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Pakistan's plans to deport Afghans

mardi 17 octobre 2023 à 10:35

Pakistan's plans to deport Afghans include 700,000 who fled persecution by the Taliban after those took over. It is unconscionable not to give them asylum.

Senator Menendez corruption with Egypt

mardi 17 octobre 2023 à 10:35

Describing the corruption Senator Menendez is accused of with Egypt, and the effects on Egyptian dissidents.

GPT-4 "artificial intelligence"

mardi 17 octobre 2023 à 10:35

One kind of use in which GPT-4 can actually qualify as "artificial intelligence" is when it is used to figure out obscured or hard-to-read words on a document.

If it does a certain kind of job well frequently, we can say that it displays understanding of that limited field, which would be intelligence.

As distinguished from the bullshit generation which ChatGPT does.

Bigger, heavier cars

mardi 17 octobre 2023 à 10:35

*Trend for bigger, heavier cars means more particles get released from breaks, tires and road surfaces.*

This is in addition to using more energy (whether fossil fuel or electricity) and causing more damage in collisions.

It is crucial to impose sufficient taxes on SUVs and other heavy cars to reduce their sales to a much smaller level. We should deter people from buying them unless they really need them.

Apology to student punished for dancing

mardi 17 octobre 2023 à 10:35

*Louisiana school principal forced to apologize after punishing a student for dancing* (and failing to follow the rules of his church).