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by bpt3 6mo ago
Cross posting content isn't really encouraging people to use it. If they want to make some principled stand against toxic social media, then have at it. This is pure pandering to a very specific group.
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by bpt3 6mo ago
And both are owned and controlled by Mozilla Foundation, which is the issue. Why on earth would I donate money to an organization that seems dedicated to doing as little as possible other than acting as a tool to be used for the personal b
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by bpt3 6mo ago
And how does picking and choosing which social media platforms they blast content onto fight fascism? Are Tiktok and Facebook leadership known for their antifascist stances?
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by bpt3 6mo ago
That cost should be $0, so that's not the issue.
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by bpt3 6mo ago
What is the cost of posting to X in addition to Tiktok, Bluesky, and Facebook? If it's not effectively $0, it should be. This is completely performative, and I personally don't think it's the best move.
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by bpt3 6mo ago
They are a wholly owned subsidiary. They're separate from Firefox, not Mozilla.
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by bpt3 6mo ago
Doesn't matter. UCLA is 16 miles from downtown LA, CalTech is about 13 miles. I had to look it up because of the now multiple Detroit apologists who are acting like Brentwood is on the moon and Pasadena is on Mars to make sure I wasn&#
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by bpt3 6mo ago
Again, it is limited in comparison to most other cities its size in the US. Saying it punches above its weight because Wayne State is there and UM is 45 miles away is delusional. DC, Baltimore, Boston, and Atlanta are all around the same si
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by bpt3 6mo ago
I'm not moving the goalposts. I said Detroit has limited access to higher education. I said that because schools like Wayne State, Detroit Mercy, etc. are not noteworthy and the closest "good" school (UM) is 45 miles away. No
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by bpt3 6mo ago
I didn't say it has to be within city limits, though I would say access is a selling point. Cambridge is a couple miles from Boston proper and they are tightly integrated, plus BU, BC, and Tufts are in the city. CMU and Pitt are in Pit
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by bpt3 6mo ago
Yes UM is a good school, but it's not in the city. It's one of the many reasons the suburbs or Ann Arbor itself are much more appealing. And that's one world class university in the entire region. Compare that to Boston, SF,
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by bpt3 6mo ago
I thought they might be trying to relocate the government, as in annex some unincorporated land nearby, deannex some or all of the current city, and start over.
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by bpt3 6mo ago
So an average of about $1600 to move to a place with a historically corrupt and incompetent local government, high crime, poor schools, dated infrastructure, and limited higher education access? They'd need to add at least 2 zeroes to
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by bpt3 6mo ago
Do you have a point? Alcohol and cigarette ads are regulated, explicit audio and visual content is prohibited on public airwaves, etc.
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by bpt3 6mo ago
> That's the crux of it, and right now it appears to me that the ability to write unambiguous natural language prompts - in a variety of contexts, not specifically heavy-duty dev work - is going to be increasingly valuable. The 50th
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by bpt3 6mo ago
How did you reach that conclusion? From the article: "Those who demonstrated a stronger ability to perceive emotions in others also judged intelligence more accurately." I guess you're surprised that empathy is not more imp
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by bpt3 6mo ago
Could be, but I don't think so in this case given a cursory review of the parent poster's history.
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by bpt3 6mo ago
> I dunno, man. The difficulty (and resentment of having to even take them) most STEM majors had in my college-level writing classes causes me to doubt that, as does the general reaction on this board to any kind of problem / domain
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by bpt3 6mo ago
Or a minor alteration to an existing program to support a good suggestion. Why is it that the Rust community thinks that the solution to every flaw in an application is a rewrite in Rust?
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by bpt3 6mo ago
The reverse most certainly is not true, and even if it were it wouldn't matter. Humanities advocates have been hoping for the demise of valuable STEM degrees for at least the last 30 years. It's not happening for many reasons, of
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by bpt3 6mo ago
They aren't that different, in that they are addictive, provide no value to society other than entertainment (which is not worthless by any means, but not something that is very heavily weighted in a cost/benefit analysis), and th
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by bpt3 6mo ago
Is there any drug that you would consider off limits for recreational consumption? OxyContin or fentanyl for example?
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by bpt3 6mo ago
The number of people with humanities degrees who also could successfully obtain a rigorous CS or engineering degree is not very large. I suggest you revisit your hypothesis with a little less bias.
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by bpt3 6mo ago
Most people don't have the "choice" of being an engineer or software developer currently. To be blunt, it's much easier for the majority of the population to get an English degree or some other generic liberal arts degre
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by bpt3 6mo ago
Sure, that would work too. I wouldn't say that's in-between but a technique that can be used without incorporating any modern technology at all.
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by bpt3 6mo ago
> I don't see any evidence that the "collective harm" you mention from the article is anything other than individuals making bad financial decisions. Legalized gambling establishments do very little besides extract money f
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by bpt3 6mo ago
> The problem is that people seem to want to go to extremes. Either go all out on doing everything in tablets or not use any technology in education at all. I think the latter is mostly a reaction to the former. I think there is a way to
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by bpt3 6mo ago
I don't know that it sounds dangerous. I am wondering what you mean by it and why you think it's needed.
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by bpt3 6mo ago
I have to ask because this makes no sense to me: In the article, there is a picture of 3 workers taking a snow survey and finding "zero measurement of snow". This is reported as "the second lowest since 2015". How is any
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by bpt3 6mo ago
> I think kids need extreme amounts of freedom with guidance on what are the best tools to be used for learning. Why an "extreme" amount of freedom? > There is no way to be done away with tech on school, but some balance and

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