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New comment by grayfaced in "The chess bot on Delta Air Lines will destroy you (2024) [video]"

grayfaced — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 07:08:21 +0000

Even though I'm tall it's about the back, not the knees.

New comment by grayfaced in "The chess bot on Delta Air Lines will destroy you (2024) [video]"

grayfaced — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 05:47:59 +0000

And yet I'd prefer both myself and the person in front of me lean back. The upright posture is painful for me. Is your preference more valid then mine? The fact that the chairs are configured that way suggests the cultural norm.

New comment by grayfaced in "Netflix to Acquire Warner Bros"

grayfaced — Fri, 05 Dec 2025 23:28:38 +0000

Compulsory licensing sounds interesting but isn't there a fundamental problem in terms of setting price? Music tends to not have big budget differences. Should a show with a budget of 10k get the same fee as a show with a budget of a $1mil? And who sets the price?

New comment by grayfaced in "After my dad died, we found the love letters"

grayfaced — Sun, 23 Nov 2025 22:42:54 +0000

She wrote most of it centered on his perspective (as she understands it). And if you take that line as such, then you're right. I took that line as bringing another perspective to show the damage he caused. She has a lot to unpack and showing those conflicts demonstrated it.

New comment by grayfaced in "Tesla Recalls Almost 13,000 EVs over Risk of Battery Power Loss"

grayfaced — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 14:49:09 +0000

I think the implication is that people could be driving with a dead 12V as if nothing is wrong. Then when they experience the HV failure in the recall, they would have no power whatsoever for safety systems.

New comment by grayfaced in "Signs of autism could be encoded in the way you walk"

grayfaced — Thu, 17 Jul 2025 22:48:29 +0000

Never diagnosed but have suspicions and this describes me. I had comments earlier on in life but later I joined the Army. There is a lot of marching and I was frequently told to "swing my arms naturally". Other actions told to "act normal", very frustrating because my normal/natural is what they saw as a problem. So I would try to figure out what normal is and when I would try to emulate, they would tell me I'm thinking about it too much.

New comment by grayfaced in "Why does the U.S. always run a trade deficit?"

grayfaced — Wed, 21 May 2025 01:06:50 +0000

Wouldn't it be more apt to compare consumption vs production. It looks like US is about 26% of global GDP from a quick google. But I'm also suspect of comparing GDP's across nations that have very different methodologies.

Also services are counted there, so it's likely we're exporting services in exchange for manufactured products.

New comment by grayfaced in "The NSA Selector"

grayfaced — Wed, 21 May 2025 00:50:45 +0000

Yes kinda, I would say network activity rather then traffic. Audio signal is going to be in scale of 48Khz while measuring ethernet signal at scale of 100Mhz. At that rate it wouldn't even get more then 1 sample from a full size packet. So really it's polling 48Khz whether or not there was activity during that period. The gimmick is that it uses some analog components. Fully digital you could craft a meaningful audio signal that represents traffic.

New comment by grayfaced in "First American pope elected and will be known as Pope Leo XIV"

grayfaced — Fri, 09 May 2025 01:00:38 +0000

That message is sent quickly. But if you're talking about raw eyeballs, not many are reading it.

New comment by grayfaced in "How much do you think it costs to make a pair of Nike shoes in Asia?"

grayfaced — Fri, 11 Apr 2025 02:26:48 +0000

Cultural exports are how NYC became famous, has a city ever became famous without culture? I can't say anything about the quality of Sex and the City since like I said before I've never watched it. I have had it brought it up to me overseas, people like you that have watched it. I can think of a dozen countries that have made iconic scenes in media to spread their culture. I can't name a single scene of modern Chinese living. To the west, pre-revolution and post-revolution China are completely different. All your neighbors have managed to push their modern culture. US culture is on downtrend because they've stopped seeking common ground with their peers, they will deserve what's coming to them.

New comment by grayfaced in "How much do you think it costs to make a pair of Nike shoes in Asia?"

grayfaced — Thu, 10 Apr 2025 23:17:01 +0000

You've completely missed the point. Crouching tiger/Hero are not modern chinese culture. I haven't even seen the shows I mentioned, but I also know if I mention New York overseas, that is what people think of it. They are known around the world. It's not about quality, it's not about blockbusters, it's about the raw influence of "what is New York". Are you suggesting that overseas, the lesson we should take on Chinese culture from Chinese media is that China is infested by demons, has no electricity and is a feudal system??

New comment by grayfaced in "How much do you think it costs to make a pair of Nike shoes in Asia?"

grayfaced — Thu, 10 Apr 2025 11:53:16 +0000

I wasn't making a point about blockbusters though. Star Wars would fail my criteria as well. It's not about money it's about influence. The stuff you listed is the antithesis of that, watered down for a global audience. I'm talking about the "I want to visit CityX" because I saw what it's like and that's my vibe.

It's not a matter of growing the industry because it's already orders of magnitude bigger then what it costs to accomplish.

New comment by grayfaced in "How much do you think it costs to make a pair of Nike shoes in Asia?"

grayfaced — Thu, 10 Apr 2025 05:45:06 +0000

If they're selling on historical and folklore how much is that really pushing culture? Is Modern China the same culture as pre-revolution China? Friends, Seinfeld, Sex and the City had actual influence on people on a portrayal of modern New York. What's the equivalent show that has worldwide audiences interested in modern Chinese life.

New comment by grayfaced in "You might want to stop running atop"

grayfaced — Wed, 26 Mar 2025 02:54:07 +0000

You're probably not running either unless you know what they are. Top is an equivalent of windows taskmanager, most often to used identify "top" processes using memory/cpu (and other resources) and only ran briefly. Atop is a different long-running version used to create logs of the same data to understand trends.

New comment by grayfaced in "Making any integer with four 2s"

grayfaced — Sun, 23 Feb 2025 17:38:20 +0000

The problem is allowing arbitrary numbers of unary operators. If you allowed ++ increment it would be trivialized even easier. Could even do all complex numbers with only 2 twos.

New comment by grayfaced in "Fully autonomous AI agents should not be developed"

grayfaced — Tue, 11 Feb 2025 22:15:25 +0000

Out-of-control AI is sci-fi fearmongering, it's not about worming through systems. It will be doing exactly what it was placed there to do. It will be a human failing that puts armageddon in it's hands. And since humans have NO MEANS to prevent armageddon (The predominant policy is in fact doubling down on destruction with MAD), there will be no way to place AI in command of this defense. The asymmetrical relationship between destruction and creation will mean there will never be a defense.

New comment by grayfaced in "Autonomous AI Agents Should Not Be Developed"

grayfaced — Sat, 08 Feb 2025 01:22:15 +0000

How's that going for Tornado Cash?

New comment by grayfaced in "Fully autonomous AI agents should not be developed"

grayfaced — Sat, 08 Feb 2025 01:20:31 +0000

How did you jump to that conclusion? The agent will be limited by the capabilities under its control. We have the technological ability to cripple world now and we don't have the technological means to prevent it. Give one AI control of the whole US arsenal and the objective of ending the world. Give another AI the capabilities of the rest of the world and the objective of protecting it. Would you feel safe?

New comment by grayfaced in "Station of despair: What to do if you get stuck at end of Tokyo Chuo Rapid Line"

grayfaced — Fri, 07 Feb 2025 23:43:31 +0000

They could get rid of this phenomena if they had the train schedule end in a lively area. Meaning the last train arriving an endpoint is followed by a single last train that only goes halfway. I imagine that extra half-route is opposite that most passengers are traveling though.

New comment by grayfaced in "Nobody cares"

grayfaced — Thu, 16 Jan 2025 04:22:00 +0000

The whole article is "This design isn't optimized for me" and "No one else prioritizes my priorities". Empathy is something one can develop with practice if you take the self-reflection to recognize things from others perspectives. Their "Nobody cares" can easily be redirected back to author with how little other perspectives they consider. Multiple times their "objectively" better thing is worse for some.