Rogermcfarley
Rogermcfarley t1_j0bo475 wrote
Reply to comment by 1stdayof in 5 second toaster and kettle by F1NNTORIO
It does but it requires an infrastructure change that's arguably unnecessary and I refer you to my previous point on consumerism.
Rogermcfarley t1_j0bmgpx wrote
Reply to comment by YawnTractor_1756 in 5 second toaster and kettle by F1NNTORIO
I'm a strong advocate of technology. I'd rather have working fusion technology, machine learning that will help us create better scientific studies and unravel the vast complexity of human biology so we can treat more health issues. Technology that creates sustainable consumerism and technology that eliminates the need to deforest the rain forests, to stop using flourinated gasses and nitrogen based fertilisers. If that means my kettle doesn't boil in 5 seconds that's the sacrifice I'll gladly make.
Rogermcfarley t1_j0bjhp9 wrote
Reply to comment by F1NNTORIO in 5 second toaster and kettle by F1NNTORIO
It's the dark ages to utilise more power. Need to use less power not more wherever possible.
Rogermcfarley t1_izze0gq wrote
I asked it to write a function in Lua to create a Mandelbrot fractal. It seemed to do that well enough. I think functionally it's better for creating new code than troubleshooting existing code. The rate of progress is staggering with machine learning so we're still in the nascent stages. 10 years from now the world will be unrecognisable considering how much better machine learning will be.
Rogermcfarley t1_iyn5p47 wrote
Reply to comment by arisalexis in Is it possible that nuclear defense technologies will surpass the abilities of nuclear weapons in the future, rendering them near useless? by Wide-Escape-5618
That's something that is unknown. The current machine learning models it's already and has been for quite a few years unknown how the algorithms are working and it's also unknown how the data is being used by the models.
https://www.technologyreview.com/2017/04/11/5113/the-dark-secret-at-the-heart-of-ai/
At some point the singularity will happen and then it's predicted things change in ways we can't predict or maybe even control. Currently not at AGI level yet so ASI is some way off. Anyway Two papers on YouTube shows the almost weekly progress of machine learning. Currently I don't know of any artificial intelligence that is ratified as intelligent so currently I refer to it as machine learning.
Rogermcfarley t1_iymgpnv wrote
Reply to Is it possible that nuclear defense technologies will surpass the abilities of nuclear weapons in the future, rendering them near useless? by Wide-Escape-5618
Once we have the technology to stop nukes there will be biological warfare via nano cloud drones. There will never be an absolute way to stop humanity destroying itself. If climate change doesn't get us we'll get us for certain, just a matter of time.
Rogermcfarley t1_iycssu3 wrote
Reply to comment by VegetableWishbone in The solar-powered Aptera's unique design addresses common EV barriers by cartoonzi
$25900 - $50,700. $25900 in my country UK would be relatively cheap for a new EV. That's around £21500 and the cheapest new EV here is by MG at £26,000.
Rogermcfarley t1_iy1g9xq wrote
Reply to comment by mycall in Taiwan's TSMC founder says 3nm fab will be built in US by jussulent_tummy
I've been doing daylight saving wrong
Rogermcfarley t1_ixyi2cc wrote
Reply to comment by 116YearsWar in Zelensky and the Prime Minister of Belgium sign declaration of support for Ukraine’s membership to the EU and NATO by TheRealMykola
There are rules about % of GDP allocated to military resources and corruption neither of which Ukraine can fulfill. There's no fast tracking Ukraine into NATO it will take time and there's zero chance whilst this war is going on as they can't fulfill their NATO obligations and it would bring NATO in to direct conflict with Russia.
Rogermcfarley t1_ixlikcm wrote
I've actually tried this one which I thought of myself and whilst being my absolute best line it didn't work
I better I can kiss you better than your boyfriend.
Strangely I have never used that one again
Rogermcfarley t1_iwkw18r wrote
Reply to comment by Loki-L in Croatian EV maker Rimac claims 412km/h speed record by Loki-L
Still a long way to go before mass adoption. I don't see the value in EVs yet apart from the driving experience and possible form savings cost (only if you can charge at home). Great if you can charge at home. The cheapest EV in the UK is the MG5 at £25995. That's just way too much for many people to afford. Used prices are still very high. Battery tech and charging are getting better. The infrastructure is still poor.
Rogermcfarley t1_ivjwv4h wrote
Reply to comment by rakehellion in Nvidia’s 12GB RTX 4080 rumored to return as the RTX 4070 Ti | Nvidia paused the launch of its 12GB RTX 4080 last month, and now a rumor suggests it will return as the RTX 4070 Ti. by chrisdh79
I have one of those . Wayland in Linux doesn't like it though so I have to use X11 :/
Rogermcfarley t1_ivf604y wrote
Reply to comment by sanjsrik in Honda Electric Moped Coming - Step-through electric likely to be announced this year. by speckz
There are more recently electric mopeds but traditionally mopeds use petrol engines around 50cc
Rogermcfarley t1_iuiae4s wrote
Reply to comment by Floofyboy in Russian rocket falls in the north of Moldova by VileGecko
This kind of incident isn't going to trigger Article 5.
Rogermcfarley t1_iucts7j wrote
Reply to Russia backs out of Black Sea Grain Initiative, supposedly in response to Sevastopol explosions by Ok-Pomegranate-7056
Putin is very upset because Ukraine knows how to play Battleship and he's kicked the board over and shouted You sunk my Battleship!
Rogermcfarley t1_iu5mabh wrote
Reply to comment by SPAREustheCUTTER in Air.0 origami computer mouse folds flat to be packed away by giuliomagnifico
Consumerism killing the world ^
Rogermcfarley t1_iu49usi wrote
Reply to comment by IllmanneredFlanders in Relaxed Putin shows no regrets as war rages on in Ukraine by CreaseFire
Iron Dome was never invented to shoot down ICBMs and it has no chance against Hypersonic missiles. It gets even more difficult now that Hypersonic missiles exist. Hypersonic missiles have a much shallower trajectory. The best time to intercept an ICBM is immediately after launch or as it is on final descent. ICBMs have counter measures and also dummy warheads so all warheads need targeting and destroying. Anyway your main point stands if there was technology to eliminate ICBMs USA. UK and Europe would have ended this war already.
Rogermcfarley t1_itzld17 wrote
Reply to comment by zachsp2 in The horror has a face - NVIDIA’s hot 12VHPWR adapter for the GeForce RTX 4090 with a built-in breaking point | igor'sLAB by COMPUTER1313
Yeah this connector is a modern disaster. Who tested it as it's one of the worst I've seen in 25+ years of PC building.
Rogermcfarley t1_itczeey wrote
US Rocket blocks Russia
Rogermcfarley t1_isegqpu wrote
Reply to comment by Lor1an in Sleep Simulation: The Future of Sleep? by Defiant_Swann
Read the article it doesn't give any data on how this could be realistically done. It's fine to suggest this but it doesn't show any detailed research on how reduction of sleep could be achieved.
Rogermcfarley t1_ise9u8o wrote
Reply to comment by Defiant_Swann in Sleep Simulation: The Future of Sleep? by Defiant_Swann
First Science needs to understand sleep far better than it does already. It seems absurd to try and vastly reduce sleep when it's not fully understood. So you're talking about something that is many decades away unless huge biochemical research breakthroughs are made.
We don't yet have the power to reduce sleep requirement to just 2 or 3 hours. We don't understand all the mechanisms behind sleep and all of its purpose.
Rogermcfarley t1_irf1hz6 wrote
Reply to comment by JuggernautNo6974 in A bold effort to cure HIV—using Crispr by Sariel007
Most people don't die from HIV now so it's not the death sentence it used to be as the medications we have are good for treating HIV. But yes medication isn't a cure but we're getting closer to one. Biochemistry is very complex and we rely on studies to enhance our knowledge, however not all studies are high quality. Biochemistry is so vastly complex that it's slow going. For example cosmetic conditions such as male pattern baldness are still not fully understood which is why we don't have any drugs yet that were designed to treat baldness, only repurposed drugs such as Minoxidil and Finasteride.
I have these charts from Roche, which are just a few of the main biochemical pathways in the human body, so whenever I get an idea that solving a biochemical problem is easy I just look at the charts >
http://biochemical-pathways.com/#/map/1
There's many 100s or thousands more pathways and more to discover. Nature has millions of years head start on us.
This is a good book to have a look through just to get an idea of how mind bogglingly complex biochemistry is
Biochemical Pathways – An Atlas of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 2e by Gerhard Michael
I've used that book to look up some biochemical pathway I was interested in and it's not even in the book. Plus depending on brain region or area in the body the biochemical pathways don't work the same way. It's beyond my comprehension anyway, I'm just speaking from a perspective of doing this as a hobby so I'm sure some experts can come in here and explain further if they wish.
The medical breakthroughs reported in the general media often cite poor studies, interpret the studies incorrectly or hugely over simplify biochemical processes. So we're led to believe Serotonin is the happy neurotransmitter and Dopamine is the reward neurotransmitter and it's all just that simple when it's anything of the sort.
Biochemistry is fascinating but the reason some conditions are incurable so far or we wonder why we can't just cure baldness, it is because this is vastly complex and requires high quality methodological study. Then meta analysis of the studies if there are enough.
Rogermcfarley t1_iqo8eaz wrote
Reply to comment by Ziff_Red in This device allows you to connect any landline phone to a car using bluetooth by p8pes
So you can call the police and ask them to arrest you for being a smart arse
Rogermcfarley t1_j0v0vk2 wrote
Reply to comment by Van-Daley-Industries in Should we make it impossible for AI to rewrite its own code or modify itself? by basafish
I'm sure Robo will thank you.