u/jellyspreader

A wireless motion sensor controller for your deck like the wii?

Learned abt it cause Mr beast just bought it on sharktank lmfao $69 and going down apparently. Less than 1yo company

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Question: There are a lot of critics of this current government. Uh, one of them is this guy David. I don't know if you've ever heard of him. He hosts a show called Moose on the Loose and he regularly questions Mark Carney and a lot of Carney's team because a lot of them were former ministers under Justin Trudeau. So there isn't this new government coming out of nowhere operating. It's a lot of the same traditional players from the previous government. And one of his big fears and concerns that he raises a lot and he has a chart outlining Mark Carney's potential conflicts of interest is around Brookfield. And one of his predictions and his beliefs is that Mark Carney is actually more interested in seeing Brookfield succeed than Canada succeed. and his argument for that would align with Pierre Polievere who's put out this chart of how much growth Brookfield saw versus how much growth Canada has seen uh in the past year. I'm wondering as a CEO like as a former leader yourself, how do you think about that criticism? Um is he completely wrong or is there hints of concern that you would have as well in regards to his relationship with Brookfield?

Jim Basillie:

Uh I I think Prime Minister Carney is he scores very high on conscientiousness. Um he scores high on pride uh which is dangerous when you have blinders.

However, I do think his conscientiousness he sees himself as a historic figure which he has the opportunity to be. Um, I do not think that he he he would not say, "Gosh, I could put x million dollars in my jeans and to heck with Canada."

I don't think that's how he thinks. I think um I think that's a lot how Trump thinks, but I don't think that's a fair characterization. But again, a lot of people go after people with money. In public office in Canada, there's an envy structure and and if you've been successful, then you just go after that money. And naturally, you have to have to have trusts.

So I think it's you and then you get people who haven't accomplished things in politics because those are the only people that have you know that you're not envious of. So I don't think that's fair the way going after in the Brookfield. I think that's undermining the country. People doing that are compromising the country. Um they're driving away good people. They're creating a false narrative. Um, so I don't think uh I don't think that's a fair criticism at all.

Uh, I think in terms of the same people, I think there's some fairness to that. I think we've had an but I think it's a broader issue which is the thinking structure of Ottawa and our policy community. It's the same people. They're all the same Ottawa Mandarin Bay Street people with this neoliberal thing. Um but the issue with the conservatives is they're just simply saying, "Well, let's just be more neoliberal, even more neoliberal." So, they're not putting any thinking into the window.

And you hear all this stuff. Let's get a deal done with the United States. It's kind of like me saying, "Well, just buy the house." And they go, "Yeah, but it's five times too expensive. It's decrepit. And we have to sign a clause that the prior owner gets to live in it forever." And they go, "I don't care. Buy a house. we need a house. And I go, "No, there is such a thing as a bad deal." And and and so this idea of, you know, free markets, it's a John Lennon song. Imagine a world where it's free markets and it's only about efficiency. It's easy if you can.

Uh in a rentier economy of intangibles, it's not a free market. It's a friction market where somebody charges a rent. They're not shipping a good. And it leads to strategic state behavior to try to jackhammer because they want the trillion dollars in their economy, not ours. And so this is, you know, the right free market orthodoxy folks have to get off this John Lennon song thing. Imagine a world where it's all about free markets. It's not about free markets. These are social constructs. And when it moves to intangibles like intellectual property and data, those create incentives for states to bully. So if you've read USMCA, which I have, and most of these people haven't, uh there's a million words. You will not find the words free trade in it. And they got rid of no tariffs in that, but he put the whole country on the line if we didn't sign that back seven years ago.

So what was it about? It was about grabbing our sovereignty. It was about a new constitution for Canada run out of Washington.

It sets our health policy, our environment policy, part of our trade policy, our macroeconomic policy, our intellectual property, our our standards, our data and AI, our enforcement. On and on the list goes, much more of the power is in that treaty than it is in our house of parliament, even though it was signed without a proper debate and understanding for Canadians.

Now what I think with Prime Minister Carney is he's a responsible person and his chief of staff Blanchard is a lawyer. They actually look at these agreements and going they're taking us over and and they think "well I ran a a fund before. Imagine if I can't make an investment without the approval of a foreign country. I'm not a a sovereign company anymore. Not a sovereign fund."

Um, so they starting to realize that this is loss of control and then they looked back at the prayer agreement and say, "Well, we gave half of this away seven years ago. We're just giving the next half away now."

So my question is, where has anybody been in the last 10 years saying, "How do we create a sovereign, resilient country?" Instead, we give away so much of the sovereignty and we trumpet it that we're the victors.

And so now what's happened that's different now is there's not a veneer of diplomacy in Trump he's just brutish about it and so it's laid it bare but it was going on for 20 25 years um so it's woken us up the question is uh are we going to build the capacity and the orientation as I say you know in the immortal words of yoga when you reach a fork in the You got to take it. And Trump has manufactured a fork in the road. Are we going to learn how the world works and engage with it front-footed in sovereign or are we just going to capitulate and be a vassal state? And I said seven years ago, we're on a path to becoming Puerto Rico without a passport in this structure. And I stand by that today.

And so I think Carney's government extricating themselves from the past thinking, it's a hard job. I think he's doing a pretty good job of it. Uh I don't find a lot of fault.

I just think he has to invoke this um second leg of intangibles and statecraft which I spent time talking about. But I would like to see some humility from the whole class of them which is: y'all wrote books, y'all been adviser, you all been given speeches, y'all been mandarins. Why in the last 20 years did none of you bring this intangible state craft to bear um when it was so plainly obvious at play globally?

And that's a hard question to answer, but I think that people should say, "Yeah, we've got to course correct our approaches and we're learning and we're going to build expertise and we're going to bring in the the right voices, but they tend to bring in the same old people that put us in this hole.

So, you know, I'm a proud Canadian. I want them to do well. I don't want to be sharp with them. Um, but we they've got to bring in updated thinking and new voices and proper experts, you know, they got to and I haven't seen that yet

Effective Altruists and Rationalists are a topic I've stumbled across when trying to learn about and discuss AI ethics online more and more. I'm expecting someone to have informed opinions on them here.

I think I understand the gist of them being utilitarians and a data-driven subculture internet subculture. There are physical elements to it, like them congregating in the same few tech cities or holding international events.

There's also a business side to it with several different funding groups that have ties to the tech industry. Many researchers, content creators, etc. seem to receive funding from large organizations to promote EA / Rat ideas.

They also seem to do government policy advocating, but not sure for what yet other than "AI safety".

I've seen people lump them together with other technocapitalists, claiming theyre just supporting big tech by convincing people to fall for end of the world hype at the hands of AI.

And some people go as far to call them a cult. Which I think is hyperbole, but maybe it's based in fact because of a splinter group in the subculture's dense lore I'm unaware of.

On the surface, they seem to be AI safety advocates and strict spenders. They're associated with the acronym TESCREAL in a negative way, something I've heard a little about, but not in a mainstream way.

This might just be my perception, but it's also odd how they seem so big and important if you look into them. But half of the topics they seem to cover as really foreign to what normal people actually talk about in their daily lives when it comes to AI. Which is, "Ya, I use it for writing emails", or "I'd never use it ew", or "wow that's AI?" but that's normally as deep as it goes on a conversation level.

So do you know about them? Are/have you been in one? Are they leftist/centrists/right, or maybe politically diverse, undefined by a strict political leaning? If it's the last one, is there still an inherent political view of it?

I realize they're different groups too, but frankly I’m still figuring out how. I heard them compared to christians, where from the outside protestant/catholic look the same, until you learn the differences between them.

Thanks

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Every single elective omg. It'd be great if the system could track and hide those courses from users if we're not able to select them. If it wasn't tedious enough, it sends you back to the start like a roguelike after every rejected selection.

I have a list of abt 100 electives to pick from, that filter down to like 12 I can actually register in, and only 2 I actually want that fit in my schedule.

The panels are a mess to navigate too. Half the time I have to squeeze a column just to actually see the Add button.

Someone in CompSci/UI/UX etc plz build a better one as a final project or something. I'll help you pitch it to the school lmao. Happy registration 🫩.

In reference to his recent statement on AI. Noticed people trying to discredit him as an artist to weaken his argument, saying things like og Star Wars had no story.

>Artificial intelligence means it’s much easier for us to make movies. It’s very much like sitting here saying, ‘Well, I believe the horse and the buggy is really where it’s at. These cars, they break down, they need gas, there’s all kinds of problems with them, and pretty soon they’ll be making them into tanks, and then they’ll be killing people. It’s terrible.'”

>“There’s nothing you can do about it…That’s progress; it’s the future…If you want AI that tells you when something is fake and where it came from, AI can do that. Humans can’t; we’re not that smart. The whole idea is you’re a human being, you’re responsible for what you say and what you do, and if you’re doing something that’s illegal, you should be punished for that. Whatever you do, you should be recognized. It’s just like real life,”

Typing "u/(anyone) + "reddit" , and any other combination of word youre looking for like "profile overview" , "recent comments" , "affiliations" , etc. will give you quotes, links, and descriptions of whoever you've searched.

It works on users with their profiles hidden, because their posts and comments still exist on the rest of the site.

Try it out on yourself and see what comes up. Ask it to describe you based on your post and comment history. It provides an interesting objective perspective. It's like reddit wrapped, but it works better imo.

Of course Google and other AI have make mistakes. But changing the phrasing slightly and asking follow-up questions in AI Mode can improve results.

Other than self reflection, it's good for being nosey I guess? I just realized it worked awhile ago and wanted to tell somebody, but worried about the ethics of sharing this. Maybe it's obvious though? Either way, irrelevant in this sub.

Lmk what you think