Haven’t seen anyone mention Cinema Paradiso or The Good the Bad and the Ugly. Both are wildly different. Ennio Morricone is a genius.

There’s also The Incredibles - Michael Giacchino The Greatest Showman - Various Artists
Saving Private Ryan - John Williams
The Prince of Egypt - Hans Zimmer
The Gospel of John - Jeff Dann (great middle eastern vibe)

An enclave is defined as an area within a territorial boundary. So an exclave is an area outside of a boundary with ties to the main territory

Essentially, Apple is trying to realize the security advantages of a microkernel without tossing the monolithic aspects of XNU.

“In iOS 18, exclaves refer to specific resources that are separated from the main iOS kernel (XNU) and cannot be accessed by it, even if the kernel is compromised,"

Pretty neat hardening of the OS. Decent write up that isn’t too deep in the weeds.

This is what works for me. If I’m productive in things I want to do, instead of have to do, I’m fulfilled and okay with going to sleep on Sunday night and not thinking about it. If I feel like I waste the weekend then I have an issue mentally with going to work. Mind, if I’m exhausted and want to spend the weekend watching YouTube or whatever then I’m okay with it. It all depends on mindset.

And you’re being pedantic and missing the point.

So a projector, just like DLP. That’s the backlight technology in this case. Instead of an LCD screen being integrated into the projector itself, it’s on a larger screen in front of it. Same difference as far as lighting technology goes.

Song writing is hard. Having a great voice and getting the training needed to be great is as well. It’s rare they both go together and are great. Doesn’t matter to me.

A better one would be, “A Projector With Contrast You Haven’t Seen For Years.”

That was once a lot more true than nowadays since the software has ways to mitigate the degradation. Once you’ve gone to a display with true black like OLED, nothing no else compares honestly. They even make movie theater screens look bad. It’s not possible to have a projector give you true black. Better contrast sure, but not true black. There is a limit to contrast anyway since human eyes can only see so bright.

Elon, they’re talking to you.

There’s a reason the rich don’t send their kids to public schools.

Look at where their kids go to school. The rich never skimp on that.

AdGuard still works very well.

Hey, it’s your warranty. They do more than just spray down your coils. They’re checking for pressure loss and leaks as well as cleaning the blower motor and wheel (which is where a lot of issues occur).

This was a really interesting read. My job is basically dependent on asking why and cutting through the BS to get stuff done. It’s just … natural in the US. Never thought of that being a reason why we’re successful in business throughout the world.

And that doesn’t even include Alaska.

This is why HVAC companies tell you that you need to have maintenance performed on them once a year on each system. That’s not an upsell that’s to maintain the warranty as they literally wont run as well year over year without cleaning and will half the life of your expensive system.

I’m in the same position politically but DID vote and definitely not for Trump. Your viewpoint has merit.

However, not everyone thinks AGI is a dead certainty. Some experts argue that human intelligence is more multifaceted than what the current definition of AGI describes. For example, some AI experts think of the human mind in terms of eight intelligences, of which “logical-mathematical” is just one (alongside it exists, for example, interpersonal, intrapersonal, and existential intelligence). Deep learning pioneer Yann LeCun thinks AGI should be rebranded to “advanced machine intelligence,” and argues that human intelligence is too specialized to be replicable. The report also suggests that, while AI can be an important tool in making new discoveries, it can’t make these discoveries on its own.

This is more realistic.

LLMs aren’t even close to intelligent, they just regurgitate information. Human thought is many times more complex. Even basic animals are more complex.