jrm4

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by jrm4 5mo ago
I hear that objection and it's a decent one, but that one just isn't as well known. Even as an American, I'm not thrilled that "offensive in America" matters more, but it does.
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by jrm4 5mo ago
Again, it's about 20 years too late, but the rename thing is absolutely correct and I continue to be gobsmacked by the amount of people here who don't get this, especially as I've seen this place slowly move from actually bei
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by jrm4 5mo ago
The entirety of the capitalist business world, unfortunately.
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by jrm4 5mo ago
I'll continue to say it; this software does not get taken seriously in a useful way to lots of people until it changes the silly name. And to summarize and perhaps avert other discussion; it's not so much about being "non-off
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by jrm4 5mo ago
Password protection by a for-profit (where the password protection is the product that you can't have unless you pay for it) is a fundamentally stupid and dangerous business model. Waiting for everyone to understand this.
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by jrm4 5mo ago
Nothing personal but I hate this take with a passion, and I literally think it's representative of the worst attitude in computing because it's the literal opposite of software SHOULD BE. The whole entire point of computers in the
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by jrm4 5mo ago
Same thing, actually, I think. I think that "the number of programs" you're suggesting is arbitrary. It's kind of like calling an operating system one thing, when it's a lot of things. You can "count" the
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by jrm4 5mo ago
Hahaha, but no. It's like people forget the entire point, perhaps even definition of technology is "doing more with less." The "brute force" of power and cycles is almost certainly the least important thing, perha
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by jrm4 5mo ago
Um, is the headline a joke? Like, I thought the entire definition had to do with "the exact same thing twice."
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by jrm4 5mo ago
Canvas shouldn't exist in its current form, and neither should have Blackboard. It's always been as stupid as requiring that your chalkboard, chalk, chairs, bluebooks, pens, paper, gradebook etc etc all come from the same company.
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by jrm4 5mo ago
Probably not wrong, and I mean, lots of economics words there (ah, my college major) but I personally just think that the path forward here is more practical and boring. Gotta sue people and companies. Gotta get governments to do more regul
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by jrm4 5mo ago
Yes. And the reason for all of this is the same as it's always been, and requires literally no technical knowledge to understand. There is essentially zero accountability for harm. There is no button on your toaster that blows up the t
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by jrm4 5mo ago
Sir, this is just one piece of software.
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by jrm4 5mo ago
I find it weird that this is the top voted comment. As in, this comment is explaining exactly why the laws are useful.
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by jrm4 5mo ago
It's great in its simplicity. In a way, it's kind of a sneaky way to make a wholesome point. I mean, the title really really implies something potentially dark. But it's just solid, simple stuff through and though. For me it
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by jrm4 5mo ago
I get why people make gut statements like this, and to me something does feel different about AI. But I realize I have not seen any criticisms of AI generated music that are meaningfully different from criticisms I've heard of othe
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by jrm4 5mo ago
This feels like a deeply important observation. Now also, would be interesting to include e.g. a short video or photograph for the AI to use as well.
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by jrm4 5mo ago
Big picture, it's all kind of funny. Over a decade ago, I ended up having to be an undergraduate instructor in Project Management (despite zero experience in it) and kind of speedrunning all of that philosophy. And then, learning the &
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by jrm4 5mo ago
Nothing inherently special or even superior about TUIs, I think this very simply just speaks to "what happened" which is the fragmentation of the GUI space over the course of Microsoft v Apple v Linux v "The Web." Seems
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by jrm4 5mo ago
Again, I'm more talking about "atheism in effect" than I am "textbook definition." I'd say, sure, it's reasonable to discuss, but it's often overblown. The older I get, the less significance "ath
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by jrm4 5mo ago
Not to me. The wise position starts from "Humans are mysterious, but I am one and I see that others are like me, so I think we have souls." along with "I get what a machine is from first principles and based on all I know, th
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by jrm4 5mo ago
Yeah, I'll grant you that one. I don't think he necessarily voted for Trump, and for me he did a good job of explaining Trump's appeal. But also, there is some sadly common brand of stupid that Taleb fell victim to when it ca
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by jrm4 5mo ago
I am. I'm also aware that *they don't always meet that goal". That's why I said "something related to it." As mullvad and others correctly note, however -- they can't leak something they never had in the f
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by jrm4 5mo ago
All of you keep missing the "something related to it." They have something that could end up being a juicy point-of-failure that does not need to exist.
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by jrm4 5mo ago
I absolutely understand how it works, which is why I said something like it . You still have an extra party involved; and you can't fully guarantee that Apple et al is doing things perfectly, and again, in this scenario you've cr
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by jrm4 5mo ago
Probably my biggest tech hill-i'll-die-on is: Password management involving a 3rd party is dumb and should never ever have been a thing. Before two parties had the secret (or something related to it) and now three parties have it and t
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by jrm4 5mo ago
I don't think it's "spite," I just don't think he's that smart -- or wise -- to be precise. He just has "zealotry in the other direction."
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by jrm4 5mo ago
I think so, personally. I wouldn't bank a lot on "the soul" per se, but Dawkins is absolutely one of those "smart but not wise" people. I imagine people don't dig it because it can be woo and vibey, but the old
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by jrm4 5mo ago
Op said "accepting," not proving. And the older I get, this does make sense to me. Belief in a soul doesn't really require proof for me. I understand that this may not be satisfying in an academic way for some, but "hu
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by jrm4 5mo ago
Entirely unsurprising. At the risk of whatever, your extreme atheists aren't much different from your extreme believers; they both have strong beliefs about things they can't prove, and for some reason want to go off on them. Even

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