Doesn’t it, though?

IIRC the issue was that the relay can also function as a mirror/archive of posts. That’s a lot of data and gets expensive.

Stories of Rassenschande, which denoted alleged scandals of Jewish men and German women having sex, were staples of Der Stürmer.[15] Streicher described Jews as sex offenders who were[12] “violators of the innocent, perpetrators of bizarre sex crimes, and ritual murderers”, who allegedly performed in religious ceremonies using blood of other humans, usually Christians. Streicher also frequently reported attempts of child molestation by Jews. Der Stürmer never lacked details about sexual intercourse, names, and crimes to keep readers aroused and entertained. These accusations, articles, and crimes printed in Der Stürmer were often inaccurate, and rarely investigated by staff members. In the newspaper’s opinion, if a German girl became pregnant by a Jew, the Jew would deny paternity, offer to pay for an abortion, fail to pay child support, or leave for the United States. Within Der Stürmer, it was not uncommon to read reports of German women aborting their children because they did not want to bring a “Jewish bastard into the world”.[12]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Der_Stürmer#Alleged_sexual_crimes

ridding society of parasites

That seems somehow familiar. Hmm. Where I have I heard that political rhetoric before? Whatever, it’s only '26. I’m sure by '33 it will all come back.

Source: https://xcancel.com/usf_army/status/2064682581057011886

To you, it’s normal, but to Americans it’s absolutely dystopian. Look at how people talk about Trump. In Germany, insults against politicians are especially serious and are prosecuted.

Not quite. And throwing feces would certainly constitute a more serious crime.

Insults are prosecuted at the request of the victim (with very rare exceptions). Usually, people don’t bother. However, police officers are known for their well-developed sense of personal honor, and they hang around police stations, anyway.

Important difference between Germany and EG the US: German prosecutors must, by law, investigate all potential crimes. You’re right that such an investigation into an insult does not usually merit significant resources. Much depends on how well staffed the prosecutor’s office is. Bavaria is notorious for having time for all those little things (see the warnings about weed).

You can expect them, say, to look up a license plate and send a letter to the owner requesting a statement. Insults while driving are also seen as having higher priority, on account of the danger posed by losing your cool while driving.

Someone who has been accused more than once, will certainly merit more resources. Insults against police officers are also higher priority and usually end badly.

You’ll visit BMW (Rollys-Royce, Mini), I expect.

If you notice a picturesque brick tower in the vicinity, that’s a Hochbunker from WW2. There’s more than 1 around there.

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_der_Hochbunker_in_München

Munich was not bombed very much, on account of being so far inland. Nevertheless, the hill you can see when you’re at the BMW museum, consists of the rubble of buildings that were destroyed in the war. It was turned into a park for the 1972 Olympics. The terrorist attack that took the lives of most of the Israeli Olympic team mostly took place nearby. If that’s of interest to you, you could watch Spielberg’s Munich.

You may notice cars with an unusual look (see photos here). Those are prototypes. You can see a fair number of these (BMW & Rolls-Royce) in the area. In German, they are called Erlkönig (elf-king) after a poem by Goethe.

112

112 is the European standard for emergency services (including police). Also works in many other countries.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/112_(emergency_telephone_number)

Insulting people can result in criminal prosecution in Germany. Also giving the nazi salute, repeat nazi slogans (or any such display of anti-constitutional allegiance).

Interesting how Americans are the most concerned. I wonder what might explain that. In the US, white people are the most worried (IIRC).

Which raises 2 questions: Were they anti-slop because they saw the threat to their jobs? Or did they lose their jobs because they wouldn’t match the output of AI users?

Likes don’t affect that at all, boosts or shares or retweets or whatever they are called affect that and are sent to the author and your followers

That changes the calculus. With something that is just a private thumbs up, like a DM, the stakes are much lower.

That’s not really impressive, is it? Not something for which you’d have to look up disclosures. Prices are adjusted in the face of supply and demand. Trump announcements are bull…

how much is that advancement offset by increased power consumption and increased price of the chip itself?

It’s not. Performance per watt or per dollar increases exponentially. It’s not subtle.

That’s what I mean. I’m interested in seeing actual numbers, like seeing how costs differ in specific model/hardware combinations, with certain assumptions on the price of electricity and maybe interest rates or amortization schedules.

What is it that you want to work out? There are various price comparisons out there.

Do you feel that he has given you the right idea about where AI was heading in the last few years?

1. Yes, people are used to monopolistic social media. Doesn’t mean that there shouldn’t be an alternative. There simply are a lot of things that you cannot do without an authority that grants or denies access to data. If you want the advantages of openness, you have to accept the downsides.

2. I don’t know how that is an argument for anything. If people are more comfortable voting and not posting, maybe we should make posting anonymous.

3. Repeating a rejected assertion is not going to convince. You strip the username from data. Give me some reason why it would be easier when the data is short. People want their posts to be seen. That doesn’t mean they want their usernames seen.

1. The cost of hardware has always gone down. If it seems different in the last few years, that’s because demand has gone up and people are outbidding each other to get the same scarce resource. But the fundamentals have not changed. Once Production catches up, prices will return to the previous trajectory.

2. Going down. At the same size, models are more capable. This is both because training data is being incrementally refined, and because better methods are thought up.

3. Going up. Bigger models are better, but more expensive to run. They also require more data to train. The trend towards bigger models will continue for the foreseeable future. How quickly models can be scaled up is limited by the logistics (data centers and training data)

FYI: Ed Zitron is a PR expert. He has no background in engineering or finance.

He has the skills to make people listen to him and give him money. He does not have the skills to determine if any of his assertion are true or not. If you’re wondering if I’m calling him a liar, then I can only say that I can’t read minds. If you’re not wondering, then you weren’t paying attention.

1. The problem with trad SoMe is that it is monopolistic. That’s because these companies “own” the data and gate-keep access. If you want open social media, you must not have a gate-keeper. Which means that you can’t have someone who controls access. That’s a fundamental trade-off.

2. So what? Should posts be anonymous as long as they are short?

3. No. It’s always data+owner. It doesn’t matter if the data is only a single bit.