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by joquarky 3mo ago
Coppell (a suburb of Dallas) will not permit public transportation because the residents believe that it would bring in "undesirables". They also have a highly regarded school system... Turns out that is only the case as long as y
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by joquarky 3mo ago
Competency is no longer relevant to getting a job. HR likes tech bros who know how to play the game. They hate nerds who point out risks. This all started with the cryptocurrency gold rush.
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by joquarky 3mo ago
There are likely hundreds of competent people who don't need AI and who ready and eager to take their place. Why NOT fire them?
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by joquarky 3mo ago
Have your agent write a report on why it is secure, have it compare with other methodologies, pros and cons tables, and anything else you can pad out a few dozen pages, then ask the PM to review it and choose which method to follow before y
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by joquarky 3mo ago
From the other side, Brandolini's Law is also useful for exhausting control freaks.
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by joquarky 3mo ago
Your not caught up on how our culture is changing. This is the new normal.
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by joquarky 3mo ago
What is your point?
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by joquarky 3mo ago
> Now they complain that social security entitlements must be cut to keep within our means. That's the Starve the Beast strategy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starve_the_beast
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by joquarky 3mo ago
Why do we need an incentive to do more?
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by joquarky 3mo ago
Do sociopaths even have a natural sense of morality?
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by joquarky 3mo ago
It could be translated to contemporary prose before training.
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by joquarky 3mo ago
The whole purpose is to promote the progress of science and the useful arts. The implementation is no longer in alignment with that constitutional requirement.
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by joquarky 3mo ago
If money is the only incentive, then it's not a product of artistic work. Also current copyright laws only exists to fulfill the constitutional mandate to promote the progress of science and useful arts. There are a lot of alternative
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by joquarky 3mo ago
Anyone else remember when defenders of the PATRIOT Act said it would only affect terrorists?
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by joquarky 3mo ago
The past decade has forced me to accept that nothing lasts forever. I just hope something in my backlog of eastern philosophy will at least delay my descent into complete hopelessness.
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by joquarky 3mo ago
Why is efficiency the goal? That sounds like a paperclip generator. Wouldn't human contentment be a more satisfying goal?
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by joquarky 3mo ago
Most of these lies can be traced back to someone controlling something to preserve or increase wealth.
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by joquarky 3mo ago
Anyone else remember when RFK Jr wanted an autism registry?
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by joquarky 3mo ago
That is the superficial reason that government is getting involved. If you want the real reason, I'll provide a hint: it aligns with the underlying goal of DOGE.
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by joquarky 3mo ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe%27s_law
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by joquarky 3mo ago
BTW, there's a lot of unsubstantiated projection in your comment.
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by joquarky 3mo ago
Probably Goodhart's Law in action. E.g., "keep the calls as short as possible".
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by joquarky 4mo ago
Those traces are just summaries of the reasoning.
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It takes far more than DNA to recreate a human.
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by joquarky 4mo ago
Not everyone has a low ACE score and/or the means to dig out of a deep hole. The US a survival society where the first time you trip, you're fixed to that level unless you have benefactors.
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by joquarky 4mo ago
Do you expect a rational answer to a "why" question?
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Their reality is shaped by their enormous egos, so look for the blind spots.
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by joquarky 4mo ago
Why do members of congress end up with more wealth than their salary could justify?
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by joquarky 4mo ago
Based on this exact scenario after 25 years in the tech industry, here are a few things you can do: Deplete your retirement savings, have daily panic attacks, add roommates, stop eating healthy, give pets away, stop taking medications, down
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by joquarky 4mo ago
Why do companies accommodate people with color blindness but not people with vibe blindness?

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