Nicola Ferralis

A physicist who's ingeniously curious about the world around him.

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@ZoharAtkins @jpodhoretz Thinking about it this is exactly what McKinsley does.

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@ZoharAtkins @jpodhoretz If this is your argument, companies should just hire AI. Massively productive. Highly generalized, zero creative, subzero thinkers. This is what you are proposing graduates to be. Good luck.

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@jpodhoretz @ZoharAtkins The real reason to provide such tools to faculty is so they can write 4x the number of proposals. For students, so they don't overwhelm the thin teaching body. It was never about education or research, but income.

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@jpodhoretz @ZoharAtkins Not just that. If these institution can afford such premium licenses, I am sure they can afford keeping department alive, rather than closing them.

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@wbuxtonofficial 5,000 lb. A "Light" sports car this isn't.

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@matthew_petti Case in point. The inability of a large body of people (Europe) to act as one. Integration is only nominal, economic, and forced. Maybe Europe is just envious of what we have.

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@ScarbsTech @85Ralf Yes, of course. But who will build it? Who will build the engines? What teams will be running? Who will be officiating? This is supposed to be happening in 1.5 years...

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@RobIrvine14 @Timstillherelol The same is true for Sicilian, Bavarian and Parisians NOT living in Sicily, Bavaria and Paris. It's a cultural aspect that is bound to their cultural identity. The fact that it relates to a location is irrelevant.

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@RobIrvine14 @Timstillherelol False fallacy. Localization has nothing to do it with. While there is a localization aspect ("I am a New Yorker") that is distinct from I am Irish American, in that it relates to not a geographical location (Irish American are everywhere), but a cultural belonging....

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@RobIrvine14 @Timstillherelol The same happens in Europe. Often people consider themselves, when dealing with other from the same countries as Sicilians, Bavarians, or Parisians. Are they afraid to be Italian, German or French? No, just like American, they have an identity that is more than skin deep.

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@RobIrvine14 @Timstillherelol The habit comes from the fact, often ignored by European, that while we are all Americans, we have our ethnic, cultural background that we still carry on. We are not Irish or Italians, we are Irish/Italians Americans, often continuing some of the old traditions.

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@VPNClark @Timstillherelol You realize that Quebec speaks French and the rest of Canada English and yet they are the same Nation?

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@devilfruitbat Or for European to discover that they didn't invent any of the technology they are typing their "superior knowledge" with.

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European often look down on Americans for the shallowness of knowledge, and that is not necessarily wrong. However, their superiority act, based on movies rather than the reality, make them look genuinely small, irrelevant, and, frankly, ignorant.

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This is a completely useless point to make. All 50 American states are still the *one* country, with the same language, legal system, federal government etc. There's more linguistic diversity in tiny Switzerland than the whole US. Completely missing the point here.

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@john_linnus @BostonByBirth At 31 miles above sea level. That is widely different than at sea level. Most likely a shower of dust and small rocks.

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@ScarbsTech Even in action.

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@ScarbsTech Done with AI in 3 minutes. Doesn't make any less real than the proposed concept.

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@85Ralf @ScarbsTech The point is, anybody (no disrespect for Hamilton) can create a pseudo-realistic rendering. But if that is all there is to it, it's hard to take it seriously. A full blown series needs a whole lot more details for serious consideration.

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@85Ralf @ScarbsTech Gemini 3.1 Pro Extended: "Provide a design for a conceptual open-wheel race car similar to F1, but narrower/short and lighter, with a close cockpit, and using a V10 or V8" This gave me this:

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@mettaworldwar @85Ralf @ScarbsTech If you prefer Monaco.

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@85Ralf @ScarbsTech (Prompt: "Use this car, but change scenario: Create four cars like this one racing each other but with different liveries (Red Bull, Ferrari, Mercedes, McLaren)")

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@85Ralf @ScarbsTech If you prefer to see them racing in recognizable liveries...