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by 0xEF 1y ago
So, and correct me if I am wrong, you don't think a little old fashioned nepotism happened like it does in pretty much every major industry?
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by 0xEF 1y ago
This is not an apples to apples comparison. A single line in my cli letting me know one of my Rails project dependencies is requesting funding is _far_ less intrusive than Windows throwing popup notifications at me about some game they want
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by 0xEF 1y ago
Linux is the answer. I have transitioned coworkers, friends and family to Linux with PeppermintOS, so that's the one I typically recommend. Windows-dependent users seem to find it more friendly and familiar, and it runs nicely on every
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by 0xEF 1y ago
It's weaponized pivot tables all the way down.
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by 0xEF 1y ago
Remember the Palm (palm.com, not to be confused with Palm PDAs of a much earlier era) for Verizon networks? That answered all my requests at the time; about the size of an iPhone 5S but running Android 8, but with the caveat that I had to h
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by 0xEF 1y ago
> the less educated you are, the more likely you are to believe you know what makes sense It actually frightens me how true this statement is. To reinforce my initial position about how important the rules are for setting expectations, I
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by 0xEF 1y ago
I apologize for that. I try to mitigate my US-centricness in my comments as much as possible, understanding completely that I am speaking with a global audience, but I am definitely not perfect at it :D I suppose the same goes if you take t
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by 0xEF 1y ago
It's easy to believe, though, and most of us do it every day. For example, our commute to work is marked by the trust that other drivers will cooperate, following the rules, so that we all get to where we are going. There are varying d
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by 0xEF 1y ago
> You'll just ruin it, nobody likes burnt beef Tell that to my FiL. I dread his family gatherings since I know hockey puck burgers are going to be the only viable food on the menu because he's very proud of that expensive grill
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by 0xEF 1y ago
I was about to say, I think we all know where this is going...
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by 0xEF 1y ago
I think so? I'd have to look it up, but I believe you're right. They _definitely_ employ a lot of dark patterns, though. Glad you brought that up, because not enough people are taking the "dark patterns" thing seriously
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by 0xEF 1y ago
Yeah, I know. It's disturbing to say the least. The thinking with PO Boxes is just left over from a time when it was possible to use them as an extra layer of protection. It's barely an inconvenience to anyone who wants to get you
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by 0xEF 1y ago
Correct. It's the same conversation every year, well before Elon came along. The big players are TurboTax and H&R Block. TurboTax specifically has led the charge for over two decades to prevent you from ever filing your taxes for f
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by 0xEF 1y ago
It just adds an extra step that keeps the general public away from your PII. The post office knows who owns that PO box and where that person actually lives. A simple subpoena makes that information available to whatever arm of enforcement
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by 0xEF 1y ago
Nobody is rewriting history. I also remember the Google engineer who claimed encountering sentience, etc. What we're discussing here is dollars being put towards manipulating people into thinking the "AI" has consciousness li
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by 0xEF 1y ago
It was short-lived if I recall, a few articles and interviews, not exactly a marketing blitz. My take-away from that was calling an LLM a "stochastic parrot" is too simplified, not that they were saying "AI us a person."
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by 0xEF 1y ago
As you shouldn't! Only a rube trusts a rule for which there is no real enforcement or punishment is a mere fine. If the erosion of consumer privacy has not taught us that simply stating "we won't use/sell your data"
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by 0xEF 1y ago
I'd argue that zero dollars are spent convincing anyone that LLMs are people since: A. I've seen no evidence of it, and I say that as not exactly a fan of techbros B. People tend to anthropomorphize everything which is why we have
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by 0xEF 1y ago
Same. As an American living on the Canadian border most of my life, I learned most of my Candaianisms from factory coworkers and AvE's youtube channel. https://www.youtube.com/arduinoversusevil/videos
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by 0xEF 1y ago
Could be worse, and be like me, who instantly looks up any word he doesn't understand, and because he does it so often, forgets the definition almost as soon as it is read after moving on. It probably takes me a good seven to ten times
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by 0xEF 1y ago
I have a different take on permission license. I offer up what little code I produce under the assumption that anyone can use it for whatever, just give me credit. Why? Because it might result in an interesting collaboration on a project I
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by 0xEF 1y ago
True, but while there is a decent sized Flipper Zero community, I found it to be significantly smaller and less prone to fresh development than the other two you mentioned by comparison. The Flipper Zero is stunted by a good portion of th
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by 0xEF 1y ago
I believe it's still around, or at least some variants or other Battletech MUDs are. Check these out; https://www.sarna.net/wiki/MUX
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by 0xEF 1y ago
I also like Mudlet and KildClient, but it's really best of you try a few and decide which works best for your tastes and needs. Blowtorch is still the go-to client if you want to play via Android mobile, last I checked. And you can alw
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by 0xEF 1y ago
> people just don't read You're right, and that tracks with my experience too, sad as it is to have to admit. However, if you're not holding people accountable for not reading the directive/memo, then that's on y
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by 0xEF 1y ago
That's on them, though. But if you do not hold the engineers accountable for reading the memo, that's on you (or whomever has the authority to do that). This is why having things in writing is important and verbal directives hav
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by 0xEF 1y ago
I don't know about anyone else, but contrary to my general disdain for meetings* I have found product owners/process managers to be useful in the regard of having one central person to funnel things through on a particular project
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by 0xEF 1y ago
I have to disagree since I can also just not listen/pay any attention to what is vocally delivered in the meeting, which I find to be an abhorrent waste of my time in the first place. If the directive is in writing such as an email I (
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by 0xEF 1y ago
The problem is interpretation. The key phrase is "interference with privacy" which is ambiguous yet all encompassing. You say it says nothing toward solicitation or manipulation where I interpret both of those acts as "interf
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by 0xEF 1y ago
The difference is the lawyers and judges do not make any money from the DDOS achieving the same goal. Really, what the law cares about is money. Greed, plain and simple. Yes, what people think/feel factor into this _only_ because when

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