abandonliberty

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by abandonliberty 3y ago
It's great that we're getting better at consent, but this concept makes no sense. If I throw away a can of paint, then someone finds it and paints a masterpiece, I should have some rights over the painting?
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by abandonliberty 3y ago
>the near extinction of any professional discussion or capable analysis of design by the people who are doing it. People don't think through the designs then launch a poorly designed test that can't produce meaningful results.
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by abandonliberty 3y ago
I had to intentionally get worse, such as not identifying the back of a street sign as a street sign.
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by abandonliberty 3y ago
I did, they didn't like me after that!
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by abandonliberty 3y ago
So people should not have the option of paying less of paying less for less features? Everyone must pay for features that only a subset of customers use? You make a common argument that's deceptively anti-consumer. Yes, this can be abu
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by abandonliberty 3y ago
I connected ELIZA to a chat client in the 90s, forgot to turn it off, and someone had a 6 hour conversation with themselves. Their persistence was impressive, and I had no idea how to break the news to them. It ended our relationship. I thi
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by abandonliberty 3y ago
You can immediately cancel after purchase. It seems like legally they have to allow you to keep the software until the end of the current period.
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by abandonliberty 3y ago
Yes! The old refrain, "they don't come with a manual!" is such a load of ignorant self-serving garbage. There are plenty of resources to learn from. Ideally, not mommy-bloggers who misrepresent parenting techniques. At the ot
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by abandonliberty 3y ago
Cherry picking. Sure, a few of these jobs exist, but nowhere near the claimed scale. Do you know anyone in a job where they do literally nothing? Anyone, feel free to comment if you do literally nothing at work :)
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by abandonliberty 3y ago
>What you miss is that the people working the jobs themselves describe their own job as bullshit. The author uses a very broad definition of bullshit, then pivots to their own personal view. You'll see this tactic in a lot of manipu
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by abandonliberty 4y ago
That's not how salmon is cooked usually. Your recommendation would produce a poor product.
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by abandonliberty 4y ago
Do the sealskins work if you have really sweaty feet?
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by abandonliberty 4y ago
Cooking salmon is mostly about texture. It's usually done around 120, but it takes 145 according to the USDA to actually kill off parasites. Deep freezing kills them instead. According to a brand of dishwasher detergent, machines run w
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by abandonliberty 4y ago
Don't we call those guilds, associations, academies, etc.? Unions traditionally refer to blue collar/factory work. I don't know what the difference is.
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by abandonliberty 4y ago
I'm curious whether advertising or paid usage has the higher potential profit. You can look at it as a mostly closed system. Users buy the products, ultimately paying for advertising. Alternatively, if VCs/failing companies pour m
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by abandonliberty 4y ago
I'm curious if the blocking of adult content has to do with moralism, commercial interests, or something deeper. An eager to please conversational partner who can generate endless content seems quite dangerous and addictive, especially
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by abandonliberty 4y ago
Don't worry, you can find plenty of examples where society or medicine ignored the needs or voices of women. Combative narratives are suboptimal. They are alienating to those you complain about, when obtaining their support would furth
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by abandonliberty 4y ago
Isn't this a lean startup principle, mechanical turk? There's nothing inherently wrong with doing this at points in your dev cycle. I don't actually see it as a negative on IBM's part. A client could simply need them to
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by abandonliberty 4y ago
Watson is presented as code, but it's actually people. It's just marketing metaphor. I'm sure they have someone on board sufficient to claim that they're doing cognitive computing, and can use some of those tools if your
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by abandonliberty 4y ago
The world is in crisis, and the clock is ticking. Climate change is wreaking havoc, and time is running out. But there's a new force at play, a dark horse in the race to save humanity. ChatGPT, an AI language model developed by OpenAI,
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by abandonliberty 4y ago
Is there a better alternative? I keep putting !g into ddg. Maybe the old internet is dying and everyone is moving to the winners. Facebook, Amazon, Tiktok, snap, etc. Who needs the internet anymore? Will all the cool people leave so we can
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by abandonliberty 4y ago
Yes, I think you're right. Enough of the population falls for predatory online scams for them to be profitable.
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by abandonliberty 4y ago
Our brains prioritize looking for fixes more than enjoying them. It's the same for most collections, or modding Skyrim.
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by abandonliberty 4y ago
In a similar vein, Best of Panama does a coffee auction where the highest rated coffee sold this year for $2000/lb. It's something like this each year, with a huge premium on first place. https://auction.bestofpanama.or
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by abandonliberty 4y ago
Just like success with the other gender (or whatever you're attracted to), this doesn't mean much about your self worth. As a hiring manager, I'm desperate for good talent. For the company that liked you, ask if there's
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by abandonliberty 4y ago
A big part of the problem here is people who become architects because they're bad at code. I agree that practice is important, but it's surprising how slowly competency degrades. Not having coded in years, I always check with my
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by abandonliberty 4y ago
Thanks, it's a helpful reminder that we're just a pair of eyeballs / free content generators for Reddit.
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by abandonliberty 4y ago
Right wing strategists must love these "leftist" totalitarian safe-space bullies, successfully alienating everyone from a more centrist/moderate viewpoint, destroying careers of people who said ignorant things 10 years ago, w
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by abandonliberty 4y ago
How is this behavior suboptimal? In the end, the article gets the right information. One issue could be that it prevents broad participation. Russia has also applied aggressive information warfare to Ukrainian pages. https://en.w
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by abandonliberty 4y ago
>Generally speaking, the perception that an article is fancruft can be a contributing factor in its nomination and deletion, but it is not the actual reason for deletion. Rather, the term fancruft is a shorthand for content which one or

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