gedhrel

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Hey Lemmy, what's a movie you think everybody should see at least once? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 2 points 23 hours ago

Ivan's Childhood; although all of Tarkovsky's oeuvre is worth it.

Hey Lemmy, what's a movie you think everybody should see at least once? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] -1 points 23 hours ago

That's Alan Turing the traitor as played by Sherlock Holmes?

It is a film with a great list of cheap tropes to avoid.

EU considers calculating X fines by including revenue from Musk’s other firms in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 week ago

I'm a mathematician too. They're probably speaking from an intuitive grasp of utility.

It Takes Two has sold over 20 million copies in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

Yeah, but still - the elephant.

Do you actually care about your friend's new baby, vacation abroad or similar life events or are you just being nice? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

I care about my friends, and if they want to talk about it, I'm happy to listen.

Depending on what the thing is (eg, potential new person) they can be inherently interesting too.

What was the worst book you’ve ever read? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

The Tarot of the Bohemians.

Does each language have "lefty loosey righty tighty"? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

I think it's fairly parochial, and sounds quite infantile to me. Growing up (uk) we just used clockwise to tighten.

Former Google CEO says climate goals are not meetable, so we might as well drop climate conservation — unshackle AI companies so AI can solve global warming in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 38 points 2 weeks ago

"I love life on Earth... but I love capitalism more."

Eric Schmidt: ‘We’re not going to hit the climate goals. I’d rather bet on AI solving the problem.’ With "alien intelligence"! in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

Right. This is Schmidt admitting he has a total lack of imagination. Or to put it another way, "I love life on earth, but I love capitalism more!"

West Ham owner says non-dom crackdown is driving wealthy from the UK in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Do the top 1% have more or less than 30% of the total wealth?

Eric Schmidt: ‘We’re not going to hit the climate goals. I’d rather bet on AI solving the problem.’ With "alien intelligence"! in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 42 points 2 weeks ago (7 children)

When the AI says, "turn off the fucking data centres, invest in public transport, apply progressive redistributive taxation," it'll be first against the wall no doubt.

Trump says he’ll set up an anti-woke task force in US military to monitor generals in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Sexy anti-woke task force officer?