Long is short .. Archived Message Posted by Shyaku on January 20, 2020, 5:53 pm, in reply to "They are, Sash. A few demo projects are neither here nor there. Will they ever become the norm? -" Almost the whole of Europe was deforested to build the great European navies of 500 years ago or more. There are just a few square miles of primordial forest remaining, somewhere in Poland if my memory is correct. It was unsustainable but it fueled plunder. This is the current US debt vs. military base model. Plunder has now been handicapped as a model, and of course, there are limits to growth. I am sure it would be pretty easy for a mathematician to write an equation. easier than for the Drake equation. But as with the Drake equation, gambling on specific parameters for the 'long descent' equation seems a bit pointless to me. US survivalists seem to have been getting the params wrong for decades now. - Regards, Shyaku Message Thread: SF subsidy scammer Musk on track to get his comeuppance - - Rhisiart Gwilym January 20, 2020, 8:53 am There's a big difference between AI not being able to pilot cars as you claim and the VW exec's that - sashimi January 20, 2020, 10:58 am Fancy a bullion-bet on it, Sash? My grand-daughter could do with picking up a few thou-worth of sovs - Rhisiart Gwilym January 20, 2020, 11:46 am Feel free to short VW and Waymo then (nm) - sashimi January 20, 2020, 12:23 pm That'll be a 'no', then, I take it. NOM - Rhisiart Gwilym January 20, 2020, 1:41 pm How much did you lose betting that AI wouldn't beat chess & Go grandmasters & poker pros too? (nm) - sashimi January 20, 2020, 2:12 pm Re: How much did you lose betting that AI wouldn't beat chess & Go grandmasters & poker pros too? (nm) - Tomski January 20, 2020, 3:14 pm Rhis made a particular claim about self-driving cars being pie in the sky and cited a thedrive.com - sashimi January 20, 2020, 3:55 pm They are, Sash. A few demo projects are neither here nor there. Will they ever become the norm? - - Rhisiart Gwilym January 20, 2020, 4:28 pm Long is short .. - Shyaku January 20, 2020, 5:53 pm Oh yes, it's pointless, bro (sis?): Che sera sera. Fiadhnaith would appreciate the sovs, though! :)N - Rhisiart Gwilym January 20, 2020, 9:09 pm   Searching