https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/technological_singularity.
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for other uses, see singularity (disambiguation).the technological singularity (also, simply, the singularity)[1][2] is the hypothesis that the invention of artificial superintelligence will abruptly trigger runaway technological growth, resulting in unfathomable changes to human civilization.
I find the simulation argument to be a very silly one. Simulations don't actually have the properties of the things they're modeling.
A computer that's running a weather forecast simulation doesn't actually produce rain. And a simulation of a human brain wouldn't actually produce consciousness.
anyone here into guns.
i know alot of the euros here hate the idea but i wonder if there are any other members who are collectors or who are into hunting, target shooti g etc.. no shame zone?.
I like guns as much as the next American and think shooting them is an absolute blast!
That being said, I've never understood the "home defense" argument. Keeping guns in our homes doesn't make us any safer. To the absolute contrary, households with guns have twice the homicide rate of those who don't. And persons in a household with a gun have three times the suicide rate.
That's not to say I'm against having guns in the home. But if you own guns purely because you think your gun is making you safer - you couldn't be more wrong.
I hope everyone enjoys their guns and uses them safely. And please remember that guns - when used as a weapon - are inherently an offensive weapon. Not a defensive one.
anybody have some good suggestions?
not really sure what to call it.
it's kind of like country music - but i personally call it "western" music because it's - well - not country music.
Hahahahaha!
anybody have some good suggestions?
not really sure what to call it.
it's kind of like country music - but i personally call it "western" music because it's - well - not country music.
Anybody have some good suggestions? Not really sure what to call it. It's kind of like country music - but I personally call it "Western" music because it's - well - not country music. At least not like the stuff they play on the radio anyway. I have a whole play list but am always looking to add more.
If you're not sure what I'm talking here's an example:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HN-wHU2f_jg
Please post links.
Thanks!
the falcon heavy is set to launch today.
if successful, it will become the most powerful rocket in use (twice as powerful as the delta heavy).. as it's the very first attempt, elon musk has said he thinks there's a 50/50 chance of it not blowing up.
so should be interesting.
The un-photoshopped version of StarMan finally dropped:
the falcon heavy is set to launch today.
if successful, it will become the most powerful rocket in use (twice as powerful as the delta heavy).. as it's the very first attempt, elon musk has said he thinks there's a 50/50 chance of it not blowing up.
so should be interesting.
Apart from the fact that cost reduction is happening in general as time goes on and that NASA will be launching another, bigger, rocket shortly, it really does come down to it being "rockets that landed" as everything else has been done before and could already be done.
It's true the SLS will be more powerful. However, it will launch, at most, once per year. And at a cost of over a billion dollars per launch. Compared to the Falcon Heavy, which will be able to launch dozens of times a year at less than 1/10th the cost.
Full and rapid re-usability is something we've never seen before. Not even in the Space Shuttle. The next two or three years are going to be very interesting. And the upcoming BFR is going to be a further game changer. We're going to be able to launch payloads with near the mass of the entire ISS - in one go. And send 100 people to land on Mars in a single launch.
Until yesterday, everything in orbit cost nearly it's weight in gold. Now it will cost a fraction of that. In ten years time reaching Low Earth Orbit wont cost much more than a first class plane ticket. The importance of re-usability cannot be overstated.
the falcon heavy is set to launch today.
if successful, it will become the most powerful rocket in use (twice as powerful as the delta heavy).. as it's the very first attempt, elon musk has said he thinks there's a 50/50 chance of it not blowing up.
so should be interesting.
Really? Why be a douche and make this somehow political
Please see Simons first post. I'm NOT the one who made it political.
the falcon heavy is set to launch today.
if successful, it will become the most powerful rocket in use (twice as powerful as the delta heavy).. as it's the very first attempt, elon musk has said he thinks there's a 50/50 chance of it not blowing up.
so should be interesting.
I'm struggling to see the amazing advancement in all this. It's really just that a rocket landed, right?
Nope. It's not "just a rocket that landed." It's the implications of re-usability. It's the cost reduction. It's much larger payloads. It's a technology demonstrator for dozens of motors on a single rocket. It's a pathway to the Interplanetary Transport System (BFR). It's the ability to put up giant space telescopes. Etc. Etc. Etc.
"Just a rocket landed" folks, this is what happens when your mind is vandalized by Fox News. You learn to disparage accomplishments by dismissing them as simplistic and insignificant. And you corrupt hope and optimism - with cynicism and distrust.
the falcon heavy is set to launch today.
if successful, it will become the most powerful rocket in use (twice as powerful as the delta heavy).. as it's the very first attempt, elon musk has said he thinks there's a 50/50 chance of it not blowing up.
so should be interesting.
Outahere,
Source?????
the falcon heavy is set to launch today.
if successful, it will become the most powerful rocket in use (twice as powerful as the delta heavy).. as it's the very first attempt, elon musk has said he thinks there's a 50/50 chance of it not blowing up.
so should be interesting.
Wow Simon, you're a grade A idiot
