That was really cool. It's absolutely fascinating, and scary, that were able to develop sophisticated software and we have so little idea of how it actually works. And it seems like we can't catch up! Researchers are still working on understanding the layers involved in GPT3, and we're already on to GPT4.
I particularly enjoy sci-fi that explores philosophy using various archetypes that can't exist yet without some advance in texhnology, or explore society by taking certain aspects to their logical extreme.
Blade Runner is a good movie example of the former. It explores the nature of humanity, consciousness, and "self" using advanced synthetic beings. Children of Time is a book example that explores evolution, religion, and more.
GATTACA is a good example for social exploration: eugenics, and morality. Children of Men is another good one: what would happen to society if we saw the end of our species in the near future.
Other books I've enjoyed along those lines: XX, Left Hand of Darkness, Three Body Problem (all 3 books).
Other movies: District 9, Ex Machina, WALL-E, The Matrix.
I've tested in my own model 3 and the range and kwh usage is actually pretty accurate as advertised assuming you accelerate slowly, drive the speed limit, and don't run the heat, and don't have a strong headwind. Many people, including myself, absolutely do not drive like that, so the range will be less.
Could we please instead do something about the global shipping and trucking industries? Hell, even clothing production creates more CO2 emissions than shipping and trucking combined. I would gladly sacrifice more shitty clothes for the ability to cook a decent meal.
I mean, I understand the original rationale: building out infrastructure is super expensive, so the monopoly gives the company an assurance they can recoup investment. But then there's no follow-up! There's nothing requiring the ISP to evolve, so we end up with the same tech as when the contract was signed 20 years ago. At least wireless (LTE, 5G, etc) is promising for competiton, but buying spectrum from the FCC is also f'ing expensive.
So try that. Go a week without smoking and see if you can do it.
I roll the occasional smoke after lunch but it's less than one a day. That's how I know I'm not addicted: I go multiple days between having a smoke, I can smoke with friends on the weekend, but then not smoke by myself on weekdays. Try that to know if you're really not addicted.
A lot of people were wondering this during the later Trump years: what's to stop government officials from simply ignoring the Supreme Court (or another branch, for that matter). It's surely a "Constitutional Crisis", but many conservatives seem more interested in preaching about the Constitution than actually following it.
That was really cool. It's absolutely fascinating, and scary, that were able to develop sophisticated software and we have so little idea of how it actually works. And it seems like we can't catch up! Researchers are still working on understanding the layers involved in GPT3, and we're already on to GPT4.