@whitequark They should! 😜

@whitequark My point was that different beliefs about free will result in different attributions of responsibility, which leads to different responses to people's actions. Why care about someone not believing in free will? Because they will not just talk about it, they will make choices based on their conviction and it's usually better to be able to predict them. In the case of politicians, who I believe are not able to try all solutions and must make a choice, ha ha, it will affect many.

@hollie But this will bring the prices down and make the books accessible to a lot more people, right? Right?

@arstechnica of all the applications for #artificialintelligence #ai, this seems like a good one. And people get what they want, obviously.

@whitequark for example, you might enact a policy to reduce drunk driving by demanding every car maker install a sensor in the ignition, or you might choose to increase taxes on alcohol to make it less accessible; one focuses on taking a choice away from the individual, the other on creating an environment that leads the individual to drinking less.

@whitequark hi, I suppose it becomes important when judging the actions of someone: when a crime is committed, is the perpetrator to blame, or the environment s/he grew up in, or an abusive parent, or a substance? And it becomes even more important when you try to prevent future crimes because you make certain predictions: if there is only free will, you will focus more on individuals; if an individual's actions are the result of something else, you will focus on that instead.

@dougiec3
One fighter plane. Two fighter planes. Ah-ah-ah.

@petergleick Keep in mind the strategy is to distract from truly important matters.

@iFixit Time to buy one of those pliers now. Thanks!

@iFixit @playdate I need help unscrewing a tiny screw stuck inside another.

The crank paddle on my Panic #playdate broke so I ordered a new one. I followed instructions unitil I had to screw the tiny screw into the paddle's wider one, when it simply wouldn't go further than halfway in. I applied more force but it wouldn't budge, so I kept trying and now the tiny screw is so stuck it won't move at all and the head is stripped. I tried WD40 and two pliers, to no avail. Any ideas?

There's too much ice in the Kool-Aid people are drinking

Holy cow, #404media enabled ActivityPub directly on their site! 🎉

@feed :blob0w0:

:blobcathappypaws:

. @TheOldGuy Just to note that this video was posted on YouTube seven years ago, still, it was during the Trump administration's first term.
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"Cell phone video of a confrontation at a border patrol checkpoint is stirring up new controversy in the immigration debate. A California teacher was detained after she refused to say if she was a U.S. citizen at a checkpoint in New Mexico about 35 miles from the border."

Source CBS via YouTube:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3XEGh81Lgp0

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Everybody look, what's going down?"

@phaysis Worth trying, I think

@iFixit (or anyone) would you happen to know if it's possible to remove the battery from a newer smartphone (say, a Samsung S20) and have it run only from power coming from usb? (End goal: run a phone as a server without the risk of an old battery exploding).

#diy #server #android #samsunggalaxy #hardware #hack #askmastodon #asklemmy

Solid research question for any in need https://velvetshark.com/ai-company-logos-that-look-like-buttholes

It's hard to truly innovate on books, so I'm glad a friend recommended "S." by Doug Horst, also known as The Ship of Theseus by V. M. Straka, also known as the book J. J. Abrams produced more than ten years ago. There is at least one enciphered message in it that hasn't been cracked. Any takers?

https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/6eb1ad19-8289-4db5-953c-d0bc2b80af44

https://whoisstraka.wordpress.com/2018/04/24/the-musical-cipher-in-s/

#shipoftheseus #vmstraka #book #readingcommunity #cipher #puzzle

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