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by everdrive 3mo ago
Well, I guess our only choice is to own an expensive corporate surveillance device. There's no other option. The ancient polynesians managed to learn to navigate huge, open seas by memorizing the stars. The ancient Greeks managed to me
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by everdrive 3mo ago
Ah, sorry, I wasn't familiar with him. Looks like he was born in 1989, and so is not so young. I'm a bit baffled to hear that he doesn't think he can escape his smartphone given that he was resourceful enough to jailbreak an
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by everdrive 3mo ago
>ChatGPT does not know more than you. Maybe in the area of your expertise, but ChatGPT probably knows most of the Habsburg dynasty. (just as one example) The breadth of knowledge, even when the depth is quirky and limited, is genuinely a
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by everdrive 3mo ago
I really like this style of writing in short bursts, and I appreciate the author's tone and concerns. I do wonder if the author is very young. As much as I enjoyed his small essay, a few things stuck right out at me: >I tried having
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by everdrive 3mo ago
This problem is doubly worse if you have a family. No one keeps track of their subscriptions. I found out my wife had a NYTimes game subscription she'd forgotten about. She never used it and it cost us an unknown (but likely $100-$200)
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by everdrive 3mo ago
Can anyone explain why coverage networks even exist? What exactly makes it so expensive for an insurance provider to deal with an out-of-network health care provider? That same health care provider would not be expensive for an in-network i
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by everdrive 3mo ago
For mobile apps? I don't. Mobile apps are generally worse than anything you can get on a real computer. I use as few mobile apps as possible. I certainly don't add additional mobile apps unless there's no other choice. (ie, O
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by everdrive 3mo ago
No, no, never. Subscriptions never benefit the consumer. They all work exactly the same way: - Get the user hooked into their ecosystem - Slowly make the service worse / more expensive / different over time - The user is paying fo
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by everdrive 3mo ago
Well obviously yes. I never said that was good either.
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by everdrive 3mo ago
Not everyone is pleasant to interact with, but that's not quite the same as whether or not they are a good person. The world's a better place with him around.
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by everdrive 3mo ago
You would be surprised just how quickly you can re-learn the focus to enjoy long-form writing and novels. Much like exercise, don't let your ego get in the way. Find something you enjoy, even if it's a bit trash, and just make it
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by everdrive 3mo ago
I was stuck on a plane years ago and it was the only reason I watched a transformers movie. The back half of the movie had the American villain CEO travel to China, where the pure and correct Chinese CEO discovered the evil corruption of th
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by everdrive 3mo ago
This is one of the most frustrating aspects of modern writing. People think that 'mature' and 'realistic' character is interchangeable with 'a character who is a bit of a piece of trash who is awful for no good reas
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by everdrive 3mo ago
This sort of progressive activism has an incredibly high cost given what is at stake. (ie, bad movies and bad TV shows) It's very over-the-top, and very preachy. Once you notice it, it's impossible to stop noticing. "Did you
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by everdrive 3mo ago
The general concerns are: - An enormous amount of artillery pointed at South Korea. South Korea would likely suffer the worst outcome in any intervention into North Korea. - A nuclear-armed power who is truly ideological. Unlike Maduro, mer
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by everdrive 3mo ago
And of course, there is really no down-side to low-wage contractors wielding UE5. /s
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by everdrive 3mo ago
I think that's a really fair point. A full novel will give you an emotional impact that a list of facts will not provide. A beautifully-told story can convince (at least some people) better than any argument. I'd still hold that y
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by everdrive 3mo ago
I figured my chosen examples would be the least popular part of the post. :) I just don't think you can prevent access to information the same way, though. There will be at least one smart phone in the house. There will be friends and
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by everdrive 3mo ago
Lists of banned books are often quite disappointing, and I think they fall into a few categories: - Books that are simply bad books and in addition to being bad take an aggressive, political bent. (eg: the handmaid's tale) - Books that
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by everdrive 3mo ago
That's good to know, thank you. I'm been considering moving away from systemd, and certainly don't use Chrome. The number of things you need to try to keep track of merely _improve_ your privacy is maddening. The whole world
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by everdrive 3mo ago
If Flock feels this way the executive team should record the entrances and exits of their homes and stream them live online 24/7.
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by everdrive 3mo ago
This is not true. There are old replaceable-battery dumbphones that were rated in feet of submersion.
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by everdrive 3mo ago
We're paying a very high cost, but it's not something that regular Americans will notice in their day-to-day lives, which will likely mean that perception of the problem will continue to fall across ideological lines. Either way,
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by everdrive 3mo ago
Agreed, all I'm saying is that his perception of the tech -- whether correct or incorrect could potentially either be trend-setting, or could be indicative of trends already in motion.
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by everdrive 3mo ago
I don't like Zuckerberg whatsoever, but there are plenty of reasons you could potentially care about his opinion: - He could be well-placed to see whether AI agent development is successful since at a high level he oversees much of it,
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by everdrive 3mo ago
Yes, we've been copying the Chinese in a few cases in the past 6 years. I think they're the early warning signs of cultural dominance. Sort of like how a tin-pot African dictator in the 1980s would have an over-the-top western-sty
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by everdrive 3mo ago
Agreed. I'm working on the transition. I'm still a work in progress.
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by everdrive 3mo ago
That was my point. Intelligent people on HN can find other options, but none of those other options will either impress Meta shareholders nor will they make it into legislation.
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by everdrive 3mo ago
Large groups of people just don't know how to solve these sorts of problems. A government will never say "facebook should either not exist or should radically modify its product so that it is no longer successful" At best, th
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by everdrive 3mo ago
I think blu-ray will live for quite a while, but will be a bit like vinyl; there will be a consistent, niche market.

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