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by 9dev 3mo ago
Honestly? That’s a big philosophical question, and I don’t know if I can really answer it. But I do personally prefer living in a value-backed society - even if the implementation is imperfect, even if I have to make personal concessions -
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by 9dev 3mo ago
Not your point, but… Do smartphones cost $4000 dollars now??
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Im not happy with the AI act in entirety either, but my point was that it’s hard to read it and say "this isn’t generally the right thing to do", where right means responsible and beneficial to society as a whole.
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by 9dev 3mo ago
I understand that desire entirely, but I’m not sure if it would work that way. Take an ISO 27001 certification (or SOC, if you like): There is no one clear set of things to do, but both guidance and requirements that you need to address and
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by 9dev 3mo ago
It’s a bit in general, because if you actually read the EU AI legislation, most of it follows the right ideas and provides more safety, in the sense that OpenAI and Anthropic used to pretend to care about, but never really did.
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by 9dev 3mo ago
Nobody said anything about sustainable, or outside of the Bay Area really
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by 9dev 3mo ago
Well count me in (I wouldn't join that sub though.) Almost all lawns are just a sad approximation of a proper meadow, and could be real gardens - instead of an artificial, plain, featureless green space, they could harbour plants and b
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by 9dev 3mo ago
> I paid around $4000 for 4090m laptop That's how much many developers currently spend on tokens - every day. Whatever "Apple Tax" applies to a device that can run a capable model offline will amortise itself in a blink.
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by 9dev 3mo ago
That's a bit disingenuous, though; for that analogy to work, it would be the employer paying you, with a tenure of 40 years, the same shit salary as the new hire. And I get how frustrating that may feel, but it's still not the n
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by 9dev 3mo ago
Every time you feel depressed by the state of tech, and how so many intelligent people seem to work on forcing ever more ads down people's throats (a common trope around these parts), remember that projects like this do exist too! Ther
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by 9dev 3mo ago
> moral high ground over other cultures and nations. I don't think I have that, really. But I have the high ground over people who objectify groups of other people, and if that is really central to your culture, then I am not accept
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by 9dev 3mo ago
Sounds like meta would be just the company for you!
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by 9dev 3mo ago
Isn't that funny, considering you seem to be the vocal minority here?
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by 9dev 3mo ago
Well, here goes. The "story" told shows a woman as something men possess ("Backoff! She's mine!".) She even asks "do I get a say?" (hah, as if!) and is ignored, of course. If two men want to possess the sa
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by 9dev 3mo ago
Reproducing cringy sexist bullshit is a choice deserving of criticism.
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by 9dev 3mo ago
This sounds like a wonderfully deadly bio-weapon platform you're planning there. Maybe introduce some gene filter to target specific population groups..? The possibilities are endless!
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by 9dev 3mo ago
Hard to tell. They might have equally well found something helpful if it weren't for the incident.
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by 9dev 3mo ago
it will start to trickle down any moment now!
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by 9dev 3mo ago
Other people getting assistance too don't take away anything from your friend at all. If you want to be angry, be angry about your government spending trillions for the military and billionaires, not about the weakest parts of society.
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by 9dev 3mo ago
remind me how successful the Iran war was
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by 9dev 3mo ago
> Why would I buy from a small business without a possibility to return if I can buy from Amazon with guaranteed 30 days? Perhaps because you don't want all retail to be Amazon? > laws are not free, somebody has to pay Isn't
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by 9dev 3mo ago
I'd find it tiresome real quick to always have to research before purchasing anything if the vendor will treat me with respect. Having a baseline of what you can expect from any business relation guaranteed by law is pretty great, re
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by 9dev 3mo ago
Why would that be the case? Maybe you’re thinking of customised or commissioned items, which are an exception explicitly called out in the law and require a defect by the seller to return (so you can’t just return eg a painting made for you
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by 9dev 3mo ago
You loose the right to change your mind and return the goods without any reason given, but of course you still have warranty of 6 months; if anything breaks with the product in that time, you can request the seller to make up by offering a
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by 9dev 3mo ago
Exactly my point. In Germany I can order from the smallest of webshops without even reading their return policy, because I am guaranteed favourable terms by law.
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by 9dev 3mo ago
Is that so? In Germany for example, you have a legal right to return anything you purchased via a remote means of communication - so e.g., the internet, or a phone call - free of charge, within two weeks, and it must be simple to do so; i
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by 9dev 3mo ago
I don't know what that example is supposed to prove? Everyone in a business relation with one of these companies can make claims against them. The problem with Wirecard is rather that the 25k of each of them aren't going to make u
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by 9dev 3mo ago
> Your problems are political, and you are your own worst enemy. Germany has enormous possibilities as a society, if you just get your shit together. The problem is that post-war Germany was founded on a promise of eternal prosperity, fu
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by 9dev 3mo ago
"Was hätten wir denn tun sollen?" - What were we supposed to do? We were just the little people… It's always the same.
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by 9dev 3mo ago
You're making it very easy for them here. Giving up on any kind of personal integrity or responsibility in exchange for a lot of money is not a complex dilemma. You don't need context to see it's wrong. It's a classi

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