Once you automate something, the corresponding skill set and experience atrophy. It’s a problem that predates LLMs by quite a bit. If the only experience gained is with the automated system, the skills are never acquired.

Well, to be fair, different skills are acquired. You’ve learned how to create automated systems, that’s definitely a skill. In one of my IT jobs there were a lot of people who did things manually, updated computers, installed software one machine at a time. But when someone figures out how to automate that, push the update to all machines in the room simultaneously, that’s valuable and not everyone in that department knew how to do it.

So yeah, I guess my point is, you can forget how to do things the old way, but that’s not always bad. Like, so you don’t really know how to use a scythe, that’s fine if you have a tractor, and trust me, you aren’t missing much.

Hey, I’m sorry to break it to you, but…

Irreparable damage will be done and nobody is really going to pay. The most you can expect is a patsy to take the fall, and it will probably be some military officer who wasn’t the problem.

The Trump administration has argued that the US is at war with drug traffickers and that such strikes are legal under the rules of war, but most legal experts reject that rationale.

I would like to shut that shit down. You are not at war.

Have the “drug runners” struck at any US targets (preferably targets of military significance)? If not, then what I see is one party ruthlessly attacking another party repeatedly. If these were individuals that would be called a serial killer. And for serial killers it’s never been a good defense to say “no no, this is legal, look how many people I’ve liked, I’m clearly at war, and this is legal in war”. That’s idiotic.

Furthermore, WE ARE NOT AT WAR! If you want a war, get Congress to declare war, we have a fucking process for that!

And finally, if this isn’t a war, then it should be more of a policing situation. In no scenario should police fire missiles first and ask questions never. An acceptable way to handle this might be to disable the boat with munitions, and then detain all fisherman narcos aboard. Bonus, this would allow you to seize all the fish narcotics in their hold, which would prove you had the moral high ground and aren’t just crazy murders. I mean can you imagine that, if you were just murdering people because you could and making sure to send all evidence and survivers to the bottom of the sea… Man, that would be nuts! People would be all like “who put these psychopaths in charge?!”

You do our community a great service! Seriously.

It’s not fair! Vladimir gets to take whatever he wants and I don’t! And I’m a way better boy! I want Venezuela! Now!

I have to agree, it’s nice to want things, but…

That’s a nice theory. But if I use it less I may not continue paying for it. That’s certainly worth considering if you’re Netflix.

Why does this exist?

That’s fascinating. So is there precedent on the books now that a tear gas canister flying through the air is a deadly weapon? Because that could potentially be used against cops.

If any protester lost their defence, that could be precedent…

Honestly, that’s pretty decent of them.

Sure, you know everyone’s favorite ship, the aircraft carrier, well wait till you meet the drone carrier! It’s just as big for some reason, but it mostly carries drones and guided missiles and it probably sails alongside a traditional carrier, because it can’t actually perform all of the same duties. This is how we’ll be able to spend more than ever before.

Yep, eerily similar. It’s not even clear what these ships are supposed to do well.

I think you’re both right. What’s really important is the lives at stake, and only the software can really meaningfully improve, but the incentives aren’t there right now to make those improvements happen.

One thing to consider though, is the incentives can always be tweaked. Maybe the robo taxi company barely blinks at a $100,000 fine, they chuckle about a $1 million fine, do they still laugh about a $50 million fine? They may really start to sweat over a $200 million fine. And hey, I can think of larger numbers, we can always provide them a better incentive (while financing the state).

I mean, it has the potential to wipe out all life even without nut allergies. I for one have an allergy to things falling from the sky at c fractional speeds.

At this point I’m actually curious about the mass of the lorry.

I wonder if we could estimate the mass of a lorry, 2.5 meters wide, 20 m long, 46 billion light years tall. Let’s assume it’s filled with jars of peanut butter.

At that size, it could well be the most massive object in the universe.

Now that I think about it, it could also be too tall, possibly a tipping hazard around turns.

This is a big part of the problem. You can use Plex on PlayStation, xbox, Roku, apple tv, iPhone, android, etc…

The apps are ubiquitous, the coverage is complete. In just about any situation, Plex is a workable option.

Do you know how to rebuild your car’s engine?

Do you know how to remediate black mold spreading on the walls of a houseboat?

Do you know how to compile Linux to run on some custom arm hardware?

Do you know how to repair or rebuild a crumbling stone retaining wall?

There’s a good chance you may not know how to accomplish all of those tasks. There’s also a very good chance you may not care about knowing how to accomplish all of those tasks, as some of them may not be relevant to you. This is ok.

Finally, I know you’re posting on the Internet, but you don’t have to be an asshole, that’s a choice.

He’s like my kid when he was 7. He fully believes “Ugly” is the worst thing you can say about someone, a real cutting remark.

Let’s hope he doesn’t learn other words.

Yeah, fuck that. I’ll keep my device as long as possible because of course I would! Try for five years.

“Hording”… The fucking nerve to say that… I am actually offended. Whatever happened to “recycle, reduce, reuse”? What could possible be more irresponsible than constantly replacing your devices?