I also fail to understand how that addresses the infinite recursion with gods. I mean if there is something. And that requires a creator. Who created the creator? And who created that creator of the creator? I think I tend towards gnostic atheism. I’m pretty sure that the idea of god is a really stupid answer to that question. But I also know how science and knowledge works. So I technically wouldn’t claim to know, unless someone claim’s it’s a different thing for Russel’s teapot or the flying spaghetti-monster. That’s kind of the benchmark to tell if someone understands what I mean by agnostic atheist.

Meh, since there are so many false claims about famous people, ways to profit and get an audience by making allegations… I think it’s really hard to tell. Seems established fact that he was a creep. And gathered children around because of some mental illness, to compensate for his own childhood that he didn’t have. That doesn’t automatically mean he abused them. And he wasn’t convicted of anything. I say: can’t tell, in dubio pro reo, but I wouldn’t let kids anywhere near people like that.

Thanks, didn’t know…

“Vermont became the first state in the continental United States to ban billboards (1968). Hawaii prohibited the advertising signs back in the 1920s. Maine and Alaska are the only other states to outlaw billboards.” (https://vtdigger.org/2021/07/11/then-again-vermonts-billboard-ban-followed-a-winding-road-to-passage/)

I didn’t read all of it. Wonder how that’s handled and translates to private property next to the road.

What kind of question is this? 😆 I think everyone older than 6 regularly does that. Especially when planning things and disagreeing and then you get to learn who was right. And even the kids like to bet who is right and then they look it up, ask someone or try it and one of them will have this as an outcome…

Wow. Nice group of people with old LG WebOS TVs! I have an 42LBsomething with 3D. Works fine. Sometimes the YouTube App crashes because it’s out of memory. But nowadays with all the ADs it’s barely usable anyways.

Linux and a browser with an adblocker will get you most of the way on the computer.

For real-life I don’t have good advice. You could move somewhere where it’s less common. But I think sports for example comes with ad banners everywhere.

And I can feel the change in the wind right now

Nothing′s in my way

And they’re not gonna hold me down no more

No, they’re not gonna hold me down

Your voice is fine. And it’s not annoying to listen to you. I’d listen to you narrate a youtube video or something like that.

Feel free to extend that problem to fighter jets or ballerinas playing tag 😆

However, I’m pretty sure it’s already solved. Doesn’t seem difficult to prove and has had applications for centuries already. And I’ve played the Robots Game when I was 12 or something…

Sure. And I mean the “sufficiently small” distance is exactly the question. I mean it’s not really an interesting question to ask if they’re still 12 nautical miles apart… The initial distance isn’t really of concern. It just has to work for any given initial state. And the next question is, are we talking about entering a ship or using cannons? Then it’s either can the distance become 0 or can it get less than something.

I think that’s a good take on things.

Ultimately it still holds true. Information does want to be free. You just can’t mix that with misinformation, have everything on the same level and a general audience completely oblivious to the fact and uneducated.

Things have changed. Back in those times it was a small elite on the internet. People who could afford computers and an internet connection and make some use out of it. You needed some amount of intelligence because you had to put some effort in to get online, learn about the tools because that wasn’t easy or provided to you. So you’d generally be at least somewhat intelligent if you ended up on the internet. And that’s beneficial when it comes to receiving unfiltered information. Combined with the fact that there were comparatively more academics and students, because that was the origin of the internet.

And it wasn’t that common to push your agenda there or advertise for your skewed political views in the way people do it nowadays. Due to the nature of the internet and the amount of people there, it wasn’t worth the effort. You’d be better off focusing somewhere else where you could influence more people. So the dynamics were just different due to history and circumstances.

Things have changed. Nowadays everyone is online all the time. It’s the place to influence people and make money. And that’s the other part of the problem. The actual people, connecting them and providing information to them (or to each other) isn’t what’s most of the internet is about, anymore. Motivations are gathering data about people and selling them, making people become addicted to your platform so they spend more time there and you can make more money. Everyone is competing for attention. And bad, emotional stories are what works best. Giving people the “simple truths” they seek instead of an intellectual and nuanced view. Factuality just gets in the way of all of that.

I sometimes like to compare that to the Age of Reason / Enlightenment. Back then it was monarchs, bad dynamics and missing education. Now it’s big tech companies, bad dynamics and insufficient education. People need to get emancipated, educated and leave the current “immature state of ignorance” (to quote Kant.)

Information and education are key. And the internet, algorithms and AI are just tools. They can be used for progress, or to enslave us. At least the internet has the potential (and was build) to connect people and provide a level playing field to everyone. But it can be used for a variety of different things. And choosing the right things isn’t something that can be solved by technology alone.

Concerning the proof, I’d consider that at any given point where both objects haven’t converged yet, there has to be a next point that can be reached by the ship with the higher maneuverability but not by the faster ship. It’s probably calculus from that point on and I’m not really good at that. If there’s always such a possibility, the slower ship can always outmaneuver the other one. And seems to me like vectors in a polar coordinate system would be made for this.

Set vector1 equal to vector2 plus an arbitrary distance. See if there’s a solution for phi2 < phi1.

I’ve been using Android for quite some time and I can say the operating system is pretty stable and reliable. It might have been a different story 10 years ago, but as of now it has good security measures, sandboxing etc, handles whatever you throw at it and isn’t as locked down as iOS is.

Probably called cockoo clock or pomodoro timer, or interval timer. A quick search shows there are multiple such apps, I haven’t tried them so I’m not sure which to recommend.

I mean she’s standing right next to him and it’s very obvious. I’d say it’s his dry humor that he deliberately doesn’t acknowledge what the audience is laughing about. He wouldn’t have said “you shouldn’t laugh about that” unless that’s the additional joke.

Entirely depends on the software you install on it?!

I mean the OS and UI don’t give you “smartness”. And I’m not completely sure about the definition. I for example think it’s smart not letting big tech companies steal all your data. So I might choose a different OS and different Apps than somebody else.

Concerning AI: I think ChatGPT runs on all of them. And I think all the assistants also run more or less in the cloud and don’t depend on the exact phone model. However, there are AI things that run on the phone itself. Camera picture enhancement and speech recognition for example.

Manufacturers often advertise with new AI features and unlock them on their newest flagship models. So the answer to your question regarding AI in preinstalled apps is probably: The current most expensive flagship models of Google/Samsung/Apple. One will have a slightly better camera AI, one a better photo editor and one a better AI assistant.

Kids should use their own creativity, practice reading, creating something. Play outside, get dirty. Do sports, maybe learn a musical instrument. And do their homework themselves.

I’d say many things are alright in the proper dose. I mean ChatGPT is part of the world they’re growing in to…

And 16 isn’t a kid anymore. They can handle some responsibility. I don’t see a one-size-fits every 16 yo solution. I think you should allow them and decide individually.

I’d say at 16, give them some responsibility and let them practice handling it. But that means supervised. You can’t just give them anything and hop they’ll cope on their own. And AI has some non-obvious consequences / traps you can run into. Not even most of the adults can handle or understand it properly. So your focus should be teaching them the how and why, in my opinion. Alike you’d teach your kid how to use the circular saw at some point that age. As a parent you should lokk at them and see if they’re ready for it and how much supervision is appropriate.

I think most people here left Reddit when Spez started the thing with the API and asserted his dominance during the protests. That’s when we learned it’s not our platform, but his. And he has a very different vision for the place.

People who properly like 4chan don’t really mix with other people. It’s for trolling, shitposting, sharing porn and gore amongst random stuff or shouting at each other. More anarchy than other places. And filled with incels and 14 year olds. I mean it’s a bit more than that and it has it’s unique culture. But there isn’t really an overlap with people who like places like this one. This is less anarchy, you can discuss your Linux server adminisration woes here without getting yelled at. Or share pictures of your crocheting pieces. Of course also memes and pictures.

So in summary: Where else would I be? I’m not 14 anymore and Reddit gave me the finger.