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by gtowey 10mo ago
Which will never happen in a million years with the current regime. Which is exactly why corporations put them there -- to ensure industry will not be regulated (unless you're not paying protection money).
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by gtowey 10mo ago
Start putting it in your calendar -- meal times as well as "start cooking". I make enough for the family for have at least two meals. One-pot meals means less fussing with trying to get multiple dishes to be ready at the same time
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by gtowey 10mo ago
I landed on using a diamond stone with 300 grit and 1000 grit. Unlike whetstones they never need to be flattened. I just use one of those cheap plastic angle guides. After a bit of practice you will learn to hold the angle well enough. Fini
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by gtowey 10mo ago
> Because people that are against it aren't interested in actually engaging with this new technology. How do you know that? Are you just assuming anyone who has something negative to say just hasn't used it? In my case it'
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by gtowey 10mo ago
> The lengths people will go to in order to maintain their delusions is truly astounding to me. Indeed.
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by gtowey 10mo ago
> it's gambling. I hadn't thought of that before, but your description certainly rings true. How insidious.
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by gtowey 10mo ago
People attacked leaded gasoline as a collosal mistake even as the fuel corporations promoted it. "Because people attack it, it therefore means it's good" is a overly reductionist logical fallacy. Sometimes people resist for g
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by gtowey 10mo ago
I think you'd be surprised then to know that shoes are not generally made with robots. Factories have made mass production possible, but there are still tons of humans in there pushing parts through sewing machines by hand. Industrial
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by gtowey 10mo ago
> Right now trillions of dollars are being spent on a speculative technology that isn't benefitting anyone right now. It has enormous benefits to the people who control the companies raking in billions in investor funding. And to th
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by gtowey 10mo ago
My take away is that employers are simply offering less equity. In my experience when a company talks about performance bonuses it's just a way to bait you into working super hard and then somehow they find a way to rate your performan
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by gtowey 10mo ago
You could say that knowledge is understanding all the paths that won't solve your problem.
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by gtowey 10mo ago
Still, it's like being on a plane and you're unhappy with the destination so you vote for a new pilot who has promised to immediately crash the plane into the ground.
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by gtowey 10mo ago
We have reached the "singularity of marketing". It's what happens when an AI model has surpassed human marketers and traditional bot farms and can be used to do its own astroturfing. And then with the investment frenzy it ge
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by gtowey 10mo ago
It's because companies are no longer run by engineers. The MBAs and accountants are in charge and they could care less about making good products. At Microsoft, Satya Nadella has an engineering background, but it seems like he didn&#x2
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by gtowey 10mo ago
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by gtowey 11mo ago
> Just stop it. Has this approach of ordering people to feel or think a certain way ever actually worked for you? Do you think this is a good way to have a respectful discussion with someone? > some tell me they make US$3-4k/mont
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by gtowey 11mo ago
Thanks for your story and I'm sorry it's been such a struggle to stay on your feet. I agree that too many people never make it outside of their social and economic bubble and never bother to see what reality is like for most Amer
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by gtowey 11mo ago
This is actually super helpful! I ended up with a less expensive GE model because it seemed like they were the only brand with positive reliability reports besides the super expensive premium brands.
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by gtowey 11mo ago
Last time I had to buy a refrigerator it seemed like the choice was between one that cost around $1k and one that cost $10k. I really couldn't find a mid quality option. There wasn't a price point at around 2x the cheap ones for
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by gtowey 11mo ago
Have you asked your DoorDash or Uber driver how they feel about their future? How about the Amazon warehouse workers and UPS drivers who deliver a mountain of cheap imported goods to your door. Or maybe ask the Walmart cashier if thier curr
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by gtowey 11mo ago
Anyone who makes like 100 million dollars and thinks to themselves "this isn't enough money to stop working and just enjoy life" has something seriously wrong with them. The billionaire class will never be happy, and it'
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by gtowey 11mo ago
Life is so insane right now that mental illness is the only rational response.
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by gtowey 11mo ago
Which brings up what IMHO should be the main takeaway from this: The first requirement to fall into this trap is to believe you can't fall into this trap. It's still possible to do malicious things even when you believe to your ve
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by gtowey 11mo ago
It's malice. Nobody ever sees themselves as the bad guy. They always have some rationalization of why what they're doing is justified.
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by gtowey 11mo ago
How would the person promting the LLM know if it were producing "B" grade results? That's the biggest issue right now: you have to know more than the LLM to verify its output or you're likely to get garbage. That's
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by gtowey 11mo ago
You're absolutely right! Art is the soul of humanity and without it our existence is pointless. Would you like me to generate some poetry for you, human?
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by gtowey 11mo ago
I think you touch on the crux of the issue here, that education ioos one of the most potent defenses against this kind of psychological manipulation. But not just any education. The humanities side of things, which are focused on the founda
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by gtowey 11mo ago
It's the engagement fallacy all over again. Companies are shoving AI into everything and making it intrusive into everyone's workflow. Thus they can show how "adoption" is increasing! But adoption and engagement don&#x27
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by gtowey 11mo ago
And they were right. The American revolution had more to do with the fact that the wealthy landowners in the colonies wanted to claim even more land to the west. The British crown was getting tired of sending soldiers to clean up the messe
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by gtowey 11mo ago
Money and power have been seen as corrupting influences since the dawn of humanity. Those who seek those things -- money for money's sake, power for power's sake -- often tend to see their success as somehow making them "abov

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