the_wonderfool

12 inches, thick as a beer can

Ouch

AI (or what we call AI currently) is definitely capable of making decision it wasn't trained for, it's the whole reason why LLM are so effective, they learned enough patterns about how humans think and react, that they can apply it to other situations.

Now, if you talk about RELIABLY making decisions then I definitely agree with you. They can't even be reliable with stuff they extensively saw in training, when you get out of the "confort zone" the odds of it taking the correct decision drops fast.

But with AI companies trying to get as much data as they can from their workers and from common people, and with the scary new trend of smart glasses (even though I'm a fan of augmented reality as a concept) we will see how things evolve...

While I cannot agree on having to prove your identity online, this is ON PAPER better than what individual governments are doing right now (from what I know, I may be wrong though). I still don't like it and think it's a bad idea in general, but if EU countries are going to implement it in any case, at least it's better to have something that protects your anonymity both ways (the government cannot see and track what your are visiting, and the sites cannot see and track your identity).

BUT, this is in paper. We will have to see the actual implementation.

And I would much rather not have anything like this (but good luck with all the far right parties that are being pushed right now...).

Have a Kindle Paperwhite (1st gen). Have send over USB, through Calibre - software, never used the web one -, books and documents in various formats. Never had an issue.

So many things. That is why I go everywhere with my messenger bag...

Must have: Phone Wallet Napkins (I guess they are called like that? The things to wipe your nose) House keys Car keys

Always have: Keys of my partner's house Emergency sewing kit Wine opener Lighter (I don't smoke but I find it useful) Small power bank 3 cables (usb-c, micro usb, Garmin watch cable)

Rarely I leave home: Kindle Mcon

Yes, because I find hard memorizing a lot of symbols before becoming capable of minimal reading proficiency.

As a person that also lives in northern Italy, and that have a girlfriend with a series on food intolerances, I can confirm with what OP already said. If you are celiac you can find options now days (obviously much more if you live in a city). If you are lactose intolerant you can also find options (Italy is also a place where lots of cheese is consumed, and many recipes involve some kind of cheese or cream). If you are both at the same time, well that's where problem starts appearing.

If by any chance you also got a vegan in the group well it's better to just cook yourself (obviously exaggerating but still your options of places may be very limited).

All this to say: you can find options now (when I was a kid it was unheard of), either with big restaurants/pizzerias that have a double kitchen, or with dedicated places that are fully gluten free.

While she very likely said this in a mean spirited way, I think it's a very good analogy.

There is no race on your ID card because it would be stupid (and very dangerous as it can and would be misused) then why is there gender? If a person identifies as "black" (whatever the hell that means, are they African? African American? European? South Indian? Etc. - you can easily be born with dark skin on pretty much any place on earth for whatever reason) then so be it, they may have valid reasons to feel a connection with a particular culture or ancestry. Why should a person not be able to identify as "male" or "female" without it massively affecting their lives?

They are all social constructs anyways, people should be free to identify however they want without needing to declare it to the government, in my opinion.

Silk is cool too, but I draw my linen on cotton

Tried it in the past but ultimately abandoned it, as then release numbers lost all added meaning. I can remember what happened in release 2.0.0 or (kinda) 3.5.0, but what the hell was release 2025.02.15? Why did it break this random function?

I mean, gaining power is always the incentive, whatever the society. In a capitalistic one people pursue profit as a mean to get power, take away capitalism and bad actors will find other ways, it's not that before capitalism was invented imperialism didn't exist...