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Time to start putting Asmiov's laws of robotics into the model.
It was not one continuous hike. He takes frequent breaks. But travels back to where he last stopped and continues.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Bushby

Still very impressive, but a little less impressive than I first thought.

Re:$100K fee added to H1B applications on Saturday September 20, 2025 @12:05AM (#45310270)
Any idea what is considered a petition? New h1b? Transfer? Extension?
Re:What does this company do? on Friday November 22, 2024 @01:58AM (#42211713)
The only link on their website is to the career page where they are looking for everybody from dashboarding intern to experimental physicists?
Re:MomBoard: E-ink display for a parent with amnesia on Thursday November 14, 2024 @04:32PM (#42141451)
> If literally everything was forgotten, then you could set up a reverse groundhog day or groundhog hour for someone, just optimize for them having a wonderful day every day. (Would still be horrible for the loved ones to be effectively disconnected from their still-living relative.) Probably there have been movies made about this.

There is a Drew Barrymore movie Fifty first dates. And yes, it is horrible for the relatives.

Re:I've had a change of heart regarding employee metrics on Monday November 04, 2024 @11:59AM (#42043506)
“Hire to fire”. Not a new idea. I have been hearing it for at least 5 years now.
Re:Some Florida cities are living off red light cameras on Monday July 08, 2024 @08:36PM (#40911388)
Florida shortened yellow lights to increase red light camera revenue https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5707465
Don’t ask me how I know.
Re:Vernor Vinge (1944-2024) on Friday March 22, 2024 @12:04AM (#39787373)
Aah! The infamous ‘slog’ for the WOT series. Book 10 is where things pick up again my opinion.
I would the main driver was economics. It would be easier and cheaper to manufacture one big screen in the middle compared to a bunch of physical controls with wiring.

Also makes it easier to change things later in the design if you do not have a bunch of physical controls to move.

I use /front. It’s a day old, but good enough for me.
Re:ChatGPT Can't Kill Anything Worth Preserving on Friday January 13, 2023 @12:14PM (#34370699)
This. How are people going to learn/become better if all the base work is being done by an AI.

Reminds of the Empire in Asimov's Foundation where they knew just enough to keep the current tech running, but not enough to fix it if something major breaks or create new tech.

When the AI breaks something, we will be missing the people who knew how all this s$%T works.

Bluecheck.com redirects to "Rob Jacobson"'s profile on linkedin.com. Ge claims to be original inventor of the blue checkmark.
Re:Binance Acquires FTX on Tuesday November 08, 2022 @02:52PM (#33523429)
Not to be confused with the talented soccer player Sam Obisanya. https://ted-lasso.fandom.com/wiki/Sam_Obisanya#Dubai_Air_and...
Re:Cobra Maneuver on Sunday October 02, 2022 @03:35PM (#33059390)
Some have: B-29 tail turret https://media.defense.gov/2010/Jun/14/2000352211/-1/-1/0/100...

I am guessing mostly space and weight are at a premium in an airplane.

Re:Heathrow Airport: Two planes in minor collision on Wednesday September 28, 2022 @06:02PM (#33013844)
FAA search page for incidents: https://www.asias.faa.gov/apex/f?p=100:12:::NO:::

List of incidents in the past 10 days: https://www.asias.faa.gov/apex/f?p=100:93:::NO:::

Re:US Government building AI tech to unmask anonymous writers on Wednesday September 28, 2022 @03:00PM (#33011836)
If you give me six lines written by the hand of the most honest of men, I will find something in them which will hang him. --Cardinal Richelieu

It does not matter what your beliefs are. If they want to hang you, they will find a reason.

Re:US Government building AI tech to unmask anonymous writers on Wednesday September 28, 2022 @02:13PM (#33011236)
Just translate the text through Google translate a few times.

"I plan on not paying my taxes" becomes "I intend not to pay tax."

Re:Super-Earths are ideal targets in the search for life on Thursday September 22, 2022 @10:40PM (#32947378)
Shorter time scale but - Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C Clarke
Re:Why Craigslist still looks the same after 25 years on Friday September 16, 2022 @03:50PM (#32871146)
>already-made datasets that give the real world distance between two places

Can you point me to a source? Thanks.

Re:Crazy Thin ‘Deep Insert’ ATM Skimmers on Wednesday September 14, 2022 @06:28PM (#32844297)
I agree with a lot of the other things. But for this:

>Sometimes I want to buy Girl Scout cookies from the girl with the table on the corner

I have seen a lot of them carry Square dongles or accept Venmo payments. I guess they got tired of people telling them they do not have cash.

I wonder what the storage requirements for video from multiple traffic cameras for weeks is? A few TB per day?

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