alexashka

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by alexashka 7d ago
You're right. My brain must have blocked out the 'cadence' (oh the corpo speak!) of corporate dev out of self preservation.
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by alexashka 8d ago
Most apps people actually use will look fine because there's a team of mobile devs in all big companies who get paid to keep up with Apple breaking their apps every year with their 'updates' (among other things). I mean, don&
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by alexashka 8d ago
> We kind of do know because it's basically what happened after 9/11. We spent $8T+ on a 20 year war to kill over a million people in vengeance that really didn't do anything else The 'we' in your first sentence
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by alexashka 9d ago
> It is also completely screwing up the global economy, and most people barely understand what it is and what's happening What is screwing up 'the global economy'? LLMs?
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by alexashka 9d ago
Journalists fear mongering and making sure the hoi polloi know their place as powerless pawns in a game they couldn't possibly understand is a constant. They know what they're doing, the people who fund them know it and the people
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by alexashka 10d ago
There is no 'we'.
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by alexashka 13d ago
> But all these strategies for making startups more powerful have one thing in common — or more precisely, have to obey one constraint. They all have to make things better for the customer. Good thing we have venture capital to alleviate
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by alexashka 13d ago
Can you imagine a football fan going up to Ronaldo and saying hey, I saw an interview you did last week - I think you may be lost in the weeds there with your training regimen and outlook. I want to let you know - I remain a skeptic. I mean
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by alexashka 13d ago
Sure, among all these other people doing 'incredible work' for 30+ years publicly, well into their 50s, John Carmack sure is a disappointment by comparison.
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by alexashka 16d ago
They created a mess in 2020 and hopped on over to a job at FAANG and now a fresh batch of Waterloo graduates want to do the same - maintaining somebody else's turds is beneath a Waterloo graduate on his way to becoming a manager who ne
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by alexashka 22d ago
Yes, but also remember what happened to Mark trying to do a currency? You're giving him too much credit if you think he figured anything on his own - this is the guy who thought 'metaverse' was a good idea.
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by alexashka 22d ago
> There needs to be a technological solution You mean Minority Report?
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by alexashka 22d ago
> and I’m someone who is talking about how power actually works in society He also does this. That's... the entire point of the comparison. Nice try. Shall we continue to where I start copy/pasting an LLM explaining it to you u
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by alexashka 23d ago
You're not beholden to make any effort to understand me or anyone else, that's a given. Here is what an LLM thinks about what you've done: > The “we” is doing a lot of rhetorical work: it turns what could have been stated
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by alexashka 23d ago
Is that supposed to work? When you get caught stealing candy, saying 'look, he stole more than me!' doesn't work. Were you raised in a human society? I thought people learned these things when they were 7.
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by alexashka 23d ago
You're not getting it. There is no 'we', there is no 'America'. These are propaganda terms. When you use them, you bolster the people who mindlessly repeat slogans and frustrate those who don't. It's a los
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by alexashka 23d ago
VC was good when a guy with no technical skills raised 10s of millions of dollars. That was when VC was good, right? This guy has been grifting his entire career but it's those other people who are the problem, guys! He's not wr
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by alexashka 23d ago
> an ugly national security line that we're all too ashamed to admit exists We're all ashamed, apparently?? What do they call this, projections of a guilty conscience?
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by alexashka 25d ago
> they are largely choosing to have less children If the suicide rate rapidly increases, will you also say they are largely choosing to have less life? Nothing to see here, just choices. > So by definition, given it's a choice -
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by alexashka 25d ago
I don't think I can do any better than you by asking the most advanced LLM to be as pedantic as possible whilst not addressing anything actually being said. Congratulations, I suppose?
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by alexashka 25d ago
> Do you think average human cares about "our species is going extinct" stuff? Yes. > If not, why couldn't they be happy at the same time? The same reason you can't be happy if I stick a fork in your eyeball. You&#
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by alexashka 25d ago
Name one species that is happy whilst rapidly going extinct.
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by alexashka 25d ago
The fertility rate in China is 1. The fertility rate where I live is 1.21. 1 in 5 adult women where I live are on prescription anti-depressant medication. For comparison - the fertility rate under Stalin - the uber evil bad guy as we all kn
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by alexashka 29d ago
They don't because they know it'd only make it worse. They are being responsible, by not doing anything - it's not the job of 'the media' to ride in like a knight in shining armor and save the princess (citizens)
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by alexashka 1mo ago
> Doesn't that prove too much? No :) Philosophy departments are like economics departments. They engage in long, complex, useless theoretical discussions that have nothing to do with reality whilst pretending that they are conne
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by alexashka 1mo ago
It's only bold if you don't know anything about the subject matter. How many books one would purchase from the philosophy section of a book store have you read multiple times and what were they?
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by alexashka 1mo ago
Can you learn anything about 'why 8?' or 'how 7?'. If you pose an incoherent question, the answer is 'that's not a valid question', rather than 'oh wow, how baffling'. The baffling is coming from
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by alexashka 1mo ago
What do small companies do? Rhetorical question.
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by alexashka 1mo ago
> The Trumpist Republicans fundamentally believe only they are allowed to rule and everyone outside their group is an enemy Both parties believe it. It's why you only have two parties. Your country's only real God is making a
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by alexashka 1mo ago
Reality check: this guy worked on "Mocha is an online AI powered app builder. It allows everyone to build web apps, no coding required" He 'loves' building. Building what ? Crypto thing when crypto is hot and AI thing w

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