erelong

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   by erelong 5mo ago

   You should be able to open up shop as a doctor or lawyer or engineer without any degree (!) in a free market, or spin up a school if you want We are so very far from any of that, that people think it's merely funding or AI or immigrati
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   by erelong 5mo ago

   Education and many industries have been destroyed via regulation, effectively snuffing out competition which could make them produce better quality and quantity of outputs
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   by erelong 5mo ago

   What about if it was locally hosted and an "ethically trained model"? Edit: and more things like that which might address some objections and concerns?
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   by erelong 5mo ago

   Can't you just ask AI to break up large files into smaller ones and also explain how the code works so you can understand it, instead of start over from scratch?
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   by erelong 5mo ago

   https://archive.ph/m4P4K
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   by erelong 5mo ago

   A lot of the problems have stemmed actually from a lack of freedom, not too much of it (all of the issues created by the "fantasy of cyberauthoritarianism", rather)
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   by erelong 5mo ago

   It's a backwards walled garden which I mostly avoid to avoid problems like this
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   by erelong 5mo ago

   I've seen Scanlon's Latin which was written I think to help people pray the Divine Office in latin
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   by erelong 6mo ago

   > $550 USD wonder if it came down in price in a few years since release as that's... enough to buy some used smartphones (plural)
10. 190.▲
    by erelong 6mo ago

    ...and now it's for AI to "consoom"...
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    by erelong 6mo ago

    so where should people move to instead
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    by erelong 6mo ago

    's been dead since microsoft acquired them in 2018
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    by erelong 6mo ago

    I feel like this could be expanded into a printable daily newspaper project with all the sections newspapers have, customize-able; and also just a digital version for people who don't wanna print. (I've been circling around creati
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    by erelong 6mo ago

    I'd consider them to be pretty dramatically different; meditation can be associated with deliberate focus and a kind of religious devotion, while just staring at a wall can be the absence of focusing or any kind of defined practice
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    by erelong 6mo ago

    as an alternative to right-to-repair laws, consumers could simply buy repairable products and avoid unrepairable ones my only concerns with these laws is they help corps who can afford to make repairable designs and the laws will just be us
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    by erelong 6mo ago

    What about a line of wheels in the middle (however many you want, like 3x1 or 4x1) instead of another row of 2x2 wheels, for carrying more weight?
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    by erelong 6mo ago

    "No so I just eat more meat instead"
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    by erelong 6mo ago

    Personally I find it embarassing the U.K. is doing this but it's not surprising Was pretty surprised to see the U.S. bump up smoking age to 21 These efforts seem like the opposite of progress and promote irresponsibility and dependence
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    by erelong 6mo ago

    Well, from the comments we see: -possible disruption of gut microbiome -possible trigger of migraines as well as from other places: -those with phenylketonuria (PKU) must avoid it -there are concerns that aspartic acid which is produced &qu
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    by erelong 6mo ago

    AI chatbots could be making you smarter though tbh
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    by erelong 6mo ago

    I think a lot of people are fine with public science existing, they just don't want to involuntarily contribute to it via taxation but would prefer nonprofits and the private sector foot the bill
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    by erelong 6mo ago

    Things like this are well-intentioned but idk why there aren't more teachers creating optional "side quests" like these for students that want them instead of forcing them to do things like these optional "side quests&qu
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    by erelong 6mo ago

    was shocked to see phone verification roll out like last month as well... yikes
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    by erelong 6mo ago

    Alternatively, opt out of services that sell it
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    by erelong 6mo ago

    A commercial project "LILYGO T5 E-Paper S3 Pro Lite" came up as a similar but different project
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    by erelong 6mo ago

    "Make Your Own Gear" / MYOG sites have tutorials on how to make your own backpacks if you want to go that route
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    by erelong 6mo ago

    I'll admit that I agree with a lot of the post but that I can't fully wrap myself around the cybersecurity situation today, is it basically: -if code is open source or closed source, AI bots can still look for exploits -so we need
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    by erelong 6mo ago

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    by erelong 6mo ago

    I feel this way too, HN has a lot of negative posters for some reason, I'd really like to find another forum with a better vibe or see the vibe improve here Reading about Gas Town has been fun, it's definitely an experiment and ma
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    by erelong 6mo ago

    He's now tried to create a board of a bunch of Gas Towns called "The Wasteland": https://wasteland.gastownhall.ai/ (btw I've been wondering the same thing as you and am not sure if there's another a