Well, we have 6 governments, does that count?

It refers to the annexes you see growing out of the back of the house. People used to (and sometimes still do) start with a modest house, and then as time went on and money came in, build out into the yard, adding a new kitchen, toilet, shed, veranda, etc.

It has since also come to refer to things that get extended and patched up over time without a lot of coherence or forethought, like our tax codes (they just add rules, bonuses, penalties, etc. on top of the baseline instead of doing a thorough tax reform)

This is Belgium, it’s a great example of what we call “koterijen”

Unpopular opinion because it’s so recent, but I think Starfield is/will be in this category

I’m gonna read that as ‘disemballed’, which just means they lose all their golf ballls

The problem with the Turing test and current AI is that we didn’t teach computers to think, we taught them to talk.

It’s an interesting discussion to have about consent/medical choices, but the fact is that many people don’t have the knowledge/resources to go out and do that, and for them it’s a benefit without proven drawbacks

God forbid we… checks notes… prevent tooth decay!

Which makes water lava, technically speaking

Well, Xbox and PC exclusive.

It’s 130 euros to upgrade from a 7700 with stock cooler to a 7800x3D with dark rock 4 cooler.

That seems a bit steep, especially if I can upgrade the CPU in 3 years

Yeah, at least that’s the only usecase where power will matter

This release is perfectly timed for my build to upgrade an i7 9700 / RTX 2080. Only question now is a Ryzen 7700 or an Intel 13600kf. Any thoughts ?

Oh god, that’s not even unrealistic

It’s impossible to say what prehistoric people were thinking or wanting. You can only look at how they lived their lives, or how later peoples organized their society. The main thing is that there isn’t one way of living, some societies were hierarchical and probably materialistic based on grave goods and burials, some societies clearly had prosocial tendencies based on remains of people with disabilities showing care and nourishment.

If you want a detailed look on the topic, there’s “The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity”, a book by Graeber and Wengrow, which also talks about the huge diversity of social models in old communities of humans.

Wouldn’t it be Divinity 7?

But to build on your analogy: we don’t make regulations based on a religious doctrine anymore in most countries. If your religion says no one is allowed to wear mixed fabrics or eat pork, that’s fine if you’re not doing that, but we’re not banning those things for all of society.

There’s about as much proof for an existential AGI threat as there is for a deity, so let’s not make policies based on either, and focus instead on real potential and already proven harms of AI

I have to disagree here. Disclaimer: I work for a bank but not super into the core financial stuff. Firstly, banks are already super heavily regulated; anti money laundering, terrorism financing, know your customer, etc. The reason crypto takes minutes for international transfers and banks can take days isn’t because of technology, it’s all of those checks on fraud happening. All the money leaving a bank account is, barring very advanced fraud, with the user’s consent, but in fraud cases this is often done via social engineering (calling someone to get their codes from their bank card reader, or pretending to be a family member in need).

Yeah, this feels like coming home. I tried the other options, but none felt as smooth or as customisable as this.