This is something that can happen with an autonomous robot if it was trained via imitation learning, which is one of the common ways of doing things when using transformers, and transformers are in vogue right now.

But knowing how tech demonstrations usually work, it’s much more likely that this is actually just a robot being remote controlled by another human.

So throw all caution out the window in the absence of evidence? What kind of logic is that?

Thanks. So it sounds like it probably has the same effect as other microplastics? Chemically inert, but can physically cause damage.

I believe the harms that are well known are the environmental impacts and that on people involved in its production. Weighing all of that together, I’ll maintain my policy that I’d never buy a non-stick, but if I happen to have one, I’m not going to toss it and create more waste than is necessary. I mainly keep mine around because other people (e.g. parents) like to use them sometimes when they visit.

Everyone else in the comments are saying Teflon is harmless to consume. Who do I believe?

Is your objection to substitutions? Because that’s a very arbitrary line. Why is it that we call sorbitol a sugar substitute instead of calling sugar a sorbitol substitute? Grind up some plums to make juice, remove the sorbitol, add some sucrose in its place. Doesn’t sound all that different.

And you have to pay for Luol Deng.

Oh, so much. I’m still trying to figure out how to actually complete things.

Everything else is indeed free here in Canada except for the ambulance. That costs something like $100 per ride. Yes, we complain about it.

but once I’m done, I close them all

Same. But I also have a continuous stream of new projects that never get finished.

Do you use this for physical machines too?

Depends on how reliable you need this system to be. For example, do you need to handle the scenario where an adult verifies their age to access a website, then lets a minor use that website in their place? That would be a much harder problem to solve than if you just need to verify that an adult was present on the other end at one point in time. For the latter, device-based age verification seems to be trivial to set up from a technical standpoint while fulfilling that criterion.

I was under the impression that hearing loss is usually a gradual thing.

if something really is as bad as someone says then why does everyone do it?

Remember when everyone smoked and we were taught that it was good for our health?

I wouldn’t place my bets on any individual stock/asset. You need to do a lot of research and have a lot of money to invest before that can be a safe decision. Instead, put your money in broad market ETFs, which is effectively just a bet on capitalism. Then either capitalism wins and you also win, or capitalism loses and you still win. But make sure you have an emergency fund first because not having that is one of the few ways that you can lose while capitalism wins.

I have a lot of stuff going on in my head that needs my full attention. Dinner planning, a work problem that I’ve been slowly chipping away at, toying with some random ideas, etc.

I understand that for some people, especially if you have ADHD, it can be easier to attend to those thoughts with music and other stimuli present. That is not the case for me.

For me, it’s a matter of restoring the convenience and UX that you’ve given up by leaving the big providers.

What’s more surprising to me is that there’s a big enough stream of reviews for a candle to see this effect.

The rice and bean barons will be competing for your attention.

If it hasn’t already, that post and its links need to be archived.

Fahrenheit makes sense. The Tide website recommends washing at 16C minimum for regular detergent and 4C minimum for cold water detergent.