Obviously carrier pigeons carrying messages encrypted with post-quantum ciphers where keys have been sent ahead of time using USPS because no one would be so rude as to read someone elses mail.
You have 2 paths - code tests and AI review which is just vibe test of LGTM kind, should be using both in tandem, code testing is cheap to run and you can build more complex systems if you apply it well. But ultimately it is the user or usage that needs to direct testing, or pay the price for formal verification. Most of the time it is usage, time passing reveals failure modes, hindsight is 20/20.
Prices never came back to pre-pandemic levels, that is absolutely correct. But if you remember that prices ballooned last year when Trump just took office, eggs were getting more and more expensive, etc and I gotta say prices came down a bit after that, but always never to previous levels.
Build your own repertoire of expressions by picking what you like. You could even use AI to make lists of such phrases if nothing comes to mind. Take the ones you like and use whatever suits you. At some point it'll become automatic.
I think this is the intended reference, since Python made that common phrase popular in programming.
TBH, I haven't seen "batteries included" referencing actual batteries in the package for many years, I suspect because rechargeable batteries are usually expected these days. I've seen remotes with batteries included, but the packages don't botheer to mention that fact.
Blind user here. Reality is, we are so disadvantaged in this world that we will gladly accept any tool that is useful. Almost nobody would ever read the TOS. Its a bit like with cars... Sure, there are some urban exceptions, but truth is, if you ask someone to give up their car, they will laugh you out the door.
I'm sorry that you are in this predicament. Many rely on these tools. When something finally works, few are going to walk away because of a long terms of service most of us will never read. That doesn't mean you don't care about privacy though, it just means you are forced into a tradeoff.
With AI glasses like the ones Meta is pushing, the device is not just helping you. It is recording. Photos and videos can be sent back to company servers. Reports show that human reviewers can see very private footage users never meant to share. That includes sensitive personal moments. The device is basically an always-on camera tied to a giant data company.
If you depend on that device to understand the world, that makes you more vulnerable, not less. If ads, errors, or AI hallucinations start shaping what you hear about your surroundings, that affects your only channel of perception. If your daily life is constantly captured and stored, that affects your autonomy.
So yes, many of us will still use the tech. But that is exactly why pushing for strong, clear privacy terms now matters. Accessibility should not mean giving up control over your own life.
Sure, every interaction in society is a tradeoff... However, I must destroy your dreams. Being disabled almost always means surrendering control over your own life to others. Or, better phrased, constantly fighting to keep control from being taken away from you by external, mostly well meaning, forces. But I get it, really. No need to ELI5. I hope the "you" in your explanation was rethorical... because if it wasn't, I definitely feel talked down to. I read the article we are commenting. I am well aware about the problem of hallucination, especially when image LLMs get used to describe the world. I have even done my own empirical tests to get a feel of the extent of the problem. All my comment was trying to say is, that when it comes to assistive technologies which actually provide value, idiology and privacy concerns pretty much go out the window very very fast, much faster then the average HN reader might assume. That is why Meta glasses are very popular amongst the visually impaired. Or do you seriously suggest they (we) are all so naiv as to not know what kind of deal we just struck with the devil?
Full disclosure: I don't own Meta glasses (yet), but I know some users and observe rollout amongst assistive technology resellers.
You could always say you're not comfortable being processed and uploaded to Meta. If they wear the glasses at their desks replacing their screen , that's fair game.
PLA is also biodegradable and cheap but it does not biodegrade that fast, certainly does not vanish in 13 weeks. Im not sure what the usecase is here but I'm sure it could have some uses.
PLA does break down naturally, it is a good source of carbon for many types of bacteria. It takes a long time, and happens more quickly in industrial composters where it's shredded to microplastics first but it does happen.
Take a look at something people have been using for eons with saltwater aquariums: bio-pellets. These are tiny beads of PLA that are fluidized to allow high turnover of water through the PLA, this encourages bacteria to colonize and digest the PLA, then break off and move into the water column (the bacteria) and be removed by the protein skimmer. Because of the red field ratio, each 106 mols of carbon from PLA removed this way also removes 16 mols of nitrate, which is a major pollutant in aquariums. It also removes 1 mol of phosphate, a major pollutant as well, but that's not significant. Phosphate is best done by fluidized reactors with ferric oxide
There are a decent amount of plant parts that don't break down much at all in 3 months - doesn't mean they aren't biodegradable ultimately, although hoping for biodegradation as a way to eliminate litter is a nonstarter with this approach.
3 months? Most organics will not break down in that time. 6-12 months is recommended, and even then, not everything is broken down. I've had egg shells last 2 years or more in my compost bin.
I made no claims about the speed at which PLA breaks down, only that it does. Biopellets in reactors tend to last years.
But that can't demonstrate that there are no genuine accidents. Indeed, there almost certainly are, because people don't stop being incompetent just because some other people are malicious.
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