JohnFen

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by JohnFen 2mo ago
Not just text, but also images, music, video, etc. You are correct that "AI detectors" (if they were accurate) give a very crude indication and omit nuance. That sucks. But, from my point of view with creative works, such a thing
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by JohnFen 2mo ago
None. I don't do subscriptions unless there's some overwhelming reason to, and so far, I haven't found any software that gives me such a reason.
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by JohnFen 2mo ago
But, at least with creative works rather than technical, whether or not a work was machine-generated is very important to me. If I can't tell, it makes me less interested in new creative works in general. I already mostly ignore new re
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by JohnFen 2mo ago
I'm trying to figure out how to do that in the office. It's much easier for me at home. In the office, I still have all the async notifications and such as when I'm at home, but in the office I also have a stream of people ph
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by JohnFen 2mo ago
> Those who know that they are above average will provide their data because we are tired of being pooled with higher risk individuals. I would never in a million years agree to this even though I know I'm well above average. > T
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by JohnFen 2mo ago
> they know you won’t just delete the app because you need it. I'd 100% delete it. All the apps I've ever seen and used are for convenience. I don't actually need any of them.
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by JohnFen 2mo ago
I often say "You matter as a parent. You're important, and parenting is your most important work. But also remember that parents tend to take both too much credit and too much blame for how their kids turn out. They will be, despi
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by JohnFen 2mo ago
I would have responded to the question by saying that a good start would be to not ask the HN audience, but your response showed me the folly of my thinking. It's absolutely wonderful.
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by JohnFen 2mo ago
I think Flock (and similar systems) are actively harmful to society and Langley (and therefore Flock) specifically is trying to change society into something that is terrifying. Now, he's trying to distract people from the inherently a
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by JohnFen 2mo ago
I wish we'd go back to calling these companies "predatory lenders" instead of "payday loan" or BNPL providers.
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by JohnFen 2mo ago
You get what you give.
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by JohnFen 2mo ago
> You won’t be able to get the exact page This is a grave problem. > you will (if the model is good) be able to get the knowledge out of it That doesn't help with books that aren't factual in nature. "Getting the knowle
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by JohnFen 2mo ago
I seriously doubt any of the companies doing this will preserve the scans for very long. It costs money to store stuff, and none of these companies are have any concern for anyone who isn't them, so they're not going to spend the
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by JohnFen 2mo ago
"Only a handful" is a precious or extremely rare book. 1000 copies of a book total would certainly qualify it as rare. That's not a lot of copies. > What are the other people who own these books doing besides having them s
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by JohnFen 2mo ago
Good. If artists are going to generate their stuff with genAI, then they should at least be honest and upfront about it rather than trying to deceive everybody.
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by JohnFen 2mo ago
I would have to. (Well, I wouldn't even bother looking further into the property once I learned it involved an HOA, but for the sake of argument...) The presence of these cameras is wholly and entirely objectionable.
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by JohnFen 2mo ago
> If you think about the experience today on television, it still largely feels like the ads are not personalized This is literally the only upside to television these days.
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by JohnFen 2mo ago
I don't get flu shots because they make me sick (ironically with flu-like symptoms). I wonder if if the mRNA vaccine would avoid that. I think I'll give it a try when able to.
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by JohnFen 2mo ago
> Are you old enough to remember the bad old days? I'm old enough to remember them. I very much preferred the "bad old days" over bad new days of ride-sharing services.
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by JohnFen 2mo ago
When I can't avoid flying, I carry a special "travel phone" that I don't use for anything else instead of my daily. I know I'm not the only one. That also lacks the "full life of data" despite not being fa
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by JohnFen 2mo ago
> I absolutely draw the line at thoughtlessly dismissing AI art as "slop" though. Fair enough. I don't call it "slop" unless it is, and slop can certainly be made without involving computers. But genAI has withou
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by JohnFen 2mo ago
2 and 3x definitely exist, and it's a thrill to work with them. They are, however, somewhat rare and more people think they are in that group than actually are.
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by JohnFen 2mo ago
I actually don't like the "FAANG" label because the culture it refers to is not limited to those companies, nor even to just silicon valley. I prefer "SV style companies" instead. The most common reasons I've h
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by JohnFen 2mo ago
But we've already known that for decades.
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by JohnFen 2mo ago
Yes, I have.
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by JohnFen 2mo ago
I know that Office 2016 runs locally. Later versions might, but I don't know for certain. You can't get 2016 new, of course, but a quick eBay search turned up a number of new old stock copies. It looks like they're going for
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by JohnFen 2mo ago
I came back to Firefox after a stint of trying others out. I returned because, despite all of its downsides, it's still the least bad option of the ones I've tried. But (despite that I used to be hardcore Firefox user and advocate
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by JohnFen 2mo ago
> He understands that many critics won’t immediately trust his intentions. “All I guess I’m asking for is for a fair shot.” How many "fair shots" does he think Flock should get? They've already blown a few. > And what I
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by JohnFen 2mo ago
> People should not be dismissing other people's work at all, AI generated or not. It depends on what the nature of the work is. If it's a work where technical soundness is the most important thing, then I agree. The criteria s
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by JohnFen 2mo ago
So no different than software devs, then?

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