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by exsomet 1y ago
I don’t think real life is that squeaky clean, though. Humans are emotional creatures. We don’t (usually) operate logically. The identity of the arguer and our perception of them (e.g. as a bot or not) plays a role in how we perceive the ar
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by exsomet 1y ago
Humans have a long history of leading very real and literal crusades based on morals. It’s not that far-fetched to think that could happen again one day - perhaps over AI and computers, perhaps over something else. All you need to do is con
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by exsomet 1y ago
There are degrees of evil though, surely? I am not sure you’re making a reasonable or realistic argument when you are saying that someone should risk or give up their job, personal security, and stability of their family rather than impleme
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by exsomet 1y ago
I think you’re correct in that lots of things aren’t black and white, but the reverse is also true. Lots of arguments end up being over-litigated when a black and white answer (even if imperfect) will suffice. As with most things like this,
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by exsomet 2y ago
It’s a little silly to write six paragraphs about people having unhelpful responses to something they are powerless to change and then end with “get your shit together”.
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by exsomet 2y ago
I’m glad to see someone else say this. 90% of the AI “use cases” I’ve seen feel like they’re just looking up text, which has been a solved problem for literally decades. Except now we’re evaporating entire lakes (hyperbole) to do it with AI
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by exsomet 2y ago
I’d propose a slightly different reading: “The government just tried to screw you, but they need you so you should join together in a way that when they inevitably come calling, they no longer have the power to screw you again.” How many pe
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by exsomet 2y ago
I’m something of an expert in lunar landings myself, having years of experience in Space Engineers. In my opinion, the most effective strategy is to fly full speed at the moon, crashing headlong into it before it realizes you’re there and c
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by exsomet 2y ago
It seems like there’s been a rash of these instances lately where someone does something, says something, or builds something like this that’s not just offensive but unconscionable. And there’s always the predictable outcry and then usually
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by exsomet 2y ago
OSCR, I’m building the pitch deck as we speak. AI generated SaaS app launching in Q2 and we’ll IPO later this year.
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by exsomet 2y ago
Someone in one of my discord servers was just saying they had received a new UI rollout as what appears to be part of an A/B test. I wonder if they’re related?
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by exsomet 2y ago
The basic premise of your post seems to be that the government has unrestricted power and cannot do (or allow to be done by proxy) anything illegal, but that isn’t true. There’s several hundred years of legal history of state and federal go
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by exsomet 2y ago
But they did do it. By their own admission in the post, that isn’t really in question. The implied question is whether or not they should _continue_ to do it in perpetuity. If docker did a cost:benefit of the program and decided it wasn’t w
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by exsomet 2y ago
I have tried to use SO on a few different occasions in the last year, and I’m running into an issue where (likely due to declining traffic and user interest) the quality of the answers is really poor because a lot of the information is for
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by exsomet 2y ago
We talk a lot about having the freedom to criticize those in power (and being rich does give you outsized influence and power in the US). But it’s important to test that assertion regularly, otherwise it is just propaganda. If you cannot pu
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by exsomet 2y ago
Devils advocate: Given a hundred articles (in say, a social media feed) and a finite amount of time and cognitive capacity, how should one decide which articles to read? If the presentation is AI generated images, and genuinely good content
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by exsomet 2y ago
Genuine curiosity - admittedly these sorts of “contributors” probably aren’t doing it out of a passion for FOSS or any particular project, but if it’s something that fixes an issue (however small) is that actually a net negative for the pro
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by exsomet 2y ago
> As you may have heard, I’m legally compelled to provide free labor and services to WP Engine thanks to the success of their expensive lawyers Didn’t the court order have a whole section about WP Engine covering the cost of providing th
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by exsomet 2y ago
One key difference that I suspect the court will consider is that this isn’t a shelf.
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by exsomet 2y ago
My number one choice for desktop hypervisor on Linux would be virtualbox, except that unity mode hasn’t worked in years and that’s my most needed feature. It feels like a weird spot to be in that there’s a bunch of competing options and all
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by exsomet 2y ago
At long last we have created the Torment Nexus from Sci-Fi novel Don’t Create The Torment Nexus.
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by exsomet 2y ago
Speaking as a user of wordpress (hosted on my own infrastructure, not theirs), this is an entertaining - if pathetic - fight between two entities that doesn’t really involve me. What would change that, and make me more likely to abandon Wor
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by exsomet 2y ago
I’m an observer with no horse in this race, but from my armchair I think this argument in a vacuum sits very weird with me. It’s strange that you can, in the first section, decry the situation of a company opting out of something that is op
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by exsomet 2y ago
Have we already forgotten the courage it took for them to remove the headphone jack?
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by exsomet 2y ago
> I don't understand the hate. They did a very bad decision and had major backlash. One element of why the recoil was so strong was that this wasn’t consumers reacting angrily when the price of their favorite widget went up. This wa
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by exsomet 2y ago
One is designed to provide medical grade protection for those around you from potential airborne bacteria you expel when you breathe and is primarily used for that purpose. The other is designed for protection from the elements and is prima
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by exsomet 2y ago
> If that's true, then shouldn't we put some weight in what he says? Even if it's not first-hand knowledge, even if he's only repeating what knowledgeable people told him, it's not likely to be all bullshit is it
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by exsomet 2y ago
You’ve hit the nail on the head here. It feels like everyone who keeps saying AI is going to make it easy to churn out billion dollar businesses is only one step short of selling their latest guru course. 1. Type a prompt into AI 2. Copy&#x
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by exsomet 2y ago
Not to worry, we have the technology https://youtu.be/nHrh5E-zZ3U
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by exsomet 2y ago
Why use words to say exactly what something does when you can use pictures to confuse and over-complicate?

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