[-] thbb@kbin.social 29 points 8 months ago

The Helsinki declaration https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Declaration_of_Helsinki

Is the reference for health sciences these days.

[-] thbb@kbin.social 3 points 8 months ago

In several European countries, plastic is sorted to be used in incinerators for local heat production.

Sure, it doesn't count as renewable nor carbon-free energy, but it gets rid of the waste and makes double use of the oil extracted.

[-] thbb@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

No, there were credible academic studies back in 2012 that explained the Arabs Spring revolts by climate change, leaving countryside communities unable to sustain their mode of life.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-climatechange-conflict-arabspring-idUSKCN1PH23B

[-] thbb@kbin.social 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

While there is some truth in this, humans and AI do not make the same type of mistakes with hands.

Humans will rebuild the topological structure of the hand: 5 fingers protruding from a base, and get the proportions wrong..while the topology is credible.

AI will rebuild the image of a hand from the 2d appearance of a hand: a variable number of flesh colored, parallel stripes, and improvise from that.

While both can get it wrong, the errors are not similar.

[-] thbb@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

Python is actually a good example of this: see the mess that the transition from 2.6 to 3 generated.

[-] thbb@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago

Not really. We also have deductive capabilities (aka "system 2") that enable us to ensure some level of proof over our statements.

[-] thbb@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago

And bankrupt and dispossess the lender if a disaster happens to their newly acquired home?

[-] thbb@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

If it works out like in the "Servant of the people" TV show that launched Zelensky drive, they will be remain unscathed.

[-] thbb@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Also, eating industrial food over organic:

First because, per calorie produced, organic farming emits 12 to 40% more green house gases.
(Depending on the study).
Second, because you'll be less healthy and die sooner.

[-] thbb@kbin.social 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The same type of program is being introduced at European universities.

In my doctoral school, this is a five hours course, presented as a MOOC. Not too sure it really is useful.

The educated public generally feels concerned about the subject, and such a generic course feels boring to its intended audience.

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YEREVAN, AUGUST 15, ARMENPRESS. On August 15, the Azerbaijani military opened gunfire at the EU monitors and their vehicle in the direction of Verin Shorzha, in Gegharkunik Province, the Ministry of Defense of Armenia said in a statement.

[-] thbb@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago

My go to answer is to say that I don't have a mobile phone. Actually, I have one, but it's only for personal contacts, not for institutions. When a clerk asks me for my phone number, I answer: sure, give me your phone number, I'll text you my contact.

Same for administrations and my employer: my boss has my phone numbers but not HR in my company.

The only institution that has my phone number is my bank, and i'm seriously considering using an alternate authentication method for 2FA at my bank.

If enough of us do that, it won't happen.

[-] thbb@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

It says it has a "high res monitor". For having learned to program graphics on this machine, we had to count the pixels to be able to fit our drawings in the screen: 512x342, that's not a lot of screen real estate. The 640x480 PC screen was a luxury.

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