I always find the caps hate so funny too. I mean it's not something that the world truly needed but I don't have a problem with it and it comes in quite handy when drinking water while driving
But why did they need to spend taxpayer time and money to fuck with something that wasn't broken? Wouldn't it be better to spend that taxpayer time and money of issues of graver importance.
Because it's collective punishment. Why should I have to put up with inferior bottle caps that get in the way and are more prone to leaking than traditional bottle caps just because some other people misused them? The correct solution is enforcing anti-littering laws.
I'm all for a stronger enforcement of anti-littering laws, but I'm just as stumped about how exactly would that be implemented, what exactly would need to change, and how much would those changes cost compared to just requiring companies to make the caps be this way.
As for the "collective punishment", while I can definitely appreciate that some of the new caps can be fussy to use, I'd hope you can also appreciate that calling them a "punishment" is very much a subjective characterization, and that opinions do vary. I can't stand the cap on the cocoa milk cartons I buy, but the ones on the regular cow milk cartons are excellent, and work way better than what was on them before. I also generally think that the caps that are fussy to use are a nuisance at best, and that since there have been caps that annoyed me even before this change in legislation, there's no reasonable cause for me to be upset at this specifically.
I don't think the union thinks about you specifically.
> needing to vacuum the same area more times over to achieve the same cleanliness resulting in even more power used than before
While this makes intuitive sense to me, is this what actually happens though?
> Or just like the EUs promotion for (...)
Remind me, why are you gish-galloping to other random things you find to be crappy about the EU? Again, is there any other point to your comments than to incite?
A world class LLM is sort of like saying you stuck a dildo on a donkey’s head and you’ve got a unicorn to sell. It’s a donkey mate. The problem is that most people can’t tell the difference between a donkey and a unicorn because everyone was told everything was a unicorn for the last 20 years.
I don't understand why people are so hung up on the plastic caps thing. On the milk cartons we have, I outright prefer the new designs even.
On that note, may I ask if there's any point to your comment other than to incite people?
I always find the caps hate so funny too. I mean it's not something that the world truly needed but I don't have a problem with it and it comes in quite handy when drinking water while driving
But why did they need to spend taxpayer time and money to fuck with something that wasn't broken? Wouldn't it be better to spend that taxpayer time and money of issues of graver importance.
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Because it's collective punishment. Why should I have to put up with inferior bottle caps that get in the way and are more prone to leaking than traditional bottle caps just because some other people misused them? The correct solution is enforcing anti-littering laws.
I'm all for a stronger enforcement of anti-littering laws, but I'm just as stumped about how exactly would that be implemented, what exactly would need to change, and how much would those changes cost compared to just requiring companies to make the caps be this way.
As for the "collective punishment", while I can definitely appreciate that some of the new caps can be fussy to use, I'd hope you can also appreciate that calling them a "punishment" is very much a subjective characterization, and that opinions do vary. I can't stand the cap on the cocoa milk cartons I buy, but the ones on the regular cow milk cartons are excellent, and work way better than what was on them before. I also generally think that the caps that are fussy to use are a nuisance at best, and that since there have been caps that annoyed me even before this change in legislation, there's no reasonable cause for me to be upset at this specifically.
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How do you suggest we enforce anti-littering laws?
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The amount of random plastic bottle caps in nature proofs that you can not be trusted to screw the cap back on.
And if anything the limit on vacuums forced them to innovate. My Vacuum today is far more effective than my 2000 watt vacuum was in the past.
> The union assumed I'm too stupid (...)
I don't think the union thinks about you specifically.
> needing to vacuum the same area more times over to achieve the same cleanliness resulting in even more power used than before
While this makes intuitive sense to me, is this what actually happens though?
> Or just like the EUs promotion for (...)
Remind me, why are you gish-galloping to other random things you find to be crappy about the EU? Again, is there any other point to your comments than to incite?
EU: Actual Intelligence...
Are you saying creating several world class LLMs doesn't require "actual intelligence", whatever that means to you?
A world class LLM is sort of like saying you stuck a dildo on a donkey’s head and you’ve got a unicorn to sell. It’s a donkey mate. The problem is that most people can’t tell the difference between a donkey and a unicorn because everyone was told everything was a unicorn for the last 20 years.
Maybe to them, training LLMs isn't an intelligent thing to do and the world is better without.
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