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alex20_202020 t1_jd2c4m3 wrote

Reply to comment by Baprr in I asked GPT-4 to compile a timeline on when which human tasks (not jobs) have been/will be replaced by AI or robots, plus one sentence reasoning each - it runs from 1959 to 2033. In a second post it lists which tasks it assumes will NOT be replaced by 2050, and why. (Remember it's cut-off 2021.) by marcandreewolf

I think it is not useless, it might represent average dates when people wrote/predicted somewhere publicly this and that might happen.

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alex20_202020 OP t1_jc5i60u wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in Seems to me evolution found a solution to human obesity problem (Familial natural short sleep). Do you agree with my reasoning? by alex20_202020

Maybe you are correct, relationship does not seem logical. Faster, so what? But it was said in wiki, I just quoted.

However:

You seems to draw conclusions from anecdotal evidence and also from test that cannot isolate one factor influence from others.

BTW, how was your metabolism measured?

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alex20_202020 OP t1_jc2lz6i wrote

Reply to comment by TheRealDestian in Seems to me evolution found a solution to human obesity problem (Familial natural short sleep). Do you agree with my reasoning? by alex20_202020

Disclaimer: below is a hypothesis. Please argue against if know what to say, i like to argue.

Less sleep needed means one can more likely raise a child w/out sleep deprivation. So ones with the trait night have more kids on average. Hence back to my initial statement.

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alex20_202020 OP t1_jc2lvci wrote

Reply to comment by Corsair4 in Seems to me evolution found a solution to human obesity problem (Familial natural short sleep). Do you agree with my reasoning? by alex20_202020

Disclaimer: below is a hypothesis. Please argue against if know what to say, i like to argue.

Less sleep needed means one can more likely raise a child w/out sleep deprivation. So ones with the trait night have more kids on average. Hence back to my initial statement.

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alex20_202020 OP t1_jc0saix wrote

Reply to comment by davidfry in Seems to me evolution found a solution to human obesity problem (Familial natural short sleep). Do you agree with my reasoning? by alex20_202020

> substantial benefit in the survival and reproductive success

Well. I somehow thought it does, success in what society values means more sex and more children.

I've watched Idiocracy, btw and know some studies show educated westerners tend to have less kids. So it (increasing of trait prevalence) is not definitive, I asked for arguing, which you did. Thanks a lot!

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alex20_202020 t1_ixlyoep wrote

Reply to comment by Remarkable_Night2373 in If a solar flare were to wipe most if not all technology, what plans/countermeasure could be taken to slow rebuild things like the internet? by Zak_the_Reaper

They claim restoration within several hours. Do you think they can easily replace from warehouses and repair broken to re-supply warehouses to continue for long under current conditions? I'm asking you as technology guru knowing about transformers and the like.

As I been reading claims the grid deteriorates, I wonder what parts could be damaged that cannot be repaired so easily as transformers.

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alex20_202020 t1_ixllo1k wrote

Reply to comment by lurninandlurkin in If a solar flare were to wipe most if not all technology, what plans/countermeasure could be taken to slow rebuild things like the internet? by Zak_the_Reaper

> were fighting over toilet paper

IIRC there were instructions how to use toilet paper to make masks and there were instructions to replace masks rather often (I did neither by the way, I used one mask for weeks).

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alex20_202020 t1_ixllb8q wrote

Reply to comment by nesquikchocolate in If a solar flare were to wipe most if not all technology, what plans/countermeasure could be taken to slow rebuild things like the internet? by Zak_the_Reaper

> (factory running on a diesel generator), you'd be able to rewind a grid scale transformer in a few weeks.

Do you think Ukraine is able to rebuild electrical supply "as before" after missiles' attacks even w/out spare parts?

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alex20_202020 t1_ixba7em wrote

Reply to comment by Beli_Mawrr in ‘Without enough Latvians, we won’t be Latvia’: eastern Europe’s shrinking population | Latvia’s population is 30% smaller than it was in 1990 and by 2050 numbers will be in decline in over half of Europe’s 52 countries. by mossadnik

> gave an award to mothers

meaning medals? otherwise many states award mothers with monetary stimulus like retaining salary payment w/out working. and IMO one time payments is not that different.

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alex20_202020 OP t1_ivdecov wrote

Reply to Dutch pilot project for hydrogen heated homes allowed to begin by alex20_202020

Emphasis mine:

> A pilot project in which central heating boilers in homes run on hydrogen was authorized to continue. The project, run by grid operator Liander, is the first of its kind in the Netherlands.

> Ten existing homes in the Lochem project will be fitted with a combination boiler that runs on hydrogen instead of gas. From now on, the gas pipes to those houses will be used to supply hydrogen.

> At the moment there is no legislation regarding hydrogen projects. ACM has drawn up temporary rules to safeguard the rights of consumers. For example, households should be able to decide for themselves whether they will participate in a pilot project and there should be no difference for consumers between heating on gas and hydrogen. There must also always be sufficient hydrogen and the costs must be clear to consumers.

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alex20_202020 t1_itb5for wrote

Reply to comment by whapitah2021 in A new UN report explores how to make human civilization safe from destruction. There’s a way to make civilization extinction-proof. But it won’t be easy. by mossadnik

"reports every few years on the state of the world. The 2021/2022 report ". Looks the report is not devoted to the topic, IMO title is misleading. In similar manner I can say "Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn explores techniques of painting fences." True in fact, but w/out reading the book one might get wrong idea about its contents.

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alex20_202020 t1_it8420y wrote

Reply to comment by 491010 in A new UN report explores how to make human civilization safe from destruction. There’s a way to make civilization extinction-proof. But it won’t be easy. by mossadnik

Nope. I recently realized we are mostly proactive. I had been telling my mother she does not think about (work for) the future, then realized she does it all the time. E.g. she goes to the supermarket not when she is dying of hunger and does not immediately eats food from the shelves, she brings food home to have food available and eat later when hungry.

Only the future we work for is rather near, not far one. And we tend to continue business as normal/before even if world changes.

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