> No excuse is good enough to justify that. There was no excuse at all in my post, not sure what you're replying to. It was only pointed out that despite failures in train systems, it's still safer than driving a car. >…
Per capita is pretty useless, you'd want to go per kilometer, which as I stated is still way safer for the train.
> the point is to not die while taking my daily commute Exactly, which is why you need to take trains, not cars. Everything else you said completely misconstrues the point, nobody is arguing for less train or car…
Doing anything is a risk. The salient thing is relative risk. Even with record levels of train accidents it’s still the safest way to travel. The bodycount sits around 100 this year for trains and 1775 last year for…
But the activists are not the point. Animal rights activists are a minority, things change because the majority or a significant share of people backs them. In this case this large group that backs banning horse drawn…
Essentially this is simply what solar panels have done for ages, feed back electricity to the grid, sure it's not through a power outlet but essentially it connects to the grid in a similar way. What's new is cheap and…
No not per se, but most people tend to stop using the switches. The Hue basically just adds a switch inside the bulb, which can be remote controlled. The lamp's switch is still there, and functions as normal (turning on…
I'd want to add a bit of nuance to that, as bright lights hurt my eyes and induce headaches (sometimes migraines). For that reason I really like overhead lights as: 1. You can easily fit a larger number of overhead…
A regular household plug should be more than enough unless you want to use your home as a quick pit-stop between two long rides. (e.g. drive 150km from work to home, then drive 300km to your holiday home for the weekend…
Yeah very creepy, I'm afraid it'll be normalised in a few years, together with the cameras in our glasses. I always knew this was coming eventually, with storage and compute getting so cheap, eventually every record can…
‘… but contrary to what a regular person may think (that this level of data gathering is unusual), privacy experts know that it’s not, it is standard practice’
Japan beats Dutch train frequencies, hence it's not unbeatable. And if you include metro rail there are plenty of more frequent rail systems including again Japan but also China, France, UK, Hong Kong, Singapore, South…
Wasn't my experience, frequencies are fine but I don't think it's unbeatable at all. The default simulation is 50x speed by the way, perhaps that gave you the impression.
Here was mine, I thought it was very good. My prompt was: reinvigorating the desire for work after a sabbatical. AI below ---- Six weeks into my sabbatical I was genuinely thriving. Week seven I started narrating my own…
> Does the radiant heat not increase the room temperature, thus affecting the indoor temp sensor? C Yes but the temperature of the air in your home is only one part of it. The other part is the temperature of the…
You have no clue about the armies of people online who think hydroponic home farms will be a serious and significant source of food then.
I think you missed the part where I said I built the same system and enjoyed it and learned a lot from it.
Could you also add your thoughts on whether you think a B1 level is a sensible requirement for permanent residence in any country? Because that's what the post seems to boil down to, but you haven't opined on it (other…
There's some people that say having no airconditioning, no dishwasher, no elevator, no computer, no smartphone isn't as bad as it sounds. And they're completely right, for them. And completely wrong, for others. I'll…
Exactly this, he should've just fixed this, or not written an article about it. After the 'sensorium effect' (he should've used ancient greek for a +10 bonus to archaic intellectual points), he describes the…
Quite annoying to have to read a paragraph of text next to a moving image. I right-clicked every GIF and turned off 'loop'. Beyond that reading an AI piece just feels like a waste of time. The text goes on and on…
I thought it was quite the opposite, too easy. Your ship recharges health. Also you can claim and island and heal there. It's so easy to the point it's actually boring, I got 10 kills before I quit, never got close to…
These aren't comparable situations. For one it's a peace-time situation where strong-arming interventions are met with consequences, in this case China can stop supply of critical products to punish the Dutch. In a…
'breaking records' implies a lot more than it is. The amount of breaths anyone takes in their life also continues to break their own personal record, but it's not as impressive as it sounds. Output today is 2x what it…
It's obviously both in different circumstances. I've had plenty of raises while the rest of my team didn't, and when I stopped doing what I was doing, I joined them.
> No excuse is good enough to justify that. There was no excuse at all in my post, not sure what you're replying to. It was only pointed out that despite failures in train systems, it's still safer than driving a car. >…
Per capita is pretty useless, you'd want to go per kilometer, which as I stated is still way safer for the train.
> the point is to not die while taking my daily commute Exactly, which is why you need to take trains, not cars. Everything else you said completely misconstrues the point, nobody is arguing for less train or car…
Doing anything is a risk. The salient thing is relative risk. Even with record levels of train accidents it’s still the safest way to travel. The bodycount sits around 100 this year for trains and 1775 last year for…
But the activists are not the point. Animal rights activists are a minority, things change because the majority or a significant share of people backs them. In this case this large group that backs banning horse drawn…
Essentially this is simply what solar panels have done for ages, feed back electricity to the grid, sure it's not through a power outlet but essentially it connects to the grid in a similar way. What's new is cheap and…
No not per se, but most people tend to stop using the switches. The Hue basically just adds a switch inside the bulb, which can be remote controlled. The lamp's switch is still there, and functions as normal (turning on…
I'd want to add a bit of nuance to that, as bright lights hurt my eyes and induce headaches (sometimes migraines). For that reason I really like overhead lights as: 1. You can easily fit a larger number of overhead…
A regular household plug should be more than enough unless you want to use your home as a quick pit-stop between two long rides. (e.g. drive 150km from work to home, then drive 300km to your holiday home for the weekend…
Yeah very creepy, I'm afraid it'll be normalised in a few years, together with the cameras in our glasses. I always knew this was coming eventually, with storage and compute getting so cheap, eventually every record can…
‘… but contrary to what a regular person may think (that this level of data gathering is unusual), privacy experts know that it’s not, it is standard practice’
Japan beats Dutch train frequencies, hence it's not unbeatable. And if you include metro rail there are plenty of more frequent rail systems including again Japan but also China, France, UK, Hong Kong, Singapore, South…
Wasn't my experience, frequencies are fine but I don't think it's unbeatable at all. The default simulation is 50x speed by the way, perhaps that gave you the impression.
Here was mine, I thought it was very good. My prompt was: reinvigorating the desire for work after a sabbatical. AI below ---- Six weeks into my sabbatical I was genuinely thriving. Week seven I started narrating my own…
> Does the radiant heat not increase the room temperature, thus affecting the indoor temp sensor? C Yes but the temperature of the air in your home is only one part of it. The other part is the temperature of the…
You have no clue about the armies of people online who think hydroponic home farms will be a serious and significant source of food then.
I think you missed the part where I said I built the same system and enjoyed it and learned a lot from it.
Could you also add your thoughts on whether you think a B1 level is a sensible requirement for permanent residence in any country? Because that's what the post seems to boil down to, but you haven't opined on it (other…
There's some people that say having no airconditioning, no dishwasher, no elevator, no computer, no smartphone isn't as bad as it sounds. And they're completely right, for them. And completely wrong, for others. I'll…
Exactly this, he should've just fixed this, or not written an article about it. After the 'sensorium effect' (he should've used ancient greek for a +10 bonus to archaic intellectual points), he describes the…
Quite annoying to have to read a paragraph of text next to a moving image. I right-clicked every GIF and turned off 'loop'. Beyond that reading an AI piece just feels like a waste of time. The text goes on and on…
I thought it was quite the opposite, too easy. Your ship recharges health. Also you can claim and island and heal there. It's so easy to the point it's actually boring, I got 10 kills before I quit, never got close to…
These aren't comparable situations. For one it's a peace-time situation where strong-arming interventions are met with consequences, in this case China can stop supply of critical products to punish the Dutch. In a…
'breaking records' implies a lot more than it is. The amount of breaths anyone takes in their life also continues to break their own personal record, but it's not as impressive as it sounds. Output today is 2x what it…
It's obviously both in different circumstances. I've had plenty of raises while the rest of my team didn't, and when I stopped doing what I was doing, I joined them.