_Algernon_

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by _Algernon_ 1y ago
Plenty people of here work doing basically the same to maximize the amount of time people, including children and teens, spend staring at rectangular lights to show them ads. Some amount of extremely competent engineers worked on the tech t
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by _Algernon_ 1y ago
I'm not. As a reminder we are discussing within the context of this original claim: >First, much like LLMs, lots of people don’t really have world models.
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by _Algernon_ 1y ago
>Roughly 4% of the population are said to have aphantasia (lacking a "mind's eye"). Around 10% (numbers vary) don't have an internal monologue. You don't need either of those to have a world model. A world model
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by _Algernon_ 1y ago
RSS provides GUID + update timestamp which combined allows the client to integrate changes or replace entries.
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by _Algernon_ 1y ago
It's also absurdly wrong, and a quote that only a self-identified rationalist could smugly tout. Of course everyone has world models. Otherwise people would wander into traffic like headless chickens, if they'd even be capable of
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by _Algernon_ 1y ago
How much of that concrete was poured into ghost cities?
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by _Algernon_ 1y ago
If you practiced some media literacy, you'd realize that (a) there is a point to that meme and (b) that there is a reason why you are on the receiving end of it.
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by _Algernon_ 1y ago
Talk about missing the point…
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by _Algernon_ 1y ago
https://iea.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/mister-gotcha-...
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by _Algernon_ 1y ago
>† replaced with a slightly less salacious word than the original in consideration for politeness. 1. You're on the internet. Nobody will get mad if you say "horny". 2. Bastardizing a quote is a worse outcome than you miss
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by _Algernon_ 1y ago
chrome.com redirects to https://www.google.com/chrome/ for whatever it's worth.
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by _Algernon_ 1y ago
>[B]ureaucrats can be expected to embrace a technology that helps to create the illusion that decisions are not under their control. Because of its seeming intelligence and impartiality, a computer has an almost magical tendency to direc
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by _Algernon_ 1y ago
You'd need to make a case that proprietary OSes such as Windows or MacOS lessen the issue compared to FOSS OSes such as Linux. I doubt it considering that Windows is / was known to be the worst offender here. In any case my bank h
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by _Algernon_ 1y ago
The absence of amplification is not not the same as eliminating it.
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by _Algernon_ 1y ago
>In the United States, Section 230 is a section of the Communications Act of 1934 that was enacted as part of the Communications Decency Act of 1996, which is Title V of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, and generally provides immunity
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by _Algernon_ 1y ago
Describing methods in the abstract is different to engaging in argument with a specific individual over a period of time, encouraging them to do it. No Wikipedia page does that.
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by _Algernon_ 1y ago
All this is true about Linux on desktop, though my bank still allows me to log in to online banking. At least for now. I'm not aware of any major issues this has caused. The trust isn't the issue. Google and Apple has made DRM eas
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by _Algernon_ 1y ago
The way we allow paternalistic tech companies to train the consumer to abdicate personal responsibility is going to bite us in the ass sooner or later. I'm betting on sooner.
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by _Algernon_ 1y ago
Regulate the parents then. You don't strip search every customer in your store because one person shoplifted.
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by _Algernon_ 1y ago
Mohammed caricatures or 100 year old vampires that look like 12 year olds?
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by _Algernon_ 1y ago
Can't wait for the stochastic parrot to press the "launch nukes" button. We deserve it at this point.
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by _Algernon_ 1y ago
Youtube offers rss feeds, for example: https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?channel_id=UCXuqSBl... It's just a bit clunky to find. You need the channel id which you can find in the page source somewhere. Note
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by _Algernon_ 1y ago
RSS isn't dead. I use it daily. Most podcasts — all if you subscribe to the philosophy that mp3s without rss aren't podcasts — are built on it. Most websites still provide a feed, even if the owner isn't aware of it.
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by _Algernon_ 1y ago
I have thought about doing this in the past but ran into issues (one of them being the friction in permanently deleting files once added). I'd be curious how you use it if you have time to share.
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by _Algernon_ 1y ago
A monkey hammering gibberish on a keyboard can prove new math given sufficient time. That's a low bar to set. The question is if the signal-to-noise ratio is high enough for it to be worthwhile.
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by _Algernon_ 1y ago
Better remove the locks on your house and bathroom and set up a public webcam while you're at it. After all, I'm not sure you're not a criminal, and to be sure of that I — and the rest of society — need to be able to observe
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by _Algernon_ 1y ago
This argument is basically the same as saying that stores should be allowed to sell alcohol to kids because it's the parents' responsibility to guard the store so their kids don't buy it. Kids do not only have access to their
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by _Algernon_ 1y ago
The issue with social media isn't the free flow of information but the amplification of certain information — the information that tends to make you angry. The amplification is the cause of echo chambers, spreading of misinformation
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by _Algernon_ 1y ago
With none of those features there is no excuse for the site working that terribly with JS disabled. Look at HN for comparison, which degrades gracefully with JS disabled.
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by _Algernon_ 1y ago
>Essentially, wherever AC gets rolled out, heat-related death plunges. Taking Barreca’s estimate and applying it to Europe suggests that as many as 100,000 European lives — 0.013% of the population — could be saved every year if the 80%

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