True, but line isn’t going down yet.

1000 years, that’s when the region becomes habitable once again.

Notice how the guy’s legs don’t line up with the body?

He got into working satellite internet before everyone else

Satellite internet has existed before Starlink. What’s novel about starlink is that the satellites are much closer to earth, which allows for a low ping, but comes at the cost of needing to replace the satellites every few years, as they’ll deorbit by themselves, and needing a whole lot more of them. It only offers an advantage over cheaper alternatives (terrestrial internet or satellite internet in geostationary orbit) when you’re somewhere without proper infrastructure, and those areas tend to not be wealthy. So, the question is, is there enough demand to pay for replacing the entire constellation of satellites every few years?

“Accidentally” CC your reply to the mailing list with everybody in it.

I though the idea was to deface the post to show that you disagree with it.

What did you have mind?

I figure a ban of targeted advertisement would look like “The ads are only allowed to change once a day, and everybody during said day sees the same ads”. Whereas currently, each time you load a website, there’s an impromptu auction to sell the ad spots. (Advertisers don’t actually have to pay until you click their ad). So there would be less incentive to keep the user constantly engaged, as it would be enough if the user just visits regularly.

I’ve been trying to remember the name of this number. Thanks.

Eh, it depends on context.

If you do the 1st one, then most companies likely wouldn’t bother with such algorithms anymore.

Think buying an apartment on credit vs renting it. The apartment bought on credit you’ll eventually own, but not the rented one. So assuming you need an apartment, buying on credit can easily be the better decision.

Fun fact, but you can’t really do much if the police decide to just take your stuff, because they have guns. And likely more than you do.

Snowman has about the same visibility as a child. So if you can’t avoid hitting a snowman, you’d also hit a child on the road.

If you can’t stop for a snowman, you can’t stop for a child.

Aging sucks though.

Car transit is literally the least cost efficient method of travel, and only affordable because it’s heavily subsidized.

I wonder if vampire brains freeze mentally once they’re turned

“Vampire: The Masquerade” has that as a downside of being a vampire. Vampires are less creative than humans, to the point that being turned into a vampire is said to hurt their talent worse than aging ever could. They also can’t properly adapt to new technology. Basically, vampirism comes with creative sterility.

So, do they just keep buying 40% of the production in perpetuity? What if production of those chips gets scaled up, do they just buy more?

The problem isn’t the data center, but rather that the data center is being wasted on running AI. AI is a uniquely wasteful application, like crypto mining. If the data center does something actually useful, then it might provide utility greater than its expenses and externalities.