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by digging 3y ago
> Also what kind of training can be done on Instagram data, is there anything of value there? Billions of comments and private messages; billions of data points on user behavior and (more importantly) how they respond to manipulative UI&
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by digging 3y ago
> the reality is the vast majority of people, if presented with free and unlimited dopamine hits, will gladly give away their info I counter that the reality is the vast majority of people do not meaningfully understand the exchange they
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by digging 3y ago
There's a funny thing where the legal/commercial definition of "consent" is essentially a subset of "non-consent", having extremely little overlap with "consent" in a meaningful way.
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by digging 3y ago
What's publicly and easily available for free is not good , so we're stealing labor and replacing it with worse labor.
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by digging 3y ago
That makes sense. Maybe it's better described as "not having the recipe" or "not knowing what land looks like"...? I'm still not sure it's very useful though... it still feels like the awareness of "I
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by digging 3y ago
> You can tell this is fluff What does that even mean? It's not a marketing page, it's just a simplified, introductory lesson.
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by digging 3y ago
> He has "history" in the name of his blog and he thinks that knights expected to fight dragons? I mean, it is like that in a manga but not in real life. I mean, "experimental history", so I don't expect real, ac
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by digging 3y ago
Well, then how would you turn this into a listicle? "17 ways you get stuck in a bog (in 3 categories) (and also: what is a bog) (and also: what it means to get unstuck from the bog)" Seems a pretty shit listicle; maybe it should b
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by digging 3y ago
What makes you think that?
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> But most of the people I know who feel this way haven’t survived any atomic bombings at all. They’re usually people with lots of education and high-paying jobs and supportive relationships and a normal amount of tragedies, people who h
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by digging 3y ago
I don't agree. If the article started explaining how and why to de-bog oneself without defining bog, that would be annoying. But this one simply has a short, helpful, interesting introduction and then immediately defines "bog&quot
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by digging 3y ago
> The spokesperson sounds like AI, That's been generally true for a long time, though. Actually I might say LLMs have a tone similar to a PR rep.
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by digging 3y ago
Appreciated. NY Times, although not unique in this way, is not a link I'm clicking for astronomy news...
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by digging 3y ago
I'm certainly not defending them, just pointing out that we should criticize them accurately. Not because their work is hollow and soulless (which is more true for those of us who actually have to continue to work to survive), but beca
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by digging 3y ago
Actually, it's a near-perfect article from my point of view. I don't (regularly) work in tables, I'm not immersed in data visualization culture, and I wouldn't have thought twice about reading a simple "here is our
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by digging 3y ago
> Are you earning a living doing something you would be proud to tell your grandchildren about? No, they're probably earning a fortune they'll be proud to pass down to their grandchildren.
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by digging 3y ago
Yeah... I've read all of her so-called "Hainish Cycle" (it's mostly short stories, and they aren't all intentionally connected btw) and consider myself a big fan - I agree TWFWIF is kind of awful. (Although I still
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by digging 3y ago
> There's been very little new in computing since the arpanet was invented. Now there's a hot take! I suppose for this assertion to work, you'd have to consider Arpanet orders-of-magnitude more sophisticated an advancement
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by digging 3y ago
Thought experiment: Let's assume the vast majority of Palestinians genuinely despise Israel and would be willing to sacrifice their own community's existence to exterminate Israel. Do you think that's a genetic inclination? M
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by digging 3y ago
Oh, you meant human rights and all that? Having ideals and ethics? Yes, that would be my hope. I thought you were referring to the neoliberal hegemony of wealthy Western nations.
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by digging 3y ago
> tilt them toward western liberal outcomes Fortunately, this is not what I'm hoping for! I'd much rather see another Rojava than another Western plutocracy.
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by digging 3y ago
> What is the "zero-error" alternative approach for dropping bombs in a war, or firing rockets for that matter? Honestly, I'm not sure. Obviously humans make errors of all sorts as well, and even make intentionally unethic
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by digging 3y ago
It's not a new idea at all or especially insightfully written. However, I'm not upset by it being posted; I still enjoyed reading it and found it was tastefully short.
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by digging 3y ago
> Keep a steady cushy job so these talent can make great product while enjoy their life is a net gain for society No, it's a gross gain. And probably a small one, honestly. Whereas the associated costs to society are in the billions
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by digging 3y ago
> Most of apples really inventive projects came when the company was smaller than it is today Just want to point out that this isn't necessarily a causative effect.
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by digging 3y ago
I know we're not meant to ask "did you even read TFA", so I guess I'll comment that your comment makes no sense in this context. I don't know what kind of growth you're talking about but I get the sense it&#x27
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by digging 3y ago
> Art has never really be a viable career path except for the exceptionally talented and lucky few. Yes, and also, I think it's a larger group than you're thinking. Photography is art. Tattooing is art. There are probably a lot
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by digging 3y ago
I'm quite big on privacy rights for indibviduals but I also feel that when corporate wealth (thus, influence on culture and politics) reaches a certain scale, radical levels of transparency become very important for the health of our s
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by digging 3y ago
This reflects a lot of my experience. Music has become more and more personal over the years. I have one friend whom I introduced to a lot of music and we used to share often (links to songs etc). Over time, that friend began having their
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> And of course we don’t have free will. We have experience, which fools us into thinking we are in control. Not sure if you're disagreeing with me, or if you didn't grasp my comment. The quote above is meaningless without defi

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