The initial incident was this one.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-15520279

Unfortunately I got the inter governmental spat details from people involved. I work with big drones, and I’ve heard bits of it from both sides.

I’ll see if I can track down about the fine itself.

It’s likely a scale thing. A satellite gives full coverage, but it’s working at a large scale, with a long time lag. A plane is more local, with less time lag, but still quite a large scale. A drone is hyper local, with almost no time lag. Depending who is asking, all 3 can be extremely useful.

I can unfortunately see where communication could break down. Local firefighters wanted hyper local information. They didn’t coordinate with the larger effort, and so the accident could have happened.

I don’t know about the states, but in the UK. A police force decided to operate a drone for their own use. The CAA tried to politely educate them on the rules, and were, effectively told to eff off. A £35,000 ($43,000) fine was quite an effective slap on the wrist.

Detailed fire tracking. From the ground, it’s difficult to tell if the fires is wrapping around you etc. By getting a bit of altitude, you can see what’s going on, and act accordingly.

Check if you have a local makerspace or hackspace. They tend to attract a similar crowd. My local one is definitely majority neurospicy.

I’ve got 1 dream check, that’s fairly reliable, when I need it. I check my back pocket for “heavy weapons”. Basically, think cartoon “hammer space”. It’s an almost unnoticeable check when awake, that doesn’t do anything. In a dream state however, an ak47, or a bazooka is to hand.

This is particularly effective against nightmares. My subconscious happily accepts that I can pull whatever cartoon doodad I need out of my back pocket. This let’s me jam nightmares. I’ve not had one since I trained myself to do this a couple of decades back.

The 1 trick to note, you need to “believe” on some level that it will work. It’s akin to accepting a film. You know they are just actors and CGI, but you accept it as real. This belief gives it power in your dreams.

They are treated, effectively, as guilty until proven innocent.

My job has large patches like this. I refer to it as “fire duty”. I’m not being paid to do anything. I’m being paid to do the correct thing in an emergency. I’m the insurance.

Your best bet is to check your rules, either on paper, or to ask and do an appropriate hobby. It’s particularly effective if its a cumulative hobby (thing programming rather than computer games). If queried on it, you’re just keeping your brain up at speed.

Depends on the context. I value my family considerably over possessions. Between my dog, a heavy object, and some basic self defence training, I should be fine to protect them.

It’s worth noting that almost no criminals doing home robberies are armed with guns. Most don’t even carry knives. It significantly racks up the charges, if caught. Also, our police, while lack luster for most break ins, won’t be for an armed, aggressive robbery. I’ve seen their response for a simple gun sighting (it involved helicopters etc).

In summary, and order.

1. Nothing, since they likely target an empty house. (I also have home insurance)

2. Scare them off. They want a confrontation even less than I do.

3. Bug out. Then involve the police.

4. Roll the dice on a physical confrontation. I’d likely do better with a lump of wood, or a knife, than a gun, at least a close range.

I’m not looking to play hero. Things can be replaced, my life, family, and body can’t be.

As a left winger, looking in from the outside, I’m appalled that you NEED to be willing to defend your home, with deadly force. I’m also confused about why you fight so hard against measures that would reduce both the risk and the fear. Given your gun laws, and the mentality of your police, I would be arming up for self defense too. I just don’t understand how large parts of america see it as acceptable.

Children are often a mirror to our true selves. My daughter is fascinated by the world, and loves learning. She’s a sponge for new knowledge. The only limitation is building up the layers of knowledge, to understand what you are trying to teach.

It was when she started on the hormones. Apparently, it wasn’t surprising to her friends going through the same process.

Unfortunately, I only know 1 trans person well enough to ask them about it. Also, considering it’s a binary (either men feel less, or are better at containing it), I would be surprised if it goes the opposite ways when transitioning.

It’s not a scientific study however, just an interesting and relevant observation.

We can never truly say for sure, but it’s the closest situation that can give a side by side comparison. Either testosterone allows better emotional inhibition, or estrogen reduces it. The main point is that men aren’t emotionless. Our emotions are just as strong as women’s, we are just better able to contain them (for better or worse).

Society then amplifies what is already there.

This sort of situation is how I knew my wife was/is a keeper. When I was pushed to the point where my negative emotions got too much, she was there for me. She didn’t shy away, but stepped in to help and support me.

In many of my previous relationships, showing negative emotions was lethal to their feelings. I could be happy, or stoic, but never upset or depressed.

On a side note, I had a chat with a trans friend once, regarding emotions. When they transitioned, the intensity of their emotions didn’t change much. However, their ability to contain them plummeted. Basically, men and women feel emotions similarly. Men are just a lot more able to bottle them up.

There’s an addage that likely apply well.

“In theory, there’s no difference between theory and practice. In practice, there’s a huge difference.”

America (and Europe) have a lot of theoretical knowledge. How that plays out in practice is another story. Ukraine has a lot of practical experience. They know which corners can be cut, without losing anything, and which are critical. Lessons payed for in blood.

It’s interesting to look at what is actually required to be a technological species (assuming they develop it themselves).

• Dextrus Manipulators.

To make technology, you need something to manipulate the world reliably. Hands are the most obvious method, but not the only ones. Octopus tenticles could also likely fill the roll.

• Social groups and communication.

Developments are useless, if they can’t be passed on to the next generation, or shared around. Technology requires building on the work of others.

• Brain development.

There needs to be something to drive early brain development. With humans, it was likely sexual preferences. It could otherwise become a chicken and the egg type problem.

• Generalist.

A specialist species will tend to lean into their strengths. There’s far less need for intelligence when you have big claws, or heavy armour already. This also applies to size. Too big, or too small tends to specialise in a why the precludes other developments.

There are several species on earth that hit some of these points, but not all. E.g. Dolphins hit all but the manipulator issue. Octopus are completely solitary. Many mammals hit all but brain development, and crabs overspecialise.

I could easily see a small tweak leading to a radically non human technological intelligence. That is also based only on what has already developed and stabilised in the earth’s biome. The cambrian explosion showed that far more body forms are at least viable.

It depends on your vehicle.

I personally drive a van, most of the time. Checking over my shoulder is a waste of time. What I do need is situational awareness. I’m aware of where my blind spots are, both absolute (e.g. directly behind my back bumper) and partial (e.g. the spot down my side).

I try and keep an awareness of everything entering and leaving my blind spots. I also do 2 checks of all spots that could have problems when manoeuvring. It’s alarming how often a small car or bike can slip through blind spots, when you’re doing your checks.

Basically, know your vehicle, and do what’s appropriate to keep everyone safe.

Room is too well insulated and sealed. Once the bedroom door is closed, the air exchange is too low. I’m planning to fit a heat exchanging fan system next year to permanently fix it.

Opening a window isn’t as bad as it first seems. Most of the heat in a home (at least a brick one) is in the structure. Change the air, close the window, and it will rapidly warm up again. It’s only leaving it open for longer periods that cool it down.

If you’ve not got one, I would highly recommend getting an air quality meter.

I had this issue last night, awake randomly at 2-3am. When I checked, the air quality was terrible. (It’s bespoke scale put it at 10 out of 100) after opening a window and letting it improve, I happily drifted back off.

It turned out I didn’t wake up randomly, I was dragged awake from a light sleep due to the air quality plummeting. It won’t apply to everyone, but it’s worth checking if it’s a common problem.

(For reference, 10% air was CO2 of 2360ppm, and VOCs at 5000ppm with 80% humidity. Fresh air is CO2<500, VOCs<100)

LLMs can’t become AGIs. They have no ability to actually reason. What they can do is use predigested reasoning to fake it. It’s particularly obvious with certain classes of proble., when they fall down. I think the fact it fakes so well tells us more about human intelligence than AI.

That being said, LLMs will likely be a critical part of a future AGI. Right now, they are a lobotomised speech centre. Different groups are already starting to tie them to other forms of AI. If we can crack building a reasoning engine, then a full AGI is possible. An LLM might even form its internal communication method, akin to our internal monologue.