learn-forever

are you agitating to tax companies that lose money?

There's quite a lot of climate-change journalism that seems to be less about working to solve the problems and more about agitating against capitalism

it's a ridiculous criticism, and the insult doesn't make it less ridiculous

Hard to get alarmed without knowing what the rate is. If the growth in miles driven is outpacing the growth in incidents, it's cause for the opposite of alarm.

You don't think the more parsimonious stance is that you have different preferences?

there has never and will never be a society without economic inequality. may as well debate accepting the sun

i'm not sure where this idea arises, that parents doing things for their children is the root of all social evil. it's a bit ridiculous on its face, since it's a prime way to improve the lot of the next generation

Pretty irresponsible to have a headline that is contradicted by the text

I feel like objecting to the "government-funded media" label on the basis of purported implications of government control reveals more about the beliefs of the person objecting than about the label.

The current approach leaves it frustratingly judgmental and prone to lecturing the user about ethics from a very particular point of view (yes, I am aware the system has no conscious intention, but the abstractions work from the user's point of view). In that regard they are simulating a type of person quite well.

and with that the euphemism treadmill officially claims another formerly useful word

People are now happily listening to Metallica on streaming services

these are standardized tests, taking normal classes _is_ prep for them

I think I prefer the Emily Bender approach of asserting that no one should be allowed to train deep learning models at all. If you're going to claim some sort of authority over a technology you don't actually develop then you might as well go hard.

I'm with you Tim, I've tried yelling "THERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR YOU TO NOT BE IN TECH" at every woman I've encountered for the last ten years but they just aren't joining the ranks

one core thesis of rust is that history has adequately demonstrated that humans do not have sufficient vigilance

possibly better to keep quiet about high-minded principles one doesn't actually hold

what is the amount of normalization that makes something more common than it is?

Dealing with inheritance is pretty complex!

Some people simply cannot decouple their moral outrage from their ability to assess a situation. Good for a particular type of comedian, though it's not really to my taste.