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My jaw hit the floor when I watched an AI master one of the world's toughest physical games in just six hours

But this sounds exactly the sort of thing that machines are better at that people, so it just feels completely unsurprising that it was good at the task.

Turning multiple dials to manage speed and direction is not normally how humans interact with the world, so we can we pretty shit at it.

A basic motor is completely designed to turn like this.

This feels no different to the machine learning tools used to train on Mario a decade ago.

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Systemd wants to expand to include a sudo replacement

This will probably lead to vocal outrage because it's Systemd rather than an alternative project coming up with the solution.

Sudo has long known to have dangerous weaknesses, but it's generally been accepted since sudo solves a bunch of other problems. If we can fix the problems sudo has, then that's a good thing. Would be nicer if we could split up some of these projects though to stop uber projects.

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'The Acolyte' Canceled: Disney's Star Wars Spinoff Done After One Season

with certain corners of the internet going after Headland, who is a member of the LGBTQ+ community

That's some odd phrasing. Are they not allowed to say that someone is gay?

It feels like they are trying to dog whistle something, but I'm not sure what. Or was all the criticism completely unrelated and they are trying to stretch a point?

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I have been educated that this is not an uncommon phrasing to use by someone who is gay.

Presumably following the motto of a rising tide raises all the ships and they have expressed a preference for their success to be viewed as a success for everyone?

TIL.

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Depop, Vinted and other apps to share more information with HMRC

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They pay everything that they are required to.

HMRC enforces the rules, they don't make them. The issue is not that Amazon doesn't pay taxes, it is that successive Tory governments allow them to offshore profits because the rules that Starbucks follow are the ones set up to let MPs offshore their money.

Remember, the Queen and our PM were in the Panama Papers. It was ignored because it is by design.