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by _wire_ 5mo ago
...unless it can't think? If a machine can copy, why can it not also compose? If a machine can work, why can it not also play? If a machine can roll, why can it not also tuck? If a machine can hammer, why can it not also tong? If a m
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by _wire_ 5mo ago
Lovely article well worth attention by virtue of its regard for the cultural traits of terminology and its inflections, while also debunking the pervasive lore that "AI" devices are doing anything but the merest resemblance of thi
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by _wire_ 5mo ago
Utterly begged question to compare robot power budget with human, as these devices couldn't be more different and cannot be brought to equivalence by having the robot balance on two "feet". This is a pernicious rhetorical ges
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by _wire_ 5mo ago
The social contract was void the first time any consumer device displayed "Welcome" or "Hello" Windows got obscenely shifty at 11 when depending on the liability or gain of the interaction at hand the initiative of the d
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by _wire_ 5mo ago
Vulns are endemic to contemporary computer architecture, so there's no point fussing about a specific OS.
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by _wire_ 5mo ago
Also The Tribal Eye by David Attenborough
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by _wire_ 5mo ago
Worthwhile program deeply considering how one thing leads to another in history without any intention. Burke is one of several thinkers who wrote and produced educational series for the BBC: two notable others are Kenneth Clark's Civil
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by _wire_ 5mo ago
Listen to 90s Alan Kay lecture on software instead, esp where he compares MSFT Word to the Enpire State Building, Roman viaducts, and the Akashi Kaikyo bridge then speculates on why SW engineering can't advance, due to ineptitude of bu
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by _wire_ 5mo ago
> In the moment, that is fine, and I might get a lot done. However, afterwards it can hit me hard, and crush my mental state. "crush my mental state"? I'm a hero, and a victim... ...of myself. How about a competency that
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by _wire_ 5mo ago
Where are they going to go?!
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by _wire_ 5mo ago
It hasn't for decades... Welcome Hello
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by _wire_ 5mo ago
I love you baby, I need you! I'd never cheat on you! Come back! Hey good lookin'
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by _wire_ 5mo ago
Simulate, instantiate, bloviate, master... There's a persistent editorial drumbeat that the "intelligence" in AI is literal, but falling slightly short due to a missing something, implying that this something will soon be dev
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by _wire_ 5mo ago
Instant karma
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by _wire_ 5mo ago
What is it used for? Surveilling behind the users firewalls and building dossiers based on finest-grained details every page loaded, every interaction, ENV, devices, topologies... triangulation and telemetry directly from the users seat at
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by _wire_ 5mo ago
An oddly vague and empty article that gives up at the first step of analysis by begging the question of a "myth," and justifying it with the oft-repeated gross oversimplification of AI fiction that LLMs "merely respond with w
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by _wire_ 5mo ago
A small goofy collection of sk8r style "issues" laid out in a 1999 grid format with Larry Carlson-esque surreal landscape images and the Warp Records logo for cover art. Each "issue" is ~30 bookmarks for 'alternativ
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by _wire_ 5mo ago
BBEdit in free mode One of the sanest text editors ever written and fits Mac well
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by _wire_ 5mo ago
Not only do most people believe with all their hearts that flashing lights on the face of the TV are actual people going through the actual situations presented, there's an entire culture of entertainment and thoughtful criticism that
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by _wire_ 5mo ago
Web Design The First 100 Years - Idlewords https://idlewords.com/talks/web_design_first_100_years.htm
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by _wire_ 5mo ago
I entered "something didn't go as planned" for "Windows Update" and it doesn't know about it. Ask Google and blah, blah, blah suggestions that sound informative but don't help. Answer: Reinstall Windows!
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by _wire_ 5mo ago
Article is classic NYT wunderkind puff piece: a controversial industry is crystallized as vigilant to the enormous problems it is creating, yet has no idea of the consequences of its own initiatives. Look into the gem through any facet and
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by _wire_ 5mo ago
Musk thinks AI is disrupting the foundations of the economy to the point that work is obviated and everyone will enjoy infinite largesse under sentient overlords, yet he's dicking around in court over how influential he is?
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by _wire_ 5mo ago
Isn't it the case that everything pours from the user's container into the remotes to make this work? Is it also the case that the more it knows the larger the token burden to reinstate "awareness", leading to an ever gr
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by _wire_ 5mo ago
Is this deal structured as a Legacy? The egomaniac's thoughts inevitably turn towards immortality through their line. "King of Mars" -- Too bad Musk is insane. Mars will ever be colonized by humanity as we know it. Want a s
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by _wire_ 5mo ago
This article doesn't contain any relearnings it's merely a traipse-down-memory-lane rambling about thin-net, which has no bearing on the topic an hand, and a thumbnail sketch of modern cabling options. The author's direct exp
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by _wire_ 5mo ago
It's good to let the world know you're getting that anxiety under control. Now, about passive voice, burying the lede, and clickbait...
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A review in the sense of a paid-placement list of specs in casual voice. If you think a comment like ...SD slot makes it a photographers best friend... is a meaningful review, read on. It works. You'll like it. Buy now!
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Headline offered without irony. Parenting the troubled agent: Be firm; don't be afraid to use tough love. Spank it. Send it to boot camp. Three strikes you're out. NEXT WEEK: Five warning signs your agent may be heading to wrong s
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What is the reason for the impairment that prevents anyone from being able to calculate a 10% tip by moving the decimal point one digit to the left? Or adding half of this for 15% or doubling it for 20%? Ok too hard... Doesn't every ha

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