r/stupidquestions

It seems crazy to me that nuclear fusion is so crazy complex, and may very well need us to mine the moon, while perpetually being 10 years away for the last 70 years.

But at the same time we could have geothermal anywhere on earth if we just made better boring equipment.

And by better, I mean giant not-messing-around lasers that vaporize the rock.

I mean, sure, it would probably have to be nuclear powered.

And sure, it would probably extremely expensive.

But once it’s done, it’s done.

That’s a free electricity for life that doesn’t require sunshine or wind.

How come this is never discussed?

I seen so many people who got good jobs just through a certificate or possibly an associate degree or maybe they got it from networking. Like how to even get a good job when you have limited to no experience and want to go college at the same time but not sure what to pursue.

So my FYPs are usually just brainrot but every now and then they get filled with the usual AI, politics and world-ending doom and gloom and its always some random person that is talking about something and 7/10 times its factual but I would still like to know where all these people inform themselves and where they research all of this so I can stay informed and up to date

Recently, Hugging Face was the target of a hack by AI agents run by OpenAI. As I understand, the agents were trying to pass a hacking challenge. Their solution was to try and find the answer key, so they took some data from Hugging Face.

If some random person was to get caught hacking like this, wouldn't they be sued and maybe criminally prosecuted? How come OpenAI gets away with an apology? Just because they're important in some sense?

Every once in a while there's news of some creeper that's caught filming people going to the bathroom with a hidden camera. This makes me wonder....how often does this happen? How many don't get caught? How many times have I been filmed without knowing?

What I’m talking about is the refusal to admit that they’re wrong and don’t know as much as they think.

Ex:

I just saw a video where this tween-aged girl was completely unable to reconcile the fact that her mom new more about the Backstreet Boys than her…

Being a hockey fan i assumed that it would be a compliment ☺️

I remember in school days many kids didn't even have phones even when smartphone wasn't the most popular thing but like nowdays even children in elementary to middle schools have smartphone like iPhones to Samsung like how are parents able to afford that. Like the chances of getting it damaged or lost is there. And the addiction it has given is insane.

Asking for a friend

I always seem to find myself randomly thinking about this and I still don’t have a concrete answer. This is gonna drive me mental.

I don’t know my blood type but they’re offering free Hello Kitty clip on next month.

My gf insists on taking her tampon out every time she pees. She knows she doesn’t have to, but thinks it’s unsanitary. Peeing on the string seems to be the main hold up. I see her point, but was just wondering how many other women feel the same way?