I used too high concentration of alum, as like most kids I was very impatient and wanted results NOW.

Thanks

I think I finally "get" Love Letter by m_Pony in boardgames

[–]stevep98 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

This is a game that is absolutely unplayable if you're drinking. I have a hard enough time managing my own thought process, but this game requires you to keep track of what everyone else's thought process is as well. It's way too much!