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When Doctors with A.I. Are Outperformed by A.I. Alone(erictopol.substack.com)
6 points by EA-3167 2y ago|1 comments
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by EA-3167 2y ago
Netflix is by far one of the worst streaming services in terms of what they have, although they're still running a very slick interface, who cares if what it leads to is garbage? Even when you find something good, especially a series,
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by EA-3167 2y ago
I couldn't agree more. I use a Boox e-reader, and I had no interest in using the Kindle app, so stripping the DRM (on books I'd purchased, for my own use only) was a selling point. Without that I'm just moving my business ove
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by EA-3167 2y ago
Other than YouTube? No, I switched my search to Kagi and I don't even use Gmail for anonymous emails anymore. Even when Google makes a product that seems interesting, it's almost inevitable that they'll either enshittify it o
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by EA-3167 2y ago
When you read the post and get all of the way to bottom, you'll discover that you're part of a whole family of people who fixated on one word, rather than the content. > Edit: I guess my tone-projection is off. A lot of people
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by EA-3167 2y ago
I've purchased hundreds of books through the Kindle store specifically because of that functionality, and I've just moved my business over to Kobo. I doubt that I'm the only person to shrug and bail on Amazon based on this mo
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by EA-3167 2y ago
That's true, but it's also the Adobe DRM which can be trivially stripped using Calibre, so it's not a big deal IMO.
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by EA-3167 2y ago
I've switched from Amazon to Kobo (in terms of a store, I don't use either's devices). I tested last night and I was able to copy epubs purchased from Kobo wherever I wanted. They have all of what you just described. Like you
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by EA-3167 2y ago
That's very fair, in any case I'm sorry to hear that you were so mistreated, I wish I could say that it surprised me. People love to blame the various mods, but in my opinion it was always the admins that were the problem. Of cour
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by EA-3167 2y ago
If you don't mind me asking, what was the sub that you were a mod of?
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by EA-3167 2y ago
They could spin it as "protecting children" by "putting a paywall on explicit material" rather than "We are a porn app." "The vast majority of our content is suitable for all ages, but out of concern for t
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by EA-3167 2y ago
It's the business they've been in for quite a while, at least in part. If you run a site that's a quarter pornography, you're a pornographer right? Granted that's by number of subs, we don't know what percentag
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by EA-3167 2y ago
I suspect that this will end up applying to 18+ Reddit, it would make them compliant with the latest "ID up" hotness, and create a much-needed revenue stream. I don't think it will work well, in fact I can't imagine many
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by EA-3167 2y ago
As a percentage of GDP alright. Now how about absolute numbers, because pretending that doesn't matter isn't particularly helpful, and feels like playing with numbers rather than dealing with reality.
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by EA-3167 2y ago
Of course, what we're seeing is careless and foolish, I'm not endorsing any of it. I am however somewhat enlightened by the consequences of that foolish endeavor.
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by EA-3167 2y ago
I see that as different, it is first and foremost an American project, born from a conflict between superpowers. I don't think the same is true about global charity.
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by EA-3167 2y ago
I don't think USAID is the core of US soft power, Hollywood is. Our tech industry is. Our food and our language and the way our culture seeps into everything is. If USAID and aid to places in much of Africa was our soft power, I'd
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by EA-3167 2y ago
It's been interesting seeing Western European NGO's struggle to find funding without USAID as well. I don't like Trump, I don't like much of what he's doing, but this at least has been a bit of a wake-up call for me
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Startups Gamble on Fusion Energy(undark.org)
1 points by EA-3167 2y ago|0 comments
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by EA-3167 2y ago
I see you doing this a lot, and I'll admit that at first I resented that a little. As time has passed though, I've come to appreciate your dedication to improving the quality of the feed here. Thanks.
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by EA-3167 2y ago
Do you understand how me saying "Tyranny" and you responding "Duopoly" isn't really a conversation or even debate? We're literally talking about different things. edit Since this seems to need clarification: h
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by EA-3167 2y ago
How many years have you been saying that for?
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by EA-3167 2y ago
The government using the power of the law to invade the privacy of its citizens, against the overwhelming preference of its citizens and international human rights norms... is abusive. It isn't tyranny on its own, but it should be av
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by EA-3167 2y ago
I didn't say that, I said that talking about tyranny in this context is divorced from reality, and it is. I'm not even engaging with the "duopoly" thing, I know how hopeless a conversation like that. I just wish that peo
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by EA-3167 2y ago
Again, "true" is not a synonym for "what I'd prefer."
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by EA-3167 2y ago
I was thinking about Android, or Librem, or jailbreaking.
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by EA-3167 2y ago
Not having the alternatives you want isn't the same as not having alternatives, nor is it tyranny.
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by EA-3167 2y ago
Calling that tyranny really devalues the word, especially when you had to buy an Apple device to be "subjected" to it, and there are alternatives.
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by EA-3167 2y ago
I admit that did seem to be the case, but I hesitate to judge when so many people these days are isolated, especially post-Covid. You make a good point though, and if someone is at the point of seeking roommates for company, that's pro
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by EA-3167 2y ago
It's hard to imagine being in the top 5% of earnings for an age-group, with the ability to afford single-occupancy dwelling, where the problem isn't outflows. Do you have a viable alternative?

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