Lemme see, Disney licenses its characters to OpenAI and then sues Google for copyright infringement. Seems like some sort of pattern developing here...
I'm not a gamer, but I would think that games require close concentration over a long period, not to mention the accumulation of skills over time, just the opposite of social media
Too bad the article doesn't mention production capacity vs. US consumption. It's great that we're developing domestic rare earths capability, but will this plant actually make a difference overall?
I assume unless cost competition is achieved, this will simply serve as an overpriced source only government-aligned production will be forced to use (and reckon with the inadequacies of)
You're framing this as Muslim vs. Christian. Civilization operates best when church and state are separate. That's certainly under threat, and not just from Muslims.
However, the Earth's population is growing, and it's unrealistic (and immoral IMHO) to insist that only certain ethnicities or religions are welcome in certain places. Things change, and any change has good and bad aspects, but even though I'm not Christian, I believe Jesus had some remarks about the proper attitude towards strangers.
No, I am framing it as a cultural and civilisational clash and shift. This is what matters here and it is visible everywhere in Western Europe.
> and it's unrealistic (and immoral IMHO) to insist that only certain ethnicities or religions are welcome in certain places.
That's an important issue. I don't think it is unrealistic or immoral because it is not immoral to want to preserve your people and culture. It's not a question of absolute (outright ban) but of proportion.
Anyway, this is something that cannot be discussed on HN, or actually most places. Debate on any non-trivial issue or any deviation from the herd has become impossible.
> It is unrealistic and immoral to expect people to accept the invasion of their ancestral homelands as some kind of moral good
"Invasion" is somewhat of a Motte-Bailey thing.
"We're being invaded!" "Oh no, how did this happen?" "We literally invited them over to work for us" "And they turned against us?" "No, they settled down and had families" "And became a majority, with their kids working against us?" "No, not yet, we're several generations in to this and the migrants are still a minority, but a large enough minority that they stopped seeming exotic and mysterious. And when they do go into politics, they only win power if they're moderate and friendly, like the Mayor of London, where the Muslim one was pleasantly boring in comparison to his blonde white and very posh predecessor."
Doubly so as one bit of Europe is currently doing a rather more violent invasion of another bit of Europe. The agressor is theoretically Christian.
And for all that I'd be stoned in an actual Sharia Law nation for at least three distinct reasons, medieval Christian values would've burned me at the stake for those same things, and modern American Christian extremism isn't friendly to me either.
Yes, most were "invited". But consider the growing backlash and how it is dismissed by the establishment and one has to wonder what is going on.
> "And they turned against us?" "No, they settled down and had families"
Disingenuous. They settled down and had families and are increasing turning against European values and culture because numbers increasingly allow.
> "No, not yet, we're several generations in to this and the migrants are still a minority, but a large enough minority that they stopped seeming exotic and mysterious"
Large enough that they can push for their culture and values against local ones. Demographic trends are almost unstoppable now, which I think is the raised alarm on the issue (no-one would care much if a small minority remained a small minority).
The rest of your comment is just whataboutism and empty of argument.
Edit: Now I see that the comment you replied to has been flagged. This is really what I mean by suppression of dissenting opinion... really worrying.
It might be a good product if they just got rid of the AI recommendations. I learned back in the hippie days, never take advice from somebody who hallucinates.
Tape can be used to provide a textured grip to any ordinary point-of-contact with a weapon. No tape I've ever seen will conceal fingerprints, and in the 21st century it would be forensic suicide to touch adhesive paraphernalia your bare hands.
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