JohnFen

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by JohnFen 11d ago
For my projects? No, I don't see the benefit of doing that. Of course, others probably think differently.
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by JohnFen 11d ago
This is already happening. There are at least three "private internets" that I'm aware of in my city. They don't (generally) interface with the larger public internet, though, aside from using it as a pipe when other com
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by JohnFen 11d ago
> Would you rather play a game whose randomness comes from dice, or one where the rules themselves become chaotic enough that you can't predict the result? If I can't predict the result, then it doesn't matter if the reaso
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by JohnFen 11d ago
That's all well and good, but doesn't answer the question. If you think genAI is going to destroy the world (I don't, by the way), then how does making it open source stop that? I truly don't understand. It's like s
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by JohnFen 11d ago
And that would stop AI from destroying the world?
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by JohnFen 11d ago
How would that mitigate risk?
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by JohnFen 11d ago
There are two things that I absolutely don't trust genAI to come within a hundred miles of. They are my health care and my personal finances.
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by JohnFen 12d ago
I was genuinely shocked and it made me happier with my car insurance company. The behavior I expected is that they'd keep my premium the same and just pocket the extra profit. Of course, them doing this may earn enough loyalty and good
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by JohnFen 12d ago
Even if we had a STRONG AND SMART PRESIDENT (as opposed to the one we have right now), that statement doesn't work. If the only thing keeping industries in check is the president, then that ends the second that the president is no long
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by JohnFen 12d ago
Given Microsoft's history, I don't believe this is part of the corporate mindset at all. But they could change my mind by changing what they do.
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by JohnFen 12d ago
If it had been, then I wouldn't have bothered reading it. > Behind the admonishments to never outsource one’s writing is a naive implication that inside everyone rests a hidden Hemingway, and all they need is time and the discipline
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by JohnFen 12d ago
> If we knew we were to return, would this inherently lead to a more sustainable future for humans in general? I doubt this would change the spectrum of attitudes much. If such an effect were probable, one would think that it would happe
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by JohnFen 12d ago
I have no idea in general, but I was an 80s high school hobby programmer and don't think this way, nor do the devs I know who are roughly of the same vintage.
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by JohnFen 13d ago
Yeah, there is the question of how bad does it have to be to report. Certainly, they don't want people calling about a single cup stuck in a bush somewhere, but do want people calling about a pile of domestic garbage. My personal rule
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by JohnFen 13d ago
I live in the west. I also have an excellent driving record and drive a small econobox. Here's an interesting story that gave me greater understanding of how insurance is priced. Years ago, I worked at a place where I lived 5 miles awa
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by JohnFen 13d ago
I asked everyone I knew who they used, paid attention to which ones people had stuck with the longest, then tried those ones out by getting oil changes from them. Then out of the ones that I had good vibes from, I chose the one that was phy
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by JohnFen 13d ago
If they welcome reporting, I'd be surprised if they care about (or check) whether or not the reporter is a tourist. They just want to know about the litter.
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by JohnFen 14d ago
How? I never allowed Javascript or anything.
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by JohnFen 14d ago
I also have no interest in their side projects. It doesn't bother me that they have them, though. As you say, as long as the search engine works and the price is acceptable, I'm happy.
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by JohnFen 14d ago
I can do the basics like oil changes. I don't, though, because it's worth it to me to pay my mechanic to do all the maintenance. I'd do the same if the car were new.
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by JohnFen 14d ago
Kagi is what I settled on a couple of years ago. I do think sometimes the fawning is over the top, but it is a solid search engine and tended to give me a bit better results than Google out of the box. The real win, though, is that you can
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by JohnFen 14d ago
Because I wouldn't want Google to know what links I click on. When I used to use Google, and they added such redirects that included the destination URL as a parameter, I'd edit the link to make it just that URL before resolving i
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by JohnFen 14d ago
I just carry liability. There's no point in comprehensive coverage on such a car. My car insurance costs about $500/yr.
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by JohnFen 14d ago
Interesting. I'm far from poor, but that's pretty much exactly how I buy cars, and I have never regretted it. The couple of times that I bought more expensive cars, I've regretted it. The only time I'd take out a loan to
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by JohnFen 14d ago
If I hadn't already ditched Google long ago, this would be more than enough to chase me away.
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by JohnFen 15d ago
A good start is to vote in the midterms to reduce the amount of power that these antihuman criminals have. The US is currently in the midst of a serious political disaster and there will be no quick fix to any of this. But if we take every
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by JohnFen 15d ago
That's in line with the EPA's new mission of ensuring environmental degradation.
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by JohnFen 15d ago
> The agricultural machine manufacturer has a subscription service that lets owners repair their own equipment. Why is barely anybody using it? Because it doesn't address the actual problem.
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by JohnFen 15d ago
Star Trek became, essentially, Star Wars. Which is a shame because we already have Star Wars, but there's nothing like what Star Trek was.
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by JohnFen 15d ago
That would be awesome, but it's not going to happen without some sort of huge cultural shift. It's because actual science rarely directly results in something that can be monetized. That's what engineering does. Science is ab

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