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Where is the FTC?


This framework of retrieving information , analyzing it with program code as an output , programming machines to do something , retrieve information about the output of the machines , analyzing it to see if it matches the expectations and if not repeat and rinse until you get the perfect outcome ....

seems useful in general for all kind of AI agents. Is this framework open source yet?


There has been nothing man made in the world that is more elegant and beautiful than Unix.



Go sell in Temu or Walmart. No one is stopping you.


It just seems to be some specific features being added to different products like remove background to MS Paint. And of course hooks to image and content generation AI engine.


Consequentism. What goes around comes around yada yada


Explain this in more details. The outline I gather of your position is that "the US killed Ben Laden on Pakistani territory so India killed someone on Canadian territory, Canada had it coming for what they did to Ben Laden". Fill in the details.


> Fill in the details.

If you harbour terrorists who are wanted by your ostensible partners, don't be surprised if they lose patience and decide to take matters into their own hands.

Does that help?


what makes you think that's okay?

even children are taught that 2 wrongs don't make a right

I'm not saying you were raised wrong though


I don't care how you were raised but killing terrorists is 100% OK.


I don't care how you were raised, but two wrongs don't make a right, and unilateral, extrajudicial, extraterritorial assassinations of political opponents are wrong, even if you shout "terrorist!" while murdering

imagine if such shouting made murder okay, like a secret, magical incantation any arbitrary thug could recite to immunize oneself from guilt - it's a ridiculous concept when you think about it!


> unilateral, extrajudicial, extraterritorial assassinations

Is an assination ever bilateral or judicial?

This is basically the trolley problem: Do you pull the lever and kill terrorist, or do you let him keep bombing movie theatres and organising hits?


I'd say this is different from the trolley problem, because, again, unilateral, extrajudicial, extraterritorial assassinations of political opponents are wrong, even if you shout "terrorist!" while murdering

they are always wrong

it doesn't matter if you also did a good thing, it doesn't even matter if the good thing was related: you aren't allowed to do the wrong thing, period, even if you really, really, really want to, even if you think you have a good reason to break the rules and do wrong

and as to your first question, eh, could be for some examples, but it'd be a distraction, as the answer doesn't matter, because the case we're discussing definitely wasn't either one


The issue here is not even request to tip , but rather hostile behavior when not tipped to the satisfaction of the service worker.


I dine out way too much, date a service industry veteran, and know many other service industry workers. Never have I experienced that, seen that, nor heard of any of my friends saying they did that (even for no tippers). In fact, they’d all say doing that would be incredibly unprofessional.

So I am curious what region you are in that you experience such hostility.


If you ever do see it, you’ll notice an involuntary component to the reaction. Not easy to self-report and there’s no incentive to try to. Chicago area, both urban and suburbs.


I've seen the same thing and I'm in Colorado in HCOL area.


Yep the waiter that served us the other night in a Mexican restaurant showed sufficient displeasure at the $50 tips we were giving him and clearly said he expected more. He hardly spent anytime talking to us (a party of 10 people) or making suggestions etc and did nothing out of normal , neither did he spent a lot of time on our table. I am not sure if they feel it is right to ask for more tips nowadays but I am afraid it also shows the general decline in affordability. Or the restaurants themselves are in really bad shape and not able to support the waiters fully? Either way it leaves a bad taste and if this continues even lesser people will go out for dining.


What was $50 as a percentage of your meal? Typically for a party of 10 the 18% gratuity is automatically tacked on to the bill, so there should be no room for discontent from the server. It’s common to see this disclaimer on menus “for a party of 6 or more a gratuity of 18% will be added to your final bill.”


> “for a party of 6 or more a gratuity of 18% will be added to your final bill.”

Which, of course, means it's no longer a gratuity, but an additional fee. It irks me when restaurants lie in this way.


Agreed and I never tip more if it's automatically added. Tips are meant to communicate good and bad, and if I have no say, then I won't exercise it.


> Tips are meant to communicate good and bad,

No, tips are meant to provide an excuse for lower baseline pay and to allow pay discrimination on what are otherwise protected traits by relying on the fact that tippers fairly consistently discriminate on those traits and anti-discrimination law does not apply to them at all.


It is also taxed vs tips are not taxed if they are a gratuity.


Tips are taxed, in the US, anyway.


How does this framework compare to Bitty - another game engine framework which is also on todays HN first page?


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