Posts by OrientalHero 83 publicly visible posts • joined 22 Jul 2009
"this process is obscured in OpenAI's o1 models through a pause while it's "thinking." In the end, only the final answer is provided to the end user."
Is no-one else reminded of a particular computer in a particular trilogy in 6 parts by a late author known as Douglas Adams?
I mean the copyright probably prevents it (SHE thinks) but calling the new ChatGPT Deep Thought and have it say "I'm thinking" all the time before it delivers it's final answer would be funny to me at least...
I tend to use car analogies to illustrate IT issues and in this case, it works too....
No-one blames the car companies for the fact most ppl get better insurance prices for security add-ons like thatcham category anti theft 3 or tracking/location devices.
Well maybe the petrolheads do, but if you asked them, 90% of them would be better than average at driving!
Today's investment vehicles aren't required to be immediately profitable - Amazon didn't post a profit for six years from startup (and if you believe their accounts in the UK as reported to the UK Tax Office, are only just profitable), Uber and the like come to mind too...
For all the car drivers in the UK, the Motor Insurers Bureau Scheme (MIB) recently estimated that one million uninsured drivers were on UK roads.
https://www.heald.uk.com/news/uninsured-drivers-the-looming-threat-in-the-uk-and-heres-why/#:~:text=The%20Motor%20Insurers%20Bureau%20Scheme,buildings%20in%20high%2Dtraffic%20areas.
So even if it was made to be a legal requirement, why would ebike riding robbers insure their vehicle?
That's the insurance angle, but this is like legislating against Sword crimes when the numbers tell a different story....
Transport for London publishes statistics every year for accidents sorted into both mode of transport and also where the accident involved another vehicle.
In 2022, there were only 2% of incidents involving cyclists as the other vehicle compared to 65% by car.Also 0 deaths caused by cyclists but 39 by car, 23 by goods vehicles, 7 by Bus/Coach and 2 each for Motorbikes and Taxis....
So why legislate and crack down on bicycles when 39 deaths were cause by cars alone along with 2067 serious injuries with 0 deaths and 105 serious injuries by bicycle...
https://content.tfl.gov.uk/casualties-in-greater-london-2022.pdf
So we've had quite a few high profile terrorist attacks in or around Parliament.
And we do need to protect that bastion of Democracy.
So deploy it there.
Allow the MPs to bask in the luxurious safety net feel of facial recognition security and that any one flagged up is most definitely a terrorist/criminal.
Actually, don't most ppl get courtesy cars (and bicycles - when your main mode is a bike obvs!) in their road side assistance service or insurance?
Same thing goes for building insurance in that they will house you if there is a flood etc.
I guess the point is that some ppl don't consider the possibility so don't arrange any cover for it.
It's not just the societal guard rails, it's also having none of the monetary pitfalls/spears pushing ppl over the edge. I just read an article in the Economist about Electronic Tagging and I'm a bit flabbergasted about the way it works in the US.
So this lady has spent 3 weeks in jail because she got into an argument whilst on probation and the other party called the cops. 3 weeks cos she can't afford the 500USD bail.
A charity pays the bail at that point, and she has to wear electronic tagging.
She's charged 13USD per day and 50USD initial.
After several weeks and no-shows by the claimant, the charges are dismissed and the lady is released as innocent as she was when she went in, but now in debt for X hundreds of USD...
https://www.economist.com/united-states/2019/09/26/an-alternative-to-cash-bail-comes-with-its-own-costs
The tagging costs the authorities far less than keeping someone locked up, so I'm not sure why they don't foot the bill.
I thought some monitors already had eye tracking software. I definitely remember the option on some of my games. Ah having googled it, it's provided by Tobii and built into some monitors.
I guess the main difference is that it will track you outside in the real world and see what your anatomical preference is.
No way that can happen on a monitor at home... Hmmm. Yes, only look at people in long coats.
"in this case by smiling nicely for the cameras"
I thought one of the guidelines of an eligible passport photo is that you're not supposed to smile.
(looked it up - "have a plain expression and your mouth closed")
So you must be advocating the "public disobedience" option ;)
As an aside to the OP, you might think the exercise and diet algorithms simplify into calories out and calories in.
But the whole point of the HIIT regime is to change the underlying metabolism so that even out of the active exercise period, the increased metabolism at rest has a higher calories out effect.
And then you get the whole sprint vs marathon calorie output........
NATO countries with the F35 will be using them in many non NATO operations.
Historically, we've had operations in Bosnia, Falklands and Suez to pick differing examples of where Jolly NATO isn't involved. In fact Suez illustrates where the US is actively against the action. Yes it was a while back, but the joint efforts of WWII were much fresher then, but of no import.
I think everyone is leery of being on an automated suspect list.
Is it a bit like being at a party with a policeman, but they're actually not off duty/there to party... They're looking for a suspect?
Or is it the thought of being on the Occam's Razor of well, you were at the crime scene, you are a suspect. If your's is the only DNA and you don't have a water tight alibi, does that make you Prime Suspect?
Even if you do have nothing to hide, the more investigations you are in, the more suspicious it will seem. Or a mistake in processing will be made, resulting in a miscarriage of justice (which is only a miscarriage once it's discovered/acted upon).
perhaps the Antikythera Mechanism was much more popular than we know as the very widespread adoption of the larger cheap wooden Persian knock offs didn't last. The Persian Wars were likely started because the Xerxes model was being forcibly marketed to the Greeks and the introduction of either trade tariffs or an Intellectual Property Rights dispute over the rounded shape of the device being derivative of the Athenian Brass model...
Neal Stephenson wrote a great book about the period (amongst another story set in modern times), in the Cryptonomicon.
Made that point precisely about having to not get 100% but also to give the Axis forces enough clues to think other means were the reason the Axis losses occurred.
I think some people forget we all live on the same planet.....
Perhaps that should be a selling point - Not the cheapest, but better for all our lungs....
Weird/Obscure Factoid: A quote from Nemesis (1992) when an android is questioned about her eco terrorist actions she replies "I live here too..."
Perhaps they were waiting for the right documentation to be published - thing explainer with it's "city burning fire machine"!! It might be coincidence that not long after it was published NK "succeed" in their fusion test.
I guess if they make an "up goer" next (https://xkcd.com/1133/) and land people on the moon, we'll be a bit surer...
The more and more I read about the deaths of the rich and famous the more I realise that if I win the lottery (not likely to get there via the day job!), I will
1) Never do illegal pharmaceuticals.
You can get physical highs from parachuting, extreme bungee jumping/rock climbing etc
Or if I do succumb, realise that much like parachuting, best to rig your own gear.
Also if I take a break, when returning, you need much much smaller doses...
2) Never fly my own air vehicle. You're rich. Pay someone else to do it. Leave it to the professionals.
3) Get lots of therapy. With all the rich and famous stuff comes lots of baggage. You're not the first, so learn from other's mistakes and prevent it rather than kill yourself.
I too carry the leatherman micra (since discontinued) instead of the much bulkier Swiss Army knife. Maybe it's because I did go for the camping version which had a wood saw and metal file/hacksaw (which I probably used as much as the corkscrew).
NB: it does have the phillips screwdriver (albeit singleblade version).
China is set on the Moon, India seems to be set on Mars.
Prior to those objectives, the US was doing long term biomes and the Russians were investigating year long zero g both of which could have been focused on the roughly 9 month trip to Mars.
But how come no-one's tried Venus?
Wow, this has been done in the game Hydrophobia where the main character unfurls from a stick a tablet sized see thru screen. She lines it up with some spaceship engine and gets working schematics that allow her to more quickly determine the parts that need repairing.
If this comes out as a finished product, would it kill the nascent Augmented Reality tech companies using smart phones over your eyes? I suspect hands free would only survive in specific niches.
BUT - there is a learning curve and you do get to last longer!
I think my record now is 45 seconds.
Then there's the next level Super Hexagoner.
Oh and did I mention Super Hexagonest?
it's actually quite a nice brief game to while away some seconds on twitch reactions.
Indecision kills every time.
You've been warned!
Heh, I remember playing DL and when finished (didn't take long as I wasn't particularly good) I turned round to see an audience watching me! I think it was in a department store or something...
Back to the topic, about interactive movies, the more recent Metal Gear Solid Snake games on the PS3 have had lots of cinematic exposition but great gameplay. I find that interactive movie/game quite fun as it keeps the two parts separate. Of course you miss out on the branching play from your game choices, but if that was the most important thing to me, I'd be still playing pen 'n paper RPGs with a human referee.
Ooooh, wouldn't that be great to have a competition where the prize is a award winning script writer referees an RPG? Shall we say Joss Whedon? Bags I play River!
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