If Trump acts to fully abandon Ukraine - no more military or financial aid, no intelligence, lifting of sanctions and unfreezing of Russian assets - then Ukraine cannot win and the war will stop even… (View Post)

Yes, Trump's rise has been caused by underlying problems which won't go away even if Harris wins. A good chunk of voters know Trump is a criminal, a liar, a racist, a misogynist, a wannabe dictator, … (View Post)

There's always been an odd puritan streak in US culture, in recent years it's gone from an oddity to something quite sinister. I've had multiple serious enquiries from friends and acquaintances in th… (View Post)

LLMs don't write code, they just regurgitate variations of code segments they've been trained on. If you ask an AI to produce a bubble sort routine it'll give you one (which I guess is where the 25% … (View Post)

A good example of why perfect design doesn't exist is the semiconductor industry. They have put enormous effort into designing purely with simulation technology, given that actually getting a physica… (View Post)