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by jhickok 2y ago
Like you don't have time to research the CPUs for a personal machine? Man I usually go overboard reading up on the hardware going into my own desktop.
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by jhickok 2y ago
I do sometimes miss working out of an office with my coworkers, but I don't miss the hour plus commute, the constant taps on the shoulder, spending too much money on coffee and lunch, etc. The collaborative nature of the office is hard
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by jhickok 2y ago
Well for the functionalist I am describing, their view is that identity *doesn't* matter, and that consciousness is multi-realizable by any appropriately arrange substrate. That's why my reply to OP's statement-- "simula
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by jhickok 2y ago
That view of the hard problem begs the question against functionalist theories of consciousness though. Many physicalists deny that the hard-problem (or backing arguments like the zombie argument) entails that there is such a dichotomy.
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by jhickok 2y ago
I don't think that's what the quote is saying. I realize you are putting a shim layer between implementation and computational level, which was popular for many years: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Level_of_an
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by jhickok 2y ago
>Simulating something isn't the same thing as being that thing. That's a controversial, though probably majority position, among people who study consciousness. Functional equivalence in the minds of many hard-nosed, very impor
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by jhickok 2y ago
Not to mention the effect of platforms like Facebook and Instagram on young boys and girls.
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by jhickok 2y ago
Huh, I don't think I have run into that very often, but I do tend to not go beyond 3 years old for Macs since work replaces them. Even if apps require macos 14, it looks like it is supported on machines going back to 2018 for the most
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by jhickok 2y ago
I still miss the old Pixel fingerprint sensor on the back of the phone. Perfect place to put it.
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by jhickok 2y ago
Is that true? I feel like iPhones and iPads receive updates for what seems like an industry-leading amount of time. I view Android tablets as relatively disposable, but my iPad Air from 2018 hasn't missed a beat. The battery is startin
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by jhickok 2y ago
I somewhat suspect that AI-Everywhere is going to make we want to skip 12 as well.
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by jhickok 2y ago
Sounds pretty human to me then.
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by jhickok 2y ago
Wonder if funding could come from profitable AI companies like Nvidia, MS, Apple, etc, sort of like Apache/Linux foundation.
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by jhickok 2y ago
TSMC already sells to those companies, so I don't think that addressed the scenario. I would imagine that other chip fabs would be able to pick up the slack, including many that are purchasing from ASML already and are on track to begi
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by jhickok 2y ago
Nvidia probably has a better chance of adding new suppliers than TSMC finding a new Nvidia to sell to.
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by jhickok 2y ago
I think the market will move to using chips like this, or at least have additional options. The new Snapdragon SOC is interesting, and I would suspect we could see Google and Microsoft play in this space at some point soon.
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by jhickok 2y ago
>Thanks for the link. Do you understand what they mean by "normative" pain? I cant make sense of it. Normative pain means there are a set of beliefs and actions that are attached to certain states that carry connotations of goo
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by jhickok 2y ago
I've long-described myself as an eliminativist about everything but consciousness :) I think there were some really interesting attempts to save classic architectures that were purpose-built to save the folk conception ( https:/&#
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by jhickok 2y ago
I think this (qualia) is certainly the heart of the issue, and I personally go back and forth from some kind of quietism (or some kind of mysterianism), and some kind of illusionism. The latter position I would have found utterly topic-chan
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by jhickok 3y ago
Not wrong, but I get an annual allowance that I lose if I elect not to use it. This has the unintended side effect of causing me to care way too much about the annual macbook pro release.
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by jhickok 3y ago
Both E3 and E5 includes Windows Enterprise.
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by jhickok 3y ago
Seems unlikely that an M365 license that tops our around 50 dollars per month would be more expensive than health insurance.
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by jhickok 3y ago
>The console is open source, and you can try a demo of it in your browser > https://console-preview.oxide.computer/ That's pretty cool! The design language is a nice touch for sure.
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by jhickok 3y ago
I think you could DIY that, but I found getting a few little PCs can be stuffed in a drawers with some holes drilled in the back. Haven't complained about suffocation yet! I bought some Bee-Link mini PCs with pretty impressive specs. N
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by jhickok 3y ago
I like the multitouch aspect, but I hate how tiny and flat it is for ergonomic reasons. It's also not comfortable to raise your fingers up and pull them back to draw on the surface of a mouse.
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by jhickok 3y ago
8gb in a pro machine honestly wild. I guess it makes some sense if you consume content and you want a better screen and audio, but it still offends.
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by jhickok 3y ago
I think it's good to correct some exaggeration, but personally I would still prefer an 8gb M2 with small storage on a laptop that easily gets all day battery life. If it were going to sit on my desk 24/7 connected to a monitor, th
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by jhickok 3y ago
So basically the same experience we all have with them in grocery store parking lots.
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by jhickok 3y ago
I started driving across the US at 3am, didn't notice for the first few minutes until I tried pulling up the address in Apple Maps. Sure was strange following interstate signs for ~10 hours!
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by jhickok 3y ago
If it's just an alias for "runas" that presents a UAC prompt window I will be disappointed.

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