Rhaedas

Shrimp.

It’s balanced now. For the previous thousands of years we had a plastic deficiency, but that’s fixed.

We know how that ended up. Yikes.

If you’re still moving with traffic, why do you care that someone got in front of you? If you’re slowing so much that lots of people are getting in front at one time, then you’re the obstacle. A 3 second gap changes with speed, if it’s slow traffic that’s less than a car length. And if some asshole muscles their way into a gap unsafely, let them. You’ll still get to your destination far faster than if you hit each other or cause some road rage stupidity because of who is in front.

Driving brings out the worst in people for no gain at all.

The best flowing highways I’ve ever seen were ones where the on ramp didn’t end, but became the off ramp for the next exit. Obviously you can’t have that everywhere, but it’s basically a free flow lane that gives time for adjustment. I’ve also seen on ramps (older ones) that aren’t much more than a turn lane, and dangerous if you don’t know the area and traffic patterns.

I’ve always said that if you’re using your brakes on the highway and it’s not for an emergency stop, you’re too close to the car in front of you. Even if they’re the type that are on and off the brake constantly, if their speed isn’t changing much you shouldn’t need to follow their example. Of course I try to get out from behind them because they are like crying wolf and one of those brakes might be for real.

When caught in a traffic jam I look for a semi to get behind. They won’t accelerate fast like some car drivers do, and they don’t stop as fast either. Plus they can see better if things area really starting to move or not. Keep a few car lengths behind them and while everyone is doing the start and stop motions, I’m keeping a slow but steady speed usually without needing to brake at all. It’s also less stressful.

They literally went “why having testing, when production gives us more data?”

It started off as something legit, trading and bartering. The idea of money as a substitute for direct bartering made sense too, since dividing some things isn’t practical. As to where things went bad, I’m sure there’s tons of debate on that. And there’s always been scammers, like that guy Ea-nāṣir and his damn sub-standard crap he passed off as copper.

Now do training centers, since it’s obvious they are never going to settle on a final model as they pursue the Grail of AGI. I could do the exact same comparison with my local computer and claim that running a prompt only uses X amount of watts because the GPU heats up for a few seconds and is done. But if I were to do some fine tuning or other training, that fan will stay on for hours. A lot different.

They took a path they believed would develop into something, and it’s a narrow alley they can’t turn around in. They have to keep going with more compute and power to continue the chase. Thing is, everyone else seemingly thought they were onto something and followed as well, so they’re all in the same predicament where reversing course is suicide. So they hope they can keep selling the dream a bit longer until something happens.

To be fair, it’s a lot more than just autocomplete. But it’s a lot less than what they wanted by now too.

The 4th panel is usually the trigger. Everything else could mean any sort of setup, but that last pattern is always… damn it.

Take turns sleeping and keeping watch.

Reading the manual, unfolding the map, messing with the little extras. When software came in a box.

That’s my main reason for not pursuing a VM version yet. While I rarely go into the WIndows side now, I don’t want anything to show a different usage and give them a reason to lock the Windows part. I ran into something like that a few years ago, had to go through all sorts of validation with the Microsoft account to get things running right again. Wow, it almost sounds like holding the computer hostage.

Those were the days, when your Craftsman tool broke (no, they did sometimes, really) you’d take it back to Sears and get a replacement for free.