archagon

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by archagon 4mo ago
Nothing to do with “morals,” everything to do with owning the means of production. The C-suite is only powerful on paper. They’re not the only ones who get to put their feet on the table while AI eats the world.
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by archagon 4mo ago
I think the solution is to find a shop of like-minded individuals, unionize, and then use the tools as much or as little as you want.
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by archagon 4mo ago
Have fun! Look forward to seeing the results of your insane gains.
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by archagon 4mo ago
OP described a simple 2-line fix that would have been annoying to find by hand. That's a matter of heuristic search. The majority of problems in software engineering do not fall in this category.
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by archagon 4mo ago
Force multiplier? Or low-hanging fruit pruner?
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by archagon 4mo ago
I fundamentally disagree with this take. With regard to higher-level languages, code is a way to create and compose abstractions around data flow, plus a means of communicating this to other developers (including yourself in the future). Ev
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by archagon 4mo ago
I’m thinking more of the “Dead Weight” and “Turbo Brains” boxes as being particularly eye-rolling. As for tech discussion, of course there is an alternative. Practically every tech account I used to follow has migrated to Bluesky or Mastodo
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by archagon 4mo ago
Heh, I remember being surprised when I looked up the editor for some great Russian history articles and saw that he identified as a straight-up monarchist. Wikipedia editors are a bunch of diverse, geeky kooks.
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by archagon 4mo ago
Much like “free speech.” Do people really not understand how propaganda works? Or do they just pretend not to in order to help enact these otherwise unpalatable policies?
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by archagon 4mo ago
Sometimes I feel like the entire SV C-suite were handed brain slugs at around the same time. Heh, maybe that’s the actual strength of AI: convincing people with C-suite personalities to propagate it at any cost. A purely digital zombie viru
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by archagon 4mo ago
What a smug, dickish way to try to make a point. (But he’s still on Twitter, so I guess that makes sense.)
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by archagon 4mo ago
> AI is good enough now that you can't claim that you aren't using it because you're upholding some higher standard of quality. It is simply a matter of it offending your sensibilities. AI is also great at the mechanics
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by archagon 4mo ago
But again, you will not get rid of rent control by getting mad about it. Renters literally do not care; they need housing security first and foremost. They will not vote for their own evictions just for the promise of lower rent many years
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by archagon 4mo ago
Sounds like folks who don't like rent control should move to Texas, then. Market forces and all. Anyway, you can get mad at this policy all you want, but the bottom line is this: renters don't like getting priced out of their home
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by archagon 4mo ago
No, not getting to live on my street is not "just as horrible" as getting kicked to the curb with pets and/or dependents and losing your entire lifestyle and community without warning or recourse. (But again, I am 100% for bu
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by archagon 4mo ago
My upstairs neighbors have very well-paying jobs that allow them to move to the city in the midst of an AI boom. (When I moved here, I was in a similar boat.) They are not infuriated or offended by the rent they have to pay. And I've a
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by archagon 4mo ago
How do you use a controller with your TV? Do you route USB over there as well?
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by archagon 4mo ago
I think what's special here is: 1) Full compatibility with SteamOS. You won't have to fiddle with drivers/hardware/whatever to get it working[1]. 2) The physical hardware is maximally condensed, more so than you'd b
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by archagon 4mo ago
I think it will become pretty simple. Does the author say somewhere on their site that they don't use AI for writing? If yes, then great. Otherwise, it's very likely LLM-generated — particularly if the author spends a lot of time
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by archagon 4mo ago
To be clear, the full solution I would like is rent control plus lots of new housing construction, using whatever incentives are necessary. I do not begrudge old people "taking up space" in a city they've called their home
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by archagon 4mo ago
The accord you’re proposing is “I deserve your spot because I have more money than you, and we’ll just build more housing later to get you back in.” You can see why I’m not going to go for that as a renter and voter. > What mechanism do
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by archagon 4mo ago
I mean… you said it, not me.
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by archagon 4mo ago
> Because my money should be just as good as yours? You have more money than me, so you deserve to take my place? That’s pure entitlement and leads to cities comprised entirely of millionaires.
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by archagon 4mo ago
I moved to my city less than three years ago, not ten. I was not “lucky” to get my rent-controlled apartment: just had some foresight and was diligent in my search. My rent is high, but not as egregious as what the recent AI migrants are pa
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by archagon 4mo ago
To echo roryirvine, I don't think there's any plot. I do think that these moguls are genuinely, virulently racist and jump at the chance to propagate their toxic politics as widely as possible.
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by archagon 4mo ago
One, we vote for it, and there's far more renters out there than owners. Sorry. Two, there are many "free protections" that are taken for granted at our stage of civilizational development. Should fire departments be privatiz
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by archagon 4mo ago
I can afford to live in my city because my landlord isn’t able to tack an extra $2000 to my rent due to the sudden influx of AI bros.
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by archagon 4mo ago
I can afford to live in my city. I’m living in it right now! The nice thing is that I don’t get pushed out by arbitrary economic fluctuations completely out of my control.
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by archagon 4mo ago
It’s pretty simple. There’s a tech boom or similar, a bunch of rich workers move in, rents go up. Landlord spikes rent by 30% to take advantage. You can see this happening in r/sanfrancisco today, for non-rent-controlled units.
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by archagon 4mo ago
Vacancy tax. No one should have the right to buy multiple, rentable homes and keep them unused in the middle of a housing crisis. It’s sociopathic.

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