IphtashuFitz @ IphtashuFitz @lemmy.world

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Hell. I’d look into taking them to small claims court if they don’t pay the invoice. If that became common practice then OpenAI may actually do something about it.

This is exactly the first thing that popped into my mind when I heard what happened. I still clearly recall the WPRI news video of the fire mentioned in the Wikipedia article. That news crew had just shown up to report on the band that was playing, and they got clear footage of the nightmare. You could see bodies stacked up at the door as hundreds of people pushed to get out of the inferno… You can probably still find the video on smaller video sharing sites if you dare to go looking for it.

Trump doesn’t care how the war ends. He just wants the optics of looking like he was responsible for ending it.

Roxy’s Arcade in Cambridge, MA uses tokens and I don’t see that changing any time soon. I also know a few places in MA with pinball machines that take quarters and I’d be surprised if they changed.

When my wife and I break down and go to an AMC theater we always plan to arrive 30 minutes after the “start time”. We still catch a trailer or two before the movie actually starts.

We just found an “art house” theater about 30 minutes away and saw Marty Supreme there last night. The theater probably seats about 80 people, the screen is maybe 15 feet wide. The sole guy working there (the owner maybe) was very welcoming, and concessions were reasonably priced. Two tickets & some snacks were still under $30. The guy also went up front to welcome everybody and point out the restrooms that were off to one side of the screen for those of us who had never been there before. Then he ran up to the booth to start the movie. Two trailers, no commercials, and the movie started. We’ll definitely be going back there.

This article includes a picture of the ship that it claims shows the parts in question. However the picture isn’t the greatest resolution, and they also state the cargo was wrapped in tarps. So take what you will…

My grandparents had a summer home on a river that I don’t a lot of summers at when growing up, until I was about 20 or so. (I’m now knocking on the door of 60). The place was sold in my mid 20’s when my grandparents both passed away. I check it out on Google from time to time, and I’ve seen moderate changes over the years, but it still looks mostly the same. I’m a bit sentimental about it since I spent so many fun summers there.

Not true of their next door neighbors. The neighbors house no longer exists. It was apparently completely torn down and replaced. The biggest giveaway from the perspective of Google is that there is now a swimming pool between the house and the river that wasn’t there a few years ago, and the driveway is a completely new layout as well.

No kidding. If this happened in North Korea the trial would have lasted 15 minutes and the execution would have been a public spectacle.

Thanks to the capacitor plague 20+ years ago I had to deal with a bunch of FEG’s (flame emitting GPUs)…

How the hell can they not have learned from the countless times this has happened before?

If 3 separate NSA cryptographers agree it’s a feasible solution then I’m inclined to accept that. Especially since one of them independently discovered it meant the encryption key was “Elizabeth”.

Wow, the coincidences mentioned in the article are quite shocking.

• The key to the cipher turned out to be “Elizabeth”, which was actually discovered by one of three different retired NSA cryptographers who vetted this guys work.
• When the suspect was elderly he drew a sketch very similar to the mutilated body of Elizabeth Short, also titled “Elizabeth”. The sketch reportedly has the word “Zodiac” hidden in it.
• The motel where she was murdered & mutilated was likely the Zodiac Motel.

I’m so glad my wife & I never got sucked into using things like Alexa.

Only reason my wife upgraded her iPhone 7 was because it was stolen.

They should lock Trump in the White House for his own safety. Let’s see how long he can last without a trip to one of his golf courses…

I signed this years ago. It still hasn’t been banned???

I can recognize when a police officer is directing traffic at a dead traffic light. I can also recognize the intent of other drivers who may wave, flash their headlights, etc. I doubt any current self driving cars can accurately recognize any of those.

Well they’ll gladly vote for whoever has the “R” next to their name, no matter what. That is if there ever are elections again.

Exactly. Any such remote control would have to be trivial for a cop to use, and also need to directly control only the car(s) the cop is currently interacting with. Think of a situation like this where a traffic light is disabled and a cop is there directing traffic. If driverless cars are approaching from multiple directions then how does the cop direct his commands to only the one he’s focusing on at the given moment? Not all that easy when you think about it…

This is one of the many edge cases that I’ve been convinced will keep self driving cars from becoming mainstream unless/until true AGI is achieved.

A few years ago I stopped at a red light next to a construction site. I was watching the traffic light, so at first I didn't notice a cop at the construction site trying to wave me through the red light. He finally took a few steps towards me and yelled to get my attention. Only then did I realize he was waving me through, so I did just that. I seriously doubt any current self driving car would recognize a police officer (and not just a random pedestrian) that’s overriding the traffic signal like that.

Another edge case, coincidentally at the same intersection a few years earlier was when there was a car fully engulfed in flames as I drove up. I could hear sirens in the distance, and the cars in every direction were making sure to safely get out of the way of the approaching fire trucks. At least one or two cars cautiously crossed on the red to get out of the way. Again, I doubt any current self driving car would have navigated that situation anywhere nearly as well as a human.